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Teach Yourself Borland C++Builder in 14 Days
Day 7
Day 6
Day 5
Day 4
Day 3
Day 2
Day 1
This day explores the
form-based model in
much more detail,
with a study of the
Form Designer and
the Menu Designer.
To illustrate these,
you will build a
Notepad program.
Here you start to
learn about projects
and how projects are
used in writing
C++Builder
applications. Then
come the visual
aspects with the
speedbar and the
Component Palette.
Today you begin to
learn how
C++Builder makes it
easy to apply all
those concepts you
learned earlier. First
there are frameworks,
then OWL, MFC,
and VCL.
Classes are the heart
of C++ and a major
part of objectorientedprogramming.
Classes are also
the heart of VCL.
You delve deeply into
these concepts and
then get an
introduction to file
input and output.
Branching out into
the concepts of C++
that most people
trip over, you learn
about pointers,
references, and
functions. You then
begin the foundations
of classes.
Here you dig deeper
into the language,
learning to control
the flow of the
program with
conditionals and
loops. Then you
build complex data
structures.
You begin by
becoming comfortable
with Borland
C++Builder, just
getting a feel for it.
Then you start to
learn the C++
language.
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Day 13
Day 12
Day 11
Day 10
Day 9
Day 8
It is largely the
properties, methods,
and events (PME)
model that gives
C++Builder its
power. In this final
day you learn the
extensions to C++
that allow Borland to
fully implement the
PME model.
Because C++Builder
ships with a suite of
Internet-related
OCX controls, it’s
ideally suited for
building applications
that access the
Internet. Here you
learn the purpose of
the Internet controls
and use them to
build your very own
Web browser.
Here you explore the
C++Builder database
components and
their hierarchy. You
learn about the
classes that make up
the C++Builder
database architecture
and the key
properties, methods,
and events of each
one.
A good debugger is
vital to efficient
program development,
and a major
feature of the
C++Builder IDE is
the integrated
debugger. Here you
learn about what
the debugger can do
for you.
To truly understand
how applications are
built, you learn about
projects in more
detail. Then you
learn more about
the Code Editor and
the features that
make working with
code easier.
C++Builder provides
a variety of tools that
aid you in building
your application.
Here you explore the
Object Repository,
Dialog Expert, and
Application Expert.
This week you start
by studying
components, the
technology that gives
C++Builder much of
its power. You use
the Form Designer to
place a component
on a form and
modify its properties.