IDE for desktop development in Delphi?

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Killrawr picture Killrawr · Sep 20, 2011 · Viewed 19.3k times · Source

Hey I'm aware this question isn't very technical, but I'm new to the Delphi language and I'm wondering what IDE would be great (preferably free) for a beginner with C# and Java experience? I've heard from google that Delphi XE is a good place to start, does anyone have a different opinion on other IDE's available (advantages and disadvantages).

Thanks, appreciate the help.

Answer

EMBarbosa picture EMBarbosa · Sep 20, 2011

The nearest thing of Delphi language that you can get outside of Embarcadero's Delphi IDE, AFAIK, is Lazarus. It is constructed on the same base language Delphi was, (Object Pascal), but as RRUZ has already said, is not the same. Anyway, link. http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/

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