Product Description

If you're looking to capitalize on the powerful capabilities of Delphi 2005, this is your essential resource. Named "Best Book" by Delphi Informant magazine, its practical, tutorial-based coverage helps you develop key skills, solve tough problems, and build functionality in your applications. Special insights from Delphi expert Marco Cantù give you an extra advantage. This edition contains enhanced coverage of sophisticated new features of the IDE and the Delphi programming language, covers Internet programming in Win32 and ASP.NET, the updated Win32 VCL and its .NET counterpart, the .NET FCL, and .NET/Win32 interoperability. Whether you’re a beginner wanting to learn the essentials, an upgrader wanting to grasp the newest features, or an intermediate programmer seeking to optimize your applications, this book has all the answers you'll need.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #460176 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 992 pages

From the Back Cover
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 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.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic resource
My copy is already getting dog-eared with use. Very well-written, Mastering Borland Delphi 2005 is another winner in a winning series by the author. For those of us making the transition to .Net with Delphi, the book details many advantages of using vcl.net in that transition. My D2005 IDE setup is much better thanks to the book's tips & tricks for IDE options. The sections/examples on ECO, asp.net, ado.net, refactoring and unit testing I use constantly as references. - Joe Hendricks, SoftwareRunners

Better choice for learning Delphi
I found the book attractive and easy-reading. Marco Cantu boosts Delphi learner's expectations again, with this Mastering Delphi 2005 edition. The author makes learning Delphi a gentle issue, as if he's chating with you personally. Definitely, the book is a better choice for learning Delphi.

The Best In Mark Cantu's Delphi Series
This latest in Marco's Delphi series is a must-have for anyone who is serious about rapid Microsoft Windows systems development. In contrast to most, perhaps all, of the technical books dealing with creative development, this one is very readable, and more to the point immediately useful.

The rich code samples are immediately applicable to today's right-now applications, with background material that is succinct and helpful.

It's still applicable today for one simple reason: Delphi is still the fastest and most reliable way to build robust Windows applications, bar none. The economic impact of this simple fact is why Delphi is still being used today, despite Borland's self-induced problems, and will continue to be used for the same reason for as long as Win32 is around - probably a long, long time indeed.

DISCLAIMER: Borland wanted to do a case study on my company's use of Delphi, even after I told them I thought that their marketing department was brain dead. They compiled and published the case study, but I still believe that their marketing department is brain dead.