It’s been some time since my last post. While it was quite here, i continued my work on Delphinus (quite slow to be honest as other things kept me busy). However i have just finished 2 points on my list, so it is time for a little update. First of all (for those wo used only the Master-Branch) i have updated the UI a bit. I choosed another (list oriented) design. You can get it here
The left side shows the already familliar Categories to choose from, together with the new “Updates” category and a number to display the amount of packages included. Quite handy to spot updates.
The list itself contains the packages. It can display some more information than the previous one. Like a symbol for supported platforms (Symbols do not distinguish between platform-architecture).
The detailsview is now always visible and displays the currently selected package.
The searchbar at the top searches for names only. But i’ll extend that at a later time.
Realoading doesn’t freeze the UI any longer. Same goes for the Install/Update/Uninstall Dialog, which got a little facelift to be more compact.
Something you don’t see, but i am quite sure you’ll appreciate it: I removed Indy and switched to WinHTTP. This means no external SSL-Libraries. No more conflicts. Simply compile and install. That’s it! At the same time i rewrote the cachingmechanic. It is simpler, faster and shared properly between multiple running Delphi-IDEs (in case you have multiple installed).
For the (near) future, there are multiple things to tackle:
- adding all non desktop platforms
- This is just a simple step (extending an enum and adding strings)
- However i don’t have access to a Mobileaddon. I need testers!
- Commandline interface
- requested for a long time, planned, but nothing written as of yet
- Websetup
- A precompiled WebSetup which downloads Delphinus and installs it for the given Delphi-Installations (as checked by user)
- Goal is to simplify initial setup and updating in a Multi-IDE Environment
- Repository referencing
- This is intended for Non-Github repos (like Bitbucket)
- Add Install/Info/Logo/License files to a Githubrepo
- Link to external Repo
- Add Tags/Releases with same name on Github as on external Repo
- …
- Profit!
- Package-Dependency (maybe not so near future)
- List another Delphinus-Package as dependency in your Delphinus-Package
- Automatic installation of dependencies when installing a Delphinus-Package
Above tasks are listed in arbitary order. I’ll decide on a day by day basis on what i do.