Boss Experts is an IDE utility for installation in Delphi that aims to facilitate the use of Boss without having to leave the Delphi IDE.
- Just download Boss Experts
- Unzip the Source code.zip file
- Open Delphi and then the BossExperts.dproj file
- Build and Install the package in the Project Manager
Ready!
If you are using Delphi XE5, open the BossExperts_XE.dproj project and follow the installation steps
Using Boss Experts is quite simple. Once installed, a context menu will appear when right-clicking on any project in Project Manager. Locate the Boss menu and its submenus.
The available options are:
- Init: Initializes dependency management in your project.
- Install: Installs dependencies in the project.
- Update: Updates dependencies in the project
- Uninstall: Uninstalls dependencies in the project
- Dependencies: Opens the dependency manager window
- Remove Cache: Removes dependency history
Clicking on Dependencies will open the utility window, as shown in the image below 👇
To start managing dependencies in your project, follow the steps below:
- Right-click on your project name in the Project Manager.
- Select Boss > Init
- Right-click your project again and select Boss > Dependencies
Boss Experts supports GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket. Select in the ComboBox which service you will use.
Enter the full path of the repository you want to install in your project through the Dependency field.
Finally, click Install. Ready!
Repeat the process if there are other dependencies you want to install.
To update all dependencies in your project, click in Update. Boss Experts will search for new versions of each dependency and update them automatically.
To unistall a dependency in yout project, select a dependency and click in Uninstall.
Click Login if you want to login to a private repository.
Boss Experts is free and open-source library licensed under the MIT License.