[fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

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On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:07:58 +0300, Rainer Stratmann via fpc-pascal
<fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

> At the Lazarus Congress in Cologne in October 2024, it ended up being
> very
> interesting. An important question came up.
>
> Why are no new users coming to Lazarus/Freepascal?
> Why do we find it so difficult?
> How can we get new, younger users to come to us?
>
> The same questions came up over a year ago at a Freepascal/Lazarus
> meeting in
> Backnang.
>
> I have some answers:
>
> - The official Freepascal website doesn't look like the project is very
> lively.

The official Freepascal website look just fine.

> - Lazarus looks very complicated with its many windows. And it is also
> relatively complicated to understand and use. There are too many options
> that
> are too nested.

Lazarus does not look complicated. It has it own distinctive look & feel.
User
should be able to completely detach windows from from main so it would be
possible to move them to different monitor, virtual desktop & freely move
on monitor.


Freepascal will never become popular in a world where JavaScript is
everywhere, Delphi exists & Pascal has a reputation of not cool
programming language.

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