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The Little Book Of Delphi Programming: Learn To Program with Object Pascal
Learn to Program Delphi and Object Pascal quickly and easily.Huw Collingbourne has programmed in Delphi for over 25 years. For over ten years he was the Delphi columnist for PC Plus Magazine in the UK. In this book, he explains how to design desktop applications and program in Delphi's Object Pascal language. All the source code is available for free download so you can get started with Delphi programming straight away.
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Fundamentals of Delphi The Object Pascal language Object Orientation Variables, Types, Constants Operators and Tests for loops and while loops Procedures and Functions Parameters and Arguments Arrays and Lists String Operations Case Statements User-defined Types Constructors and Methods Creating and Freeing Objects Inheritance and Encapsulation Virtual and Overridden Methods File-handling Text files and Binary files Streaming and Serialization Errors and Exceptions ...and much moreThe Little Book Of Delphi takes you from the very basics of Object Pascal programming right through to complex topics such saving and loading networks of objects to and from disk’. All the source code is provided as a free download from the publisher's web site. The book explains everything you need to know to get started with productive Delphi development.
Huw Collingbourne has been a programmer for more than 30 years. He is an online programming instructor who has taught tens of thousands of students to code in languages such as C, C#, Java, Object Pascal and Ruby. He had written programming columns for numerous computer magazines such as PC Plus and Computer Shopper. He is Technical Director of the independent development company, SapphireSteel Software. He is the author of a number of programming books including The Book Of Ruby, The Little Book Of Pointers and The Little Book of Recursion.
The Little Book Of Delphi gives you just the stuff you really need to get straight to the heart of Object Pascal programming without all the fluff and padding.
This book explains...
Fundamentals of Delphi The Object Pascal language Object Orientation Variables, Types, Constants Operators and Tests for loops and while loops Procedures and Functions Parameters and Arguments Arrays and Lists String Operations Case Statements User-defined Types Constructors and Methods Creating and Freeing Objects Inheritance and Encapsulation Virtual and Overridden Methods File-handling Text files and Binary files Streaming and Serialization Errors and Exceptions ...and much moreThe Little Book Of Delphi takes you from the very basics of Object Pascal programming right through to complex topics such saving and loading networks of objects to and from disk’. All the source code is provided as a free download from the publisher's web site. The book explains everything you need to know to get started with productive Delphi development.
Huw Collingbourne has been a programmer for more than 30 years. He is an online programming instructor who has taught tens of thousands of students to code in languages such as C, C#, Java, Object Pascal and Ruby. He had written programming columns for numerous computer magazines such as PC Plus and Computer Shopper. He is Technical Director of the independent development company, SapphireSteel Software. He is the author of a number of programming books including The Book Of Ruby, The Little Book Of Pointers and The Little Book of Recursion.
The Little Book Of Delphi gives you just the stuff you really need to get straight to the heart of Object Pascal programming without all the fluff and padding.
124 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 24, 2020
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About the author
Huw Collingbourne
26 books21 followersHuw Collingbourne is a writer, programming instructor and software developer. He is the author of a number of fiction and factual books. His novels include the Kill Job series (gritty 1960s Cold War and crime) The Exodus Plague post-apocalyptic thrillers and The 1980s Murder Mysteries (crime capers).
In the 1980s Huw was a pop music journalist and he interviewed many of the 'New Romantic' stars such as Boy George, Adam Ant, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and Depeche Mode. In the 1990s he published the 'adult humour' magazine, 18 Rated, which was immediately banned by all leading UK newsagents (who obviously failed to see the joke).
Huw's programming books including The Little Book Of C, The Little Book Of Pointers, The Little Book of Recursion, The Little Book Of C#, The Little Book Of Ruby and The Book Of Ruby. He has programmed in a broad range of languages since the early 1980s. He has written programming and technical columns for numerous computer magazines in the UK including PC Plus, PC Pro and Computer Shopper. He is author of the cult adventure game, The Golden Wombat Of Destiny.
Huw has, at various times, been a magazine editor, publisher and TV presenter. He has an MA in English and a 2nd dan black belt in the Japanese martial art of Aikido - the latter skill useful when attempting to control his huge, hairy and amazingly strong Pyrenean Mountain Dogs.
In the 1980s Huw was a pop music journalist and he interviewed many of the 'New Romantic' stars such as Boy George, Adam Ant, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and Depeche Mode. In the 1990s he published the 'adult humour' magazine, 18 Rated, which was immediately banned by all leading UK newsagents (who obviously failed to see the joke).
Huw's programming books including The Little Book Of C, The Little Book Of Pointers, The Little Book of Recursion, The Little Book Of C#, The Little Book Of Ruby and The Book Of Ruby. He has programmed in a broad range of languages since the early 1980s. He has written programming and technical columns for numerous computer magazines in the UK including PC Plus, PC Pro and Computer Shopper. He is author of the cult adventure game, The Golden Wombat Of Destiny.
Huw has, at various times, been a magazine editor, publisher and TV presenter. He has an MA in English and a 2nd dan black belt in the Japanese martial art of Aikido - the latter skill useful when attempting to control his huge, hairy and amazingly strong Pyrenean Mountain Dogs.
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September 25, 2024
Loved this very well-written book!
While Delphi and Object Pascal are not necessarily “in fashion” in today’s companies in US, nonetheless I am learning the language for an ongoing hobby software project. This author knows the subject and more importantly knows how to write about it. Kudos to the author and the editors for taking the time to format the example code in a readable and understandable way. Great job. Excellent.
While Delphi and Object Pascal are not necessarily “in fashion” in today’s companies in US, nonetheless I am learning the language for an ongoing hobby software project. This author knows the subject and more importantly knows how to write about it. Kudos to the author and the editors for taking the time to format the example code in a readable and understandable way. Great job. Excellent.
September 28, 2020
I had hoped for a book describing delphi as a tool, not a book describing basic programming. Description of basic programming is done quite well though. Should have been called Pascal programming language or something like that.
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