I have looked at the D language and liked it's syntax. The code looks neat and clean.

But before I try to learn it thoroughly, I want to know if D is suitable to develop high level database GUI applications with drag and drop components like Delphi or Lazarus.

Do we have something like that already? If not, are there any plans to develop a component based rad tool in future?

Thanks,
JJ

On Tuesday, 6 August 2013 at 18:05:22 UTC, John Joyus wrote:
> I have looked at the D language and liked it's syntax. The code looks neat and clean.
>
> But before I try to learn it thoroughly, I want to know if D is suitable to develop high level database GUI applications with drag and drop components like Delphi or Lazarus.
>
> Do we have something like that already? If not, are there any plans to develop a component based rad tool in future?
>
> Thanks,
> JJ

Is lazarus any good, now that version 1.xx is out? Previous versions were very buggy. I wonder if we could get an extern(freepascal) or whatever name mangling lazarus uses.


Peter



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On Tuesday, 6 August 2013 at 18:05:22 UTC, John Joyus wrote:
> I have looked at the D language and liked it's syntax. The code looks neat and clean.
>
> But before I try to learn it thoroughly, I want to know if D is suitable to develop high level database GUI applications with drag and drop components like Delphi or Lazarus.
>
> Do we have something like that already? If not, are there any plans to develop a component based rad tool in future?
>
> Thanks,
> JJ

You should tell us which OS are you going to develop for.

I tried to use Glade for GTK+ some time ago and have some sample code but I couldn't get tot work with the signals yet.

It is called GtkD.

Carlos

On 08/06/2013 04:49 PM, sclytrack wrote:

> Is lazarus any good, now that version 1.xx is out? Previous versions
> were very buggy. I wonder if we could get an extern(freepascal) or
> whatever name mangling lazarus uses.
>

Lazarus is not as great as the expensive Delphi, but it is a pretty good 'free' alternative. I am hearing good things about the Free Pascal it uses. It appears in some cases the performance of FP exceeds D.

On 08/06/2013 04:55 PM, Carlos wrote:

> You should tell us which OS are you going to develop for.
>
> I tried to use Glade for GTK+ some time ago and have some sample code
> but I couldn't get tot work with the signals yet.
>
> It is called GtkD.


Though my primary OS is Ubuntu, with Windows in VirtualBox, I have to develop for Windows.

Thanks,
JJ

On 08/06/2013 04:55 PM, Carlos wrote:
>
> It is called GtkD.
>

Are there any applications written with GtkD for Windows? Just want to look at the screen shots. Thanks.

On Wednesday, 7 August 2013 at 21:41:30 UTC, John Joyus wrote:
> On 08/06/2013 04:55 PM, Carlos wrote:
>>
>> It is called GtkD.
>>
>
> Are there any applications written with GtkD for Windows? Just want to look at the screen shots. Thanks.

http://deoma-cmd.ru/en/SiteCreator.aspx

biggest what i see

On Tuesday, 6 August 2013 at 18:05:22 UTC, John Joyus wrote:
> I have looked at the D language and liked it's syntax. The code looks neat and clean.
>
> But before I try to learn it thoroughly, I want to know if D is suitable to develop high level database GUI applications with drag and drop components like Delphi or Lazarus.
>
> Do we have something like that already? If not, are there any plans to develop a component based rad tool in future?
>
> Thanks,
> JJ

The answer is NO to all your questions.

On Friday, 9 August 2013 at 11:25:01 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:
> On Tuesday, 6 August 2013 at 18:05:22 UTC, John Joyus wrote:
>> I have looked at the D language and liked it's syntax. The code looks neat and clean.
>>
>> But before I try to learn it thoroughly, I want to know if D is suitable to develop high level database GUI applications with drag and drop components like Delphi or Lazarus.
>>
>> Do we have something like that already? If not, are there any plans to develop a component based rad tool in future?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> JJ
>
> The answer is NO to all your questions.

Well, the *language* is suitable, but the available libraries are not.

On 08/09/2013 07:24 AM, Dejan Lekic wrote:
> The answer is NO to all your questions.

I appreciate the straight answer! :)

However, my curiosity for D language has grown recently after I read this article,
http://www.drdobbs.com/parallel/the-case-for-d/217801225

So, I will sill learn this language, albeit a little slowly!
I'll start with Ali's book and finish with Andrei's.

Thanks to all,
JJ