Is Delphi dead?

[Leyland]

Hi All,
I've been programming with Borland Delphi since it was released ten years ago. I find it to be a very robust product; however, outside of the Delphi community it is not recognized too highly. I am curious to hear what you think of Delphi

Regards

http://www.addmap.com

[sde]

we had a delphi forum here for a while, but it wasn't that popular so we hid it. i do not know anyone in real life or people i talk to regularly online who programs delphi.

is there a job market for it?

[Leyland]

I think that those that use it love it, but I also think that its popularity is slowly eroding - your comment confirms my suspicions. Too bad because it is a good product. I'm not sure if there's a job market for it but there again my clients that want it tent to stay with it.

Thanks for your thoughts

Regards

http://www.addmap.com/HospitalMap.html

[sde]

that makes you this much more valuable.

we have an IBM iSeries at work, and a lot of our programs are RPG based. this is another language that i don't know a lot of programmers for, .. however, those that know it probably won't be worried about jobs anytime soon.

fortunately for me, i can use java to do things on the iSeries. i was using RPG.NET for a little while, but data access was simply too slow.

if i remember correctly, the ibm midrange servers support delphi programming too, i'm not 100% on that though.

addmap looks pretty cool , .. did you make that? why the different links in your posts though?

[Leyland]

Yes I believe you're right Delphi does run on Main-Frames and as for job security, I hope you're right. I know that the Delphi user's group here in Calgary, where I live is reasonably strong and I think that any jobs that do come up in this market have a few takers. Furthermore, consultants like me are quite plentiful.

The reason for the variable links is I'm finding that people are not getting past my home page and looking at the maps, so I thought that I would try sending them directly to the map. I just launched this site and getting feedback at this point is important.

Appreciate your kind comments.

Regards

http://www.addmap.com/LibraryMap.html

[idx]

Looks like some of that php needs some work... Lots of fun errors.

-r

[Leyland]

Thank you for taking the time to look and comment idx.

I don't get any errors when I run on my system so if you would let me know what you found it will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[sde]

i saw them too .. this is on the hospital page. php is server-side so it should show the same for everyone.

Notice: Undefined index: ST in c:\program files\OmniSecure\Php-Code\MapPage.php on line 18

Notice: Undefined index: CC in c:\program files\OmniSecure\Php-Code\MapPage.php on line 19

Notice: Undefined index: ZF in c:\program files\OmniSecure\Php-Code\MapPage.php on line 20

Notice: Undefined index: MX in c:\program files\OmniSecure\Php-Code\MapPage.php on line 21

Notice: Undefined index: MY in c:\program files\OmniSecure\Php-Code\MapPage.php on line 22

[sde]

ah, i know what it is.

notices aren't really important to report, but for security reasons, php enables notice reporting by default.

try this. locate your php.ini file. on windows, it probably is in c:\windows\( system32 or system )

then look for the error_reporting line .. make it look like this:

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

that will make it report errors, but not notices. notices aren't really important and in most php setups, notice reporting is turned off.

after you make the change, restart your web server and you should be good to go.

[Leyland]

Thank you - I know exactly what's wrong with this page. I didn't change the global variables

Thank you

[idx]

It also had some mysql errors, but only on the "static" links you posted. The other parts of the site worked.

-r

[wishknew]

Originally Posted by sde

we had a delphi forum here for a while, but it wasn't that popular so we hid it. i do not know anyone in real life or people i talk to regularly online who programs delphi.

is there a job market for it?

Hello,

I am from Indonesia. We have a yahoogroups about Delphi and so many members post new topic daily. I will invite my friends to join with CodeNewbie as soon as you re-open the Delphi forum.

Do you know that the man behind .Net is the man behind Delphi? Don't you realize that the Sender as Object in .Net comes from Delphi's Sender as TObject? Delphi has most new features in VB .Net long since time ago (Delphi 3.0). Delphi now have 3 platform, Kylix (linux), Delphi 2005 (Win32 and .Net), so the future is still huge.

I do strongly recommend CodeNewbie to re-Open the Delphi Forum.

Best regards,


Wisnu Widiarta

[idx]

Still sounds like more actual demand would warrant a delphi forum.

-r

[sde]

Hi Wishnu,

I think the interest in a Delphi forum is excellent and I have nothing against it at all, however we have had a long standing guideline regarding forums.

A forum is really nothing more than more vertical scrolling space if it is not active so there are 2 requirements.

1. We have a "regular" member who has some level of expertise in the subject.

2. The forum doesn't go more than 2 weeks without posts.

Aside from the extra vertical scrolling space, a forum isn't worth very much if there is no one here to give some guidance in the subject.

If there is some more interest experessed, I would be happy to host a Delphi forum.

[wishknew]

Originally Posted by sde

Hi Wishnu,

1. We have a "regular" member who has some level of expertise in the subject.

2. The forum doesn't go more than 2 weeks without posts.

Aside from the extra vertical scrolling space, a forum isn't worth very much if there is no one here to give some guidance in the subject.

If there is some more interest experessed, I would be happy to host a Delphi forum.

I understand about these rules. Finally I found a site which have similar functionality with this codenewbie, but have Delphi forum inside. (http://www.codefez.com).

Thank you,


Wisnu