[DUG] RAD 2007 to what

[David Brennan]

It really depends whether you want to enhance the app in the most time and
cost effective manner (in which case definitely stick with the current IDE,
Delphi 2007) or whether you are serious about trying to get into properly
development. If the latter then there is much to be said for learning the
new features in the newest versions of the software such as Delphi XE6. The
latest versions include a *lot* of changes which are useful for applying
modern development theory (including unit tests, mocking frameworks,
closures, reflection, etc). You can still do some of this in Delphi 2007 but
most the open source or third party frameworks/components rely on features
which are newer than 2007.

Of course it also depends on whether you can afford to do anything about
replacing the BDE/dbase database. I have no idea whether Delphi XE6 would
still work with your current BDE/dbase solution but I suspect the answer is
no (I'm sure others could clarify?) so this could be the deciding factor.

Cheers,
David.

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of John Bird
Sent: Wednesday, 9 July 2014 11:24 a.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] RAD 2007 to what

First reaction would be unless you need Unicode for your users you could 
stay on D2007 - I am running it on Windows 8.1.   BDE even will still work, 
but you could look at moving to another database.  Firebird or MySQL

Migration ease depends largely on what external components you have
installed - make sure you can get XE6 versions of those.  If you are using
just standard VCL stuff then migration is extremely easy as the defaults in
existing projects will (usually) just work.  (If you started catering for
Unicode using Widechar or AnsiString  you may have to revisit or undo that
as XE6 will do Unicode native)  Also note the XE5/XE6 versions of project
files are not backward compatible, so keep a copy of the original D2007
..dproj file in case you need to revisit D2007.

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie
Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 8:53 AM
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: [DUG] RAD 2007 to what

Hi, real quick I've wanted to be a programmer for 20 years but "LIFE"
dictated something else. However I did develop a couple of applications and
am now being asked if I want to work on one of those app again. So I'm
seeking y'alls advise as I have done over the years.
The app will be used by 3 users, originally developed with Delphi 2007
Professional with the BDE & dBase files. Since the computers that are now
being used are all Windows 8 what should I do:
1) upgrade or not. If so to what release & version eg XE5/Professional?
2) what database to use
3) any gotchas in upgrading?
4) would anyone want to "mentor" me if I take on this project? And if so
what are your fees"

Thanks
Charlie
Williamson, GA - USA
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