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Delphi Developer's Handook Delphi Developer's Handbook
Table of Contents

Here is a detailed description of the contents the list of the chapters of the Delphi Developer's Handbook, ISBN 0-7821-1987-5 written by me with Tim Gooch, and with a contribution from OLE expert John Lam. This book has only advanced material, starting where Mastering Delphi 3 stopped.

The manuscript is now complete, and the book should be on the US shelves on November 11, 1997. At that time I'll post more information and possibly also a free chapter to download. Stay tuned.

Part I : Delphi Foundations

The first six chapters explore Object Pascal and VCL topics such as accessing protected properties and component ownership, as well as issues related to streaming and persistency, run-time type information (RTTI), building components, and using packages to distribute components.

Part II: Delphi and Windows

Chapters 7-11 focus on Delphi's interaction with the Windows operating system, including an extended discussion of the VCL and Windows, advanced window components, and Windows and Delphi memory management. The last two chapters (10 and 11) offer an in-depth look at the theory of COM and the Windows and Delphi tools for implementing it.

Part III: Extending the Delphi Environment

In Chapters 12-16 you'll learn valuable ways to customize the Delphi IDE to streamline and safeguard the development process. You'll build property editors, component editors, and wizards, explore version control systems, and finally walk through all the decisions we made in creating an object debugger.

Part IV: Delphi Database Programming

Chapters 17-20 explore-and extend-Delphi's support for database applications. You'll build data-aware components, customize the DBGrid, create a database form wizard, and create custom data set components. You'll also work in the three-tier database model, building remote data modules and thin clients; and you'll explore Delphi tools for publishing a database on the Web.