CodeGear announces Q1 releases of Delphi 2007 and Delphi for PHP

2/21/2007 1:45:58 AM #

I think 'Delphi for PHP' is a fantastic thing.  One that my employer, and I as a small business owner, are keen to look into.  

Hopefully it will capture the minds of new developers who often start in languages line PHP.

I personally would like it as I could have my wife, who has minimal but sufficient HTML knowledge to get into it.  She finds the full ASP.NET a bit over complex and unnessesary.  (We use Delphi ASP.NET for our business web site).

I find the name a bit odd.  I suppose it is just a hint of the naming convention for the new CodeGear product range.  So I am willing to wait and see how it falls into place.

Robin

2/26/2007 9:40:52 PM #

I am also confused by the name chosen "Delphi for PHP". I thought that Delphi was (only) a language and mixing Delphi and PHP in the same tool denomination looks confusing for me.

Franck

2/26/2007 10:34:41 PM #

Franck,
To me, Object Pascal is the language and Delphi is much more of an idea that encompasses things like:

- Fast code/compile/run/debug cylces
- Rich framework(s)
- Visual designers
- Small fast executables

Now, apply that same sort of thinking to PHP.

Steve Trefethen