Delphi Certification
Timothy Berkley
taking the Delphi certification test but do not have any idea as to the
nature of the test, i.e.... number and types of questions.
I was also interested in getting some feedback on which books, courses or
videos would be most helpful in studying for the test.
I have "Borland Delphi 4 Developers Guide" by Teixeira and Pacheco, but I
was thinking about getting the Keystone series of tapes for some
instruction.
Thanks in advance
Tim
Anders Ohlsson (Borland)
a little stuff to work with...
> I have been programming in Delphi for about a year. I am interested in
> taking the Delphi certification test but do not have any idea as to the
> nature of the test, i.e.... number and types of questions.
There's about 100-110 questions on the test, and they're all kinds of
different questions relating to the fundamentals of client server
programming as applied to Delphi.
> I was also interested in getting some feedback on which books, courses or
> videos would be most helpful in studying for the test.
I would take a look at our web pages, where we have some samplequestions. I
would also go through TekMetrix (sp?) free trial test. I'm
not saying that their questions are the same (or even similar) to the
questions on our test, but it never hurts to know what other people
ask.
> I have "Borland Delphi 4 Developers Guide" by Teixeira and Pacheco, but I
> was thinking about getting the Keystone series of tapes for some
> instruction.
I don't know the Keystone series, however, I would suggest not onlyTeixeira &
Pacheco's book, I would also suggest some other excellent
titles (check them out in your local computer book store, or the reviews
on amazon.com):
"Mastering Delphi 4" (Marcu Cantu)
"Delphi 4 Unleashed" (Charlie Calvert)
"Special Edition using Delphi 3" (Miller, Powell, et al)
"Database Developer's Guide with Delphi 2" (Henderson)
Some of these are old, but still very good to have. There may be
newer versions, but not in my bookshelf (yet).
And, of course, browse the technical newsgroups as well as
our TIs and FAQs and everything else that says Delphi on it.
Good luck.
--
Take care, and enjoy the ride,
Anders Ohlsson
Delphi Developer Support
Borland
http://we.got.net/~sunshine/Niklas.html
Robert Kozak
> I have been programming in Delphi for about a year. I am interested in
> taking the Delphi certification test but do not have any idea as to the
> nature of the test, i.e.... number and types of questions.
> videos would be most helpful in studying for the test.
> was thinking about getting the Keystone series of tapes for some
> instruction.
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> Tim
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Anders forgot to post what is available from Inprise's site
Study guide
http://www.inprise.com/services/training/certification/delphi/delsg.html
Fact Sheet
http://www.inprise.com/services/training/certification/delphi/
BTW I am very impressed with tekmetrics. They have an adaptive learning
engine that adjusts to the exam taker. It is an excellent way to rate
your knowledge.
--
Robert Kozak
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Design Insight Software Consulting Inc.
www.DesignInsight.ca
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Lauchlan Mackinnon
> "Database Developer's Guide with Delphi 2" (Henderson)
>
Is it still useful? I have not been able to track down a good DB book for D4 -
the best I have come up with was a Tomes of Delphi on Databases, which is
forthcoming in thenext month or two.
Could you plug for your people supporting all and sundry to write some good DB
books for Delphi? I'd like to see at least two books:
(i) focusing on the BDE inside and out and the new ADO and Interbase Express
components. In particular I want to see basic information like how the ftString
etc field type statements relate to what get's created as the physical type for
each database type that gets chosen (this information is not in the help or any
of the books you mentioned on your post and Borland hasn't been forthcoming when
I asked them).
(ii) Focusing on Client-Server development.
Cheers,
LM.
Lauchlan Mackinnon
>
Is it good? Does it answer the ft_FieldType questions I posted? Any chance of
a synopsis of the Table of Contents?
Thanks very much,
LM.
Doug Byfield
How good? That's up to you, what you think of it. For info on the book,
go to www.amazon.com or
http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/0672310244.html.
Here's some info from the last url:
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Client/Server Developer's Guide with Delphi 3 takes an
authoritative, real-world approach to learning database
design
and creating full-featured client/server applications.
Focusing
on the more advanced features and topics, this guide
makes
you a proficient Delphi developer. Written by an
industry
expert, it helps you fully understand this powerful
development
environment and use it advantageously. With tips,
techniques,
and practical examples, this resource delivers the
information
you need to improve your skills, expand your knowledge,
and
achieve optimum results. Learn the concepts to: master
key
tasks; exploit ActiveX technologies with Delphi 3; and
use the
Delphi 3 TDatabase object to manage online
transactions.
Build the applications that: create database components
and
experts; build complex reports with Quick Report
components
and Object Pascal; and develop applications that
connect to
Oracle, ODBC Compliant, ANSI SQL Standard, and MS SQL
Server databases.
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And here's the table of contents:
Client/Server Developer's Guide with Delphi 3
(Imprint: Sams)
(Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing)
Author: Ken Henderson
ISBN: 0672310244
Contents
Introduction
About this book
Acknowledgments
PART I - Getting Started
Chapter 1 - Is Delphi the Silver Bullet?
Chapter 2 - Quick Start
Chapter 3 - Building Blocks
Chapter 4 - Conventions
Chapter 5 - A No-Nonsense Approach to SQL
Chapter 6 - Client/Server Database Design
Chapter 7 - Client/Server Application Design
PART II Tutorial
Chapter 8 - Your First Real Client/Server Database
Application
Chapter 9 - First Steps
Chapter 10 - First Forms
Chapter 11 - Forms, Forms, and More Forms
Chapter 12 - Reports
Chapter 13 - Finishing Touches
Chapter 14 - RENTMAN Postpartum
PART III - Reference
Chapter 15 - Delphi on Microsoft SQL Server
Chapter 16 - Delphi on Oracle
Chapter 17 - Delphi on InterBase
Chapter 18 - Delphi on Sybase SQL Server
PART IV - Advanced Topics
Chapter 19 - Business Reports
Chapter 20 - Business Rules on the Database Server
Chapter 21 - Business Rules in Delphi Applications
Chapter 22 - Beyond the Two-tiered Model
Chapter 23 - Concurrency Control
Chapter 24 - Advanced SQL
Chapter 25 - Delphi Client/Server Performance
Tuning
Chapter 26 - The Borland Database Engine
Chapter 27 - Building Your Own Database Components
Chapter 28 - Delphi Internet Applications
Chapter 29 - Deploying Your Applications
Appendix A - A Roadmap for the Journey to Delphi
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I found this info by doing a search on the book title on the Yahoo
search engine. It is quicker to do your own research. 'Nuff said!