installed, do not depend on Active X controls, or special dlls. This means that you will have far fewer users complaining about installation problems than if you created your software using Java, Visual Basic or Visual C++. Besides, many quality Delphi freeware, shareware and open source components can be found on the Web. See also below.

delphibasics.co.uk This web site provides help and reference for the fundamentals of the Delphi© language. It gives an introduction to the Delphi Object Oriented Language for newcomers, and provides a ready reference for experienced programmers.

It limits itself to a broad base of the language in order to keep things simple and manageable. The approach taken is to present the most useable basics of Delphi in as accessible a manner as possible.

Feel free to contact the author about any aspects of the site. Every effort will be made to respond to all emails received.

Codegear.com Delphi 2005 introduces developers to many new productivity enhancements, and one of the most impressive of these new features is the tight integration of Borlands StarTeam Software Configuration Management product into the Delphi 2005 IDE. This gives the developer easy access to the power offered by StarTeam, without ever having to leave the comfort of the IDE. This article is intended to give a brief tour of some of the functionality offered by the StarTeam integration, and to illustrate some of the benefits gained by using it.

As this article is primarily about the new StarTeam integration features included in Delphi 2005, it assumes that an existing StarTeam installation is available and configured. For details on how to install and configure StarTeam, consult the extensive documentation which ships with it.