C# or Delphi

[lukeharpin]

Currently I have been developing applications in Delphi 7. Recently I
meet up with a friend of mine who previously developed in Delphi, from
version 1 - 7. When Delphi 8 .net was release he found too many bugs
and switch to C# and loves it. I hope to do the same. However, I have a
few hurdles to jump.

Firstly my boss is a Delphi nut. I have heard the guy who originally
developed Delphi worked on the development of C# ? If so this maybe
sufficient ammunition alone.

Secondly we have nearly completed the localization of an app for Japan.
This has been a massive achievement due to all the problems we've
encountered along the way with Delphi and Rave Reports. I even had to
scrape Rave due to it not translating correctly and develop my own
reporting tool. Has anyone completed localization in Japanese with C#
.. I would be interested to know.

Thirdly has any one been down this route of converting Delphi code to
C#.

Thanks in advance

 

[Marc Scheuner [MVP ADSI]]

Firstly my boss is a Delphi nut. I have heard the guy who originally

developed Delphi worked on the development of C# ? If so this maybe
sufficient ammunition alone.

Yes, one of the original architects and creators of Turbo Pascal and
later Delphi, Anders Hejlsberg, is now one of the master minds behind
C#.

Switching from Delphi to C# was very easy for me, too - thanks to the
brilliant architecture we've enjoyed in Delphi since 1995 !

C# as a language is easy to learn with a Delphi background, no big
hurdles there - a few annoyances at first, but with a bit of
programming under your belt, you'll feel comfortable.

Using and making the most of the .NET Framework classes is a
no-brainer, too, thanks to having used the VCL extensively. You just
feel right at home. Again, a few annoyances and idiosyncrasies (why on
earth aren't the buttons on a toolbar individual objects, with a Click
event of their own??? A single click event handler for the whole
toolbar?? With a big switch statement inside to figure out which
button has been pressed???? This sounds like VB - not like C# / OOP to
me!!).

Thirdly has any one been down this route of converting Delphi code to
C#.

I didn't really convert any existing code to C# - no point in doing
so. But all new stuff at work is done in C#, and with a Delphi
background, picking it up and using it productively has been very easy
- the C++ guys are still struggling with all those "new", weird
concepts like properties on classes etc.

So I don't think it'll be tricky going from Delphi to C# - then again,
why even bother? Delphi 2005 is a very good and solid .NET language
and development environment, too - you can do everything you can do in
C#, right from Delphi 2005 - heck, you can even compile C# code with
it!!

Marc

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Marc Scheuner May The Source Be With You!
Berne, Switzerland m.scheuner -at- inova.ch

 

[Michael S]

I think a migration to Delphi.NET would be the best way to switch to the
..NET platform.
- Michael S

 

[Bob]

We localized our enterprise .NET Application (in C#, VB.NET and
C++.net) into several languages including Japanese. We followed the
automatic process described in this article:

http://www.ftponline.com/vsm/2005_05/magazine/features/lhuang/

- bob