Salim Nair
2007-09-23 03:34:27 UTC
This is the story of me trying to attempt two different upgrades, that just
happened to fall next to each other.
First one was trying out my VS2005 projects in VS2008 Beta 2. I tried this
with Beta 1 and did not pursue it further after a couple of failures. So, I
had very low expectations when I started the work. My aim was to compile and
run my Dotnet Nuke modules and experiment with NHibernate LINQ extensions
that Ayende and gang is rigging up. (See it here
http://ayende.com/Blog/archive/2007/03/16/Linq-for-NHibernate.aspx).
The second migration is ofcourse to Rad Studio 2007 Delphi.net. We have been
eagerly waiting for the release. So, instead of waiting for my copy, I
downloaded the trial and started playing with it. I also wanted to see the
issues with migrating from D2006.net. The experience was much less than
enjoyable. By the end of my trials I reported about 7 bugs to code central,
which were very disruptive to getting my work done. A detailed description
of the experience can be read here..
http://salimnair.com/blogs/digitallytoned/archive/2007/09/13/tale-of-two-upgrades-rad-studio-2007-vs2008.aspx
As a long term Delphi user, this is a very sad experience. I want Delphi to
be the most enjoyable development environment again, which it definitely was
in its first few versions.
I do want to mention though that the win32 side of things are much better.
It is the .net side that seems to lag behind.
happened to fall next to each other.
First one was trying out my VS2005 projects in VS2008 Beta 2. I tried this
with Beta 1 and did not pursue it further after a couple of failures. So, I
had very low expectations when I started the work. My aim was to compile and
run my Dotnet Nuke modules and experiment with NHibernate LINQ extensions
that Ayende and gang is rigging up. (See it here
http://ayende.com/Blog/archive/2007/03/16/Linq-for-NHibernate.aspx).
The second migration is ofcourse to Rad Studio 2007 Delphi.net. We have been
eagerly waiting for the release. So, instead of waiting for my copy, I
downloaded the trial and started playing with it. I also wanted to see the
issues with migrating from D2006.net. The experience was much less than
enjoyable. By the end of my trials I reported about 7 bugs to code central,
which were very disruptive to getting my work done. A detailed description
of the experience can be read here..
http://salimnair.com/blogs/digitallytoned/archive/2007/09/13/tale-of-two-upgrades-rad-studio-2007-vs2008.aspx
As a long term Delphi user, this is a very sad experience. I want Delphi to
be the most enjoyable development environment again, which it definitely was
in its first few versions.
I do want to mention though that the win32 side of things are much better.
It is the .net side that seems to lag behind.