Hi Charlie,
I'm much in the same boat as you except that because of former
business contacts I've actually been able to make a little money with my
programming...little being the key word of course! <g> But every little bit
helps and if you don't want to find yourself too far behind the technology
you have to spend money and keep up with things.
From what I gather Microsoft has already made it clear that in the
"near" future the Windows API will no longer exist except as a means to
running legacy applications, and even for them the writing is already on the
wall! Does that mean 2 years, 5 years, or 10 years, I can only guess but if
you want to continue programming for the Windows platform you're eventually
going to have to learn .NET and a language that supports it.
As far as I'm concerned the very best Delphi IDE Borland ever put
out was D7, and I still fire it up when I need to do something quick and
dirty. D2005 although providing C# and the Delphi implementation of .NET
was supposed to be the "one" for me and I was really looking foreword to it.
Unfortunately the product is just so buggy that I have my doubts they'll
ever get around to fixing it. They never did with other versions that
needed work so I don't expect it here either. What I DO expect is that once
the .NET technology really comes of age, D11 or 12 might be worth looking
at.
Again and just as unfortunately, I can't wait for them to start
learning .NET, and I certainly can't afford to support two different IDE's
by two different companies, so after the D2005 2nd patch was of little help
in making the product any better I finally decided to switch gears and try
something new.
I picked up a copy of Visual Studio 2003 for .NET and the Chrome
editor which enables me to write for .NET using my favorite...and ONLY
language, Pascal...and that's what I'm going to use to learn .NET on. While
Win32 is still available I'll keep on using D7 and D2005, but I'm no longer
going to pay for the upgrades or buy any new components for them.
Now I'll tell you something I wish I had learned a long time ago!
But because I learned programming via Delphi and Pascal I had no way of
finding out. Visual Studio with or without the Chrome editor for Pascal is
a very fine piece of work! It's fast...actually booting up completely in
under 5 secs! And you don't have time to wash your car when changing
between design and code view like you do with Delphi! It even feels like a
more robust application itself. And in better than 20 hours of work with it
in both Pascal and C# I've not experienced one single problem! Delphi on
the other hand simply disappears when it feels like it, or gives you an
error that can't be deciphered!
Now don't get me wrong. I've been a Delphinian too long to just
turn my back on it, and I won't, but unless Borland makes some real effort
to get back in the ball game and build a professional quality IDE that works
well, they will be relegated to the same place I keep all my oldies but
goodies, but not on my working computer!
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Charlie
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Ignorance
Good morning. I'm a "wanna be" Delphi programmer. Until a month ago I've not
been able to spend "full-time" programming. Sure makes a difference in the
learning curve. Have been using Delphi for about 10 years; a little here, a
little there. Version is Delphi 5 Enterprise.
Recent messages about Delphi 2005 and .Net from such notable programmers
have me needing to ask questions because of my ignorance. First, I
understand that Borland no longer supports Delphi 5. At this time I don't
know that I have any need for any thing else; ergo ignorance. Until these
messages I thought all I needed to do was to update to the latest version of
Delphi and I'd be set for the several years. But now I don't know what would
be the best path. Then there's the Java world. Programming opportunities in
Atlanta, GA seek Java / .Net programmers; not Delphi. What's a guy need to
do? Appreciate your guidance.
Thank you,
Charlie Kerscher
Williamson GA 30292
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