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Mastering Borland Delphi 2005

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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

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.

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.

Great material for newbie or advanced. Our own team of developers uses this one all the
time. Wonderful resource.

Marco Cantu presents another fine in-depth Delphi book. I treat this as more of a reference rather than something you read start-finish. Its over 900 pages long and I recommend having tried Delphi for a while before picking this book up. The downloadable demos are especially helpful. Highly Recommend it.

The book covers the fundaments of the Delphi 2005 programming, in an inteligent and clear way. Doing more emphasis in win32 development but not leaving alone to .NET interested.
This book mantain the expected quality for an author like Marco Cantu. An recommended choice for all Delphi developers.

For subscribers of the previous mastering Delphi series this book is not going to add much to your knowledge of Delphi.
I have the Mastering Delphi 4-2005 and I haven't really opened this one as it offers nothing new.
For the beginner in Delphi this would prove as useful as Mastering Delphi 4 was for me; invaluable.

I am pretty disappointed by this book as I bought Mastering Delphi 7 by Marco. The .NET topics are hardly covered. Furthermore, the ECO chapter is only introductory. More would have been good. I also do not see much "new" with the book for the topics that have changed from Delphi 7 to Delphi 2005. A lot of chapters have been revised, but it still does not seem as "round" as the book for Delphi 7.

Marco offers new chapters that deal with changes from Delphi 2005 to Delphi 2006 on his webpage, which is quite nice. However, I doubt I'll buy any other book in this series as the number of changes made do not justify the price.

If you have Mastering Delphi 7, I'd stay with that and use blogs and other online sources for the changes and buy a book that focuses on .NET instead (Xavier Pacheco e.g.).

I'm very glad for the opportunity that I received from Amazon.

The book is a great value of the bookstore of Delphi.

Thanks a lot!

Ivan