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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

Doing more with the Internet of Things

Bluetooth LE opens the door to a broad spectrum of applications and devices. The protocols we've explored are just the beginning of the many options for sharing data. Small devices lurking in corners of the building, throughout your car, on exercise equipment, in your appliances and entertainment system, all broadcasting and sharing little bits of information that can be picked up and read in various ways, serve specific functions and work without the need for manual interaction to enhance our lives. To some, this proliferation of information sharing is a little disconcerting, but by understanding the types of information being shared and how it's being used, we can see that there's far less magic and quite a bit of usefulness in these technologies.

The Bluetooth, Bluetooth LE, Beacon, and BeaconDevice components come with all versions of Delphi. As mentioned, Bluetooth LE, with its GATT and related profiles, is the basis of...