Mastering Delphi 6 | 
 enlarge | Author: Marco Cantu
Publisher: Sybex
Category: Book
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Pages: 1104
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 2.6
ISBN: 0782128742
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.265
EAN: 9780782128741
ASIN: 0782128742
Publication Date: July 25, 2001
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Amazon.com Review
Whether you class yourself as just a beginner or have long been a lover of Borland's much-acclaimed object-oriented development tool, Mastering Delphi 6 has plenty to offer you. Written by world-renowned Delphi expert Marco Cantu, this edition, marking the release of Delphi 6, continues the tradition of excellence, balancing attention to detail with the author's unfussy, very readable style, which makes this a book that's accessible to all. While you will need an understanding of the basics of Pascal, even that is catered to by the inclusion of an easy-to-understand Pascal tutorial as one of the four bonus "chapters" on the accompanying CD-ROM. The CD-ROM also includes example source code and the full searchable text of the book in Acrobat format. Much of the introductory material included in previous editions has been removed in favor of plenty of exposure to the enhancements available in Delphi 6. Among others, these include CLX, the new cross-platform component library, dbExpress, the new database engine, and Delphi's extensive support for e-business and Web development. There is also improved coverage of some of Delphi's longer-standing features. Designed in a tutorial format, this book bristles with practical programming. In all, there are around 300 examples, each one supported by Cantu's clear explanation of the key skills in view. From the foundations of Delphi's object-oriented class library through to a whole section devoted to building Web applications, no information is left unexplored. If you are looking to lever your skills and harness the power of Delphi 6 for your applications, look no further than this excellent resource. --Peter Lunn, Amazon.co.uk
Product Description
Still the Best Delphi Resource A Fully Revised Version of the Book That Won the Delphi Informant Readers Choice Award If you're looking to capitalize on the powerful capabilities of the latest release of Delphi, Mastering Delphi 6 is the one resource you can't do without. Practical, tutorial-based coverage helps you develop key skills, solve tough problems, and build and implement sophisticated functionality in your database, client/server, and Internet applications. The special insights of Delphi expert Marco Cantu you an extra advantage as you complete successful projects and progress towards Delphi mastery. Coverage includes: - Getting to know the new run-time library (RTL)
- Learning to use the VCL and CLX visual libraries
- Developing custom components
- Creating data-aware controls and custom datasets
- Mastering database programming with BDE and dbExpress
- Mastering client/server programming with InterBase
- Interfacing with Microsoft's ADO using the dbGo component set
- Taking advantage of Delphi's support for COM, OLE Automation, and COM+
- Programming for a multitiered application architecture
- Taking advantage of Delphi's support for XML and SOAP technologies
- Building practical, powerful Web applications
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
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 VERY nice book October 18, 2008
I bought it for a project I was working on and I must say I'm impress. It has examples for every single scenario and give you the small and big picture of Delphi development.
I highly recommended.
"Time marches on..." March 1, 2008
I have had other books by Marco Cantu, including "Mastering Delphi 4". His style of writing is gentle, albeit at times a bit repetitive. He certainly has an over all grasp of Delphi and the "ancient history" of Borland leading up to it and demonstrates a close relationship with the company. His coverage of the "Visual Pascal" portion of the Delphi suite is helpful and fairly complete. Overall I rate this book ****.
The missing * is based on inadequate (in my opinion) coverage of graphics and printing. However, this might be more the result of Borland's inadequate facilities for these two important (to me, at least) areas of development. It seems that development environments have moved away from non-Web based software, and this trend is reflected in books of this calibre.
I did have a problem with the CD that is included with the book. On the CD is an Ebook version of the text. Unfortunately the Ebook wouldn't work on my computer. It turns out that Adobe made some changes to version 8 of Acrobat Reader which causes the Ebook to fail. The only "solution" Sybex offered was to install Acrobat Reader 4.0 from the CD after removing version 8 from the computer. They also told me that version 8 could then be reinstalled. They obviously did not try this, since it doesn't work. A side effect of simply leaving version 4.0 on the computer is that my e-mail client (Mozilla) no longer knows how to handle .PDF attachments. They (Sybex) have a lot of excuses of the form "The book was published in 2001..."
 First Impression of Cantu's Delphi 6 December 30, 2002
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
I bought this book to learn Delphi. I have no prior experience in it. I am not even 4 pages into the book, and the author is already telling me that he is not going into any details on the basics of Delphi, but instead, is going to focus on enhancements concerning Version 6. He already assumes I am familiar with the Delphi IDE, and if I am not, I can go to his website and get the information I need. I went to his website, and it is more confusing than the book (needless to say, I cant find his "step by step instructions on Delphi IDE). I think this guy needs to jump off of "cloud 9", and step back down into the real world. I want to learn Delphi, not write a thesis on it, or go off on some intellectual space fantasy into the cosmos. I just want to learn Delphi! This book has over 1000 pages, and already assumes you know Delphi!
 Cantu is overrated March 27, 2002
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've read Mastering Delphi 3 and 6 and while Marco Cantu does a good job of exposing Delphi to beginners, his style is VERY lacking when it comes to advanced techniques. I also feel he is somewhat condescending in his explanation of technical matters and assumes that his reader is a near-complete neophyte (well that could also explain the popularity of his books). Still, the website complementing his books does show an effort to make it useful and attractive to his audience.Fairly experienced programmer will find that his writing style in the Mastering Delphi series hobbles learning as in the effort to sound more 'friendly' by not adopting deeper technical terms he takes two paragraphs to explain something which a couple of sentences should suffice to.
So far so good March 25, 2002
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Just got this book the other day. Not too much of beginners book if you don't know Pascal. Worthwhile though for Delphi though. I'll learn the Pascal as I go along. There are other books for Pascal as well as the authors own website. Great book so far.
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