Delphi 1.x Books - 19/22

TitleTeach Yourself Delphi in 21 Days
AuthorAndrew J. Wozniewicz, Namir Shammas & Tom Campbell (bonus)
PublisherSAMS
ISBN0-672-30470-8
Price$29.99
CodeNone
Level1
TechnicalContentsQuality2
QualityOfWriting3
ValueForMoney3
OverallAssessment3
Comments This book is one of the "later" books on Delphi, so the authors could spend more time on the quality of the contents. Mostly they've succeeded, although some 'typing bugs' remain that are especially annoying in the code examples that won't compile in the chapters by Shammas. The book is intended for the beginner-level programmer, although the last few (DDE/OLE) chapters are of an intermediate to advanced level. For most chapters, no prior programming, Windows or OO experience is assumed nor required. The sole emphasis of the book is on Delphi and the underlying programming language: Object Pascal. There's only limited mention of the database aspects of Delphi, and none regarding topics like Client/Server or ReportSmith.

-- Bob Swart

A more detailed review has been published in the UK-BUG NewsLetter.


This webpage © 1999 by webmaster drs. Robert E. Swart (aka Dr.Bob - www.drbob42.com). All Rights Reserved.