What components and IDE add-ins do you install with Delphi?

Mick picture Mick · Jan 23, 2010 · Viewed 10.2k times · Source

After a clean install of Delphi, what components and IDE add-ins do you make certain that you install? What's your Delphi "rig"? Here's what I install after a clean installation:

  1. Delphi 2007 / Delphi 2010
  2. JCL / JVCL - JEDI Code Library and JEDI Visual Code Library (600+ components)
  3. JWA / JWSCL - JEDI API Library & Security Code Library
  4. GExperts - GExperts is a free set of tools built to increase the productivity of Delphi and C++Builder programmers by adding several features to the IDE. (Now includes the previously experimental code formatter.)
  5. CnWizards - Provides IDE enhancements to improve development efficiency
  6. Virtual TreeView - Virtual Treeview is a treeview control built from ground up. More than 5 years of development made it one of the most flexible and advanced tree controls available today.
  7. MustangPeak Components (EasyList View, Virtual ShellTools, etc) - EasyListview is a control that has no dependance on the Microsoft Listview control but has all the features of the latest version from Microsoft. Also includes 'Explorer.exe' like shell components.
  8. Synapse lightweight networking components - contains simple low level non-visual objects for easy programming without problems. (no required multi-threaded synchronization, no need for windows message processing,…) Great for command line utilities, visual projects, NT services
  9. EurekaLog - EurekaLog is a complete bug resolution tool for Delphi and C++Builder developers that gives your application the power to catch every exception and memory leak, directly on the end user PC, generating a detailed log of the call stack (with file, class, method and line number), optionally sending you a copy of each log entry via email or to a web bug-tracker.
  10. DelphiSpeedUp - DelphiSpeedUp is an IDE plugin for Delphi and C++Builder. It improves the IDE’s startup speed and increases the general speed of the whole IDE.
  11. DDevExtensions - DDevExtensions extends the Delphi/C++Builder IDE by adding some new productivity features.
  12. IDE Fix Pack - The IDE Fix Pack installs is a DLL-Expert that fixes the following RAD Studio 2007 bugs at runtime. All changes are done in memory. No file on disk is modified.
  13. TPerlRegex - Regular Expression library for Delphi

How about other Delphi developers?

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Juraj Blahunka picture Juraj Blahunka · Jan 23, 2010
  • Bergsoft components. I Would be lost without NextGrid and NextDBGrid (fastest grid implementation I came along)

  • Lately, I'm seriously considering to start coding with a Delphi framework, Delphi Spring Framework looks like a way to go.

Delphi Spring Framework is an international open source project, whose mission is to provide a robust infrastructure framework that will help Delphi developers build solid, flexible and extensible enterprise applications and class libraries based on the Embarcadero® Delphi® 2010 for Win32 platform.

Also it has a Dependency Injection container with 2 week build spawn

  • JEDI for Delphi with many wrappers for common dlls, also provides a robust VCL platform to develop