Table of contents

Part I - Foundations
	Chapter 1	–	Delphi 7 and Its IDE
	Chapter 2	–	The Delphi Programming Language
	Chapter 3	–	The Run-Time Library
	Chapter 4	–	Core Library classes
	Chapter 5	–	Visual Controls
	Chapter 6	–	Building the User Interface
	Chapter 7	–	Working with Forms
Part II - Delphi Object-Oriented Architectures
	Chapter 8	–	The Architecture of Delphi Applications
	Chapter 9	–	Writing Delphi Components
	Chapter 10	–	Libraries and Packages
	Chapter 11	–	Modeling and OOP Programming (with ModelMaker)
	Chapter 12	–	From COM to COM+
Part III - Delphi Database-Oriented Architectures
	Chapter 13	–	Delphi's Database Architecture
	Chapter 14	–	Client/Server with dbExpress
	Chapter 15	–	Working with ADO
	Chapter 16	–	Multitier DataSnap Applications
	Chapter 17	–	Writing Database Components
	Chapter 18	–	Reporting with Rave
Part IV - Delphi, the Internet, and a .NET Preview
	Chapter 19	–	Internet Programming: Sockets and Indy
	Chapter 20	–	Web Programming with WebBroker and WebSnap
	Chapter 21	–	Web Programming with IntraWeb
	Chapter 22	–	Using XML Technologies
	Chapter 23	–	Web Services and SOAP
	Chapter 24	–	The Microsoft .NET Architecture from the Delphi Perspective
	Chapter 25	–	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

	Index
	List of Figures
	List of tables
	List of Listings
	List of Sidebars