Al,
Some of the books that really helped me:
The Tao of Objects 2nd edition ISBN 1-55851-412-0 by Gary Entsminger is
all about the OOP philosophy and how it relates to programming. The great
thing about this one is that it doesn't require you to be at your computer
as the examples are short and require no programming experience!
Borland Pascal from Square One ISBN 0-679-79156-6 by Jeff Duntemann is an
excellent book for beginning to intermediate programmers and will never
leave your desk once you get it!
Delphi in a Nutshell ISBN 1-56592-659-5 by Ray Lischner is a reference
book in which you'll find quick answers to questions you might consider too
stupid to ask on-line! <g> This is another one that never has left my desk!
HTH's
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Alan Colburn
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 2:58 PM
To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List
Subject: From Advanced Beginner to Advanced
Hi all --
I'm looking for a book/web recommendation, and thought you might be able to
help me. I think of myself as an advanced beginner/intermediate level
programmer at this point. I'm beyond the most basic of introductions--I
understand variables, loops, and other Pascal/Delphi basics (...although I'm
still a little muddled about pointers, linked lists, and recursion :-)
Now I'm looking to learn more. I would guess that if I asked for a
recommendation you'd probably suggest something like Cantu or Pacheco.
They're great, I'm sure, but I need to know a little more before I can fully
appreciate what they have to offer--they're still a bit advanced for me.
So I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions. I guess I need to more fully
understand somewhat basic things like Delphi's OOP implementation & scope,
and I need a formal introduction to the more advanced topics. Before I
could, say, understand COM programming in Delphi, I need to understand what
COM *is* (I just used that as an example; I have no idea whether I have a
particular interest in COM programming).
I know I can't be this choosy but, for what it's worth, I work best when
given a general idea, then an example, then an assignment to try it myself.
Even better would be an online course--but I know that's extremely unlikely
... unless one of you would like to offer such a thing. I'm sure you'd get
students :-)
Thanks for your thoughts -- Al C.
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