You're reading from Fearless Cross-Platform Development with Delphi Expand your Delphi skills to build a new generation of Windows, web, mobile, and IoT applications

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800203822

Length 544 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Delphi

Tools

FireMonkey

Concepts

Programming Language

Author (1):

David Cornelius

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Programming Power

2. Chapter 1: Recent IDE Enhancements FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Delphi Project Management

4. Chapter 3: A Modern-Day Language

5. Section 2: Cross-Platform Power

6. Chapter 4: Multiple Platforms, One Code Base

7. Chapter 5: Libraries, Packages, and Components

8. Chapter 6: All About LiveBindings

9. Chapter 7: FireMonkey Styles

10. Chapter 8: Exploring the World of 3D

11. Section 3: Mobile Power

12. Chapter 9: Mobile Data Storage

13. Chapter 10: Cameras, the GPS, and More

14. Chapter 11: Extending Delphi with Bluetooth, IoT, and Raspberry Pi

15. Section 4: Server Power

16. Chapter 12: Console-Based Server Apps and Services

17. Chapter 13: Web Modules for IIS and Apache

18. Chapter 14: Using the RAD Server

19. Chapter 15: Deploying an Application Suite

20. Assessments

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Moving to FireMonkey from the VCL

For many years, the only GUI development platform that came with Delphi was the VCL, or Visual Component Library. The VCL is powerful and mature but is so entrenched with Windows-specific API calls that it is not practical to turn it into something else. Instead, VGScene, a cross-platform library designed by Eugene Kryukov of KSDev, was acquired in 2011, rebranded as FireMonkey, and added to Delphi XE2. And now, many iterations later, it is the foundation for all cross-platform GUI applications in Delphi.

All Mac, iOS, and Android GUI development in Delphi uses the FireMonkey framework. Windows has the option to use either FireMonkey or the VCL. So, if you're familiar with the VCL, the first step toward understanding cross-platform GUI development is to switch your Windows application development to use FireMonkey. This first section will lead you through that step.