On 29/11/2010 10:09 a.m., Alister Christie wrote: > I've been learning a bit of Android/Java lately as I need to write a > fairly small database application, and have been frustrated about how > much I need to know to able to achieve even fairly simple tasks. I did > some C# / Compact Framework work a few years ago, but I seem to remember > that being a bit easier going. > > And this is my round-a-bout way of asking, how hard do you think it is > for someone to learn Delphi? > > I started programming in Delphi 3, back when things were simple (crap - > am I saying "things were simpler in my day...."), and from time to time > I play catchup with many of the new technologies (Currently have half an > android application talking to a REST server written in Delphi using > JSON), so only learning a bit at a time. But Delphi is now huge, where > would one start? > > Alister Christie > Computers for People > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > http://www.salespartner.co.nz > PO Box 13085 > Johnsonville > Wellington
Hi, I'm firmly of the belief that for a good developer the toolset being used is irrelevant. A person with the right background and fundamental skills can pick up any programming language/environment in relatively short order. (For a not-so-good developer you could probably also say the toolset is irrelevant - I've heard it said you can write Fortran in any language :-) ) I picked up Delphi (v2) very quickly, coming from a previous background of C and C++, although I had done a lot of Pascal at university. I have to say that I'm not looking forward to going back to curly braces... Cheers, Alistair Ward. _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
