Mastering Borland Delphi 2005

by Marco Cantù and Marco Cantu'

Delphi Takes a Great Leap Forward; It's Time for You to Do the Same The latest release of Borland's Delphi is a major overhaul, featuring a brand-new IDE for both Win32 and .NET development and tons... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0782143423
• ISBN13: 9780782143423
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Sybex
• Length: 959 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Resource

Marco Cantu presents another fine in-depth Delphi book. I treat this as more of a reference rather than something you read start-finish. Its over 900 pages long and I recommend having tried Delphi for a while before picking this book up. The downloadable demos are especially helpful. Highly Recommend it.

The Best In Mark Cantu's Delphi Series

This latest in Marco's Delphi series is a must-have for anyone who is serious about rapid Microsoft Windows systems development. In contrast to most, perhaps all, of the technical books dealing with creative development, this one is very readable, and more to the point immediately useful. The rich code samples are immediately applicable to today's right-now applications, with background material that is succinct and helpful. It's still applicable today for one simple reason: Delphi is still the fastest and most reliable way to build robust Windows applications, bar none. The economic impact of this simple fact is why Delphi is still being used today, despite Borland's self-induced problems, and will continue to be used for the same reason for as long as Win32 is around - probably a long, long time indeed. DISCLAIMER: Borland wanted to do a case study on my company's use of Delphi, even after I told them I thought that their marketing department was brain dead. They compiled and published the case study, but I still believe that their marketing department is brain dead.

Better choice for learning Delphi

I found the book attractive and easy-reading. Marco Cantu boosts Delphi learner's expectations again, with this Mastering Delphi 2005 edition. The author makes learning Delphi a gentle issue, as if he's chating with you personally. Definitely, the book is a better choice for learning Delphi.

Excellent. Enjoyed it thoroughly

Great material for newbie or advanced. Our own team of developers uses this one all the time. Wonderful resource.

Fantastic resource

My copy is already getting dog-eared with use. Very well-written, Mastering Borland Delphi 2005 is another winner in a winning series by the author. For those of us making the transition to .Net with Delphi, the book details many advantages of using vcl.net in that transition. My D2005 IDE setup is much better thanks to the book's tips & tricks for IDE options. The sections/examples on ECO, asp.net, ado.net, refactoring and unit testing I use constantly as references. - Joe Hendricks, SoftwareRunners