Delphi Developer's Handbook [Paperback]

Marco Cantu (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1997

This text takes programmmers and developers to the furthest limits of advanced Delphi proramming. It progresses to advanced topics such as client/server programming, custom components, and strategies and secrets of effective RAD. The CD includes example program listings, executables, utilities, online magazines and third-party controls.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1134 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782119875
• ISBN-13: 978-0782119879
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,320,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #57 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > Borland Delphi

More About the Author

Marco Cantu' is the author of the best-selling series Mastering Delphi, plus other books on Delphi and C++. He recently authored self-published books on Delphi 2007, 2009 and 2010.
His areas of expertise include OOP, Delphi, Object-Oriented Architectures, and a number of XML lingos (particularly XSLT). Marco gives frequent training classes and has spoken at dozen of conferences in the US and Europe.
Marco lives in Italy with Lella and their two kids, Benedetta and Jacopo.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for Beginners, but superb for experienced programmers, December 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Delphi Developer's Handbook (Paperback)

After browsing through countless books that introduce me to Delphi basics, it is refreshing to find a book that dives right into some real hard-core programming. This book is not for beginners, but is indispensible for experienced Delphi programmers who are looking to improve their skills. This is, without a doubt, the best and most useful Delphi book I have ever read.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 6 stars out of 5 - need I say more..., October 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Delphi Developer's Handbook (Paperback)

If you are a serious Delphi developer who wants to work smarter instead of harder this book is essential reading. It shows you loads of really neat tricks and ideas which are not available in any other books on the markert. Some of the examples are a bit raw, but the underlying concepts can be converted into successful commercial products.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Making things sophisticated/complicated?, February 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Delphi Developer's Handbook (Paperback)

Why make things so complicated? Though I'm new in Delphi transitioning from Visual Basic, I quickly found a couple of solutions both verbose and unnecessary complicated. Check out e.g. how M.C. suggests how to treat the Enter key as Tab key and how to read the Shift state; both being solved much simpler by only a couple of code lines if sought elsewhere (Procedure TForm1.FormKeyPress ... If Key = #13 Begin Then SelectNext(ActiveControl as tWinControl,True,True); Key:=#0; end; ... or Procedure TForm1.FormKeyDown ..... If ssAlt in Shift Then ..., courtesy of UNDU letter #14 June 96 and 'Delphi 3 User Interface Design' respectively). However, I'm sure some hardcore programmers will love the sophisticated solution handlings from this book, but this book surely wasn't ment for entry level users looking for easy solutions. Niels Knabe