Delphi¿ 4 Bible

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 953 pages
• Published by: Hungry Minds August 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764532375
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764532375
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.9 inches
• Weighs: 3.3 pounds

Product Review
If you appreciate hands-on examples in your programming books, consider this guide. Delphi 4 Bible combines a solid tour of basic Delphi programming with great material on more advanced language features available in Delphi 4. This text stresses traditional client/server programming using Delphi's classic strengths for corporate database development.

Early chapters concentrate on familiarizing the reader with the key features of the Delphi environment and the basics of using the Delphi Visual Component Library (VCL) effectively in simple programs. The author pays much attention to user-interface design with components such as menus, buttons, checkboxes, toolbars, and list controls. Further sections cover graphics programming, printing, and database applications. The authors also look at Delphi's charting and reporting capabilities, a necessity for any real-world corporate development.

The book includes more expert material on Pascal language features, such as exception handling, default parameters, method overloading, and dynamic arrays, plus some Windows internals such as advanced message handling. Additional sections explain how to build custom ActiveX controls and dynamic link-libraries (DLLs) and offer a quick tour of Internet component programming in Delphi. --Richard Dragan

Book Description
You don't have to know Pascal, C, C++, or Visual Basic to develop sophisticated Windows applications. With Delphi 4, a powerful and simple-to-learn programming environment, anyone can write Windows software. Delphi™ 4 Bible shows you how.

Written for users of all levels, Delphi 4 Bible is your best resource for learning and mastering this popular tool. For the novice, there's a complete overview of the Delphi environment, visual components, and forms. Advanced users will appreciate the step-by-step programming instructions, expert tips and techniques, and valuable sample applications. No matter what your experience, before long, you'll be creating graphics, multimedia, and database programs, developing easy to use interfaces, and integrating custom components into your applications with relative ease.

Reader Reviews
I have examined very closely various books on delphi including Mastering Delphi by Cantu, Delphi developers handbook by texeira but nothing can come close to Tom Swans book. If you have never programmed in Delphi before, take my words and buy this book. You will not regret. However, if you are very well versed in Delphi than just get a subscription to Delphi magazine. The other books in my opinion are simply rehash of the delphi guides that accompany the software and you will hardly learn anything new. In fact you may end getting more confused. Being a brilliant programmer does not automatically mean that you can write a book!. Tom Swan has the art to convey the message. In summary, it is a well thought, cut and presented book on Delphi.