Delphi¿ Client/Server Developer's Guide

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Summary: Delphi Client/Server Developer's Guide
Review: Delphi Client/Server Developer's Guide by Joseph D. Boot

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Summary: from theory to practice
Review: Joseph D. Booth does a pretty good job explaining the fundamentals of database designing, most of which i'd already knew, but i wish i had this book when i was learning them. he explains normalization in 4 pages, the no'nonsense way.

he's very objective when talking about database servers.

the only thing i didn't like is that it is based on delphi 2, so he misses to explain some components like decision cubes.

other than that he covers quite well the rest (and more used)of the components, describing every single property and method.

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Summary: You can try out this book..
Review: With this book i've entered client/server programming and i can say i've learned a lot. The reason i gave 3 stars is, 1) this book is quite old and only describes delphi 2 and 1 2) it does not give a lot about servers other than interbase 3) the Author is not a delphi expert (he is clipper orianted) so i think the delphi code is not perfect. and... 4) the cd-rom given with the book is rather useless.. it has 5 chapter's code (total 18 chaps.) and you have to edit some of the code in order to make them work..

I bought this book becuse it was the only delphi c/s book i could find.. (another written by Ken Henderson for delphi 3 was out of stock)

I can say you can either try out this book or buy a specific book for your target platform (oracle etc.) and when you finish it find some other source to learn about delphi's components. and you become a c/s hero :)