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- Publisher: SAMS; Book and CD-ROM edition (December 15, 2001)
- ISBN: 0672321157
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Puts you on the road to Delphi Guruhood, April 6, 2002
Unlike Cantu's Mastering Delphi 6, Delphi Developer's Guide is intended for those who are able to digest the Borland manuals and wish to take their Delphi knowledge even further. Absolutely no fluff here, every page contains interesting and useful info and the book as a whole is full of useful techniques you can use in real-world projects.
Reviewer: Anthony Chua (see more about me) from LA All aspects of Delphi 6 programming are covered here: from Win32 API calls to threading to CORBA to writing your own VCL components to advanced Delphi databasing topics and more importantly, each is covered in depth.
My favorite parts include the section where the author describes in very readable manner how Delphi evolved from the first version to version 6, highlighting the important differences and improvements introduced with each new version.
Another is the chapter on threads which explained thread basics very well and went a lot further (more than I was ready for actually). This chapter alone is so densely packed with info that it alone could be worth a third the price of the book!
Poorly written - but a start, March 15, 2002
I have this book. There's not much literature around about Delphi 6 yet, so this is better than nothing. It contains a lot of information, however it appears to have been written in a hurry - it is very poorly put together. I have just been following the WebSnap chapter examples through, and the steps aren't in the correct order, some are repeated, and are not specific. Incorrect component names are referred to etc etc. It's just as well I have some experience and can work it out and see the errors. Definitely not recommended for anyone with little Delphi or Web Application experience.
Reviewer: Greg Newton from Sydney, Australia
A Good Beginning Programming Book, May 12, 2000
Reviewer:
Ronald Boykin (see more about me) from
This book is a good beginning programming book. The author lays out the
structure of the language and programming in general very nicely. The price is
right because I think you get a full copy of Delphi 4 Standard Edition
for no charge! I spent a whole half hour skimming through this book.
I've programmed in Turbo Pascal after learning a little dos basic. Pascal is
the best language to learn programming with. It protects you from mistakes and
teaches structured programming. From there you can learn any other language
much easier. The book is a must for the beginner or a person that would like
to review the language. I was disappointed that their were no Delphi sections
that I could see.
**** Computer Programming in Pascal the Easy Way
Amazon Price: $13.45
Paperback - 255 pages (December 1984)
Barrons Educational Series; ISBN: 081202799X ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.60 x 10.86 x 7.80
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 124,892
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Number of Reviews: 3Nice price. Decent book.
A fabulous introduction to pascal but just an introduction., December 27, 1998
Reviewer: chudkind15@hotmail.com fromLondon, United Kingdom
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants an introduction to programming using the pascal language. However, the book is purely an introduction and therefore only includes a brief number of topics to get you started on the language. A particularly good thing about this book is that it teaches standard pascal and not just borland's turbo pascal.
The examples are pretty good, and arranged so you build on what you already know. He doesn't try to overload the reader with too much information. However, as with all of programming, there are topics that take a lot of thinking and some experience. Make sure you have a compiler available so you can write and run programs when you go thru the book, or it's easy to get lost. If you have someone who can help explain some of the more difficult ideas to you, or if you already know what you're doing, you should be set.
Some of us in school think of this more of a reference than something to read straight through. He has included excellent forms for function syntax which stand out to the reader, so they are easy to find if you are trying to fix compile errors.
One *major* drawback is that because it is organized as a teaching text, you don't get the answers to the examples. (Unless you want to buy the teacher's edition...)
If you have programmed before, it will be much easier to
understand the concepts, although if you're really intent on learning how,
this book has everything you'll need to start out from scratch.
My great Programming Guider----Elliot B. Koffman.., February 12, 2000
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Goodbook (see more about me) from
I would totally recommend the Book_ TURBO PASCAL 5th Edition Elliot B. Koffman
for all programming student and people who are interested in programming.
Junior student are Highly recommend as well.Even you are the first time
reading programming books before. The book is easy to read ,you will learn the
right programming skills and methods which are applicable to writing other
computer Language as well in the future..e.g C or C++programming.
Totally 18 chapters in the book, I finished each chapter each day and I can write complex program structure at my work station.
The great MOTIVATION when reading this book is ,unlike other programming textbook so boring, this book also have an INTERVIEW to different Professional people who studying or working with computer in University , or professional Governmental departments with discussing variety of computer science topics in different professional points of view after you finished each chapter. So you will find interesting and enriched after finished each chapter and assignment questions seriouly. LIKE READING A STORY BOOK OR HAVING A PROGRAMMING LECTURE WITH INTERNATIONAL POINTS OF VIEW.
Programming often gives us a first impression that it is tedious. But Elliot really did a good thing to make it simple and more HUMAN there. Which is 21th Century demanding for!
This book is the Computer Programmer's Bible for Pascal, October 19,
1998
A great way to learn Pascal, August 11, 1997
"Good, but not for the money", June 16, 1998
Great book for beginners, December 8, 1997
A well thought out and written book for beginners., November 5, 1997
Learn by Example, June 12, 1997This text invites students to extend their introductory knowledge of programming and problem solving in PASCAL. It is intended for the second course in computer programming, through the use of examples, exercises, complete programs, and sample runs, students are offered the opportunity to apply their programming skills and to learn advanced techniques.
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