Delphi ClientDataSet Book (by Cary Jensen)

Cary Jensen has published a brand new Delphi book focused on a very common Delphi component, the ClientDataSet. The books is now available on Amazon.

The book title is "Delphi in Depth: ClientDataSets", with a partial reference to a Delphi book Cary edited in the early days of the product ("Delphi in Depth"). I haven't seen this book, but have read Cary's material on the topic (written for past editions of Delphi Developer Days) and I know it is a very detailed analysis of this extremely popular component, which has a lot of hidden secrets. This is the list of the chapters (from the book home page):

Chapter 1 Introduction to ClientDataSets
Chapter 2 Loading Data with ClientDataSets and Catastrophes
Chapter 3 Saving Data with ClientDataSets and DataSetProviders
Chapter 4 Defining a ClientDataSet's Structure
Chapter 5 Understanding ClientDataSet Indexes
Chapter 6 Managing the ClientDataSet Change Cache
Chapter 7 Navigating ClientDataSets
Chapter 8 Searching ClientDataSets
Chapter 9 Filtering ClientDataSets
Chapter 10 Aggregates and GroupState
Chapter 11 Cloning ClientDataSet Cursors
Chapter 12 Using Nested DataSets
Chapter 13 ClientDataSets and DataSnap Servers
Chapter 14 ClientDataSets and DataSnap Clients
Chapter 15 Remote ClientDataSet-DataSetProvider Interaction

If you want to buy the book, published on CreateSpace like my most recent Delphi Handbooks, you can now find it on Amazon's US shop, and probably soon also on the Amazon's international shops.

I think that having new books available is good news for the Delphi community, so kudos to Cary for making this effort. This focused Delphi book is also an experiment I'll be watching closely, as I do have material of the same size and focus (but on different topics) that I'm looking forward to publish, besides or instead of books focused on specific versions of the product. We'll see.

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Delphi ClientDataSet Book by Cary Jensen

 I asked Cary if he was going to publish it as an 
eBook.. He wasnt sure yet, but I hope he will.
With the iPad, eBooks are definitly my preferred 
media for books. I have the user manuals for TMS 
stuff on iPad (great components), and two of the 
three Delphi Handbook from Marco Cantu as eBooks 
(Well pdf's).
By publishing as eBook (maybe not as opposed to 
paperbooks, but as supplement), I'm sure the authors 
should sell a couple more copies. It should be able 
to make the book a tad cheaper, as printing expenses 
are nil..

I really benefit from having my complete book 
collection along with me all the time.
I am looking forward to getting the Cary Jensen book 
on Client Datasets.. He has really, as you said 
Marco, excellent knowledge on the subject.

Comment by Jens Fudge on March 28, 19:11

Delphi ClientDataSet Book by Cary Jensen

I hope this will turn up on amazon.co.uk as they have 
free shipping to New Zealand at the moment.

Comment by Alister Christie [http://codegearguru.com] on March 28, 20:07

Delphi ClientDataSet Book by Cary Jensen

We will include links to all Amazon sites (worldwide) 
and other online sites that sell the book as they 
become available at 
http://www.jensendatasystems.com/cdsbook/. We hope 
that this happens quickly. People from most countries 
can order the book directly from CreateSpace, 
Amazon's publishing company (see preceding link for a 
link to CreateSpace). For US-only delivery, we are 
currently offering direct special pricing and free 
shipping. I'm sorry that we have to leave orders from 
other countries up to CreateSpace and other resellers.

Comment by Loy Anderson [http://www.jensendatasystems.com/] on March 28, 22:31

Delphi ClientDataSet Book by Cary Jensen

 I am glad to see another Delphi book published.

Comment by Jeff on March 29, 23:29

Delphi ClientDataSet Book by Cary Jensen

Hmmmm absolutely, it's good news for delphiers. Is
there ebook/digital version of this book?

Comment by Bagus Prasojo [http://delphigurus.blogspot.com/] on March 31, 01:11

March 28, 2011

Delphi ClientDataSet Book (by Cary Jensen)

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Delphi ClientDataSet Book by Cary Jensen

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