Learn Pascal in Three Days (3e.) is an update of one of the best-selling introductions to Pascal on the market for beginning programmers. The title is recognized as one of the best introductions to Pascal suitable for students or anyone wanting a solid foundation in structured programming. Pascal is considered an ideal programming language to begin programming because of its highly structured syntax.

The material for this book first appeared in the magazine Personal Computer World, as a series of articles which ran from September 1979 to June 1980. It was designed to appeal to a new (in 1979) sort of reader the microcomputer enthusiast, both amateur and professional about whom two assumptions were made. The first was that the reader was someone who had already learned to program (probably in BASIC) and who wanted to create programs in as systematic and proficient a fashion as possible. The second was that the reader would not be adverse to an occasional glimpse of how the underlying machine played its part in executing these programs. As a result of these, no attempt was made to teach the "problem-solving" aspects of programming (although the Top-Down philosophy for program design formed a key feature) and no apology was made for the repeated references to the way in which a Pascal compiler "viewed" some particular code fragment. In preparing this material for publication as a single volume, there has been little deviation from this policy. Nevertheless, it should be remarked that the first five chapters contain all the material one would need to cover in an initial course in programming (up to the level of most BASIC's) while the second half of the book tackles some of the more sophisticated techniques available to the Pascal programmer.

A comprehensive tutorial on Windows programming with Turbo Pascal for Windows. The text assumes some familiarity with Pascal, but provides an in-depth introduction to object-oriented programming, and an overview of Windows application design.

"Learn Object Pascal with Delphi" provides an introduction to the popular 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, and handling files. Among the elements that make this book perfect for beginning Delphi developers are Quick Check review questions to reinforce new concepts; Test Your Knowledge exercises for trying out newfound skills; and an appendix listing Object Pascal's reserved words. The companion CD-ROM puts you to work immediately with the complete Delphi 5.0 Standard Edition compiler ready for installation. The CD also contains the complete source code for all of the examples; trial versions of GLAD components; and a trial version of the UIL Security System from Unlimited Intelligence Limited. Warren Rachele is an application developer with over 15 years of experience writing code. He is the chief systems architect at The Hunter Group in Evergreen, Colorado, and an instructor at colleges in the Denver area. He is also a frequent contributor to the "Delphi Informant" and the author of "The Tomes of Delphi: Win32 Database Developer's Guide".