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I have seen this brought up a few times and from the website the crossplatform native claims are impressive, but I can't find any basic guide or documentation f

I have seen this brought up a few times and from the website the crossplatform native claims are impressive, but I can't find any basic guide or documentation for getting started anywhere. Why is Delphi never a part of the conversation when React Native, Flutter, Ionic, Xamarin etc are discussed?

rcarmo 5y ago
Because it's not as cool, mostly. It's _very_ stable tech, and thus perceived as old. Also, nobody really wants to code in Object Pascal anymore (despite its readability, etc.).
chadcmulligan 5y ago
Compared to the others you mention Delphi is streets ahead. There's a free download at https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/free-download https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/free-dow... Here's some resources to get you started There's a free book here: https://lp.embarcadero.com/Object-Pascal-Handbook-2021 https://lp.embarcadero.com/Object-Pascal-Handbook-2021 and another here (pdf) (probably the best to start) https://www.marcocantu.com/edelphi/EssentialDelphi_1033_20200319.pdf https://www.marcocantu.com/edelphi/EssentialDelphi_1033_2020... There's intro videos here https://www.embarcadero.com/resources/videos https://www.embarcadero.com/resources/videos They have a YouTube channel here, that has a lot of more in depth stuff https://www.youtube.com/c/EmbarcaderoTechnologies https://www.youtube.com/c/EmbarcaderoTechnologies There's some books by Nick Hodges (former delphi product manager) 'Coding in Delphi' and 'More coding in delphi' for more advanced stuff The negatives with delphi are its been poorly marketed for years, and it costs money to use, though the community edition is available now. Object pascal is a bit dated imho, but what makes Delphi powerful is the components, there's 2 the VCL which is the original in windows only, then fire monkey which is the new cross platform one. If you want to see components have a look at tmssoftware.com for some drag and drop components, you can even make web applications with Delphi with their web components (they cross compile to javascript)

rcarmo 5y ago

Because it's not as cool, mostly. It's _very_ stable tech, and thus perceived as old. Also, nobody really wants to code in Object Pascal anymore (despite its readability, etc.).

chadcmulligan 5y ago

Compared to the others you mention Delphi is streets ahead. There's a free download at https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/free-download https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/free-dow... Here's some resources to get you started There's a free book here: https://lp.embarcadero.com/Object-Pascal-Handbook-2021 https://lp.embarcadero.com/Object-Pascal-Handbook-2021 and another here (pdf) (probably the best to start) https://www.marcocantu.com/edelphi/EssentialDelphi_1033_20200319.pdf https://www.marcocantu.com/edelphi/EssentialDelphi_1033_2020... There's intro videos here https://www.embarcadero.com/resources/videos https://www.embarcadero.com/resources/videos They have a YouTube channel here, that has a lot of more in depth stuff https://www.youtube.com/c/EmbarcaderoTechnologies https://www.youtube.com/c/EmbarcaderoTechnologies There's some books by Nick Hodges (former delphi product manager) 'Coding in Delphi' and 'More coding in delphi' for more advanced stuff The negatives with delphi are its been poorly marketed for years, and it costs money to use, though the community edition is available now. Object pascal is a bit dated imho, but what makes Delphi powerful is the components, there's 2 the VCL which is the original in windows only, then fire monkey which is the new cross platform one. If you want to see components have a look at tmssoftware.com for some drag and drop components, you can even make web applications with Delphi with their web components (they cross compile to javascript)