RAD Studio XE2 Architect

RAD Studio XE Architect is designed for application developers and teams building data-intensive client/server, cloud, GUI and Web applications with enterprise database systems. RAD Studio Architect combines data-driven rapid application development with rich visual data modeling to help developers understand, design, and get the most value out of enterprise databases and data structures.  RAD Studio Architect includes everything in the Enterprise edition, plus powerful database modeling and design capabilities:

• Reverse-engineer, analyze, and optimize databases
• Automatically generate database code from models for forward engineering
• Create logical and physical models based on information extracted from databases and script files
• Work with highly readable and navigable diagrams
• Advanced compare and merge with bidirectional comparisons and merges of model and database structures

Please see the feature matrix for the differences between the 3 versions.

Windows Development

• Fast drag-and-drop design
• Over 500 VCL controls included
• Built-in touch and gesturing support
• dbExpress with support for 9 major databases
• DataSnap n-tier middleware with JSON, REST, HTTP, COM, and XML
• UML / code metrics and audits
• Build 32-bit apps that run on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows
• Target Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7 from single source

.NET Development

• Build .NET apps and cross-platform Mono apps targeting Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
• Easy-to-learn Delphi Prism programming language
• Develop on Windows and Mac OS X
• Support for the latest .NET technologies
• Build DataSnap .NET clients to connect to Delphi multi-tier middleware
• ASP.NET and Silverlight development

PHP Web Development

• Complete PHP IDE with editor, debugging and profiling
• Visual designers for PHP applications and HTML files
• More than 75 visual PHP components

• 1 GB RAM (2 GB+ recommended)
• Up to 5 GB free hard disk space depending on components installed
• DVD-ROM drive (if installing from a Media Kit DVD)
• 1024x768 or higher-resolution monitor
• Intel® Pentium® or compatible, 1.6 GHz minimum (2GHz+ recommended)
• Mouse or other pointing device
• Microsoft® Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Microsoft® Windows Vista™ SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit) requires administrator rights
• Microsoft® Windows XP Home or Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) SP2 or SP3
• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 SP1 or 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)