Hi,

I'm planning to start developing Windows applications, so I'm looking
for RAD software. The two most popular RAD software I've come across
are Visual Basic and Delphi. I'm wondering which one of these two are
better; by "better" I mean it will produce professional-grade
applications and will function with future versions of Windows.

Also, does anyone know a Web site dedicated to RAD software? It would
be great to see a list of all RAD tools (besides Microsoft's and
Borland's RAD software)?

Basically what I'm looking for is a sort of WYSIWYG Windows
application development tool, with minimal manual programming.

keseko wrote:

Also Borland C++ Builder - which is effectively Delphi for C++. It even
includes a (mostly functional) Delphi compiler, allowing you to mix
Delphi and C++ modules.

Delphi in its latest incarnation supports (or soon will?) .NET
development. I don't use Delphi, so I'm not certain how complete the
..NET support is at this point. No doubt their website will tell you
more about that... if you can read past the marketing nonsense.

RAD hasn't taken off as quickly as I thought it would. I was expecting
a slew of free RAD tools before now *shrug*

--
Corey Murtagh
The Electric Monk
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur!"

"keseko" <keseko2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
I work with Delphi since its first version, and I also have good experience
with Visual Basic, Visual C++ and Borland C Builder.

For RAD purposes, Delphi is the best one.... it is as easy as Visual Basic,
but when times come to do serious stuff, Delphi won't let you down. Someday
I've heard that Microsoft wants to make easy things easier for the user...
that's true. But the problem is that difficult things are not so easy.

I couldn't find a thing that I couldn't do with Delphi. I work with voice
processing and image recognition... pretty complicated stuff, and Delphi
suits me very well.

Now the dark side... I don't know why, but Delphi is not as popular as it
should be... for your career, C++ is a better option if you want to develop
application software. Java, C# (any .net language) if you want to create
business software.

My 2/100's

"Padu" <padu@merlotti.com> wrote in message news:<3vWdnRJ8DddsDbOiXTWJhQ@iswest.net>...
I'd reccomend Delphi.....just finished a degree module in it and in
only a couple of weeks found that its definately well suited to fast
application development. It also has the advantage of being able to
integrate other languages such as python and as mentioned above the
..net framework.

ae_edge@hotmail.com (AE) wrote in message news:<ffd468cf.0308041609.54aa1d35@posting.google. com>...

Yep, it's a pretty good product. Now that classic VB is dead, I wonder
if more people are giving it a looksee?

--Kamilche

Kamilche wrote:

Not dead... orphaned.

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Programmer Dude <cjsonnack@mmm.com> wrote in message news:<3F2FDF11.BC2E9251@mmm.com>...
Which has gotta place Delphi in a strong position regarding future
proofing windows apps. who knows how long .net is gona b around 4!!!

In article <ffd468cf.0308051440.37eb6e5d@posting.google.com>,
AE <ae_edge@hotmail.com> wrote:
They've been making noises about .net, namely the CLR and CTS, being given
really key roles in future versions of Windows. Microsoft is supposedly
developing a lot of new code in the managed environment, so maybe there's
a grain of truth to it. I can't say that I'd object all that much.

-Mike
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Well Said Boyo


ae_edge@hotmail.com (AE) wrote in message news:<ffd468cf.0308041609.54aa1d35@posting.google. com>...

Padu wrote:

I wonder what you mean with the statement "difficult things are not so
easy?"