.NET 2.0 for Delphi Programmers

Jon Shemitz9781590593868, 1590593863

.NET 2.0 for Delphi Programmers explores .NET from a Delphi programmer’s viewpoint, and it is ideal for Delphi programmers moving to .NET. It presents the core concepts of the .NET world in terms you are familiar with. This book will help you with Delphi for .NET as well as C#.Apress publishes migration books for both VB 6 and C++ programmers moving to .NET. Consider this the Delphi installment of Apress migration books! There is ample coverage of C# as well as Delphi for .NET inside this newest addition.

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Table of contents :
.NET 2.0 for Delphi Programmers……Page 1
Contents……Page 8
Preface……Page 22
PART 1 Common Language Runtime……Page 26
CHAPTER 1 Managed Code……Page 28
CHAPTER 2 The Object Model……Page 42
CHAPTER 3 Garbage Collection……Page 84
CHAPTER 4 JIT and CIL……Page 106
PART 2 C# and Delphi……Page 130
CHAPTER 5 C# Primitive Types……Page 132
CHAPTER 6 C# Control Structures……Page 150
CHAPTER 7 C# Objects……Page 164
CHAPTER 8 C# Interfaces and Delegates……Page 204
CHAPTER 9 C# Topics……Page 226
CHAPTER 10 Delphi for .NET……Page 246
PART 3 The Framework Class Library……Page 280
CHAPTER 11 Strings and Files……Page 282
CHAPTER 12 Collections……Page 330
CHAPTER 13 Reflection……Page 354
CHAPTER 14 Serialization and Remoting……Page 378
CHAPTER 15 WinForms Basics……Page 398
CHAPTER 16 Graphics……Page 416
CHAPTER 17 Threads and Synchronization……Page 438
CHAPTER 18 XML……Page 464
PART 4 Appendixes……Page 480
APPENDIX 0 Unsafe C# Code……Page 482
APPENDIX 1 NUnit……Page 490
APPENDIX 2 Assembly Loading and Signing……Page 498
APPENDIX 3 Configuration Files……Page 502
APPENDIX 4 Glossary……Page 504
APPENDIX 5 Bibliography……Page 510
Index……Page 514