RAD Studio XE2 Professional

RAD Studio XE Professional is designed for software developers and teams building native Windows, .NET, and touch-screen applications with or without embedded and local database persistence. RAD Studio includes Delphi®, C++Builder® , Delphi Prism™, and RadPHP™ providing you with everything needed for fast native Windows, .NET, PHP and Web development. Features include:

• Local database connectivity to InterBase® and MySQL in Delphi and C++Builder
• Database connectivity available in Visual Studio via ADO.NET including local database connectivity to InterBase in Delphi Prism
• VCL for the Web Personal with limited concurrent connections
• Introductory set of code audits and metrics to understand coding style and project health
• UML code visualization, providing a visual representation of source code for easier understanding

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)