Talk:Delphi Programming

Wikibook?
Gee, if I wanted links about Delphi, I'd search for "Delphi" in Google. What I expected was a book on Delphi Programming which walks me through the variables, functions, operators, OOP, etc. You know, what Wikibooks is supposed to be all about, editable books and all of that. By the way, ever heard of the Lazarus project, which tries to become an Open Source version of Delphi based on Free Pascal? Maybe cite it as an alternative to buying Delphi for those of us who cannot afford a copy of Delphi. --Orion Blastar 04:35, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Only a Chapter!
For once: This is only a chapter of the Programming book.

But then I agree with you: Programming:Delphi is in a very bad shape. There are far better examples of programming books (Ada Programming, Programming:C plus plus). There problem is not with Wikibooks but with the Delphi community which has not provided a good chapter/book on Delphi - at least not in english - the German and Polnish versions are in a far better shape.

Prehaps they don't see a reason to do so. Maybe ther are to many English Delphi allready. Who knows.

--Krischik T 09:25, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Only know some
I could help writing practical guides, like how to actually code a program. But I can't explain the variables and such since my English is way too poor to do that. :/

I've had my experiences using Borland/CodeGear Delphi and I'm willing to explain how to use dialogs,tabsheets etc. basically the program itself rather than the whole language.

--Kritique

Contents
Hello,

I also have worked on the German version of this article (the chapters about "GUI" and "type casting"), so I could write some, but then someone should check that for grammar and spelling, because I'm not a native English. I think, at first there should be a chapter about the syntax, data types (integers, strings and so on), an overview about some functions of the 'Math' and 'SysUtils' unit (and not to forget a good introduction: Why Delphi / Pascal? Why not? How to get Delphi? and Delphi's history). Then operators, type casting, pointers, assembler in Delphi and the GUI. Maybe somone can make a checklist? --Jayk (talk) 17:59, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Developing book about Pascal first?
I'm thinking of improving this book. Could it be a good idea to develop the wikibook about Pascal first and then refer to it in this book so as to avoid repetition? Most of the stuff that is not related to OOP is the same anyway. DesbWit (talk) 11:14, 17 August 2010 (UTC)