I started learning Delphi in 2003 (or 2002?) when in high school. At that time, not many of us were interested in programming, probably only the "geeks". Of co

I started learning Delphi in 2003 (or 2002?) when in high school. At that time, not many of us were interested in programming, probably only the "geeks". Of course, typically high schoolers prefer sports, online games, or music. I taught myself QB, Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, VB. Well, VB was my 1st exposure to Windows programming. Making Windows apps was very easy. I wrote tiny web browser (using built-in IE component), audio player, a tool to bypass Ctrl-Alt-Del (copied from Planet Source Code), simple Symbian games (with AppForge Mobile VB) etc. Then I found a book explaining database programming... with Delphi. I believe it was Delphi 6. Unlike MSVC, Delphi was surpisingly easy to learn. Sure, I already had some Pascal knowledge. After that, I ported most of my existing VB codes into Delphi. 1 year before graduation, I found another book about mobile app programming. At that time, smartphones weren't that popular unlike today. Only really rich kids who used Sony P900 or Nokia 9210i. J2ME-enabled mobiles phones were relatively more popular, at least. And that's how I joined the Java world, which until today is still is. I kinda miss Delphi. Yes, I'm aware there's an open source alternative: Lazarus. Let's see if I still can write something interesting with it :)