Delphi is still great, even though the usage declined and not many people, especially newcomers know about it (or C++ Builder).

It is still probably the best drag and drop experience for UI components, with Qt Creator being a runner up.

A bit shame, as most likely the popularity declined due to draconial licencing model at the time. Now they have Delphi Community edition, which is free.

If you have some free time, try it, you won't regret it. Especially good for hobby projects.

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_zamorano_ 2 days ago | parent [-]

I don't think any of those are better than WinForms.

After all these years, I still use WinForms for prototyping, nothing faster comes to mind. If I need a mockup to show to my manager in 15 minutes, nothing beats WinForms.

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kwanbix 2 days ago | parent [-]

What do you mean by WinForms? I understand it is a framework/library? does it come with its own IDE? Delphi is great for this, how is WinForms better?

	▲	zeroc8 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		WinForms used to have a designer similar to Delphi. I've used them both, Delphi's was better.
	▲	bruckie 2 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Forms
	▲	oniony 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Visual Studio was/is the IDE.