Earlier today I was talking to another dev, and we were both wishing for a system like Delphi 7 for the web, with vcl and a vibrant ecosystem of 3rd party compo

Earlier today I was talking to another dev, and we were both wishing for a system like Delphi 7 for the web, with vcl and a vibrant ecosystem of 3rd party components (we were discussing how much SaaS leads to reinventing the wheel). After 12 years in web dev, I feel his pain.