Delphi As Programming Language

Borland Delphi is a development tool for Microsoft Windows applications. Delphi is powerful and easy to use tool for generating stand-alone graphical user interface (GUI) programs or 32-bit console applications (programs that have no GUI presence but instead run in what is commonly referred to as a "DOS box.")

When paired with Borland Kylix, Delphi users can build single-source applications for both Windows and Linux, which opens new opportunities and increases the potential return on development investments. Use the Cross-platform CLX component library and visual designers to build high-performance portable applications for Windows that can be easily re-compiled on Linux.

Delphi is the first programming language to shatter the barrier between high-level, easy-to-use rapid application development environments and low-level bits-and-bytes power tools.

When creating GUI applications with Delphi, you have all the power of a true compiled programming language (Object Pascal) wrapped up in a RAD environment. All the common parts of the Windows graphical user interface, like forms, buttons and lists objects, are included in Delphi as components. This means that you don't have to write any code when adding them to your application. You simply draw them onto your form like in a paint program. You can also drop ActiveX controls on forms to create specialized programs such as Web browsers in a matter of minutes. Delphi allows the developer to design the entire interface visually, and quickly implement an event driven code with the click of the mouse.

Delphi ships in a variety of configurations aimed at both departmental and enterprise needs. With Delphi, you can write Windows programs more quickly and more easily than was possible ever before.