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| - Delphi is a general purpose development environment for all versions of Windows. It is the most powerful tool available for software developers working on the Windows platform. It can produce any kind of Windows application, including Service and Console applications, IIS extensions, etc, but in the specific case of GUI applications and database access, it is the best tool available, bar none.
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| - Delphi is a general purpose development environment for all versions of Windows. It is the most powerful tool available for software developers working on the Windows platform. It can produce any kind of Windows application, including Service and Console applications, IIS extensions, etc, but in the specific case of GUI applications and database access, it is the best tool available, bar none. It can create programs that run on any version of Windows, access every major kind of Database, including ORACLE, SQL Server, DB2, Interbase, Firebird, and supports n-tier and Client/Server architectures. It supports Win32, Win64, MacOS, iOS, Android, IoT and Web. For native code development, Delphi is a "force-multiplier" tool that provides native code performance and yet provides a fast design, implementation, and build environment that allows users to slip into a "rapid" mode of development. Delphi enables Rapid Application Development, without the overhead of runtimes, interpreters, JIT compilers, garbage-collectors, etc. In short, Delphi hits a sweet spot in the developer tools segment that no other tool hits, giving the performance and zero-runtime-requirements of native coding environments, while giving the developer the speed of RAD, but without the drawbacks of either. Interestingly, the underlying architecture of the Delphi product and its object-oriented VCL framework (Visual Control Library) has allowed it to bring its considerable strengths to .Net development as well. Experienced Delphi programmers can be productive in .Net immediately because they can continue to use the same VCL framework classes and powerful GUI design environment they have used for native-code development, yet the resulting .Net executable is a 100% managed .Net application. Existing application code, perhaps dating all the way back to Delphi's first version in 1995, can often migrate with little or even no change into .Net where it can be leveraged by being able to introduce new features and abilities found on the .Net platform. New development for .Net can leverage this VCL platform, or use the Winforms framework provided by Microsoft, and Delphi provides ASP.Net development too.
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