Re:24 years of Delphi and Delphi 10.3.1 is out Today
by gduke on Friday February 15, 2019 @08:14AM
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Since July last year, a free Community Edition of both Delphi and C++ Builder has been available.
Feature wise, it is essential the Professional edition with a few license limitations.
Re:24 years of Delphi and Delphi 10.3.1 is out Today
by fmxexpress on Friday February 15, 2019 @09:10AM
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Delphi does compile to Linux. With the FMXLinux third party add on the Delphi FireMonkey framework compiles apps to iOS/Android/Windows/macOS32/Linux with a single UI and single codebase.
Re:24 years of Delphi and Delphi 10.3.1 is out Today
by TheJimMcKeeth on Friday February 15, 2019 @12:54PM
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Delphi community edition includes Windows, Android, iOS, macOS, with FireDAC database access and full access to the source for the VCL, FMX & RTL.
https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter
Basically everything in Professional, but free for hobbyists.
Except, I can get all of Visual Studio for free for Community use, and yet I can't get a completely free edition of Delphi. I think I got a trial, and it failed to compile / run certain projects. It was basically crippleware for me, I couldn't get it to do a damn thing for a number of the projects it generated code for. I will say though, the IDE is fast as hell and it was a very tiny install.
I also would of loved them to have somewhat teamed up with the FPC group to make it so Delphi compiles for Linux in exchange for either monetary support for the FPC group, or enhancements that would make their compiler awesome.