> I downloaded the free Delphi Community Edition - which is GREAT - and knocked out a beautiful little client-server app for a PoC over a weekend. Could hardly

> I downloaded the free Delphi Community Edition - which is GREAT - and knocked out a beautiful little client-server app for a PoC over a weekend. Could hardly fathom the adrenaline rush I got from that... I'm one of the product managers who works on Delphi today (together with Marco Cantù. I actually work on C++Builder, Delphi's sister product.) I am really happy to hear that. Your question about Sencha: we recommend using Sencha for web front-ends, and we have a server product written with Delphi for creating REST services or converting your desktop apps to REST-based backends, called RAD Server. > I could imagine that even now, schools could get more students to develop a love for programming on a wider and more versatile scale with Delphi Community Edition rather than Java or Python... There I said it, pls don't kill. It's widely used in non-English-speaking countries for education today. I too expect it would be much better than Java for learning.