Packing Up Your Toolbox

There are many simple every day programming skills that every Delphi developer needs to have. Pack your every day programmer toolbox with everything you will need from simple things such as file I/O to more complex things such as working with JSON and the Parallel Programming Library.

This chapter will cover the following points:

• Parallel Programming Library
• File I/O
• JSON
• XML

The objective of this chapter is to become fluent in using a Delphi programmer with every day useful techniques, such as working with files, streams, JSON, and XML. We will also look into making your apps faster and more responsive with the Parallel Programming Library (PPL).