Lazarus — Pascal Tutorial

Then Microsoft pushed .NET, Borland fumbled, and everyone forgot about Pascal.

Meet Lazarus and Free Pascal. It’s the "grandpa" tech that refuses to die—and honestly, it’s cooler now than it ever was in the 90s. If you were a developer in the late 90s, you remember Delphi. It was the Ferrari of RAD (Rapid Application Development). You could build a database app in 10 minutes.

You need a small desktop utility. Maybe a tool to rename 500 files, a custom calculator for your D&D group, or a simple POS system for a garage sale. lazarus pascal tutorial

Go on. Press F9. The compiler is waiting. Did this convince you to try Lazarus? Let me know in the comments—or better yet, send me a compiled .exe that actually runs.

In 2024, what do you reach for? Python? Electron? C#? Then Microsoft pushed

And in a world where your "hello world" web app requires 1,200 transitive dependencies, boring is the most exciting thing there is.

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); begin Memo1.Lines.Add('The year is 2024. Pascal is back.'); ShowMessage('Hello from the past!'); end; Press F9. If you were a developer in the late 90s, you remember Delphi

Open Lazarus. A blank form appears. Step 2: Drag a TButton and a TMemo from the component palette onto the form. Step 3: Double click the button. Type: