Software development is moving beyond the desktop computer. With this in mind, Embarcadero has strengthened its flagship Windows RAD Studio IDE (integrated development environment) to better help build mobile apps and software for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

“Today’s Windows developer is really a multi-platform developer,” said John Thomas, Embarcadero’s director of product management.

The vast majority of RAD Studio users now must write both Android and iOS apps, in addition to the Windows applications they’ve historically used the development software for, Embarcadero found in a recent customer survey. In addition, more than 70 percent of the developers surveyed will also ramp up IoT projects for their employers in 2015. RAD Studio XE8 provides the base for building applications in either C++ or Delphi.

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