Whether you're new to Delphi or just making the move from an earlier version, Mastering Delphi 7 is the one resource you can't do without. Practical, tutorial-based coverage helps you master essential techniques in database, client-server, and Internet programming. And the insights of renowned authority Marco Cant? give you the necessary knowledge to take advantage of what's new to Delphi 7--particularly its support for .NET.
Coverage includes:
- Creating visual web applications with IntraWeb
- Writing sockets-based applications with Indy
- Creating data-aware controls and custom dataset components
- Creating database applications using ClientDataSet and dbExpress
- Building client-server applications using InterBase
- Interfacing with Microsoft's ADO
- Programming for a multi-tiered application architecture
- Taking advantage of Delphi's support for COM, OLE Automation, and COM+
- Taking advantage of Delphi's XML and SOAP support
- Implementing Internet protocols in your Delphi app
- Creating UML class diagrams using ModelMaker
- Visually preparing reports using RAVE
- Using the Delphi language to create your first .NET programs
About the Author
Marco Cant? is an internationally known programming author and teacher who specialize in Delphi development and XML-related technologies. Author of the best-selling Mastering Delphi series, he teaches advanced Delphi classes, speaks at conferences worldwide, and writes about Delphi programming in print and online magazines.
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