No comments about Database Theory - ICDT '97: 6th International Conference, Delphi, Greece, January 8-10, 1997. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

No comments about Borland news. (Borland International Inc. marketing of Borland Paradox for Windows 5.0 and SideKick for Windows, beta testing Delphi '95 client/server ... An article from: Software Industry Report.

No comments about CAD/CAM AND COLLABORATIVE DESIGN OUTLOOK: DELPHI CAD/CAM METHODOLOGIES STREAMLINE PRODUCT DESIGN AND OPTIMIZE DESIGN-CHANGE CYCLES.: An article from: Manufacturing Automation.

No comments about Delphi 4 a Fondo - Con CD ROM.

2 comments about Delphi in Depth.

1. 'Delphi in Depth' is the best book I have found on understanding Delphi. I have 14 books on Delphi and this book is a must have, for anyone serious about learning and using Delphi. It is useful for both the novice and expert programmer. The explainations and CD examples are simple and direct, showing you HOW, but also explaining in plain english WHY and WHEN to use properties and methods.



2. The book is written for the developer by experienced people who did not use worthless examples. The examples are what is required in real world programming. The book is excellent to learn from and also to use as a reference even though Delphi 2 was the latest release at the time of publication. I have used this as a reference in the majority of cases. I have been using Delphi for over 6 years now for desktop development.

No comments about Delphi resurge.(nuevo programa de Borland)(TT: Delphi flies again.)(TA: new program by Borland)(Anuncio de Producto): An article from: E Semanal.

4 comments about Delphi Nuts & Bolts: For Experienced Programmers (Nuts & Bolts Series).

1. This book is a great book for the intermediate to expert Delphi programmer. It had much to offer in the way of tips and tricks which would not be known even to the most savy developer. Small and inexpensive this book packs quite a punch in background object programming. Hope you enjoy as much as I have. Cameron Sr. Programmer/Analyst MSI, Inc.



2. The major problem that occasional or new users of Delphi face is the circular explanation style and few examples in the on-line help system. This book's title implies it might offer some relief. Unfortunately while wasting space on explaining basic concepts like conditionals and loops, or repeating information that's in the Help, it is short on the syntax examples that the cross-language traveler is starving for. Let's see, how do we convert a float to a long int? Good luck, as the index is also too slim. I was disappointed.



3. Given the state of OTHER books attempting to explain Delphi that are too heavy to even lift, spend hundreds of pages explaining simple concepts, and then gloss over the hard stuff, this book is my recommendation for the programmer who has done some VB or C/C++ Windows programming and wants to move to Delphi.



4. This is by far the weakest of the 7 Delphi books I own. It is clearly not for experienced programmers. A lot of stuff for beginners (a whole paragraph on what is an integer). Most of the book is just copied out the Delphi help file.

   Save your money.

No comments about Delphi Fat Faqs (Fat Faqs Series).

3 comments about Delphi 2: A Developer's Guide.

1. Of the 25 Delphi books that I own, this is the one I take with me when I don't know what will be required of me.

   It is the perfect replacement documentation.




2. As an environmental engineer, I use Delphi to develop standalone applications to access and analyze large water supply data bases. I have over 30 years experience developing and using water quality and quantity models in everything from FORTRAN to Delphi.

   Of all the Delphi books I have used, this one is the most readable for the non-professional programmer, using a minimum of jargon and less focused on business applications. It has never failed to provide the hint I needed to move ahead on a programming problem. While not as comprehensive as other Delphi guides, such as Pacheco & Teixeira's, the information it presents is more accessible for quick reference. I look forward to Todd & Kellen coming out with an updated version for Delphi 4.




3. This is a must have for Delphi programmers. It is chalked full of useful code. It is concise and to the point which makes it a great reference book.

5 comments about Teach Yourself Delphi 2 in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself).

1. This was the second second Delphi book I purchased. I religiously went through it for 3 to 4 weeks and tried every example. Unfortunately, they didn't all work. This became very frustrating because the book did not come with a CD-Rom and I had to type the code in by hand. I eventually found the publisher's web page and spent time downloading the sample code (what there was of it) from their web page. Some of the code still didn't work! I contacted one of the authors (Dan Osier) and his reply was "I will look into this and get back to you ASAP!". That was 11 months ago. Needless to say I'm not holding my breath.

   Now I'm not going to beat up this book as much as the other reviewers because it does have some good points. It does a good job on multi-media like playing AVI files and it has a terrific 3D rotating cube example that is really mind boggling to watch. This book covers graphics more than most Delphi books I've read and if you're interested in graphics then maybe this book is for you. The book also does a good job covering file I/O on DOS text files, writing simple but fast reports using the Pascal language, and OLE.

   The rest of the book, with topics on databases, SQL, Interbase, ReportSmith were lightly covered. None of them would make you an expert by any stretch of the imagination. They are only there to whet your appetite.

   It's more of an intro book to Delphi 2. After you finish reading it, you'll be asking yourself "Is that all there is?". At least I asked myself that. After 3 weeks of typing, I came away feeling "Where's the rest of it?".

   This book does have some good points but is marred by sample code that doesn't work, no CD-Rom, and it has 3 authors so the book has no real direction. Who is it for? It has far too much emphasis on graphics in the beginning of the book and too little emphasis on databases for it to be useful to someone who wants to use Delphi to create database applications. It is a Jack-of-all-trades and master of none.

   If someone is having a fire sale and offered you this book for $10-$15, then I'd say buy it because it has a few topics that are explained quite well. But if my house was on fire, this book wouldn't be the first thing I'd grab.

   Instead I'd recommend Marco Cantu's "Mastering Delphi 2" if you want to learn the Delphi language, or Ken Henderson's book "Database Developer's Guide with Delphi 2" if you want to know how to create database applications in Paradox and Interbase. Both of these books offer much more "bang-for-your-buck"

   Barry McClure




2. I found this book to be helpful as a way to learn a little about everything in Delphi. I realize that a book would have to be several thousand pages to cover all that Delphi does, so I knew this was a 'taste' of it. It was much better written than the documentation form Borland. I would recommend this book as a way to 'get going' with delphi. Sam's should have included the source code on disk/CD-ROM, but I found it at ftp://ftp.mcp.com/pub/sams/books/TYDELPHI2/tde2src.zip, and that helped



3. I got this book as part of a Delphi class I took. We spent far too much time struggling with the typos in the code examples and the code that just plain didn't work! I am very new to programming, with a bit of VB4 experience, and found this book very skimpy on the basics of Object Pascal. I wanted more exercises, at least ones that worked. I'd suggest looking elsewhere for an intro book to Delphi



4. One of the worst introductory books I've seen. There are many unrelated windows/OOP topics in the first week. When teaching you the programming, I found the difficulty level is poorly handled. In the first day of real programming, you are taught threads! For a beginner, you have to learn many of the common components by yourself, the book doesn't help you much. The authors claimed to be VB programmers too. They should have read 'Teach yourself VB 5 in 21 days' and 'Teach yourself C++ in 21 days' before starting to write.



5. If you already know Turbo/Object Pascal and Visual Basic, this is an excellent starting point. This book will give you an overview of the capabilities and power of Delphi as well as general information on Windows basics such as DLL's and threads. It does not, however, serve as your step-by-step tutorial on Pascal or Delphi (If you're looking for it--go see the online documentation).