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The fastest way to get started in Delphi

Delphi is a powerful tool for building applications. In this comprehensive course series, we'll focus on mastering the Visual Component Library (VCL) to create robust Windows applications. This in-depth training will take you from the basics of "Hello, World!" to expert-level skills, covering 20 essential visual controls and their properties, events, and methods.

Course Highlights:

  • Ground-up Application Building: We'll start with a clean slate, exploring how to build applications from scratch, including the most common visual controls such as labels, edits, buttons, and more.
  • In-depth VCL Control Mastery: Learn to utilize 20 essential VCL controls, examining their properties, events, and methods in great detail. This will give you a solid foundation for building complex user interfaces.
  • Responsive UI Design: Discover how to create responsive designs that adapt to changes in size, shape, and state, ensuring your application remains intuitive and user-friendly.
  • Actions: Simplifying Your Code: Learn the power of actions, which allow you to keep your application's state consistent and updated with minimal code (sometimes even no code at all).

Who Should Take This Course:

  • New to Delphi? Get up-to-speed on building Windows user interfaces quickly and efficiently.
  • Are you familiar with Delphi? Dive deeper into the VCL to take your skills to the next level.
  • Even experienced developers will find valuable tips and insights in this comprehensive course.

What You Won't Learn in This Course:

  • Cross-platform application development (our focus is on Windows only, 32/64 bit).
  • Programming fundamentals in the Delphi language (although there will be some examples).

By the end of this course series, you'll have a thorough understanding of VCL application development and be well-equipped to build robust, user-friendly applications for Windows.

Periodic Table Project: Building a Complete Application with VCL and Delphi

In this exciting project, we'll apply the skills and knowledge gained from this VCL development course to create a complete application that showcases the periodic table of elements. This engaging project will help you consolidate your understanding of visual controls, event handling, and responsive design principles.

Course Objectives:

  • Design and implement a visually appealing user interface for the periodic table application.

  • Utilize the TStringGrid control to create an intuitive and interactive experience.

  • Create a custom installer using Inno Setup to distribute your application with ease.

Key Skills Reinforced:

  • In-depth understanding of VCL controls and their properties, events, and methods.

  • Experience with event handling to simplify code and enhance application functionality.

  • Knowledge of Delphi's built-in tools for creating custom installers.

What You'll Gain:

  • An understanding of VCL development principles and best practices.

  • Practical experience in building a real-world application that showcases the periodic table.

  • The ability to distribute your application easily using a custom installer.

There are two example CSV files we use in building the periodic table example. They are a list of elements and their properties, and the periodic table layout

Alister’s videos are truly the fastest way to get started in Delphi. I would definitely recommend anyone starting out to buy them. The videos are really easy to follow and interesting – beats reading tedious technical books any day. I especially like working through a real application including a section on using an installer to deploy.
The LearnDelphi.tv site is also a great resource with lots of brilliant free videos and information.
I can’t wait for the next series. Awesome work Alister!
Chris

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Table of Contents

H:MM:SS
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:40 Console Hello World
0:05:55 VCL Hello World
0:30:30 TEdit, TListBox, & TButton
1:02:45 TLabel
1:11:30 TMemo
1:20:00 TPanel
1:28:40 TCheckBox & TRadioButton
1:32:15 TScrollBar
1:35:55 TGroupBox
1:37:00 TRadioGroup
1:39:40 TComboBox
1:45:00 TMainMenu
2:02:11 TPopupMenu
2:10:00 Events
2:13:55 Events: TPerson Example
2:22:55 TImageList
2:29:45 Events Part 2
2:43:15 Actions
2:56:10 Standard Actions
3:04:50 Forms
3:27:05 TBitBtn
3:30:55 Tab Order
3:35:35 Anchors
3:39:00 Constraints
3:43:45 Alignment
3:52:00 Margins
3:54:50 Padding
3:57:10 OnResize Event
4:01:30 Drag and Drop
4:22:15 Form Inheritance
4:33:35 Frames
4:41:50 TTrayIcon
4:48:15 TSpeedButton
4:56:15 TStringGrid
5:05:00 Periodic Table Example
6:06:35 Building an Installer
6:11:20 Summary
6:11:37 End