The Top 10 IDE Features You Must Know and Love

Before we can let you any further into the book, we've got to make sure that you're equipped with the tools you need to survive and the knowledge to use them. In that spirit, what follows is a list of what we feel are the top 10 IDE features you must learn to know and love.

1. Class Completion

Nothing wastes a developer's time more than have to type in all that blasted code! How often is it that you know exactly what you want to write but are limited by how fast your fingers can fly over the keys? Until the spec for the PCI-to-medulla oblongata bus is completed to rid you of all that typing, Delphi has a feature called class completion that goes a long way toward alleviating the busy work.

Arguably, ...

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