Learn to Program Delphi and Object Pascal quickly and easily.Huw Collingbourne has programmed in Delphi for over 25 years. For over ten years he was the Delphi columnist for PC Plus Magazine in the UK. In this book, he explains how to design desktop applications and program in Delphi's Object Pascal language. All the source code is available for free download so you can get started with Delphi programming straight away.This book explains...Fundamentals of DelphiThe Object Pascal languageObject OrientationVariables, Types, ConstantsOperators and Testsfor loops and while loopsProcedures and FunctionsParameters and ArgumentsArrays and ListsString OperationsCase StatementsUser-defined TypesConstructors and MethodsCreating and Freeing ObjectsInheritance and EncapsulationVirtual and Overridden MethodsFile-handlingText files and Binary filesStreaming and SerializationErrors and Exceptions...and much moreThe Little Book Of Delphi takes you from the very basics of Object Pascal programming right through to complex topics such saving and loading networks of objects to and from disk’. All the source code is provided as a free download from the publisher's web site. The book explains everything you need to know to get started with productive Delphi development.Huw Collingbourne has been a programmer for more than 30 years. He is an online programming instructor who has taught tens of thousands of students to code in languages such as C, C#, Java, Object Pascal and Ruby. He had written programming columns for numerous computer magazines such asPC PlusandComputer Shopper. He is Technical Director of the independent development company, SapphireSteel Software. He is the author of a number of programming books includingThe Book Of Ruby,The Little Book Of PointersandThe Little Book of Recursion.The Little Book Of Delphi gives youjust the stuff you really needto get straight to the heart of Object Pascal programming without all the fluff and padding.