Kylix Developer's Guide

Author: Charles Calvert Marj
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: Kylix is a renowned tool software development company Borland's development tool for the Linux environment, the result ofing Delphi to the Linux environment. It includes most of the features of Delphi for Windows. This book aims to help experienced programmers quickly understand and master Kylix, thereby reducing the difficulty of developing Linux applications and improving development speed. The book is divided into five parts, with a total of 21 chapters. The first part briefly introduces Object Pascal and the Kylix IDE, laying a foundation for readers to use Kylix for development work, including basic Pascal syntax, loops, branches, operators, and recursion, objects and interfaces, as well as Kylix's visual development tools, code editing tools, and debugging tools. The second part introduces CLX, including the architecture of CLX, code sharing and reuse, creating components, and drawing graphics. The third part introduces Linux system programming, including console applications, memory management, file I/O, and processes and threads. The fourth part introduces database development, including DataCLX, data-aware components, data access layers, and database optimization. The fifth part introduces web development, including Apache web server applications and web server development. The book comprehensively explains all major development technologies in Kylix in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and provides a wealth of code through example programs, serving as a reference for intermediate and advanced programmers learning to use Kylix for Linux application development.