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Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey
Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey

Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey: Unleash the full potential of the FMX framework to build exciting cross-platform apps with Embarcadero Delphi

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  • Delve into the FireMonkey framework and explore its powerful capabilities
  • Enhance the user experience by using various technologies included in Delphi and FMX
  • Boost developer productivity through the cross-platform capabilities enabled by the framework

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FireMonkey (FMX) is a cross-platform application framework that allows developers to create exciting user interfaces and deliver applications on multiple operating systems (OS). This book will help you learn visual programming with Delphi and FMX. Starting with an overview of the FMX framework, including a general discussion of the underlying philosophy and approach, you’ll then move on to the fundamentals and architectural details of FMX. You’ll also cover a significant comparison between Delphi and the Visual Component Library (VCL). Next, you’ll focus on the main FMX components, data access/data binding, and style concepts, in addition to understanding how to deliver visually responsive UIs. To address modern application development, the book takes you through topics such as animations and effects, and provides you with a general introduction to parallel programming, specifically targeting UI-related aspects, including application responsiveness. Later, you’ll explore the most important cross-platform services in the FMX framework, which are essential for delivering your application on multiple platforms while retaining the single codebase approach. Finally, you’ll learn about FMX’s built-in 3D functionalities. By the end of this book, you’ll be familiar with the FMX framework and be able to build effective cross-platform apps.

Who is this book for?

This book is for Delphi developers who are looking to discover the full potential of the FireMonkey framework in order to build interactive cross-platform GUI applications and achieve an optimal UI/UX. Basic familiarity with Delphi programming and the VCL will be beneficial but not mandatory.

What you will learn

  • Explore FMX's fundamental components with a brief comparison to VCL
  • Achieve visual responsiveness through alignment capabilities and layout components
  • Enrich the user experience with the help of transitions and visual animations
  • Get to grips with data access and visual data binding
  • Build exciting and responsive UIs for desktop and mobile platforms
  • Understand the importance of responsive applications using parallel programming
  • Create visual continuity through your applications with TFrameStand and TFormStand
  • Explore the 3D functionalities offered by FMX

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Tsu H. Jan 06, 2021
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As Delphi developer for 20 years, finally Embarcadero enhanced a long time dream to build a cross-platform development studio and with the dream FireMonkey was born. Most of Delphi developers are well versed in Window VCL programming but it is not the full power of Delphi. One must discover the full power of FireMonkey, its particularities, strength, weakness, etc.With it in mind I searched for titles concerning it. Have been waiting for this book to be published a long time and eager to discover gems and precious knowledge in the world of Delphi with FireMonkey.
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Grigore Tomoiaga Dec 15, 2020
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The package arrived intact on the day and at the set time
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DRE Dec 21, 2020
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As a Delphi Developer mainly in the Windows VCL world I found this book to be highly instructive and informative on how to expand my capabilities to XE cross platform world. I have 20 years in the Delphi VCL world and have not made the jump to expanding to other platforms. This book certainly gives a detailed road map by explaining FireMonkey's controls and how they differ from the VCL controls in a way an experienced Delphi developer would understand. It also gives a very good explanation of the FireDac controls in how they are used in database world which was welcome for me as I started with BDE and do a lot in the ADO world which is a dead end to expanding to the Cross Platform world as it is tied to Windows. Overall a great Delphi book that should be in any Delphi Developers arsenal.
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Dan Croghan Jun 24, 2021
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This book was very helpful and informative. I found myself tagging dozens of pages that I wanted to reread and review. It took about a chapter to put my reading style into the author’s cadence but the book is a good read and easy to follow. The author touches upon a wide breadth of topics which left me wishing he had another edition(s) ready that would delve into each topic.
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Jens Fudge Feb 10, 2021
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This book is a must have if you want to do anything serious in the area of multi device development with Delphi. Andrea manages to explain complex topics in a manner that makes them easier to understand. The book is mainly about the graphical user interface, that is not really surprising, at it lies in the title. But it also a comprehensive piece of literature in coding techniques and introduces as example Parallel Programming Library very nicely.
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