Delphi in a Nutshell

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By Ray Lischner

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Released: March 2000

Pages: 578

Chapter 1 Delphi Pascal
1. Units
2. Programs
3. Libraries
4. Packages
5. Data Types
6. Variables and Constants
7. Exception Handling
8. File I/O
9. Functions and Procedures
Chapter 2 The Delphi Object Model
1. Classes and Objects
2. Interfaces
3. Reference Counting
4. Messages
5. Memory Management
6. Old-Style Object Types
Chapter 3 Runtime Type Information
1. Virtual Method Table
2. Published Declarations
3. The TypInfo Unit
4. Virtual and Dynamic Methods
5. Initialization and Finalization
6. Automated Methods
7. Interfaces
8. Exploring RTTI
Chapter 4 Concurrent Programming
1. Threads and Processes
2. The TThread Class
3. The BeginThread and EndThread Functions
4. Thread Local Storage
5. Processes
6. Futures
Chapter 5 Language Reference
Chapter 6 System Constants
1. Variant Type Codes
2. Open Array Types
3. Virtual Method Table Offsets
4. Runtime Error Codes
Chapter 7 Operators
1. Unary Operators
2. Multiplicative Operators
3. Additive Operators
4. Comparison Operators
Chapter 8 Compiler Directives

Appendix Command-Line Tools
Appendix The SysUtils Unit
1. Errors and Exceptions
2. File Management
3. String Management
4. Numeric Conversion
5. Dates and Times
6. Localization
7. Modules
8. Windows
9. Miscellaneous

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Delphi in a Nutshell

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Ray has written an excellent desktop reference for Delphi. I really liked the explanation of the SysUtils unit. I found that there were functions in there that I had written myself, if I had only known I would have saved myself some time. The Language reference with the Tips and Tricks is excellent, helps make more sense of the sometimes archaic online help. My only complaint is that this is the ONLY Delphi book published by O'Reilly, I would love to see a Learning, Programming, or Mastering book!

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i loved this book. it helps me to understand object pascal. therefore, i want to thank mr rav lischner who give us the good book.

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I have buy this book last week. When i first begin read, i think it not very good and some part is so simply. But the Chapter 5 is very good.

BTW, i buy this book in china, it is chinese version and only cost 60 RMB, about $8.

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Quite simply, this is a superb book. The layout is simple and intuative, there is a wealth of usefull information and it is well written.

I would not have any reservations about recommending this book to anyone who uses Delphi.

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This is the best book about Delphi in my hand, a nice reference book.

And I hope that O'Reilly will publish more books about Delphi.

11/14/2000

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Fantastic book. I was lucky to find it. My local bookstore as of today has NO Delphi books (I suspect it's because Delphi's so popular, they can't keep 'em on the shelf). I was lucky to find this one and only copy a few months ago.

My only complaint: the cover came off in about 3 weeks time. Elmers Glue fixed it right up.

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the book is an absolute "must have"-book for serious delphi-programmers. I've a lot "nice to have" delphi books but this is very usefull; BUT: the book with paperback is not the best idea; I wish that the "nutshell-2 (included kylix?)" is with a better paperback for the daily working. :-) thomas

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"Delphi in a Nutshell" isn't just another ordinary Delphi book. Once again Ray has manage to take on topics that are unique and not covered in any detail if at all by other authors. The chapters on

RTTI and the Delphi object model alone are well worth the price. This goes onto my short list of "must have" Delphi books for any serious program (Ray actually now has 3 of the 5). Good work Ray.

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I have used this book on numerous occasions already to robustify my code.

I own approximately 20 Delphi books, and consider "Delphi in a Nutshell" to be one of the few "classics".

If you're only going to buy a couple of Delphi books, this should be one of them.

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I am using this book a lot. I like the reference style info together with examples. It contains much of what I've always wanted to really understand (memory management, RTTI, interfaces). Great job.

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Chapter 1 Delphi Pascal

Units

Programs

Libraries

Packages

Data Types

Variables and Constants

Exception Handling

File I/O

Functions and Procedures

Chapter 2 The Delphi Object Model

Classes and Objects

Interfaces

Reference Counting

Messages

Memory Management

Old-Style Object Types

Chapter 3 Runtime Type Information

Virtual Method Table

Published Declarations

The TypInfo Unit

Virtual and Dynamic Methods

Initialization and Finalization

Automated Methods

Interfaces

Exploring RTTI

Chapter 4 Concurrent Programming

Threads and Processes

The TThread Class

The BeginThread and EndThread Functions

Thread Local Storage

Processes

Futures

Chapter 5 Language Reference

Chapter 6 System Constants

Variant Type Codes

Open Array Types

Virtual Method Table Offsets

Runtime Error Codes

Chapter 7 Operators

Unary Operators

Multiplicative Operators

Additive Operators

Comparison Operators

Chapter 8 Compiler Directives

Appendix Command-Line Tools

Appendix The SysUtils Unit

Errors and Exceptions

File Management

String Management

Numeric Conversion

Dates and Times

Localization

Modules

Windows

Miscellaneous

Ray Lischner

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