Mastering Borland Delphi 2005 - Softcover

Cantù, Marco

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0782143423 ISBN 13: 9780782143423

Publisher: Sybex, 2005

Synopsis

Delphi Takes a Great Leap Forward; It′s Time for You to Do the Same

The latest release of Borland′s Delphi is a major overhaul, featuring a brand–new IDE for both Win32 and .NET development and tons of other improvements. Mastering Borland Delphi 2005 is the best way to get up to speed, whether you′re starting from scratch or have experience with an earlier version. Written by an award–winning and internationally known Delphi expert, this book shows you how to capitalize on Delphi′s many advantages––including its clean language, speed of development, portability, and an active community that has produced hundreds of third–party tools.

Coverage Includes
∗ Writing code using the Delphi language
∗ Navigating the Delphi 2005 IDE
∗ Understanding the relationship between Delphi and Microsoft′s .NET Framework
∗ Tapping Delphi′s database support
∗ Using ADO.NET and the Borland Data Providers
∗ Developing multi–tiered applications on Win32 and .NET platforms
∗ Writing applications that will be portable from Win32 to .NET
∗ Using Indy for sockets programming
∗ Understanding your web development options with Delphi, including WebBroker, WebSnap, IntraWeb, and ASP.NET
∗ Taking advantage of Delphi′s XML and web services support
∗ Using the ECO framework for Model–Driven Architecture

Detailed Coverage of the Delphi Language, from an OOP Perspective

In–depth Instruction in Win32 and .NET Development Using the New IDE

Learn How Much You Can Accomplish with the Combined Borland and .NET Libraries

See Why Delphi Is Now an Even Better Choice for Internet Development

Master Delphi′s Many New Capabilities, Including Refactoring, Unit Testing, Database Management, and More

About this title

Synopsis

Borland's Delphi programming tool has a well-established market, with well over 1 million users. It competes with Visual Basic and is especially popular in Europe. The long awaited Delphi 2005 offers additional features for Internet programming, the .NET Framework, Model-driven design, visual Web application development, improved Web services with XML, and Win32. Delphi 2005 is the complete development solution for Microsoft Windows. Combining the power of the Delphi and C# languages with the performance of the Microsoft .NET Framework and Win32. Delphi 2005 is unique among Windows development solutions in its ability to target both Win32 and the Microsoft .NET Framework.

About the Author

Marco Cantù is the author of the best–selling Mastering Delphi series and several e–books on Delphi. A recipient of the Spirit of Delphi award from Borland for his Delphi–related writing, teaching, and public speaking, Marco also consults on XML and web services architectures and is active in several open source software projects. He lives in Italy with his wife, two kids, and a dog. He can be reached via his website, www.marcocantu.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0782143423
• ISBN 13: 9780782143423
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 992