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Fearless Cross-Platform Development with Delphi

By : David Cornelius
Book Image

Fearless Cross-Platform Development with Delphi

By: David Cornelius

Overview of this book

Delphi is a strongly typed, event-driven programming language with a rich ecosystem of frameworks and support tools. It comes with an extensive set of web and database libraries for rapid application development on desktop, mobile, and internet-enabled devices. This book will help you keep up with the latest IDE features and provide a sound foundation of project management and recent language enhancements to take your productivity to the next level. You’ll discover how simple it is to support popular mobile device features such as sensors, cameras, and GPS. The book will help you feel comfortable working with FireMonkey and styles and incorporating 3D user interfaces in new ways. As you advance, you’ll be able to build cross-platform solutions that not only look native but also take advantage of a wide array of device capabilities. You’ll also learn how to use embedded databases, such as SQLite and InterBase ToGo, synchronizing them with your own custom backend servers or modules using the powerful RAD Server engine. The book concludes by sharing tips for testing and deploying your end-to-end application suite for a smooth user experience. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to deliver modern enterprise applications using Delphi confidently.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Programming Power
5
Section 2: Cross-Platform Power
11
Section 3: Mobile Power
15
Section 4: Server Power

Chapter 11: Extending Delphi with Bluetooth, IoT, and Raspberry Pi

As electronic devices proliferate and communication between them becomes more ubiquitous, the ability to collect and share information among nearly anything offers boundless opportunities. Delphi embraces this new field of the Internet of Things (IoT) wholeheartedly. We'll start by examining Bluetooth technologies, the foundation for connecting small devices in many ways. It not only provides wireless connection capabilities to nearby paired devices but also allows ad hoc information polling from IoT devices, allowing many specialized applications in a wide variety of fields. We'll also demonstrate how to put your apps on a Raspberry Pi.

We'll explore these platforms in the following sections:

  • Starting with Bluetooth Classic
  • Learning about low-energy Bluetooth
  • Utilizing beacons
  • Doing more with the Internet of Things
  • Using a Raspberry Pi

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