Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #26
21 Mar
- Here’s what we need: a fight song! (Hat Tip to John Roth)
- Our VCL Guru Seppy Bloom is blogging. Subscribed. Drop buy and congratulate Seppy — he just became a brand new Dad!
- Another R&D guy who has a blog, hasn’t blogged in a while, but has been over the past few is our Debugguer UI guy, Chris Hesik.
- Mike Pence is at it again — musing about Delphi on Rails.
- This is still one of my favorite blog posts. I’m actually working on a more comprehensive document based on the info from there. It will describe a bit more fully what each item is, and how each one works. I’ll update it, of course, to include the new stuff in Delphi 2007 for Win32.
- Lots of thanks to go around for CodeRage.
Nick:
Delphi 2007 is like driving down the road at 100 mph, crawling out of the hood and changing the front tire…it’s totally RAD!
After reading you blog about the "Greatest Blog Post Title Ever," I realize there are no Vulcans in Redmond.
Tom Martin
March 21st, 2007 at 12:10 pmDelphi Centurion
http://delphicenturion.blogspot.com
> This is still one of my favorite blog posts
Yes, it was that very post that made me upgrade to Delphi 2006 from Delphi Classic (aka v5). Other than some issues with stability, I have been very happy with D2006.
Assuming that same timeframe I probably wouldn’t think about upgrading again for another five years (or until 64bit is a requirement for our software) due to the need to upgrade all my third-party components, but given that D2007 is binary compatible I’m thinking about taking that leap again…
Keep up the good work, CodeGear!
March 21st, 2007 at 3:55 pmNigel:
Take the leap to Delphi 2007. You will not regret it. I made the leap from 2006 to 2007 and I am glad I did.
CodeGear, placed alot of empahsis on quality and it shows. Better screen refreshes, zero flicker, better handling, and its allot more responsive to the touch. The overall experience and satisfaction level with 2007 is much better than 2006. This version is a real joy to work with.
I can go on and on but you have to experience it for yourself to undestand and appreciate the differences. Once you give it a go, you will be glad you did. Good luck.
Tom Martin
March 21st, 2007 at 6:15 pmDelphi Centurion
http://delphicenturion.blogspot.com
All this staff is good, but related to what ?
Who is the competitor, who is the audience and who is the target ?
As application concepts evolved to multi-tier and multi-layer I think the same has happened with the software tools also. You provide compilers, IDEs and Frameworks and you have to clarify your position against these concepts. For example what is Delpi … a compiler (language), an IDE, a framework … targeting what platform ? By trying to satisfy the average developer you have lost the target ! If Delphi is a language why isn’t it embeded to VS, if Delphi is and IDE does it support only pascal and PHP, if Delphi is a Framework, it is a framework to develop what ? windows GUIs ?
I think something is not ok here, I don’t know exactly what can be done, but this is your case, otherwise I see delphi to become a toy for students.
March 26th, 2007 at 8:14 amI am sorry to put so much criticism before, I am developing in Pascal and Delphi all the way from the start until now !
But thing are getting rather tough for a Delphi developer. For example you need to translate concepts from C# and Java all the time to evolve your knowledge, no examples, no analysis in Delphi exists on the web (I mean modern staff not traditional approaches) … Delphi is becoming a foreign language …
March 26th, 2007 at 8:21 amthanks for cool article.
May 12th, 2007 at 3:28 am