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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

Using build configurations effectively

Before we start writing code and developing applications, there are a few more project management topics you should be aware of that apply to any project. One of those is the use of Build Configurations. This is the first sub-item that shows in the Project Manager window under the project name and lists the currently selected build configuration in parentheses for that project. You can set up various project options and save them as a build configuration, then switch between them by expanding the Build Configurations list and double-clicking on one. Delphi comes preconfigured with two standard configurations: Debug and Release. You can customize the default configurations or add other ones to suit your needs.

When testing applications, you may want to step through your code, set breakpoints, and watch variables. To do this, several compiler options need to be enabled in the project options (select Project | Options from the menu or right-click...