Delphi in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Great value for money

This is a reference book for advanced programmers. If you're looking for something that will teach you Delphi, try some other book.

This is an excellent desk reference book for Delphi, with great in-depth information of Delphi's Object Model, RTTI, ans SysUtil. Nonthless, be warned that it does not tell you how to write Delphi code specifically; therefore it is really not a book for Delphi beginners.Meanwhile, this book is comparable to the classic "Inside C++ Object Model" by Stanley Lippman, but with more, let alone the English writting of this book is more concise, accurate, and easy to follow.In a nutshell, 8 years after this book's first print, still every page, every line, and every word from this book is gem for serious Delphi developers.Highly recommended!

In line with most of O'Reilly's "In a Nutshell" books, this has solid content but cannot be easily read. In that respect, it's a bit like a telephone directory without the yellow pages. For many, this will be exactly what they want, but for the majority, it will prove too bereft of real-world examples.

Ce n'est sûrement pas un mauvais livre, et c'est toujours intéressant d'avoir un livre qui ne traite pas de composant en particulier mais de Delphi. Par contre une (bien trop) grande partie du bouquin se résume à lister les pages de manuels. Sans compter qu'il peut être intéressant d'avoir les fonctionnalités de delphi plus récent.Pour ma part, j'ai préféré Delphi XE2 foundations (chris rolliston)