Overview
Master the RAD Tool Designed Especially for Linux DevelopmentKylix 2 promises great things for the world of Linux application development. Mastering Kylix 2 is the best possible way for you to take advantage of everything this powerful RAD tool has to offer. Co-written by internationally acclaimed Delphi expert Marco Cantù, this book provides authoritative, tutorial-style instruction along with tips and tricks available nowhere else. Begin with Kylix basics and advance confidently, developing the skills needed to use Kylix to meet real challenges-from sockets programming to XML processing to web services development.
Coverage includes:
Getting acquainted with the Kylix IDE
Using Kylix's object-oriented facilities
Implementing Linux file management
Working with the BaseCLX library
Developing GUIs
Using advanced components and controls
Creating forms
Building graphics features
Writing Kylix components
Using the ClientDataSet component and MyBase
Handling interprocess communication
Creating web programs with WebBroker and WebSnap
Processing XML
Developing SOAP-based web services
Featured on the CD
On the CD, you get complete and ready-to-use source code for the hundreds of examples presented in the book. You also get an electronic copy of Essential Pascal, Marco Cantù's acclaimed introduction to the Pascal programming language, written from a Kylix perspective. Finally, you get the open source version of Kylix, FreeCLX, Interbase 6 Open Source Edition, and the Indy open-source web component suite.
About the Authors
Marco Cantù is the author of sixeditions of the best-selling Mastering Delphi 6. Beside writing and speaking at conferences, he teaches technical classes on both Delphi and XML technologies. Marco lives in Italy. Uberto Barbini is a teacher and consultant for the Italian university Politecnico di Milano. He has published a book on Delphi in Italy and is the developer of the open source program Fractal Forge.