CodeGear has today announced two new products bearing the Delphi name, one of which will target the Win32 platform, while the other will provide a visual development environment for PHP.
The Win32 product, Delphi 2007 (beta codename, ‘Spacely’) follows in the long tradition of Delphi products from Borland (CodeGear’s ‘parent’ company). Unlike the multi-language, dual-platform (Win32/.NET) Borland Developer Studio, Delphi 2007 will be a single-language, (...)
Seriosly, DON’T use Delphi for PHP. It defines itself as a RAD IDE, but it isn’t. In fact, building web applications with it is a real pain in the ass. It’s taking too much time, it’s bad documented and the performance of the VCL for PHP framework is crappy.
If you are a Delphi developer, considering to build web applications, don’t use it. The difference is too big and the mix of PHP and Javascript is something you have to learn anyways.
If you are a PHP developer, considering to use a good framework to optimize your workflow, don’t use it either. Instead, try to read yourself into the Zend framework.
If you are unsure, but you think a graphic IDE could save you a lot of time, don’t use it. It will definitely not save you any time. Instead, try to get a grip on CSS and the different types of positioning elements.
I’m absolutely serious. Don’t use it. It’s a frustrating experience that will slow your web projects down to a near standstill. I have to use it for my current project and it’s devastating.
I hope that somebody will read this _before_ buying Delphi for PHP.
