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I wrote Windows Desktop software with Delphi 2 through 6 from 1996 to 2003. It was simply decades ahead of it's time in terms of simplicity, extensibility and s
by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 5y ago
I wrote Windows Desktop software with Delphi 2 through 6 from 1996 to 2003. It was simply decades ahead of it's time in terms of simplicity, extensibility and speed of development.
In 2015 I had to write something for Windows again and used Lazarus [1]
In 2016 was forced to write a GUI driven Windows desktop application in Java and my colleagues could hear me scream. How did Delphi solve the problems that Java still failed at 20 years later?
1. https://www.lazarus-ide.org/ https://www.lazarus-ide.org/
- dragonwriter 5y ago> How did Delphi solve the problems that Java still failed at 20 years later? Writing Windows Desktop software was the primary focus of Delphi. Writing desktop software (but not Windows more than anything else) was one of many early focuses of Java, but never what you’d call the one primary focus, and by 2016 it had barely even been a focus for years. So, in short, by viewing it as the most important problem to solve.
- ibejoeb 5y agoI did a ton with Delphi in those years, too. It was a good mix of hobby and bespoke stuff as a freelancer. Must've been around 2000 that I got a pay-the-bills kind of job with a software company. It was 100% Visual Basic. VB was pretty revolutionary, too, but it felt like such a huge step back. Borland did some tremendous stuff.