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I still use Delphi to maintain some existing Windows projects. The feeling it gives me is very well matched by the design of this webpage...

• iheartmemcache 11y ago
  Eh, I'm by no means a Delphi fan-boi (during the golden age of Delphi in the late 90s (? around there.) I was a teenage gcc/QT kind of guy), but I've had to take over some projects. With the proper VCL components you can get a modern feeling application pretty easily. XE10 might not come in first against IntelliJ, VS or a good emacs setup, but it's definitely not too painful to construct RAD/Line-of-business apps in. In fact, I'd argue up until Lightswitch came out for VS (2007?) it remained the best solution for whipping out fast apps. What specifically in Delphi is grinding your gears? I'm by no means an expert but I've got pages and pages of Delphi resources I've saved over the years.
  • Gys 11y ago
    Sorry, I agree that for a Windows desktop only app Delphi is a good solution, even today. And at some point in time Windows desktop was the only thing that counted. Now there are other platforms as well and for backends and the web I think there are much better, easier to use and more modern tools. Delphi's approach feels a bit over engineered, in the wrong places. Maybe because they try to lock-in instead of being flexible and open.