Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.265 EAN: 9781556227509 ISBN: 1556227507 Label: Wordware Publishing, Inc. Manufacturer: Wordware Publishing, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 700 Publication Date: December 15, 2001 Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc. Sales Rank: 556340 Studio: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Editorial Review:
Product DescriptionThe Tomes of Delphi series from John Ayres is recognized as the definitive reference for Delphi programmers and developers. The first edition received rave reviews from industry publications as well as Inprice developers as being the Rosetta stone which forms the link between Delphi and the Windows API. The title retains its popular reference organization as well as the innovative help file on the CD.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - GREAT BOOK!
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK ON THE SUBJECT AND IS RARE TO FIND BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF PRINT.
Rating: - John Ayres is no Delphi expert and certainly no writer
You'd think the qualifications for writing a Delphi book would be 1) you must be a Delphi expert 2) you must write well. Well, I can tell you for sure that this guy doesn't meet either qualification. This is, without question, the worst programming book I have ever had the misfortune to buy. Ayres writes like a third grader. And the code is even worse. A person who'd never seen Delphi before could write this code. It is mostly warmed over MSDN example code converted to Pascal. Frankly, I'd ... Read More
Rating: - Extremely Helpful for All Delphi Programmers
A must have for all Delphi Programmers
Rating: - Literary garbage, and the code is no better.
When one reads the worthless pros expressed in Mr. Ayres latest manuscript, it causes one to contemplate how this dolt continues to be a published author. It is clear that based on his use of the English language that he is devoid of anything more than a High School diploma. It is sad to say that his command of Delphi appears to be equally as poor as his writing skills. The examples and sample code are so simplistic that they are literally worthless, and hardly expand on any topic in detail. I honestly ... Read More
Rating: - Simply put, this is a terrible book
Do yourself a favor and don't waste your money on this thing like I did. It's not worth reading. The coverage of the API is incomplete, to put it nicely, and the explanations are convoluted and confusing. Not worth the money at all.
- GREAT BOOK!
- John Ayres is no Delphi expert and certainly no writer
