March 2000
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
18h 13m
English
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Preface
Borland’s Delphi is a combination of a modern programming language, an integrated development environment (IDE), and the visual component library (VCL). Delphi’s IDE is readily familiar to anyone who has used similar tools. For example, a WYSIWYG form editor lets you design a window visually, with drag-and-drop ease. More important, the framework is object-oriented, extensible and customizable, due to the power and flexibility of the Delphi programming language.
The heart of Delphi is the Delphi Pascal programming language, which has key features to support the IDE and VCL. It has all the power of a modern object-oriented language, along with the elegance and simplicity of Pascal.
Delphi in a Nutshell is a comprehensive reference manual for Delphi Pascal. It covers the entire language, and it also highlights ways to use the language effectively. Experienced Delphi programmers can use this book as an alphabetical reference. Newcomers to Delphi should spend extra time with the first few chapters. I hope that everyone will find something of value in these pages.
Not Your Father’s Pascal
Delphi Pascal is one of many object-oriented variants of Pascal. Over the years, Delphi has evolved and is no longer recognizable as the Pascal you used in school all those many years ago. In addition to unit-based modular programming and a robust class model, Delphi Pascal has a number of other modern language features, including the following:
Interfaces (similar to Java™ and COM interfaces)
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