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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

Building an ISAPI web module for IIS on Windows

You don't need to have a separate computer with the server edition of Windows to use and test Internet Information Services (IIS). If your local Windows machine doesn't currently have it installed, all you have to do is enable it by performing these steps:

  1. Click your Windows Start button and type in the word features to launch Turn Windows features on or off (or, from the Control Panel, select Programs and Features and click on Turn Windows features on or off).
  2. Scroll down the list of features to find Internet Information Services; check its box.
  3. Open the IIS feature, and then expand World Wide Web Services and Application Development Features.
  4. Check the box for ISAPI Extensions (and optionally CGI) and click OK:

Figure 13.7 – Enabling the IIS web server feature in Windows

It only takes a few moments to install the web server. To verify it is working, open a new tab in...