you guys know there is a Delphi to Android tool? You do your development in Delphi and then compile it to apparently native android code. Its open source now. DelphiDroid I think its called.
Jeremy On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Alistair Ward <aw...@forum8.co.nz> wrote: > On 29/11/2010 10:09 a.m., Alister Christie wrote: > > I've been learning a bit of Android/Java lately as I need to write a > > fairly small database application, and have been frustrated about how > > much I need to know to able to achieve even fairly simple tasks. I did > > some C# / Compact Framework work a few years ago, but I seem to remember > > that being a bit easier going. > > > > And this is my round-a-bout way of asking, how hard do you think it is > > for someone to learn Delphi? > > > > I started programming in Delphi 3, back when things were simple (crap - > > am I saying "things were simpler in my day...."), and from time to time > > I play catchup with many of the new technologies (Currently have half an > > android application talking to a REST server written in Delphi using > > JSON), so only learning a bit at a time. But Delphi is now huge, where > > would one start? > > > > Alister Christie > > Computers for People > > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > > http://www.salespartner.co.nz > > PO Box 13085 > > Johnsonville > > Wellington > > Hi, > > I'm firmly of the belief that for a good developer the toolset being > used is irrelevant. A person with the right background and fundamental > skills can pick up any programming language/environment in relatively > short order. > > (For a not-so-good developer you could probably also say the toolset is > irrelevant - I've heard it said you can write Fortran in any language :-) > ) > > I picked up Delphi (v2) very quickly, coming from a previous background > of C and C++, although I had done a lot of Pascal at university. I have > to say that I'm not looking forward to going back to curly braces... > > Cheers, > Alistair Ward. > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe >
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