How to Make IT Dictionary Software ?

[hydenisama]

Hi friends... I Want to make software with delphi. It's an assignment from my teacher for this semester. What should i start to study about ?
Help me with the tutorial guys...
What database should i use ? i believe There must be a great programmer will help me... I'm a newbie, bro !
Please....

[WingedPanther]

FireBird is a good database that was open-sourced from Borland's Interbase DB. You can really use most any DB, however. The real question, however, is what do you want to create? Using a database for a calculator program, for instance, makes almost no sense.

Do you know the basic programming constructs? Loops, if-then-else, etc? Will you have to create new components or just use the ones that are part of Delphi? Have you done any Delphi/Pascal programming in the past? How about Java (you can carry over a LOT of Java concepts to Delphi)?

[hydenisama]

Ok man ! i have try pascal or delphi before.. But i can't imagine how to start. Anyone have basic programming with delphi? Can i ? Please

[WingedPanther]

What are the specifications for your project? A lot of the time, people get stuck because they don't have a clear goal in mind. Do you just want to display a list of IT terms and their definitions, have a search capacity, something else? Without a vision of what you want the software to do, we can't give you much advice.

[hydenisama]

Just when we click a button we can know what the mean of an IT word. I need more about the description to make the storage of IT vocabulary. Therefore i need some database connection.
How to make database?
How to interact with the database?
And What database should i use ?
Thank You Bro !

[hydenisama]

Can i have an e-book about delphi and data structure ?

[WingedPanther]

A google search for Delphi tutorials returned numerous useful results.
If your IT Dictionary is going to be static, you can use many different ways to store it, including a database. If it will be dynamic, you will need either a database or a file to store it on.
Making and interacting with a database depends a little bit on the type of database you use, but a TQuery is the standard object for interacting with it. You will need to learn SQL to work with the data. The database you choose doesn't really matter, since you aren't doing anything that is likely to be sensitive to issues like scaling well.

I would recommend that you stop worrying about the database for a moment, and start worrying about what, from a user's perspective, the program has to accomplish. If this is an assignment where you HAVE to use certain technologies, then figure out what that technology has to do with providing the functionality. For example, don't buy an Oracle license for $2000 dollars, if a text file will do the job. After you determine what needs to be done, and what techniques/technologies you need to do the job, you can ask questions like "which database should I use?"

[hydenisama]

Ok thats enough for now i want to search about my project. is that good if i use ADO object ? I'm still learn that.

[WingedPanther]

ADO can be used if you want. It will save you from having to install BDE with your software.