Delphi Cookbook. 50 hands-on recipes to master the power of Delphi for cross-platform and mobile development on Windows, Mac OS X, Android, and iOS

Daniele Teti

Delphi Cookbook. Over 60 hands-on recipes to help you master the power of Delphi for cross-platform and mobile development on multiple platforms - Second Edition

Daniele Teti

Delphi is a cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that supports rapid application development for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Google Android, and Apple iOS. It helps you to concentrate on the real business and save yourself the pain of wandering amid GUI widget details, or having to tackle inter-platform incompatibilities. It also has a wide range of drag-and-drop controls, helping you code your business logic into your business model, and it compiles natively for desktop and mobile platforms.This book will teach you how to design and develop applications, deploy them on the cloud platform, and distribute them within an organization via Google Play and other similar platforms.You will begin with the basics of Delphi and get acquainted with JSON format strings, XSLT transformations, unicode encodings and various types of streams. We then move on to more advanced topics such as developing higher-order functions and using enumerators and RTTI. You will get an understanding of how Delphi RTL functions and how to use FireMonkey in a VCL application. We will then cover topics such as multithreading, using the parallel programming library and putting Delphi on a server. We will also take a look at the new feature of WebBroker Apache modules and then ride the mobile revolution with FireMonkey. By the end of the book, you will be able to develop and deploy cross-platform applications using Delphi .

Delphi Cookbook. Recipes to master Delphi for IoT integrations, cross-platform, mobile and server-side development - Third Edition

Daniele Spinetti, Daniele Teti

Delphi is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) that supports rapid application development on different platforms, saving you the pain of wandering amid GUI widget details or having to tackle inter-platform incompatibilities. Delphi Cookbook begins with the basics of Delphi and gets you acquainted with JSON format strings, XSLT transformations, Unicode encodings, and various types of streams. You’ll then move on to more advanced topics such as developing higher-order functions and using enumerators and run-time type information (RTTI). As you make your way through the chapters, you’ll understand Delphi RTL functions, use FireMonkey in a VCL application, and cover topics such as multithreading, using aparallel programming library and deploying Delphi on a server. You’ll take a look at the new feature of WebBroker Apache modules, join the mobile revolution with FireMonkey, and learn to build data-driven mobile user interfaces using the FireDAC database access framework. This book will also show you how to integrate your apps with Internet of Things (IoT).By the end of the book, you will have become proficient in Delphi by exploring its different aspects such as building cross-platforms and mobile applications, designing server-side programs, and integrating these programs with IoT.

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

Andrea Magni, Marco Cantu

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.

Delphi High Performance. Build fast Delphi applications using concurrency, parallel programming and memory management

Primož Gabrijelčič

Delphi is a cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that supports rapid application development for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Google Android, iOS, and now Linux with RAD Studio 10.2. This book will be your guide to build efficient high performance applications with Delphi.The book begins by explaining how to find performance bottlenecks and apply the correct algorithm to fix them. It will teach you how to improve your algorithms before taking you through parallel programming. You’ll then explore various tools to build highly concurrent applications. After that, you’ll delve into improving the performance of your code and master cross-platform RTL improvements. Finally, we’ll go through memory management with Delphi and you’ll see how to leverage several external libraries to write better performing programs. By the end of the book, you’ll have the knowledge to create high performance applications with Delphi.

Delphi High Performance. Master the art of concurrency, parallel programming, and memory management to build fast Delphi apps - Second Edition

Primož Gabrijelčič

Performance matters! Users hate to use programs that are not responsive to interactions or run too slow to be useful. While becoming a programmer is simple enough, you require dedication and hard work to achieve an advanced level of programming proficiency where you know how to write fast code.This book begins by helping you explore algorithms and algorithmic complexity and continues by describing tools that can help you find slow parts of your code. Subsequent chapters will provide you with practical ideas about optimizing code by doing less work or doing it in a smarter way. The book also teaches you how to use optimized data structures from the Spring4D library, along with exploring data structures that are not part of the standard Delphi runtime library.The second part of the book talks about parallel programming. You’ll learn about the problems that only occur in multithreaded code and explore various approaches to fixing them effectively. The concluding chapters provide instructions on writing parallel code in different ways – by using basic threading support or focusing on advanced concepts such as tasks and parallel patterns.By the end of this book, you’ll have learned to look at your programs from a totally different perspective and will be equipped to effortlessly make your code faster than it is now.

Delphi Programming Projects. Build a range of exciting projects by exploring cross-platform development and microservices

William Duarte

Delphi is a cross-platform programming language and software development kit that supports rapid application development for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Android, and iOS.With the help of seven practical projects, this book will guide you through the best practices, Delphi Run-Time Library (RTL) resources, and design patterns. Whether you use the Visual Component Library (VCL) or FireMonkey (FMX) framework, these design patterns will be implemented in the same way in Delphi, using Object Pascal. In the first few chapters, you will explore advanced features that will help you build rich applications using the same code base for both mobile and desktop projects. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to implement microservice architecture in Delphi. As you get familiar with the various aspects of Delphi, you will no longer need to maintain source code for similar projects, program business rules on screens, or fill your forms with data access components.By the end of this book, you will have gained an understanding of the principles of clean code and become proficient in building robust and scalable applications in Delphi.

