Mastering Delphi Programming：A Complete Reference Guide

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Mastering Delphi Programming: A Complete Reference Guide

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Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

Download the example code files

Conventions used

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Reviews

About Performance

What is performance?

Different types of speed

Algorithm complexity

Big O and Delphi data structures

Data structures in practice

Mr. Smith's first program

Looking at code through the Big O eyes

Don't guess measure!

Profiling with TStopwatch

Profilers

AsmProfiler

Sampling Profiler

AQTime

Nexus Quality Suite

Summary

Fixing the Algorithm

Responsive user interfaces

Updating a progress bar

Bulk updates

Virtual display

Caching

Dynamic cache

Speeding up SlowCode

Summary

Fine-Tuning the Code

Delphi compiler settings

Code inlining control

Optimization

Record field alignment

Assertions

Overflow checking

Range checking

Extracting common expressions

The helpful CPU window

Behind the scenes

A plethora of types

Simple types

Strings

Arrays

Records

Classes

Interfaces

Optimizing method calls

Parameter passing

Method inlining

The magic of pointers

Going the assembler way

Returning to SlowCode

Summary

Memory Management

Optimizing strings and array allocations

Memory management functions

Dynamic record allocation

FastMM internals

Memory allocation in a parallel world

Replacing the default memory manager

ScaleMM

TBBMalloc

Fine-tuning SlowCode

Summary

Getting Started with the Parallel World

Processes and threads

When to parallelize the code?

Most common problems

Never access UI from a background thread

Simultaneous reading and writing

Sharing a variable

Synchronization

Critical sections

Other locking mechanisms

A short note on coding style

Shared data with built-in locking

Interlocked operations

Object life cycle

Communication

Windows messages

Synchronize and Queue

Polling

Performance

Third-party libraries

Summary

Working with Parallel Tools