Re: Newbie learning Kylix/Delphi

On Friday 16 August 2002 02:19 pm, d_rasey wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm a bit of a newbie, and I'm getting ready to dive into Kylix (I
> have the Open Edition).
>
> I have some older books on Delphi (stuff from v1, v2 & v3).
> Are these going to be helpful with learning Kylix, or should I not
> even bother with 'em?
>
> Do you guys think that these older books would be a good start for
> learning Delphi v6 (I have the personal edition). I also own v1 & v4.
>

OK, the open editions of Kylix and Delphi differ on one important point, so 
the answer is for Kylix -- they might be useful for learning pascal/borland 
object pascal, and they may be useful for documenting some of the standard 
functions, wherease for Delphi, they'll be a little more useful (although 
still out of date).

Kylix OE uses the Qt based CLX libraries for visual components, whereas the 
Delphi OE only offers the older VCL libraries, as found in versions of Delphi 
prior to 6.  However, Whilst I am not a delphi programmer of longstanding, I 
kind of get the feeling the VCL has changed a lot over the years.

FWIW if you are looking for a good Kylix book, I found the Charlie Calvert/Bob 
Swart one to be a solid investment.

-- 
adam