With a new name and a new focus on CORBA, database drivers, and Microsoft Back Office applications, Inprise/Borland Delphi is enjoying a resurgence, with a growing user base of programmers who use Delphi for rapid development of enterprise computing applications. Not to rest on success, the latest version of Delphi, Version 5, includes further expansion and refinement of the 3-tier application framework introduced in Delphi 4 and has resulted in a prize-winning product. Delphi in a Nutshell is the first concise reference to Borland/Inprise Delphi available. It succinctly collects all the information you need in one easy-to-use, complete, and accurate volume that goes beyond the product documentation itself. Delphi in a Nutshell starts with the Delphi object model and how to use RTTI (Run Time Type Information) for efficient programming. The rest of the book is the most complete Delphi Pascal language reference available in print, detailing every language element with complete syntax, examples, and methods for use. The book concludes with a look at the compiler, discussing compiler directives in depth.

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Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  August 08 2001
Submitted by Mark O'Brien   [Respond | View]

Quite simply, this is a superb book. The layout is simple and intuative, there is a wealth of usefull information and it is well written.

I would not have any reservations about recommending this book to anyone who uses Delphi.


Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  June 05 2001
Submitted by Jian Huang   [Respond | View]

This is the best book about Delphi in my hand, a nice reference book.

And I hope that O'Reilly will publish more books about Delphi.




Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  November 14 2000
Submitted by Norton Warner, Lincoln NE   [Respond | View]

Fantastic book. I was lucky to find it. My local bookstore as of today has NO Delphi books (I suspect it's because Delphi's so popular, they can't keep 'em on the shelf). I was lucky to find this one and only copy a few months ago.

My only complaint: the cover came off in about 3 weeks time. Elmers Glue fixed it right up.


Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  October 10 2000
Submitted by Thomas Pfister   [Respond | View]

the book is an absolute "must have"-book for serious delphi-programmers. I've a lot "nice to have" delphi books but this is very usefull; BUT: the book with paperback is not the best idea; I wish that the "nutshell-2 (included kylix?)" is with a better paperback for the daily working. :-) thomas


Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  August 14 2000
Submitted by Jeffery P Overcash   [Respond | View]

"Delphi in a Nutshell" isn't just another ordinary Delphi book. Once again Ray has manage to take on topics that are unique and not covered in any detail if at all by other authors. The chapters on
RTTI and the Delphi object model alone are well worth the price. This goes onto my short list of "must have" Delphi books for any serious program (Ray actually now has 3 of the 5). Good work Ray.


Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  August 02 2000
Submitted by Clay Shannon   [Respond | View]

I have used this book on numerous occasions already to robustify my code.

I own approximately 20 Delphi books, and consider "Delphi in a Nutshell" to be one of the few "classics".

If you're only going to buy a couple of Delphi books, this should be one of them.


Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  May 15 2000
Submitted by Renate Schaaf   [Respond | View]

I am using this book a lot. I like the reference style info together with examples. It contains much of what I've always wanted to really understand (memory management, RTTI, interfaces). Great job.


Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  April 17 2000
Submitted by Matt Vesty   [Respond | View]



This book does an excellent job of describing the core Delphi Object Pascal Language.

I have several other Delphi books that try to cover everything in Delphi. Usually they end up spreading the details of the base language throughout the book. With "Delphi in a Nutshell", I have all the details presented in a clear, easy to reference manner.

Now I don't have to open up sysutils.pas in the editor to find the prototype for StrPos (or was that StrScan? ;>




Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  April 17 2000
Submitted by Neil Edmundson   [Respond | View]



Delphi in a Nutshell is exactly the book I have been looking for. Unlike most other Delphi books, it provides definative information on the language. It does not waste time covering basic Pascal syntax, nor does it redundantly cover visual program creation. The tutorial chapters are on the right stuff, object models, RTTI, and concurrent programming. The reference is excellent.
So when are you coming out with a book that treats the VCL in exactly the same way?


Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  April 10 2000
Submitted by D La Pierre Ballard   [Respond | View]



The book, Delphi in a Nutshell, is superb. It covers the functions and commands in Delphi like they should be covered. They are listed alphabetically with explanations and examples of each. Each of them is explained much better than in any of the other books on Delphi. In each case, more insight into the actual use of the function or command is given than is available elsewhere. This book fills a long standing void in the literature on Delphi. I recommend it to all Delphi programmers and to those who program in other languages for graphical use interface operating systems.



Delphi in a Nutshell Review,  January 10 2000
Submitted by Hallvard Vassbotn   [Respond | View]



I might be biased, having done a technical review of the book. However, even though I consider myself a veteran Object Pascal and Delphi programmer, reading this book was really a learning experience. IMO, this book belong on the shelf of every Delphi programmer, beginner or long-time proffesional.

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