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.<br>Its open source now. DelphiDroid I think its called.<br><br>Jeremy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Alistair Ward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:award@forum8.co.nz">award@forum8.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 29/11/2010 10:09 a.m., Alister Christie wrote:<br>
> I've been learning a bit of Android/Java lately as I need to write a<br>
> fairly small database application, and have been frustrated about how<br>
> much I need to know to able to achieve even fairly simple tasks. I did<br>
> some C# / Compact Framework work a few years ago, but I seem to remember<br>
> that being a bit easier going.<br>
><br>
> And this is my round-a-bout way of asking, how hard do you think it is<br>
> for someone to learn Delphi?<br>
><br>
> I started programming in Delphi 3, back when things were simple (crap -<br>
> am I saying "things were simpler in my day...."), and from time to time<br>
> I play catchup with many of the new technologies (Currently have half an<br>
> android application talking to a REST server written in Delphi using<br>
> JSON), so only learning a bit at a time. But Delphi is now huge, where<br>
> would one start?<br>
><br>
> Alister Christie<br>
> Computers for People<br>
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> Wellington<br>
<br>
</div>Hi,<br>
<br>
I'm firmly of the belief that for a good developer the toolset being<br>
used is irrelevant. A person with the right background and fundamental<br>
skills can pick up any programming language/environment in relatively<br>
short order.<br>
<br>
(For a not-so-good developer you could probably also say the toolset is<br>
irrelevant - I've heard it said you can write Fortran in any language :-) )<br>
<br>
I picked up Delphi (v2) very quickly, coming from a previous background<br>
of C and C++, although I had done a lot of Pascal at university. I have<br>
to say that I'm not looking forward to going back to curly braces...<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<font color="#888888">Alistair Ward.<br>
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