Delphi?

Hi,

Can anybody share there experience with Delphi from a VFP developer view?

How complicated could it be to start learning Delphi when all you have done
is VFP programming?

Thanks!
--
Edhy

Frank
Wed Oct 20 14:19:26 CDT 2004

"Edhy Rijo" <erijo@msn.com.NO_SPAM> wrote in
news:eaeCyKttEHA.348@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:

> Can anybody share there experience with Delphi from a VFP
developer view?

I found the transition fairly simple.

I still use both and both have their pros and cons.

Debugging in vfp is much easier and quicker. With a compiler
(Delphi) you can't SUSPEND and make changes on the fly the way
you can with an interpreter.

The Delphi help is disjointed with a lot of separate help
files and it's sometimes hard to find info that is readily
available in vfp.

The Delphi object model is much more consistent and extends
even to the data file level (tables are objects with
properties, methods and events).

The Delphi data bound grid is rudimentary with little
flexibility. You have to rely on third party components to
gain capabilities inherent in the VFP grid.

That's all I can think of for now. Both are strong products.

Frank

Edhy
Wed Oct 20 14:52:58 CDT 2004

Thanks Frank!

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Edhy Rijo
Programming System Solutions www.progytech.com
Bronx NY


"Frank Dreyfus" <fdreyfus@nyw.com> wrote in message
news:Xns95889BE592089adfslur0mdoaur03jadl@207.46.248.16...
> "Edhy Rijo" <erijo@msn.com.NO_SPAM> wrote in
> news:eaeCyKttEHA.348@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
>
>> Can anybody share there experience with Delphi from a VFP
> developer view?
>
> I found the transition fairly simple.
>
> I still use both and both have their pros and cons.
>
> Debugging in vfp is much easier and quicker. With a compiler
> (Delphi) you can't SUSPEND and make changes on the fly the way
> you can with an interpreter.
>
> The Delphi help is disjointed with a lot of separate help
> files and it's sometimes hard to find info that is readily
> available in vfp.
>
> The Delphi object model is much more consistent and extends
> even to the data file level (tables are objects with
> properties, methods and events).
>
> The Delphi data bound grid is rudimentary with little
> flexibility. You have to rely on third party components to
> gain capabilities inherent in the VFP grid.
>
> That's all I can think of for now. Both are strong products.
>
> Frank
>
>

John
Thu Oct 21 09:54:07 CDT 2004

It sounds like you are considering changing programming lang's. If I'm
wrong disregard the rest of this message. The first thing I looked at was
Dephi for Linux (Kylix) and found it did not live up to Hype (but at least
it had an IDE than included a forms designer). Next I checked out Java -
works but lacks good UI and most of the tools are for the web (very slow
development). Then I found Python along with wxPython. Python is very
close to what VFP is today without the IDE. Var's are dynamic, Classes work
the same way too. The only issue is you have to use different tools to
build a simple form (I use wxGlade and Wing2.0 editor). Of course Python
(and every other Lang too) lacks a built-in data storage. It lacks a lot
of things (compared to VFP) but it's was also the closes to VFP thinking
IMHO.
John
Edhy Rijo wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can anybody share there experience with Delphi from a VFP developer view?
>
> How complicated could it be to start learning Delphi when all you have
> done is VFP programming?
>
> Thanks!

Edhy
Thu Oct 21 11:01:13 CDT 2004

Hi John,

> It sounds like you are considering changing programming lang's.

Not at all. I have a customer that may want to do something in Delphi, I am
ready to bit with VFP but wanted to be sure if I can jump in with Delphi and
learn it my way around it <s>.

--
Edhy Rijo
Programming System Solutions www.progytech.com
Bronx NY
ProMatrix MVP Life


"John Fabiani" <jfabiani@yolo.com> wrote in message
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> It sounds like you are considering changing programming lang's. If I'm
> wrong disregard the rest of this message. The first thing I looked at was
> Dephi for Linux (Kylix) and found it did not live up to Hype (but at least
> it had an IDE than included a forms designer). Next I checked out Java -
> works but lacks good UI and most of the tools are for the web (very slow
> development). Then I found Python along with wxPython. Python is very
> close to what VFP is today without the IDE. Var's are dynamic, Classes
> work
> the same way too. The only issue is you have to use different tools to
> build a simple form (I use wxGlade and Wing2.0 editor). Of course Python
> (and every other Lang too) lacks a built-in data storage. It lacks a lot
> of things (compared to VFP) but it's was also the closes to VFP thinking
> IMHO.
> John
> Edhy Rijo wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anybody share there experience with Delphi from a VFP developer view?
>>
>> How complicated could it be to start learning Delphi when all you have
>> done is VFP programming?
>>
>> Thanks!
>