Getting Started with Lazarus IDE

Get to grips with the basics of programming, debugging, creating, and documenting projects with the Lazarus IDE

Overview

• Creating new projects
• Create components for use in Lazarus.
• Documenting Lazarus project.

In Detail

A good integrated development environment can be the key to creating and delivering software on time and budget. Having a programming language and a development environment that runs on multiple platforms greatly eases and lessens the time taken on creating cross-platform applications. An IDE that is compatible with a legacy code base allows developers to leverage existing libraries in future applications.

"Getting Started with Lazarus" is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear step-by-step exercises, which will help you take advantage of the power of the Lazarus IDE and Free Pascal to develop software that can be created for cross-platform use.

"Getting started with the Lazarus" discusses developing software with the open source cross platform integrated development environment and the Free Pascal language.

We'll learn how to install Lazarus on various platforms such as Linux and Windows, as well as how to create new projects and convert existing Delphi projects to Lazarus projects by learning the differences between Delphi's Pascal syntax and Free Pascal's Object Pascal using a real world example project.

We'll learn how to create custom components for use in Lazarus. We'll also learn the basics of documenting a Lazarus project using the Lazarus Documentation Editor.

Finally we will learn that the IDE can be rebuilt using a different widget type, specifically GTK 2.

Teach yourself the basics of programming with Lazarus and the open source IDE for the Free Pascal language.

What you will learn from this book

• Install Lazarus on different platforms such as Linux or Windows.
• Learn the basics of the Lazarus IDE such as the menus, the Object Inspector, and the Source Code Editor.
• Create new projects with Lazarus such as console applications and GUI applications.
• Debug Lazarus projects.
• Convert an existing Delphi project to a Lazarus project.
• Create new components for use with Lazarus GUI applications.
• Document a Lazarus project using the LazDE tool.
• Rebuild Lazarus on the Windows platform using the GTK 2 widget set.

Approach

This book is written in a simple, easy-to-understand format with lots of screenshots and step-by-step explanations.

Who this book is written for

This book is geared toward developers that have a familiarity with Delphi or Free Pascal and would like to start using the open source Lazarus Integrated Development Environment. You should have knowledge of creating a console and GUI applications as well as creating basic components. Example source code and projects are provided to help learn the differences between Delphi and Lazarus projects.

掌握Lazarus IDE的基礎程式設計、除錯、建立和文件化專案。

概述:
- 建立新專案
- 建立Lazarus可用的元件
- 文件化Lazarus專案

詳細內容:
一個優秀的整合開發環境是按時按預算創建和交付軟體的關鍵。擁有一個能在多個平台上運行的程式語言和開發環境，大大簡化了創建跨平台應用程式的時間和工作量。與遺留代碼庫兼容的IDE允許開發人員在未來的應用程式中利用現有的函式庫。

《Getting Started with Lazarus》是一本實用的實作指南，提供了一系列清晰的逐步練習，幫助您充分利用Lazarus IDE和Free Pascal的強大功能，開發可用於跨平台的軟體。

《Getting Started with Lazarus》討論了使用開源跨平台整合開發環境和Free Pascal語言開發軟體的方法。

我們將學習如何在Linux和Windows等不同平台上安裝Lazarus，以及如何通過學習Delphi Pascal語法和Free Pascal的Object Pascal之間的差異，創建新專案並將現有的Delphi專案轉換為Lazarus專案，並以一個真實世界的範例專案來進行。

我們還將學習如何為Lazarus創建自定義元件，以及使用Lazarus Documentation Editor文件化Lazarus專案的基礎知識。

最後，我們將學習如何使用不同的小部件類型（特別是GTK 2）重新構建IDE。

通過Lazarus和Free Pascal語言的開源IDE，自學程式設計的基礎知識。

本書的特點:
- 在簡單易懂的格式中撰寫，並附有大量截圖和逐步解釋。
- 適合已熟悉Delphi或Free Pascal並希望開始使用開源Lazarus整合開發環境的開發人員。
- 您應該具備創建控制台和GUI應用程式以及創建基本元件的知識。
- 提供示例原始碼和專案，以幫助學習Delphi和Lazarus專案之間的差異。