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Published 2021
Multi-tier, cross-platform data access and visualization in grids
Build modern, multi-tier data-driven Delphi applications for multiple platforms with VCL, FireMonkey (FMX), and TMS WEB Core.
Take the fear out of complex multi-tier Delphi projects.
About this book
What's inside
Learn to build and deploy modern, multi-tier data-driven Delphi applications for multiple platforms. The book starts with the basics of VCL grid controls and progresses to a complete multi-tier solution with web services, web clients, and cross-platform desktop applications sharing a single codebase.
Highlights
What you'll learn
- Become a VCL UI grid control insider with TAdvStringGrid and TDBAdvGrid — sorting, editing, filters, grouping, real-world examples
- Efficiently work with data from text files, embedded resources, or FireDAC with SQLite. Write asynchronous, non-blocking code
- Use vector images in grids, browse ZIP archives, and export reports to Microsoft Excel and Adobe PDF
- Step-by-step: build a database, add a web service, write clients for Windows, Smartphones, and the Web
- Deploy web services as Windows Services and manage them via a web interface
- Test and document with Swagger UI
- Retrieve diagnostic information using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
- Build web and cross-platform desktop applications with TMS WEB Core and TMS Miletus sharing the same code base