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Sams Teach Yourself Delphi 3 in 14 Days is the ideal learning tool for beginning programmers who want to develop their own programming capabilities, as well as developers who want to make the transition to the latest version of Delphi. Written by best-selling authors and organized in a logical, easy-to-follow format, this step-by-step guide will help you master the ins and outs of this robust program from the ground up.

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Our hope in writing this book, was to help the programmer get a fast start to learning Delphi. Some reader have asked why we did the 14 day format instead of the 21 day. The answer is space. Believe it or not, the 21 day book would not fit in the box with the Delphi 3 product. It was not our choice. As we find errors and ommisions in the book, we will try to post a errata file along with the source code for the book on www.mcp.com. Good luck, and happy programming!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book, 12 Jul 1999

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I read this book when I just started learning Delphi 3, altough I already programmed in other languages I really needed this book. It helped me very much with learning it. All the most basic things of programming in Delphi 3 are showed. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn Delphi 3, after you read this book it's best to read more difficult books with more specific topics. This book is just for the basics.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A useful beginners book, but lacking in substance, 26 Feb 1999

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As a beginner I found the book useful in helping identify the various controls within the Delphi IDE. I found the book quite easy to read. I was disappointed in the two chapters on Object Oriented programming because they did not cover OO at all, although there is an example of the use of the new Variant data type. Apart from a brief description of a class declaration they only covered standard Pascal. Example Delphi programs do not really start until about the middle of the book. The chapter on Software Engineering was irrelevant and no one would have noticed if it had been left out of the book altogether. I found the examples useful but the book made little attempt to ensure that a rank beginner understood the terms used. The authors tended to labour obvious points while failing to explain anything complicated. I got the impression that while the authors were probably competent programmers in Visual Basic they had only read just one more Delphi book than me.

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1.0 out of 5 stars It really means in 1,400 days!, 16 Dec 1998

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Well, it's about 2 years since I've been reading this book and I'm still on Day 5. With the best will in the world, it's hard going. It veers from the extremely technical to the airy philosophical without much effort. And whenever it gets interesting we are told "it is outside the scope of this book..." Useless as an introduction.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great
I've never used Delphi or any other programming language. I ordered this book - it's easy and great. I learnt delphi, not in 14 but 21 days. GREAT !

Published on 2 Aug 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars I would rather give it a 0 but your survey wont let me!
Completely useless & error full. I almost gave up on learning Delphi until I went out and purchased a couple of real Delphi books that provided clear and concise... Read more

Published on 11 Jul 1998

3.0 out of 5 stars The book gave me a good introduction OOPs and Pascal
The book was good for the first few chapters such as building records but going along to the final chapters, lots of codes do not work. Read more

Published on 7 Jul 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars Not only useless, but actually harmful.
It amazes me that Borland would include this book with their Delphi package. Even the easiest examples are error-ridden. Read more

Published on 16 Jun 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars good book for beginners
I've noticed many reviews complaining this book didn't teach anything. I disagree. I've read many Delphi books & I think this book is a good place to start. Read more

Published on 27 May 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars A monkey could have made fewer mistakes!
I am about half the way through the book. Thus far I have been able to figure most of the examples out with a great deal of effort (and after purchasing a real Delphi book). Read more

Published on 8 May 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars Typos..typos..typos!
This book would have been pretty good if someone would have done a better job at proof-reading! If you follow the examples as laid out in the book your programs will not work... Read more

Published on 9 April 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars Starts good, but goes downhill
I ignored previous reviews about the incorrect examples, based on my need to start somewhere. At first, this book was just what I needed. Read more

Published on 18 Mar 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars I want my money back!
Worst programming book I have ever seen. One cannot learn how to program Delphi by reading this book because it almost doesn't teach you any. Read more

Published on 13 Mar 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a Good Book
This book has many flaws. I follow the instructions, what is suposed to happen dosen't. I have programed with pascal for the last year, and the change to Delphi three has not been... Read more

Published on 5 Mar 1998

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