Delphi is
Borland/Inprise 's flagship of 32bit Windows compilers.
Meanwhile in the (N+1)'th version, it is still the fastest PC software development
environment available. Development time is cut by an order of magnitude
due to the encapsulation of the windows controls while adding almost
no overhead. The suitability for big and reliable projects can be looked up
here or
here
A colleague of mine : "Delphi is the only PC software development tool that allows
to be specialized on something else."
Delphi Add_ons
To enhance Delphi, a rich variety of third party components are available from various companies.
I'm using (incomplete list):
As the code is taken from recent projects some of the fancy features may
have been removed. Therefore, some code shown in the sub pages is incomplete and
for reference only. Any code shown in the sub pages may be buggy, and thought
to pass the idea only. The code may not even be optimal. There is no right to
get it fixed. Send me a mail if you find a bug though.
components
These components are not or not yet installable. Use the USES clause and create them dynamically
