Likely many hobbyists would use Lazarus, though I don't see any harm in downloading both IDEs. There appears to still be a market for Delphi (and Object Pascal) developers. Lazarus (open source) and Delphi Community Edition are here now.ĭelphi is definitely an option, particularly if someone has any aspirations to program professionally. NET is still a bit of a mess and is unlikely to become truly cross-platform anytime short of the next 5 years (or maybe longer). Though Delphi (Pascal) does have some advantages, in terms of being able to make cross-platform applications for multiple OSes. As obviously, most know Microsoft, while likely to not heard of Embarcadero. This makes Embarcadero Delphi Community Edition a direct competitor to Microsoft Visual Studio Community in many ways, though not exactly. Of course there is a bit of a catch, once your total sales revenue for created applications reaches US $5,000, or your team expands to more than 5 developers, you are expected to get the Professional Edition of Delphi. Luckily, Embarcadero has become more sensible and you can get a free community version of Delphi. ![]() And until recently, Delphi was so expensive that it was only developers with deep pockets or companies that could afford it. ![]() But what happened in the background, was the development of Lazarus, the Free Pascal Compiler, and Object Pascal.ĭelphi is really just an IDE, that used a dialect of Object Pascal for the commercial purposes of Borland. So when Borland, as a company died, many thought Pascal died with it. However, Borland Delphi was at one time so famous, that Delphi became synonymous with or replaced Pascal in the public space and minds of many. The issue with Delphi is the Pascal language is much bigger than just that name. (Installing Delphi Community Edition Video) (Mr Long IT & CAT - Many Delphi YouTube Videos) (Swinburne Demo Files - Search for, "Introduction to Programming in Pascal")ĭelphi Flavor of Object Pascal Tutorials & Info (Devstructor YouTube Tutorials and Demo Files) (SchoolFreeware App/GUI Pascal YouTube Tutorial) (SchoolFreeware Program/Console Pascal YouTube Tutorial) (Modern Object Pascal Introduction for Programmers) (Lazarus and Free Pascal Installation Guide YouTube Video) (fpcupdeluxe installer for Lazarus IDE and Free Pascal Compiler) Object Pascal, Lazarus, Tutorials, & Info ![]() An easier to understand language with many benefits. This post has inspired me a bit to maybe look into creating some YouTube videos of my own as to further increase the languages visibility on YouTube.Interestingly, many assume that Pascal is a dead or outdated language, when that is very much not the case. These days with super fast PCs, the only languages with poor compile times will be Java I think, most smaller apps should compile fairly fast on modern hardware in most other languages. But when I tried TurboPascal and released that hitting Ctrl-F9 was just as fast as hitting F5 in QBASIC, I was hooked. I originally had trouble moving onto compiled languages because of that. I loved using QBASIC for the longest time growing up because of how fast it was to just hit F5. One of the huge advantages for the younger generation to use ObjectPascal is it's "almost too quick" compiling, it's perfect for people who seek "instant gratification" and have no patience for long compile times. ![]() Hook them in at a young age! How can we make ObjectPascal look hip on TikTok? I feel we should be advertising ObjectPascal to the younger generation somehow, it's that generation that will define the future or software development after all. It will improve the overall visibility of the language. While I no longer consider myself a "beginner", more tutorial YouTube videos are always great.
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