{"id":4970,"date":"2018-10-13T06:03:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T12:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/play.fallows.ca\/wp\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2018-10-12T13:31:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T19:31:30","slug":"explore-delphi-community-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play.fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/software-projects\/explore-delphi-community-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Delphi Community Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I thought it time to explore Delphi Community Edition, the free development platform released last summer. I did and it rocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I had a little software project that I thought would be fast to implement in Delphi. Recently, I have been using Visual Studio especially for Arduino coding. But when I fired up Delphi XE2 I found my license had gotten all screwed up and it would not run.<\/p>\n

For more than twenty years, Delphi\/Pascal has been my development environment of choice. Over the years I have used Delphi 1 (1995, 16 bit) , Delphi 5 (1999, 32 bit) and XE2 (2011, 64 bit). I have my 10,000+ hours of experience. Writing code in Delphi, as well as using its Visual Component Library, is second nature.<\/p>\n

So, rather than being stymied by the XE2 license failure, I decided to explore Delphi Community Edition, only released last summer. This is the first time that the various owners of Delphi (Borland, Code Gear, Embarcadero) have made a full featured version of the product for the hobbyist at no charge. There had previously been a “Starter” edition, but it was seriously crippled.<\/p>\n

Guess what? Community Edition is pretty much the Professional Edition, but with some licensing restrictions<\/a> that should not really effect hobby users.<\/p>\n

Explore Delphi Community Edition Features<\/h2>\n

While my main interest is Windows PC development, Delphi CE also supports Apple, Android and Windows Store apps. It includes mobile, Bluetooth and IoT support – basically everything except Linux.<\/p>\n

If you write Pascal code, you might want to read the feature matrix<\/a> which compares Delphi CE to Professional. Obviously, some of the advanced helper features are missing, as well as all the Enterprise-level capabilities. But, by and large, hobbyists will find everything they need. Delphi, as a language, has the power of C++ and the ease of use of Basic. It’s still a winner!<\/p>\n

Hopefully you will explore Delphi Community Edition and help keep this product on the charts for a few more years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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