Rating:  - Insufficient coverage of .NET
I am pretty disappointed by this book as I bought Mastering Delphi 7 by Marco. The .NET topics are hardly covered. Furthermore, the ECO chapter is only introductory. More would have been good. I also do not see much "new" with the book for the topics that have changed from Delphi 7 to Delphi 2005. A lot of chapters have been revised, but it still does not seem as "round" as the book for Delphi 7.
Marco offers new chapters that deal with changes from Delphi 2005 to Delphi 2006 on his webpage, which is quite nice. However, I doubt I'll buy any other book in this series as the number of changes made do not justify the price.
If you have Mastering Delphi 7, I'd stay with that and use blogs and other online sources for the changes and buy a book that focuses on .NET instead (Xavier Pacheco e.g.).
Rating:  - Satisfaction
I'm very glad for the opportunity that I received from Amazon.
The book is a great value of the bookstore of Delphi.
Thanks a lot!
Ivan
Rating: - Excellent. Enjoyed it thoroughly
Great material for newbie or advanced. Our own team of developers uses this one all the
time. Wonderful resource.
Rating: - Fantastic resource
My copy is already getting dog-eared with use. Very well-written, Mastering Borland Delphi 2005 is another winner in a winning series by the author. For those of us making the transition to .Net with Delphi, the book details many advantages of using vcl.net in that transition. My D2005 IDE setup is much better thanks to the book's tips & tricks for IDE options. The sections/examples on ECO, asp.net, ado.net, refactoring and unit testing I use constantly as references. - Joe Hendricks, SoftwareRunners
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