C++ Builder 6 Developers Guide with CDR (Wordware Delphi Developer's Library) [Paperback]

Satya Sai Kolachina (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 25, 2002 | Series: Wordware Delphi Developer's Library

C++Builder 6 Developer's Guide is targeted at intermediate to advanced developers who wish to develop their applications with one of the most powerful C++ implementations on the Windows platform. C++Builder 6 is a revolutionary edition of the product compared to previous versions.

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About the Author

Satya Sai Kolachina is a computer consultant and enterprise systems architect in Chicago. He has developed and implemented C++ and Java-based enterprise systems and interfaces for complex systems like SAP for various Fortune 500 companies and is currently developing enterprise application servers using C++Builder.

Product Details

• Paperback: 507 pages
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc. (December 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556229607
• ISBN-13: 978-1556229602
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,347,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good information, poorly presented, July 29, 2003

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G. Bryant (Georgetown, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C++ Builder 6 Developers Guide with CDR (Wordware Delphi Developer's Library) (Paperback)

Not having used C++Builder for several years, I was looking forward to reading this one to learn the new bits of v6, and pick up some pointers on BDE while getting there. The book was very frustrating to me. There are some people who can explain topics in an easy-to-follow fashion. The author of this book excels at making topics as complex as possible, using multisyllabic words whenever possible, and just generally trying to appear erudite. Opening the book at random, I came across this sample: "A web application module is typically a TWebAppPageModule object or a TWebAppDataModule object. The TWebAppPageModule component should be used if our application is to generate at least one web page; in other words, our application is of page module type. (p307)" I'm not planning on throwing it away, but it's not a book to keep by the computer. For many topics, I can get more useful information from Borland's on-line help.

This book feels like a surface skim of BCB6, with the occasional deep dive with extremely specific examples. I should have figured that at a bit over a third the size of C++Builder 5: A Developers Guide, quite a bit would be missing, particularly with all the cool new components in BCB6. For example, under "Developing custom components", the author states that this is a topic that could occupy an entire book. He then gives two pages of notes and code fragments that did not help me at all. CB5:ADG above, on the other hand, has an entire chapter, 74 pages, and actually provides the information needed for the task. Why bother including this topic if the information is useless?

I also have to admit, I found the fact that the author had to come here and respond to critics with five stars not only amusing, but worth taking one star away from my own review (which otherwise would have been three stars). This is by no means a five star book.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best C++Builder book for Database and Distributed develo, February 10, 2003

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Ramesh Sanagavarapu (MONROE TWP, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C++ Builder 6 Developers Guide with CDR (Wordware Delphi Developer's Library) (Paperback)

Unlike many other books written on C++ related technologies, this book discusses all the new technologies supported by C++Builder, and fundamentals of desktop and database development with the same level of emphasis. With regard to database development all the three technologies supported by Borland, BDE, ADO and the new dbExpress are discussed at length. This book is as useful to a new C++Builder developer interested in learning C++Builder, as it is to an experienced developer who is interested only in advanced development concepts of the product. This is a notable feature of the book. In nut shell, new developers will be benefited by the whole book, while the advanced developers will be benefited by about two thirds of the book. In my opinion, the author is very smart in choosing the book's contents to make it useful for every kind of reader.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous guide for Borland C++ Builer 6, January 22, 2003

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Andrew (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C++ Builder 6 Developers Guide with CDR (Wordware Delphi Developer's Library) (Paperback)

A great book for learning how to develop applications with Borland C++ builder. Thorough and detailed explanations of the IDE, networking, and Database topics with lots of tables and diagrams to clarify the concepts. Includes a good refresher on some of the advanced features of C++. The book is organized in such a way as to make it an ideal reference guide as well. It had everything I needed for my C++ Builder project. However this book is not for beginners, it expects some knowledge of C++.