Mastering Delphi Programming

Use structural, behavioral, and concurrent patterns in Delphi to skillfully develop applications

Key Features
Delve into the core patterns and components of Delphi to enhance your application's design
Learn how to select the right patterns to improve your program's efficiency and productivity
Discover how parallel programming and memory management can optimize your code
Book Description
Delphi is a cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that supports rapid application development for most operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, iOS, and now Linux with RAD Studio 10.2. If you know how to use the features of Delphi, you can easily create scalable applications in no time.

This Learning Path begins by explaining how to find performance bottlenecks and apply the correct algorithm to fix them. You'll brush up on tricks, techniques, and best practices to solve common design and architectural challenges. Then, you'll see how to leverage external libraries to write better-performing programs. You'll also learn about the eight most important patterns that'll enable you to develop and improve the interface between items and harmonize shared memories within threads. As you progress, you'll also delve into improving the performance of your code and mastering cross-platform RTL improvements.

By the end of this Learning Path, you'll be able to address common design problems and feel confident while building scalable projects.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

Delphi High Performance by Primož Gabrijelčič
Hands-On Design Patterns with Delphi by Primož Gabrijelčič
What you will learn
Understand parallel programming and work with the various tools included with Delphi
Explore memory managers and their implementation
Leverage external libraries to write better-performing programs
Keep up to date with the latest additions and design techniques in Delphi
Get to grips with various modern multithreading approaches
Break a design problem down into its component parts
Who this book is for
This Learning Path is for intermediate-level Delphi programmers who want to build robust applications using Delphi features. Prior knowledge of Delphi is assumed.

Table of Contents
About Performance
Fixing the Algorithm
Fine-Tuning the Code
Memory Management
Getting Started with the Parallel World
Working with Parallel Tools
Exploring Parallel Practices
Using External Libraries
Introduction to Patterns
Singleton, Dependency Injection, Lazy Initialization, and Object Pool
Factory Method, Abstract Factory, Prototype, and Builder
Composite, Flyweight, Marker Interface, and Bridge
Adapter, Proxy, Decorator, and Facade
Nullable Value, Template Method, Command, and State
Iterator, Visitor, Observer, and Memento
Locking Patterns
Thread pool, Messaging, Future and Pipeline