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An Evaluation of Rapid Application Development Tools for Windows: A Comparison Between Delphi and Visual Basic Borland White Paper An Evaluation of RAD Tools for Windows Table Of Contents Introduction 2 Windows Visual Development 2 Performance 5 Benchmarks 5 Benchmark Results 8 Rapid Application Development (RAD) 9 Controls 10 Control Icon Array 10 Templates and Experts11 Object Placement 11 Property Lists 11 Code Window 11 Debugging And Object Inspecting 12 Component Reuse 13 Shared Event Functions 13 Reusable Functions and Libraries 13 Components 14 Programming Language14 OOP Design Methodology 15 Database Scalability16 Moving Up to Delphi 18 Conclusion 18 1 Borland White Paper An Evaluation of RAD Tools for Windows Introduction With the growing demands on Windows applications developers to create increasingly complex applications in less time, the evolution of Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools has become a crucial focus of the development community. First-generation RAD tools for Windows included application frameworks (such as OWL and MFC), DLL-based class libraries, and VBXs (Visual Basic custom controls). The release of Borland ’s Delphi heralds a new generation of RAD tools that combines the power of traditional 3GL compilers with the ease of use and development speed of a 4GL environment. This white paper will contrast the approach of the new technology used by Delphi with that of Microsoft Basic. Windows Visual Development The earliest methodology for Windows applica