I would have to agree, the later versions of Delphi are far more
productive, Delphi 2006 was pretty buggy - but I'd use it over D7 any
day because of all the additional productivity features in it. If you
do any significant amount of coding, and your time is worth more than
$20/hr, you should probably upgrade (or buy a new license) to the latest
version of Delphi - and make an effort to learn it's new capabilities
(the time is the real expense).
If you upgrade from D4/5/6/7 to Delphi XE, and keep programming the same
way, you're certainly going argue that there are no new features. But
if you take some time and effort to train yourself on the new features
you will find yourself achieving so much more.
There are plenty of resources to up-skill yourself as well. There is
Marco Cantu <http://www.marcocantu.com/>'s books (Bob Swart
<http://www.drbob42.com/> has some also). There is also hundred's of
hours of video <http://delphi.wikia.com/wiki/Delphi_Videos>
and you can also monitor/subscribe to the Delphi Feeds
<http://www.delphifeeds.com/> page, which has many useful articles and
blog posts.
<http://delphi.wikia.com/wiki/Delphi_Videos>
Alister Christie
Computers for People
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On 21/10/2010 4:36 p.m., John Bird wrote:
Well thats nuts.
As a user of both Delphi 5 and D2007, you would have to be nuts to
want to work in D5 if you spend any time programming. It works, and
quite well, but D2007 and later are so much nicer, and faster to do
stuff. If you value your time and are programming for anything
returning money then its worth it. Pro upgrades are only around
600-700 at the moment anyway. pro includes pretty much all that was in
Enterprise back in D5 days....
I actually reckon Embarcadero could well put a say a 10 year expiry on
the IDE. Lots of commercial software is much more brutal than that –
for instance Window 2000 XP (pre SP2) are now out of support, no
security updates and as we well know it really cannot be trusted
without them.
Or some kind of Turbo version. Or a free trial. Or maybe
Embarcadero could do a low use version – ie you pay $2 or $5 per hour
that you use it. Otherwise a free download. Now there’s a good idea!
Languages like Delphi are a sort of cooperative venture. Either you
pay with your money for occasional and rare updates or it dies.
Otherwise get a free IDE like Eclipse, but these are also cooperative
enterprises - make sure you give a good amount of time in enhancing
them and improving them, otherwise you are likewise riding off the
work of lots of others.
Like everything else, it comes down to the simple equation of what
works best for the dollars – “bangs for the bucks”. I reckon the bang
for the bucks with Delphi has always been pretty good, especially
after you can keep using it for over 10 years. Over 10 years I
estimate I have purchased probably 8 versions of Windows. And I only
have 1 pc at once...
John
*From:* Edward Koryagin <mailto:ed_iv2...@yahoo.co.nz>
*Sent:* Thursday, October 21, 2010 3:42 PM
*To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
<mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz>
*Subject:* Re: [DUG] Delphi Specials
Wonderful questions.
Edward Koryagin
--- On *Thu, 21/10/10, Marshland Engineering
/<marshl...@marshland.co.nz>/* wrote:
From: Marshland Engineering <marshl...@marshland.co.nz>
Subject: [DUG] Delphi Specials
To: delphi@delphi.org.nz
Received: Thursday, 21 October, 2010, 3:03 PM
I keep seeing all these specials, but for the 2-3 programs I write
a year, Delphi 4 does the trick.
It looks like Embarcadero keeps itself going with existing
customers (which over time will diminish) with "upgrades".
Now if I was starting out from fresh, would I spend $3499 when
there is a wealth of free programs out there?
TurboCAD and Alibre for example both have an entry level packages
of less than $100 to get you started.
Is there something like this happening in the future for Delphi?
Cheers Wallace
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