November 3, 2009
Delphi Application Showcase
Embarcadero has set up an official Delphi Application Showcase, at http://www.embarcadero.com/application-showcase. The idea is quite interesting and even if there were already similar lists around, having an official one by Embarcadero (and having the company use the Delphi community for marketing the product) is quite nice.
The user interface is nice, even if not very intuitive (how do you move to the next element? is there a way to get the complete list? I think no), and it is even nicer it was implemented with Javascript (using the scriptaculous library) while at first sight it might as well seem a Flash page. When will we have a Javascript IDE from Embarcadero? But I'm digressing...
Make sure you send them information about your applications written in Delphi (and other Embarcadero languages), at http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/39930.
Ironically, I just proposed a similar project to the European marketing, and it was not accepted as this was already in the works. There is one significant difference worth considering. The current list of programs in the Delphi Showcase is mostly made of utilities, shareware, Internet client applications, and the like. In my view, it would be very relevant to have business applications (including applications that are not for sale, but made for internal usage). I hope people who wrote software in this caterogy will submit and Embarcadero will accept them, as this is an equally large category of programs written in Delphi.
Kudos to the idea and let's hope it grows, as for now the list of Good Quality Applications written in Delphi at Delphi Wiki is much longer. The more the better in terms of visibility, even if some of the programs are not well known to the large public.
19 Comments
Delphi Application Showcase
Ken, no, they are not only 4, there are many more. But you have to figure out how to scroll the horizontal list...Comment by Marco Cantu [http://www.marcocantu.com] on November 3, 13:42
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I am surprised to find Toad from Quest Software shows here because we use Toad for MS SQL Server in our company and I can that it is built with .NET and NOT Delphi.Comment by Yogi Yang on November 3, 13:58
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Quest's application for Oracle are usually written in Delphi. AFAIK there's also SQL Navigator and Spotlight.Comment by Luigi D. Sandon on November 3, 18:02
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You may recall posts I may trying to advertise various widely known applications written in Delphi... It's good to see this kind of thing coming from the company though as you mention the UI is _really_ awful. Where is the easy to scroll easy to read and more importantly SEO friendly version of this list? At least it's a start!Comment by Steve Trefethen [http://www.stevetrefethen.com/blog/] on November 3, 21:57
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Very cool, it is slick and I like the applications they picked. However, I thought Skype was rewritten in another language so that it could be cross platform. Is that incorrect?Comment by Jeff C. on November 4, 00:18
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Hi Jeff, at least the Skype Windows client is built with Delphi.Comment by on November 4, 13:42
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@ Jeff, Skype for windows written in Delphi. other version written in C++, I think they write each version separately and they don't compile same version for each platform. even if you check Skype jobs, you will find some Delphi developers required ;-)Comment by Mohammed Nasman [http://www.mnasman.com/blog] on November 4, 14:30
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@Yogi, Both Toad for Oracle and SQL Server require .Net 3.5 SP1 and contain a lot of .Net assemblies. They both also have several EXEs and DLLs written in Delphi, though far fewer for the SQL Server product.Comment by Bruce McGee on November 4, 17:27
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@Yogi: "I am surprised to find Toad from Quest Software shows here because we use Toad for MS SQL Server in our company and I can that it is built with .NET and NOT Delphi." TOAD = Tool for Oracle Application Developers, and was always in Delphi. Probably they found it easier to access MS SQL through the .NET runtimes.Comment by Ken Knopfli on November 4, 17:30
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OK, I give up. I have clicked everywhere. How do you scroll the showcase?Comment by Ken Knopfli on November 4, 17:33
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Ken, the bar with the 4 miniatures above the large image has a scroll button at the far right. Also, if you select an entry, you'll see a small "next>>" element on the upper right corner. Of course, you need to have JavaScript enabled and there might be browser incompatibilities. Seems to work OK in Chrome. Hope this help (but yes, the user interface is not good).Comment by Marco Cantu [http://www.marcocantu.com] on November 4, 18:33
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I just heard from Quest Software. They confirmed that Toad for SQL Server is written using .Net and that Toad for Oracle and SQL Navigator both continue to be developed in Delphi.Comment by Bruce McGee on November 4, 18:58
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AFAIK the navigation buttons do not appear until the page is fully loaded.Comment by Luigi D. Sandon on November 4, 19:43
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Ah! On my slow connection that big pic took a LOOONG time to load and NoScript blocked the JavaScript. Usually websites display a message to inform the user to enable JavaScript.Comment by Ken Knopfli on November 5, 15:57
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The presentation is really poor. Who wants to wait for pretty pictures to scroll by. A simple list with categories would have been better.Comment by RU on November 5, 18:53
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Huh?!? I have just enabled JavaScript and it STILL does not work! No arrows, no effect when clicking on a pic (altho' the cursor does change to a hand). Does it only work on special browsers? I'm using Firefox.Comment by Ken Knopfli on November 6, 11:31
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Hi Marco, While the idea is probably not new I believe that our recent activities this summer 09 may have played a small role in the incentive to actually implement the Delphi Application Showcase. http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/39795 In part our incentive was to promote our product (despite the fact that our target groups are not Delphi developers), but, moreover, to do what what can to generate awareness and support for Delphi. Hence, the article. Delphi is so much more than most developers realize, in particular this applies to newcomers to the developer scene. I trust that your call towards a wider as well as deeper spectrum of Delphi showcase items will be heard. After all, so much of the good stuff was made with DelphiComment by B.J. Rao [http://www.grasp3d.com] on December 7, 01:48
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Delphi Application Showcase
Comment by Ken Knopfli on November 3, 13:39