How to Program Delphi 3 (Paperback)

by Frank Engo (Author)

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Product Description
Aimed at users who have some familiarity with programming concepts and teaching about optimizing Delphi's native code compiler to take advantage of direct connect with a Web server. The book also contains 70 reusable procedures and functions written for Delphi developers.

From the Publisher
Delphi has become the fastest growing RAD tool in the industry and one of the fastest growing tools in the history of Borland. The latest version of Delphi will enable developers to create components that are compatible with Active documents and ActiveX materials which can be reused in any application. It will also allow developers to create bridges between the Microsoft and Netscape worlds. Loaded with practical examples, this book helps users build a solid understanding of the language and take advantage of the tools it has to offer. - Covers the latest Internet aspects and interfaces of Borland's newest release of Delphi

- CD-ROM contains full source code of the Routine Library readers can pull and use, as well as a special version of Delphi

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562765264
• ISBN-13: 978-1562765262
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,394,612 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars *THE* Beginner Book for Delphi, November 7, 1998

By	John Goodwin ([e-mail]) (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

Frank Engo's book is excellently written for beginners. Delphi 3 for Dummies is *NOT* a good beginner book. D3fD is still a good book, just not a good one for beginners. How to Program Delphi 3 features a large typeface, screenshots, commented code, and it's not a huge book (a 800 page book might be daunting for newbies). Not really a Pascal reference, but because Pascal isn't difficult to read, his comments would immensely explain what is going on at each line. I own at least 8 Delphi books I can name off the top of my head, and if I've ever seen a good one for beginners, this is it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good beginning, March 12, 1999

By A Customer

I am a Clipper programmer moving to Delphi and I found this book to be an excellent introduction to programming in Borland Pascal.

I have read several Delphi books and really hate the style that shows you how to browse through the DBDEMOS animals in a simplistic--almost childish--window. Then they move on to programming the Windows API or other esoteric topics.

Mr. Engo move steadily from the very simple to the more complex. This is not a book for the advanced user--probably not even for the intermediate--but it is possibly the best for the novice.

He covers topics such as How to dress up your interface, How to create Multiform applications, Common Programming mistakes, Working with Procedures and Functions and How to build database applications -- with and without SQL.

The biggest disappointment--and I particularly wanted help on this--was the section on reports. It refers to ReportSmith (D3 comes with QuickReports!)

An added bonus is a library of functions--including the source code. They are fairly elementary, but an excellent learning tool, especially for those of us who wrote our own libraries in Clipper, and suddenly feal naked when we come to a new language without years of accumulate functions.

If you are looking for a good introduction to Delphi 3 -- I'm pretty sure everything will work in Delphi 4 -- then this is the book for you.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ITS A GREAT BOOK (FOR BEGINNERS), July 16, 1999

By A Customer

VERY EASY TO UNDERSTANSD