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Lazarus – A Delphi-compatible cross-platform IDE

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Re: Lazarus – A Delphi-compatible cross-platform IDE

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Post by oregontechninja »

I recently tried out Lazarus, and besides looking a bit dated, it works REALLY well. I had no Pascal experience so it was also overwhelming for a hello world app. But after the basic Pascal "Hello World" command line app, a GUI app didn't even require a tutorial to get working. Really impressed and am considering Pascal for a project.

Re: Lazarus – A Delphi-compatible cross-platform IDE

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Post by samuell »

Lazarus/FPC checks so many nice boxes:

[x] Statically compiled

[x] Native UI on Linux/Mac/Win

[x] Typically compiled without code changes on Linux/Mac/Win

[x] Small binaries

[x] No GC

[x] Readable, somewhat python-like syntax

[x] Still, doesn't rely on indentation for nested blocks

[ ] (Fill in)

Re: Lazarus – A Delphi-compatible cross-platform IDE

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Post by samuell »

Btw, OmniPascal for VSCode is also worth a mention as an alternative for quick edits, or for coding those CLI apps in pure FPC. A really nice project, which also helps showing that Pascal is Alive and Kicking :)

http://www.omnipascal.com

(Only issue is Linux support is not (yet) on par with Windows and Mac ... but then, it is open source, so that could change!)

Re: Lazarus – A Delphi-compatible cross-platform IDE

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Post by Zablus »

samuell wrote: post #5

Btw, OmniPascal for VSCode is also worth a mention as an alternative for quick edits, or for coding those CLI apps in pure FPC. A really nice project, which also helps showing that Pascal is Alive and Kicking :) http://www.omnipascal.com (Only issue is Linux support is not (yet) on par with Windows and Mac ... but then, it is open source, so that could change!)

Just wanted to mention OmniPascal :)

What's about Linux support? It's working on all platforms, isn't it? http://blog.omnipascal.com/omnipascal-0-14-0-mac-and-linux-s...

Re: Lazarus – A Delphi-compatible cross-platform IDE

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Post by scardine »

I wish porting projects from Delphi was easier. I was trying to make Python bindings for the AcBR library[1] and failed miserably.

Shameless plug: if you think you are up to the task and is not too expensive contact paulo at xtend.com.br

[1] http://acbr.sourceforge.net/drupal/

Re: Lazarus – A Delphi-compatible cross-platform IDE

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Post by Jack4E4B »

Lazarus is awesome because of the speed of the compiler, the fact that it has a GUI that works, and is OPEN SOURCE.

So one wonders WTH is going on with all the other compiled languages that have nothing like this? And no QT is not the answer, we need a built-in good enough GUI! =)

Re: Lazarus – A Delphi-compatible cross-platform IDE

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Post by Jack4E4B »

scardine wrote: post #7

I wish porting projects from Delphi was easier. I was trying to make Python bindings for the AcBR library[1] and failed miserably. Shameless plug: if you think you are up to the task and is not too expensive contact paulo at xtend.com.br [1] http://acbr.sourceforge.net/drupal/

There is another Pascal project out there called Oxygen by the folks at RemObjects. Not free, but I've heard good comments about it: http://www.elementscompiler.com/elements/oxygene/
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