I’ve decided to write a book
So I've been thinking of ways to help promote Delphi to keep the language alive. I've really enjoyed making the YouTube training videos and I think it is time to write a Delphi training book now.
Why I'm writing this book
Ever since I started learning to program back when I was 15-years-old I quickly
realized the large demand for good Delphi books. There really aren’t any good
Delphi books aimed at beginners. There was some good books here and there, but
not any new and updated books. I started wanting really bad to fix this gap and
provide a really good book. I’ve written two draft books of around 20-40 pages
about Delphi in the past 3 years, but it never got anywhere. I never really got
past basic things such as loops and arrays. The book was doomed to fail, but now
I want to try again. This is why I'm writing this new book. I wish to provide a
good book for beginners to learn new skills, but also for old programmers to
pick up some new skills.
How the book will be published
I'm not planning on publishing it in the
traditional way. I will be publishing it publicly on this blog. I will try and
write a chapter per month and then every month I will post the whole
chapter as a blog post on this blog. The posts will represent my rough copy of
the book. These blog posts will not be my final book.
(Note: I can not promise a chapter per month, but I will see what I can do 😊)
Why I'm publishing the book like
this
Publishing the book in this way will
give me more motivation to finish it because I know that people will be
expecting me to finish it. This will also help me write a better book as everyone
will have access to the early pages of my book and help me improve it.
Their feedback will help me shape this into a fantastic book.
The purpose and goals of the book
I would like for the book to be a
book for anyone, but specifically aimed at new programmers or people with no
prior coding knowledge. The book will need to be able to take you from beginner
to expert.
Another goal I have for this book is to be a book that will feel more intimate and personal. When you're reading it then it must feel as if I'm sitting next to you and just simply explaining and showing you how to program.
Below you will find all the chapters
of the book. I will keep updating this blog post and all new chapters will be
added to this post. So make sure to bookmark this page.
Delphi Programming For Humans:
