Kylix 2 Development (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

~ Eric Whipple (Author), Rick Ross (Author), Nick Hodges (Author) "Welcome to Kylix 2 Development, the best thing to happen to development since the disappearance of the punch card..." (more)
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Product Description

Delphi Developer's Guide to Linux targets the throngs of Linux developers starved for a tool that gives them the Linux development power they need, coupled with a convenient rapid application development environment. This unique book also focuses on the needs of current Windows and Inprise developers taking their first steps into the Linux universe with Kylix.

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From its simple beginnings, Linux has emerged as a powerful server operating system with a remarkable desktop environment and user interface. With Kylix, Linux developers now have a rapid application development tool for generating applications. Kylix 2 Development covers a wide range of topics from the simplest of client/server programs to the intricacies of writing complex multithreaded and multiprocess applications, including object-oriented programming, CLX components, dbExpress, DataCLX, WebSnap, Web Services, NetCLX, and CORBA.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 639 pages
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc. (January 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556227744
• ISBN-13: 978-1556227745
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,251,590 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best Kylix book currently out, August 20, 2002

By	Lora Vissers (Haslett, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are at all interested in using Kylix then this is my recommended book for you. It's not really for the beginning programmer but if you have a little development skill and want to do some Linux development then this is the book for you. In case you don't know Kylix is Delphi for Linux (Pascal) but I've heard they are adding C++ as a syntax in the next release.

The layout of the book was new to me in part because it's the first tech book from Wordware that I have read. It seems to flow correctly and I didn't notice any major editing issues. All the examples I tried worked and where laid out in a manner that was easy to understand.

Of special interest to me was the chapter on porting code back and forth between Windows and Linux. But one thing that did surprise me was the coverage on specific Linux development like IPC's, Semaphores & Debugging Shared Object Libraries.

It's also kind of handy having the Kylix Open edition on the included CD, saved me from a large download.

The only major negative from the book is that the tone of the writing does change from chapter to chapter, due to obvious tag team writing by the different books authors.