Where can I find a Delphi online help better than the integrated one?

Question

Is ther any other documentation about delphi than the integrated help.

Something like the http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/ or the http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/

...just for delphi.

Because imho the delphi help is badass bad.

Answer 1

I really like Delphi Basics:

http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/

So much so, that I paid him the $9 for the download version (and included a little extra), even though I usually use the online version anyway.

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The only other one I keep a shortcut to on my desktop is the Delphi Wiki:

http://delphi.wikia.com/

It has a lot of valuable stuff, and goes into good depth on many topics as thousands have contributed to it. It's quite comprehensive, but will always have some missing parts - mainly because the world's Delphi knowledgebase is growing faster than anyone or any wiki can keep track of.

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Then don't forget that books still (even in this online age) provide excellent reference tools that you can leisurely read and learn from.

My favorite Delphi author is Marco Cantu, and his books are excellent. I've started with Mastering Delphi 3 many years ago, and then went on to Mastering Delphi 5, Borland Delphi 2005, Delphi 2007 Handbook and Delphi 2009 Handbook.

Answer 2

Not that this really improves your situation any, but there is an online version of the official documentation offered from CodeGear. They might have some additional resources there that you don't have yet.

Answer 3

Delphi PRAXIS published Help Booster, which is a new front end for Delphi's built in help content, presumably without some of the speed issues and other quirks. Works with DElphi 2006 and 2007. Not sure about Delphi 2009 support.

Edit: Here is some initial support for Delphi 2009. Check out the second comment from the bottom.

Answer 4

Taken from Source Code Adventures, there seems to be a way to integrate Delphi 7 help with 2005/2006, and there is online documentation:

The one gripe that some commenters have raised, is that of documentation. Here I have to say, they have a point. For quite a while I actually had the Delphi 7 help files on hand on my development machine and there is an IDE expert that you can download that will allow you to use the Delphi 7 help files directly from the newer IDE. The new help files are also available online though, and I find Google is often better at finding things that any table of contents is.

Answer 5

You can download the chm (HTMLhelp file) versions of the Delphi Help too from the Codegear website. I've linked these in under my Tools menu and they open much faster than the latest help. It effectively gives you Delphi 7 help under D2009. Much better.

Answer 6

sadly there are no official online help resources for Delphi, but there are some really good resources online, the best by far: http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/ http://delphi.about.com/