Delphi for Php 2007 - Box/cd
- Marketing Information: Delphi for PHP revolutionizes PHP web development with Delphiandquot;s proven visual Rapid Application Development (RAD) approach for accelerated visual PHP web development. Delphi for PHP is the fast and easy way to build robust PHP web applications. Product Information - Software Sub Type: Programming Language - Software Name: Delphi 2007 for PHP - Complete Product - Platform Support: PC License Information - License Type: Complete Product - License Pricing: Standard - License Quantity: 1 User
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Delphi for Php 2007 - Box/cd Reviews
Once the documentation is there this product will take the market by storm. I disagree about the notion that it leads to 'generic looks'. I have written code in IDEs for decades. Because, as the other reviewer noted, there is no documentation to speak of. I am big on them. Delphi for PHP has literally nothing to do with Delphi per se. The question I have is: Is this product going to be around tomorrow and will the company provide a user guide and a real application.
The class library is available under GPL and if I wanted to code with it, I did not need this product. Mostly I can see this from the Youtube video folks have created and put out there. All very cool, endless possibilities from what I can see. Delphi is a great product. A suspicious issue is that there is no aftermarket book, no 'website created with Delphi for PHP', not a single 'application' in the sample code but merely a collection of widgets. It is a standalone product with a great IDE and an integrated debugger.
Yes, there is a reference for the class library but please - this is an IDE. I see enormous potential for this engine, there is full-blown Ajax support, controls you would pay a thousand dollars for if you bought them separately but useless. I have been with Borland with Turbo Pascal to Object Pascal to what turned into Delphi. Otherwise it will remain DOA.
The 67 page Users' Guide is so insufficient that it only explains how to use on two of the many components the package offers. The product has been on the market for a short while now and nobody has written a tutorial. If CodeGear expects this product to be useful they need to write an in-depth tutorial and not expect other people to try to figure out the software and write tutorials for CodeGear as has been done for Delphi and JBuilder. They often lead to sloppy code that lead to very generic-looking applications. Even then it does not explain the use of these components well enough for me to use them. But sometimes they are helpful to do quick & dirty jobs fast. The big problem with this package is a lack of documentation. I am not too keen to IDEs writing my code.
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