Getting Started with RAD Studio

Helpful Resources for New Users

• Basics
• RAD Studio Tutorials
• Code Examples and Application Samples
• Video Demos
• Delphi
• C++Builder

Overview of RAD Studio

• What Is RAD Studio
  
• Tour of the IDE
  
• Tools Overview
  
• Code Editor
  
• Code Completion
  
• Form Designer
  
• History Manager
  
  • Subversion Integration in the IDE
  • TortoiseSVN Commands Implemented as RAD Studio Commands
  • How To: Using Subversion in the IDE
• Introducing the Visual Component Library (VCL)
  
• About the Object Inspector Index
• Using the Structure View
• Starting a Project - Overview
  
• Overview of Virtual Folders
  
• Unicode in RAD Studio
• IDE on Windows Vista

Getting Started Tutorials

A set of helpful Tutorials are available, including Tutorial: Using the IDE for Delphi and C++Builder. This tutorial contains an illustrated tour of the IDE, and explicit step-by-step instructions for creating your first RAD Studio application.

How To Perform Common IDE User Tasks

This section is written for any Delphi or C++Builder user who wants to learn more about how to use the IDE (integrated development environment):

• New users who want an overview (Tour of the IDE) followed by more detailed topics about using the IDE
• Experienced users who want to answer a question about a specific element of the IDE

Here are the basic types of features in the IDE:

General Feature Type	Specific Elements of the IDE
Code editing -- Code Insight, code browsing, and code completion	Code Editor, Code Insight, Using Code Folding
Application development	Form Designer, VCL, Tool Palette, Object Inspector, Structure Pane
Project Management	Project Manager, Build Configuration Manager, Option Sets
Version Control	History Manager, Subversion Integration in the IDE

• How To Use the IDE

• How To Create Forms and Projects, and Write the Code Behind

• How To Edit Code in the Code Editor

• How To Manage Files and Folders
• How To Use Subversion in the IDE

Help on Help

• Help on Help - docwiki
• Help on Help - H2

See Also

• RAD Studio 2010 Migration Center