Delphi database secrets ...
Matt Price
... at the UK's Delphi Workout Seminars.
The Delphi Workout
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Course Outline:
8.30-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.30 Warming up
In this section we'll discuss some generic tips to working with Delphi 2
including some focus on exciting new methods of working in Delphi 3
9.00-9.30 - Delphi Overview
Delphi 2&3, ObjectPascal, Code Insights, Components, BDE.
This session will give a very quick overview of some 32-bits Delphi
features, such as Code Insights, the VCL Component Palette/Packages,
Data Modules, Form Inheritance, ActiveX controls, and the Database-Form
Wizard, etc.
9.30-10.45 The Top 10 Ways to becoming a better Delphi Programmer
In this section we'll focus on ObjectPascal, exception handling, and
performance optimization, positioning most of this on Delphi 2, but
highlighting new better ways to do it in Delphi 3 as well
9.30 -10.00 - ObjectPascal
ObjectPascal, Exceptions, Try-Except, Try-Finally, Raise, Assert
This session will start with new ObjectPascal features, followed by the
benefits of structured exception handling as the preferred way of error
detection, error handling and resource management. All Delphi 2
compatible. At the end of the session, we'll also examine a new Delphi 3
feature called assertions, to support preconditions and error detection.
10.00-10.45 - 32-bits Efficiency
Profiling, Algorithms & Datastructures, Language Features
This session will identify the steps of performance optimization:
finding bottle-necks, checking algorithms & datastructures, and new
32-bits Delphi language features. A number of examples will illustrate
what difference it can make in performance to know and apply the tips
and techniques from this session.
10.45-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.30 The Top 10 Secrets to building Rapid Applications
In this section we'll focus on the developer and his building tools
(components, packages and Delphi IDE experts/wizards) to help building
Rapid Applications.
11.00-11.45 - Component Building
Component Wizard, Properties, Methods, Events
This session will teach the basics of component building, as we focus on
the Component Wizard, followed by the creation of a component skeleton,
the addition of properties, methods, events and event handlers. We'll
move on by installing the component in the Component Palette, or in a
Delphi 3-specific package
11.45-12.00 - Delphi 3 Packages
Design Time, Run Time, Deployment, Versioning
This session will explain what Delphi 3 packages are, how they can
benefit our projects (size of executable), how to make our own custom
packages with components, and how to deploy them correctly.
12.00-12.30 - Experts and Wizards
IDE, Open Tools API, Experts, Wizards
This session will show how to extend the Delphi IDE itself by using the
Open Tools API to write Experts (that plug into the IDE) and Wizards,
including some User Interface guidelines for writing Wizards.
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.00 Unleashing the hidden power of Databases within Delphi
13.30-14.00 - Databases
BDE, Tables, Queries, data-aware components.
This session will show the database basics, including tables, queries,
data-aware components and how to (re-) create your own tables with
ObjectPascal source code.
14.00-14.45 - The Best of Delphi (UK-BUG)
A Borland User Group representative will highlight how to unearth the
most comprehensive guide (the DIL database) where to find free Delphi
Code, tools, samples and support.
14.45-17.00 Building Killer Web Applications
In this section we'll start by seeing how we can use Delphi 2 for
data-aware net development, followed by some next exciting techniques
and net development support in Delphi 3.
14.45-15.10 - Table to HTML
HTML, Tables, Image Map, Table-layout, Index Fields, Frames
This session will shortly introduce the basic concepts of HTML, followed
by a Wizard that can be used to convert the contents (records) of a
table to a set of static HTML-pages that can be uploaded to the web.
15.10-15.30 - CGI and WinCGI
CGI/WinCGI, GET/POST, State, Debugging CGI
This session will extend our HTML knowledge with the Common Gateway
Interface protocol, which is a way to interact between the web client
and the web server. Delphi 2 compatible.
15.30-15.45 Afternoon Tea
15.45-16.15 - Delphi 3 ActiveForms
New ActiveForm, Converting existing Forms, Deployment
This session will illustrate how to write, use and deploy ActiveForms on
the web, including an example where we publish a table on an ActiveForm
on the internet.
16.15-17.00 - Delphi 3 C/S WebModules
WebModule, Dispatcher, PageProducer, TableProducers
This session will demonstrate the Delphi 3 Client/Server-only
capabilities of the Web Modules to create and support CGI/WinCGI and
ISAPI/NSAPI web server applications, including an example where we
connect a database to the web, with options to browse, query and update
the database contents.
17.00-17.30 Cooling Down
17.00-17.30 - The Future of Delphi (Borland)
A Borland Product Manager will talk to the audience for half an hour on
the future of Delphi... and answer questions from the audience.