Re: Developer/2000 versus Delphi

In article 100C_at_bellsouth.net, Shael Richmond <ksrich_at_bellsouth.net> () writes:
> We currently have a home grown application running on VAX's using
> DECForms and the CODASYL DBMS. We are moving our historical data
> to an Oracle Database and generally venturing into the client/server
> arena. We have a small part of the huge application in Delphi
> accessing the Oracle database.
>
> We are considering move to Developer/2000 and/or Designer/2000.
> My question is how good are these products and how is the learning
> curve from traditional 3gl's? The sales hype looks impressive but
> is it? Are the products flexible enough for real production
> applications? The big advantage we see is Developer can generate
> the application for both character and PC devices. This makes it
> attractive in the near term with all those VT's still out there
> but gives us the ability to give management their GUI devices.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shael

[Quoted] Developer 2000 has been around for years, and you should be able to do alot with it. I'm pretty sure a VAX version is available. Also look at JAM/Prolifics, Uniface, and Unify. These also support character-mode and GUI environments, as well as the Web. I think these also suport VMS and DG-UX, as well as Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and Windows 95.

[Quoted] Delphi with give you alot of flexibility in regards to the GUI, since it only lives on Windows 3.1 (Delphi 1) or Windows NT/95 (Delphi 2). So don't expect the other tools to match that, since they are in a different market (cross-platform support). Borland has done a great job with Delphi, and I would definately consider it in any Windows-only environment. But add character-mode terminal support or Web support, and I would look at some other tools.

[Quoted] A bit of advice. Make your screens small. That is honestly the best help I can give on cross-platform support. That way you don't have to worry about font sizes, HTML resizing, smaller displays, etc. The tools I mentioned all support scrolling and such, even on vt100 terminals, but you don't want your users to have to do this.

Good luck,
Mark McNulty
Quadris Consultant
mmcnul_at_quadris.com

Note- these views are mine and not those of JP Morgan or JYACC. Received on Thu Feb 20 1997 - 00:00:00 CET