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Delphi Takes a Great Leap Forward; Its Time for You to Do the Same
The latest release of Borlands Delphi is a major overhaul, featuring a brandnew IDE for both Win32 and .NET development and tons of other improvements. Mastering Borland Delphi 2005 is the best way to get up to speed, whether youre starting from scratch or have experience with an earlier version. Written by an awardwinning and internationally known Delphi expert, this book shows you how to capitalize on Delphis many advantagesincluding its clean language, speed of development, portability, and an active community that has produced hundreds of thirdparty tools.
Coverage Includes
Writing code using the Delphi language
Navigating the Delphi 2005 IDE
Understanding the relationship between Delphi and Microsofts .NET Framework
Tapping Delphis database support
Using ADO.NET and the Borland Data Providers
Developing multitiered applications on Win32 and .NET platforms
Writing applications that will be portable from Win32 to .NET
Using Indy for sockets programming
Understanding your web development options with Delphi, including WebBroker, WebSnap, IntraWeb, and ASP.NET
Taking advantage of Delphis XML and web services support
Using the ECO framework for ModelDriven Architecture
Detailed Coverage of the Delphi Language, from an OOP Perspective
Indepth Instruction in Win32 and .NET Development Using the New IDE
Learn How Much You Can Accomplish with the Combined Borland and .NET Libraries
See Why Delphi Is Now an Even Better Choice for Internet Development
Master Delphis Many New Capabilities, Including Refactoring, Unit Testing, Database Management, and More
Synopsis
Borland's Delphi programming tool has a well-established market, with well over 1 million users. It competes with Visual Basic and is especially popular in Europe. The long awaited Delphi 2005 offers additional features for Internet programming, the .NET Framework, Model-driven design, visual Web application development, improved Web services with XML, and Win32. Delphi 2005 is the complete development solution for Microsoft Windows. Combining the power of the Delphi and C# languages with the performance of the Microsoft .NET Framework and Win32. Delphi 2005 is unique among Windows development solutions in its ability to target both Win32 and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
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