Here you will find a recommended selection of the top books on beginner Delphi Programming, with links to book reviews. The following books will show you what Delphi is, learn you how to use it and how easily a full blown cross platform application can be developed with Delphi in a few seconds.
1) Delphi Version 5 Made Simple
Delphi Version 5 Made Simple is aimed at those who are new to programming or wish to move to Delphi from some other programming environment. It provides all the information required to enable readers to get their first applications up and running.
2) Delphi in a Nutshell
Delphi in a Nutshell starts with the Delphi object model, and how to use RTTI (Run Time Type Information) for efficient programming. The rest of the book is the most complete Delphi Pascal language reference available in print, with every language element detailed with complete syntax, examples and methods for use.
3) The Tomes of Delphi Developer's Guide to Delphi Troubleshooting
This book is an expanded and updated edition of Clay Shannon's previous book with the same title. This book is an alphabetical reference to nearly 800 design-time, compile-time, and run-time error messages of Borland’s Delphi Object Pascal language.
4) Learn Object Pascal with Delphi
Provides an introduction to the programming language that is used as the basis for many computer science programs and a wide range of professional software development projects. The book is organized around specific programming skills, such as defining constants, creating variables, declaring types, making decisions, looping, encapsulating routines into procedures, using arrays and records, etc.
5) Programming and Problem Solving with Delphi
The book for those who are learning to program with Delphi - powerful OOP visual programming environment. This book teaches beginners how to program using Delphi. It assumes no prior programming experience. This book teaches sound programming and problem-solving concepts.
6) Nitty Gritty Delphi 6
Discover Object Pascal, the basis for Borland's Delphi 6 development environment, and get to grips with it quickly. Nitty Gritty Delphi 6 leads you right to the core of Delphi. The author tells you about the most important classes and components. Many examples in the practical section, will enable you to understand how things are done and how the different elements of Delphi work together.
