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Introduction What is Delphi? Download the Source Code What is in this Book? What is not in this Book Who Should Read this Book? Making Sense of the Text What is Lazarus? About the Author About the Technical Editor Chapter 1 – Getting Started Install Delphi Delphi Overview Your First Program Create a New Project Save the Project Delphi Projects Design the Interface A First Delphi Program What is Object Pascal? Chapter 2 – Fundamentals of Pascal Assignment Using Variables Declaring Variables Variables and Data Types Code Fragment 1 Code Fragment 2 ‘if’ Statements Operators and Tests ‘if…else’ Statements Constants Elements of a Pascal Program Keywords Types Variables Constants Operators Comments Chapter 3 – Procedures and Functions Procedures Procedure Calls Functions Procedure and Function Syntax Summary Function Return Values Passing Arguments Parameter Syntax Var Parameters Value and Variable Parameters Sample Program: Calculating Interest A Programming Exercise Chapter 4 – Types and Operators Types Number Types Strings and Numbers Parameters and Type Checking Global and Local Variables Booleans Mathematical Operators Scope Local Variables Variables on the Holodeck Same Name, Different Scope? Chapter 5 – Loops, Arrays and Strings ‘for’ Loops ASCII Codes and Characters UTF-8 Conversion char/integer Conversion Non-visible Characters ‘case’ Statements ‘while’ and ‘repeat’ Loops ‘for’ Loop ‘repeat’ Loop ‘while’ Loop Loops: Syntax Summary Arrays Array Ranges The Array Start Index Arrays in Delphi Formatting Strings Typed Constants True Constants Local Constants Why Use Constants? Chapter 6 – User Defined Types and File IO Custom Data Types Enumerated Types Ranges Enumerated Type Identifiers Order of Identifiers Type Checking Records Error Handling IO – Input/Output File Handling Saving Fixed Length Strings Random Access Files File IO Summary Text Files ‘Built-in’ File Access Routines Changing Characters in a Text File File IO Routines Chapter 7 – Object Orientation Classes and Objects Methods Why Object Orientation? Inheritance Encapsulation Reusability Define Classes, Create Objects Constructors Freeing Objects Saving Objects Chapter 8 – Class Hierarchies Inheritance Encapsulation Polymorphism Create Constructors Destructors Methods with the same Names Casting Types Testing Object Types Virtual Methods Overriding Methods Properties Visibility Specifiers Reading and Writing Properties Read-only Properties Write-only Properties Method Properties How to add a Method Property Chapter 9 – Errors, Exceptions and Bugs Exceptions Multiple Exception Types Debugging Chapter 10 – The Adventure Continues Using or ‘Importing’ Units Extend the Game Saving Objects Streams Loading Data Game Play Methods Moving Around the Map Play the Game What Next? Appendix Free Pascal and Lazarus Anatomy of a Delphi Unit The Variant Type Constants True Constants Typed Constants Naming Conventions More Sources of Information The Delphi Language Reference Delphi Basics Lazarus and Free Pascal Wiki Object Pascal Video Course Online Adventure Games Bitwise Books and Courses Just One More Thing… Little Books Of …