Still the Best Delphi Resource-Now Fully Updated and Expanded

Whether you're new to Delphi or just making the move from an earlier version, Mastering Delphi 7 is the one resource you can't do without. Practical, tutorial-based coverage helps you master essential techniques in database, client-server, and Internet programming. And the insights of renowned authority Marco Cantù give you the necessary knowledge to take advantage of what's new to Delphi 7-particularly its support for .NET.

Coverage includes:

• Creating visual web applications with IntraWeb
• Writing sockets-based applications with Indy
• Creating data-aware controls and custom dataset components
• Creating database applications using ClientDataSet and dbExpress
• Building client-server applications using InterBase
• Interfacing with Microsoft's ADO
• Programming for a multi-tiered application architecture
• Taking advantage of Delphi's support for COM, OLE Automation, and COM+
• Taking advantage of Delphi's XML and SOAP support
• Implementing Internet protocols in your Delphi app
• Creating UML class diagrams using ModelMaker
• Visually preparing reports using RAVE
• Using the Delphi language to create your first .NET programs

Contents

Part I - Foundations

• Delphi 7 and Its IDE
• The Delphi Programming Language
• The Run-Time Library
• Core Library Classes
• Visual Controls
• Building the User Interface
• Working with Forms

Part II - Delphi Object-Oriented Architectures

• The Architecture of Delphi Applications
• Writing Delphi Components
• Libraries and Packages
• Modeling and OOP Programming (with ModelMaker)
• From COM to COM++

Part III - Delphi Database-Oriented Architectures

• Delphi's Database Architecture
• Client/Server with dbExpress
• Working with ADO
• Multitier DataSnap Applications
• Writing Database Components
• Reporting with Rave

Part IV - Delphi, the Internet, and a .NET Preview

• Internet Programming: Sockets and Indy
• Web Programming with WebBroker and WebSnap
• Web Programming with IntraWeb
• Using XML Technologies
• Web Services and SOAP
• The Microsoft .NET Architecture from the Delphi Perspective
• Delphi for .NET Preview: The Language and the RTL

Appendix A - Extra Delphi Tools by the Author
Appendix B - Extra Delphi Tools from Other Sources
Appendix C - Free Companion Books on Delphi