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Expert Delphi - Second Edition

By : Marco Cantù, Paweł Głowacki
Book Image

Expert Delphi - Second Edition

By: Marco Cantù, Paweł Głowacki

Overview of this book

Master Delphi, the most powerful Object Pascal IDE and versatile component library for cross-platform native app development, by harnessing its capabilities for building natively compiled, blazingly fast apps for all major platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, and Linux. Expert Delphi begins with a quick overview of Delphi, helping you get acquainted with the IDE and the Object Pascal language. The book then quickly progresses to more advanced concepts, followed by the architecture of applications and the FireMonkey library, guiding you through building server-side services, parallel programming, and database access. Toward the end, you’ll learn how to integrate your app with various web services and deploy them effectively. By the end of this book, you’ll be adept at building powerful, cross-platform, native apps for iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS—all from a single code base.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Part 1: Building Blocks
6
Part 2: Going Mobile
12
Part 3: From Data to Services
19
Index

Ideas for new and innovative apps for you to build

Your next Delphi mobile app will obviously be very cool and successful. Think big and start small. There are many sources of inspiration and places to learn about Delphi. One source of inspiration for app ideas can be one of the contests for the coolest Delphi app that is regularly organized by Embarcadero. Check out what other Delphi developers are building, and you will be surprised about all kinds of interesting apps built with Delphi.

You can also check out the app stores for successful apps and emerging threads. Mobile apps are different because they can have so much feedback and input from the physical context of execution, using sensors and cameras to understand what the phone and its user are doing. There is no limit to what you can imagine and build.

In case you are not ready to start your own app journey, you can join a Delphi open source project or library and continue learning while you are offering a direct contribution...