If you are going to use .NET then you should switch from Delphi to Visual Studio to get the most out of it. We're living in the age of the .NET Hell nowadays, after leaving the DLL Hell behind. It's a major improvement. Basically, we now have to deal with .NET versions 1.0 (D8), .NET 1.1 (D9+), .NET 2.0 (VS) and .NET 3.0 (VS2007) and of course the backwards compatibility is not really reliable.
Chances are that your .NET Delphi application will break on any current or future version of .NET so in my opinion, the WIN32 platform is better, if you want to use Delphi. (And as long as Codegear manages to exist.) Still, for an experienced Delphi developer the move to C# should not be such a big step. The learning curve is lower than you might expect. If you are going to move about .NET, learning about the .NET framework itself will be the toughest challenge. (And don't start about the VCL.NET since it's just c__p...) -- With kind regards, \/\//\ Wim, W.A. ten Brink On 4/4/07, Francois Steyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > We have to develop a new app from scratch. The question is, what will > we gain from going .NET or staying with Win32. We write > Accounting/POS/Payroll Systems. Software Updates are > distributed/downloaded via the web. We want to run it as an offline > system with batch updateing at the end of they day (semi online if you > specify your batch updates to be 0 seconds). It must be fast(GUI & DB) > and modular, application size must also be as small as possible. eg > having a (10mb application) vs (10kb application +80mb .NET) Right now > we're not really worried about Mobile devices, but would like to have a > web module where you can do ordering. > > Ive found alot of online sites with comparisons, but to me it looks like > a personal preference and I cannot get distinguished features/reasons > why we SHOULD go the .NET route. Everyone at the company is very > proficient with Delphi 7 Win32. Our possibilities is Delphi 2007 Win32, > Delphi 2006 .NET or C#.NET. C#.NET is almost a nogo since theres a big > learning curve. We do not want to develop the new application for the > next 2 years. > > Hope I made it clear enough! > > Thanks!! > Francois Steyn > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ > To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
