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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

Summary

In this chapter, we reviewed everything Delphi's IDE has to offer, then, after touching on the XE series, highlighted the improvements in Delphi versions 10 Seattle, 10.1 Berlin, 10.2 Tokyo, and 10.3 Rio, and finally covered the major enhancements to the newest version of Delphi, 10.4 Sydney.

The Delphi IDE is a powerful developer tool and grows in capability with every version. As technology continues to evolve, the feature set changes accordingly to embrace the software build processes for today's complex needs and the plethora of devices to support.

With a thorough knowledge of the IDE comes increased productivity through efficient use of the keyboard, proper window placement, customized colors and fonts, handy tools, and useful add-ons. Those who take the time to develop proficiency in this toolset will be valuable assets to their employers and clients as they build great products.

Now we're ready to use this tool as we create projects of all kinds. Keep reading to learn about the possibilities!