Delphi 2007 for Win32 Development Essentials is my first Delphi 2007 for Win32 courseware manual, covering the IDE, Delphi language enhancements, Together support, Unit testing and... More > Globalisation/localisation. The manual itself contains over 140 pages, with 46,414 words and numerous screenshots plus two appendices (on webcams and Skype API) that were not included before. Specific topics like Database, Web Development, XML, SOAP and Web Services will be covered in forthcoming courseware manuals.< Less
Delphi XE Development Essentials contains 7 chapters on the latest version of Delphi. Covering the IDE, Language Enhancements since Delphi 7, RTL and VCL Enhancements, Unicode and... More > globalization/localization, Modeling Support including metrics, audits and documentation, Unit Testing and the bundled third-party controls, with special focus on CodeSite Express, AQtime Standard and the Subversion integration into the IDE. Each chapter ends with a number of exercises, and at the back of the book there is an appendix with the answers, so the book is ideal for self-study or use as training manual< Less
The Delphi 2006 ASP.NET 1.1 Advanced Web Development courseware manual is no introduction to ASP.NET, but shows how to build and deploy a small but real-world ASP.NET application with Delphi 2006. As... More > prerequisite, I recommend my Delphi 2006 ASP.NET v1.1 Web Development courseware manual. The ASP.NET application contains a welcome page, a page for customer registration, and a login page (for authentication and authorization). The shop pages will show the shop items in a searchable and sortable DataGrid, plus a detail page where the item details are shown, and finally a shopping cart (which is also persistent after the session has been closed) with e-mail capabilities for completing the order. A bonus chapter shows how to extend the ASP.NET web application with AJAX techniques, and describes the use of custom HTTP handlers and modules. The manual consists of 130+ pages, including exercises and answers in the back.< Less
This courseware manual describes the design, implementation and deployment of my weblog, which was originally written using Delphi 2005 and ECO II, but is recreated from scratch using Delphi 2006 and... More > ECO III. Full source code available, including ASP.NET AJAX enhancements. The final deployed ASP.NET ECO weblog application has been in use for over two years now and has been used for hundreds of posts and comments.< Less
Delphi 2007 for Win32 Development Essentials is my first Delphi 2007 for Win32 courseware manual, covering the IDE, Delphi language enhancements, Together support, Unit testing and... More > Globalisation/localisation.
See the preview for the full table of contents with more details and a some sample pages.
The manual itself contains over 140 pages, with 46,414 words and numerous screenshots plus two appendices (on webcams and Skype API) that were not included before.
Specific topics like Database, Web Development, XML, SOAP and Web Services will be covered in forthcoming courseware manuals.
The book can also be purchased in PDF format (with free updates) from http://www.eBob42.com/courseware< Less
In this paperback about Database Development with C++Builder (and Turbo C++) I'll cover the Borland Database Engine (BDE), dbGo for ADO, dbExpress and the stand-alone TClientDataSet. I'm using the... More > Paradox, MyBase and SQL Server / MSDE databases for the example application, which is built for each data access technology, including examples of data coversion.
Finally, for C++Builder 2007 developers, I've added a special section on DBX4 and the new features in this latest release of the dbExpress data access framework.
The information in this paperback can be used with Borland C++Builder 6, C++Builder 2006, Turbo C++ 2006, as well as CodeGear C++Builder 2007.< Less
The paperback edition of the Delphi XE DataSnap Development courseware manual contains 190 pages, with sections about: DataSnap History and Example Data, DataSnap Server Targets (and Wizards),... More > DataSnap Security, DataSnap Server Components, DataSnap Server Deployment, DataSnap Clients, DataSnap and Databases, DBX: DataSnap Filters, DataSnap REST and Callbacks, DataSnap and .NET Clients, and an appendix about the extended Developer Issue Report Tool (DIRT) Server and Client.
This courseware manual is also available for purchase for 99 Euro from http://www.eBob42.com/courseware (with free updates and e-mail support).< Less
Delphi XE Development Essentials contains almost 154 pages (5 chapters) on the starter version of Delphi XE. Covering the IDE, Language Enhancements since Delphi 7, RTL and VCL Enhancements, Unicode,... More > and the Subversion integration into the IDE. Each chapter ends with a number of exercises, and at the back of the book there is an appendix with the answers, so the book is ideal for self-study or use as training manual.
A PDF version of the full Delphi XE Development Essentials edition of this book is given as free bonus if you purchase a courseware manual from http://www.eBob42.com/courseware or if you purchase Delphi or RAD Studio XE from reseller Bob Swart (see http://www.bobswart.nl).< Less
Delphi XE Development Essentials contains almost 300 pages (7 chapters) on the latest version of Delphi. Covering the IDE (44 pages), Language Enhancements since Delphi 7 (35 pages), RTL and VCL... More > Enhancements (48 pages), Unicode and globalization/localization (32 pages), Modeling Support including metrics, audits and documentation (40 pages), Unit Testing (38 pages) and the bundled third-party controls, with special focus on CodeSite Express, AQtime Standard and the Subversion integration into the IDE (32 pages). Each chapter ends with a number of exercises, and at the back of the book there is an appendix with the answers (22 pages), so the book is ideal for self-study or use as training manual.
A PDF version of this book is given as free bonus if you purchase a courseware manual from http://www.eBob42.com/courseware or if you purchase Delphi or RAD Studio XE from me (see http://www.bobswart.nl).< Less
Chapter 1 covers XML Programming, starting with XML document and TXMDocument usage, then moving to XML Data Binding and the XML Mapping Tool from the Enterprise version of Delphi. As example, we'll... More > use the RSS feed of one of my blogs.
The second chapter is about Web Services: SOAP and WSDL. We learn how to create SOAP servers, to use multiple different targets, to trace SOAP requests and debug SOAP servers, to deploy them on Windows 2003 or 2008, to import them for SOAP clients, and to trace the SOAP requests at the client side. We add SOAP exceptions and support for SOAP attachments, and end the chapter with a number of practical exercises.
The third chapter is about SOAP Security, talking about HTTP and SSL, and demonstrating how to use SOAP Headers at the client and server side, ending with practical exercises to put this into use again.
A more recent edition of the book can also be purchased in PDF format (with free updates and e-mail support) from my website at http://www.eBob42.com/courseware< Less
Bob Swart (aka Dr.Bob - www.drbob42.com) of Bob Swart Training & Consultancy is based in The Netherlands, and offers Delphi training, consultancy and private workshops, courseware manuals (for self-study), and development using Delphi for Windows or Mac OS X, and is an Embarcadero reseller for the Eurozone and UK.
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