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  Read the following about Delphi, it is important Sky89 <Sky89@sky68.com> - 2018-07-11 19:35 -0400

#4442 — Read the following about Delphi, it is important

Hello,


Read the following about Delphi, it is important:


Desktop Development on Windows and Delphi VCL Library

What is happening in the area of desktop development for Windows? What 
is Microsoft focused on? And what does Delphi offer with the VCL? Simply 
the best option!

Despite all the push for web and mobile development, which are certainly 
growing a lot, Windows desktop development is far from death. In fact, 
at the recent Build 2018 conference Microsoft reported that over the 
last year the developers using Visual Studio for building desktop 
applications has doubled. On our side, we know the the majority of the 
RAD Studio customers are still maintaining a lot of Windows applications 
and building many new ones.

And Where is the Delphi and the VCL in All This?

Now comes the interesting part, at least for me. Delphi started in the 
native camp, was lured into the temptation of shifting to .NET, and got 
back squarely into the native world -- which is now becoming fashionable 
again (see the push towards C++, even on desktop). In terms of UI 
libraries, the VCL has always been considered the best wrapper on top of 
the native Windows API. Compared to MFC and WinForms, there was never 
really a context. Moreover, Delphi and VCL offer a much better 
encapsulation of the COM layer on Windows, both for consuming objects 
and publishing them. And recently Delphi started offering a great and 
smooth encapsulation of the WinRT APIs, directly mapped to interfaces 
and other core language features.

Is Delphi VCL Today the Best Windows Desktop Library?

I really think it is, but I fully understand your mileage might be 
different. Native optimized applications, very fast to load, with 
multi-core CPUs support, integration with all Windows APIs, not to 
mention the large number of great third party VCL UI controls. There are 
a lot of reasons start new desktop applications development in VCL 
today, maybe even more than in the past given Microsoft renewed focus on 
native desktop applications.

Read more here:

http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2018-may-desktop-development-windows-delphi-vcl.html



Thank you,
Amine Moulay Ramdane.

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