Deluzja

Bartek Rojny

JAKA JEST CENA PRAWDY?     Kudowa Zdrój. Witek Weiner budzi się z koszmarnego snu. Wspomnienie bezwładnego ciała Sary w jego ramionach nie daje mu spokoju. Daty kalendarza wskazują, że nie pamięta kilku ostatnich dni.  Czy martwe ciało jego przyjaciółki to tylko narkotyczna wizja, czy to stało się naprawdę? Weiner szybko orientuje się, że po sygnowanym jego nazwiskiem turnusie terapeutycznym, poświęconym dewiacjom seksualnym, nie pozostał nawet ślad.  Nikt też nie słyszał o Sarze Wodan. Jedyną osobą, która może pomóc mu rozwikłać zagadkę, jest Helga Sawicka, emerytowana  policjantka.  Wkrótce staje się jasne, że ofiar jest więcej.   Seria z Witkiem Weinerem,  ekspertem od dewiacji.

Demencja. Podróż do nieznanych światów

Dasha Kiper

Dasha Kiper postanowiła napisać o demencji w sposób, w jaki nikt do tej pory tego nie robił - stawiając na pierwszym miejscu relację opiekunów z ich podopiecznymi. Wykorzystując swoje osobiste doświadczenia i wiedzę psycholożki klinicznej, pokazuje codzienne zmagania z chorobą, drogę do jej akceptacji i towarzyszące temu emocje, z którymi trudno sobie poradzić. A odczuwają je i chorzy, i opiekunowie: niecierpliwość, gniew, strach i wreszcie przytłaczające poczucie winy. Dlaczego opieka nad osobami cierpiącymi na demencję jest taka trudna? Gdy znika czyjaś pamięć, gdy zmieniają się osobowość i zachowanie, to z kim wówczas mamy do czynienia? Dlaczego to, co robimy, nigdy nie wystarcza? Wyłaniający się z rozmów z opiekunami obraz codzienności z chorobą potrafi przytłoczyć i przestraszyć, ale można znaleźć w nim także pocieszenie. Po to właśnie powstała ta książka - aby wszyscy byli i obecni opiekunowie poczuli, że nie są sami.

Demiurg. Biografia Adama Michnika

Roman Graczyk

Biografia Adama Michnika - jednego z najbardziej znanych architektów przemian polskiej rzeczywistości. Roman Graczyk nie pisze z pozycji ani przeciw Michnikowi, ani za Michnikiem, lecz z pozycji o Michniku. Nie wyklucza to jego pozytywnych ani negatywnych ocen, ale omija wszystkie założenia a priori w stosunku do opisywanej postaci. Jedni Adama Michnika kochają, inni szczerze nie cierpią. Nie da się powiedzieć ani jednego, ani drugiego o autorze tej książki. Rzetelnie opisuje nieproste koleje życia swojego bohatera. Przedstawia wyraziste poglądy Adama Michnika i mechanizmy tworzenia ideowych biegunów sceny politycznej. Książka ukazuje potężną i wpływową osobowość, kogoś, kto ma ambicje budowania nie tylko sceny politycznej, ale i meblowania głów polskiej inteligencji. I to mu się w poważnym stopniu udało.

Democracy at Risk. The Growth of Nationalism and Extreme Right Parties as Threat to the EU

Ewa Rokicka, Jeremy Leaman, Dieter Eißel

The book analyses the threats to democracy that are associated with the rise of extreme-right parties and xenophobia in European Union countries. The authors show that the growing distrust towards democratic institutions and the increasing strength of populism and nationalism are connected with persistent inequalities and the malign focus on immigrants as scapegoats for the misery. Case studies from Germany, Great Britain, and Poland examine the details of the anti-democratic movements in these countries. They demonstrate the real threats to democracy and peaceful coexistence, and to the very future of the European project, its principles of solidarity and its political ambitions of convergence through mutual support. The reader will find in the book extensive empirical material outlining the situation in the European Union, along with proposals for solving the region's social, economic and political dilemmas, for reversing the trends of fragmentation and for revitalising Europe's democratic culture.

Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet. A citizen developer's guide to building rapid low-code apps with the powerful features of AppSheet

Koichi Tsuji, Suvrutt Gurjar, Takuya Miyai

Many citizen developers regularly use spreadsheets in their business and day-to-day jobs. With AppSheet, you can take your spreadsheets to the next level by enhancing their ease of use. The platform allows you to run your business efficiently and manage it in the field outside of an office or indoor environment. This book enables you to create your own simple or medium to complex hybrid apps for business or personal use.As a beginner to AppSheet, this book will show you how the AppSheet Editor works and how it is used to configure, test, and deploy an app and share it with others as users or co-authors. You’ll learn about widely used features such as how to use data sources, create app views and actions, construct expressions with AppSheet functions, and make your app secure through security and UX options. Next, you’ll create email/attachment templates and develop reports/documents based on templates, store in the cloud, and send files through emails. You’ll also understand how to integrate third-party services and monitor various usage statistics of your app. As you progress, you’ll explore various features with the help of sample apps that you create using the book.By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to make the most of AppSheet to build powerful and efficient applications.

Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks. Build powerful applications that impact business immediately with no-code app development

Reinier van Altena

This practical guide on no-code development with Betty Blocks will take you through the different features, no-code functionalities, and capabilities of the Betty Blocks platform using real-world use cases. The book will equip you with the tools to develop business apps based on various data models, business processes, and more.You’ll begin with an introduction to the basic concepts of the Betty Blocks no-code platform, such as developing IT solutions on various use cases including reporting apps, data tracking apps, workflows, and business processes. After getting to grips with the basics, you’ll explore advanced concepts such as building powerful applications that impact the business straight away with no-code application development and quickly creating prototypes. The concluding chapters will help you get a solid understanding of rapid application development, building customer portals, building dynamic web apps, drag-and-drop front ends, visual modelling capabilities, and complex data models.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a comprehensive understanding of building your own applications as a citizen developer using the Betty Blocks no-code platform.

Democratizing Artificial Intelligence with UiPath. Expand automation in your organization to achieve operational efficiency and high performance

Fanny Ip, Jeremiah Crowley, Tom Torlone

Artificial intelligence (AI) enables enterprises to optimize business processes that are probabilistic, highly variable, and require cognitive abilities with unstructured data. Many believe there is a steep learning curve with AI, however, the goal of our book is to lower the barrier to using AI. This practical guide to AI with UiPath will help RPA developers and tech-savvy business users learn how to incorporate cognitive abilities into business process optimization. With the hands-on approach of this book, you'll quickly be on your way to implementing cognitive automation to solve everyday business problems.Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book will help you understand the power of AI and give you an overview of the relevant out-of-the-box models. You’ll learn about cognitive AI in the context of RPA, the basics of machine learning, and how to apply cognitive automation within the development lifecycle. You’ll then put your skills to test by building three use cases with UiPath Document Understanding, UiPath AI Center, and Druid.By the end of this AI book, you'll be able to build UiPath automations with the cognitive capabilities of intelligent document processing, machine learning, and chatbots, while understanding the development lifecycle.

Democratizing No-Code Application Development with Bubble. A beginner's guide to rapidly building applications with powerful features of Bubble without code

Caio Calderari

In an era marked by a growing demand for tech solutions and a shortage of skilled developers, companies grapple with hiring expenses. No-code tools offer a faster, more affordable software development alternative. Leading this no-code revolution is Bubble, enabling newcomers to construct impressive web applications in a matter of weeks if not days.Written by Caio Calderari, a seasoned no-code expert with 17 years of experience to offers practical advice for mastering no-code application development. You'll learn to plan your app with Bubble's visual builder features and UI components and implement frontend functionalities such as customizing layouts and creating responsive user interfaces. The book covers workflow automation, database management, security best practices, and backend functionality setup and advances to span the Bubble plugin ecosystem and API integration for third-party services to improve the app's functionality. Additionally, you'll explore app testing, debugging, performance monitoring, and maintenance. From launching with a custom domain to gathering user feedback for continuous improvement and optimization of performance and scalability, you’ll learn every aspect of Bubble's app development and deployment.By the end of this book, you'll know how to bring your digital ideas to life without writing code.

Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop. Boost your productivity by implementing best practices for automating repetitive desktop processes

Peter Krause

Whether you want to organize simple files or perform more complex consolidations between different Office programs and remote-control applications that don't allow outside access, Power Automate Desktop helps meet these challenges. This book shows you how to leverage this workflow automation platform by explaining the underlying RPA concepts in a step-by-step way.You’ll start with simple flows that can be easily recorded and further processed using the built-in recorder. Later, you’ll learn how to use the more advanced actions to automate folder and file management and enable Office programs to interact with each other. You’ll also get to grips with integrating desktop flows into other cloud environments and further enhance their value using AI. As you progress, you’ll understand how flows can run unattended and how they are managed in the Power Platform, as well as key concepts such as creating, modifying, debugging, and error-handling UI flows. Finally, the book will guide you to use Process Automation Designer (PAD) in conjunction with your frequently used desktop systems to automate routine tasks.By the end of this book, you’ll have become a Power Automate Desktop expert, automating both professional and personal tasks.