Overview of Delphi
Delphi is a complete environment for programmers who are involved in the visual design, compilation, and debugging of Windows applications. Programs can be targeted for Win32 and Microsoft .NET applications using a common source code base.
Because Delphi is an Integrated Development Environment, it provides support for Rapid application development (RAD).
The Delphi programming language is a variant of Pascal, with object oriented features.
Delphi provides a Visual WYSIWYG client for stand alone applications, as well as support for Web application development.
Basic object-relational mapping and transparent local xml object persistence features
Win32, Microsoft .NET, and ASP.NET support
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