Building Internet Applications with Delphi 2 with CD-ROM

I'm using the book at work to write network applications. Unlike some books, this book does not spoon feed you. You have to get your hands dirty and actually write programs yourself. I've found that to get the best out of the book, you have to read a chapter, study the code, then try and write the thing yourself. My only gripe is that some of the authors programs on my disk don't work, ie FTP Client in chapter 8. So what, it forced me to write my own. Love it!

I've been using this book for 8 months. I don't use the winsock code because there are higher level OCX controls to do the job. The real value of this book is in the theory. Don't go searching for those long RFCs. Appendix A and B has become my bible for the SMTP and NNTP protocols. The scenarios presented in the examples throughout the book, helped me understand the stages of a session between the server and client. You won't get too much Delphi-specific info but as long as the various TCP/IP protocols are in use, this book is a classic

I just got this book, and read most of it. The theoretical chapters on net protocols and technology are the best I have seen in any winsock book. The Delphi specific chapters include good protocol description, the code is not as wonderful as I would have liked it to be, it seems like code that was converted from C or C++, and does not have a strong enough Delphi "look and feel" for me, but it is a good start. Overall this is a great book if you are interested in what goes on in Winsock applications, and the theoretical chapters are worth every cent.