Pascal and Lazarus Books and Magazines

Books about Free Pascal

• FreePascal from SquareOne by Jeff Duntemann, 2019
• Modern Object Pascal Introduction for Programmers by Michalis Kamburelis, 2018, PDF or HTML.
• Learn to program using Lazarus by Howard Page-Clark, 2013, ISBN 978-94-90968-04-5 - covers Object Pascal and Lazarus.
• Free Pascal 2 by Michaël van Canneyt, Florian Klämpfl, CUL 2012, Paperback, ISBN 9783936546729 - The official Free Pascal book in German (out of print).

Books about Lazarus

• Lazarus Handbook by Michaël van Canneyt, Martin Friebe, Mattias Gärtner, Inoussa Ouedraogo, Detlef Overbeek, Howard Page Clark and Werner Pamler, Blaise Pascal Magazine 2020, ISBN 978-94-90968-02-1 (PDF), 978-94-90968-13-7 (hard cover), 978-94-90-968-97-7 (soft cover).
• Start Programming using Object Pascal Language - Free book in English by forum member motaz. Covers both Free Pascal and Lazarus.
• Lazarus - The Complete Guide by M. van Canneyt, M. Gärtner, S. Heinig, F. Monteiro de Cavalho, I. Ouedraogo: Blaise Pascal Magazine 2011, Paperback, ISBN 9789490968021- The official Lazarus Book in English. Out of print.
• Lazarus - Klassenbibliothek und IDE by M. van Canneyt, M. Gärtner, S. Heinig, F. Monteiro de Cavalho, I. Ouedraogo: , CUL 2011, Paperback, ISBN 9783936546637 - The official Lazarus Book in German.
• Desenvolvendo Aplicativos com Lazarus - In Portuguese
• Iniciar com Lazarus e Free Pascal - In Portuguese May 2015
• Iniciar con Lazarus y Free Pascal - In Spanish May 2015
• Programando com o Lazarus - In Portuguese
• Lazarus Free Pascal - Développement rapide - In French - 2011 and June 2018
• Start Programming using Object Pascal Language - A free book in English by forum member motaz. Covers both Free Pascal and Lazarus.
• Learn to Program using Lazarus by Howard Page-Clark, published by Stichting Programmeertaal Pascal / Pro Pascal Foundation. Publisher's info - A tutorial approach, written in English. Available as print and PDF.
• Getting Started with Lazarus IDE by Roderick Person
• Getting Started with Lazarus and Free Pascal by Menkaura Abiola-Ellison, Paperback and ebook 2015, Includes chapters on Web Dev, DB using SQL, 2D & 3D Graphics, Debugging and more...
• Professionelles Programmieren von Anfang an: Mit Free Pascal und der freien Entwicklungsumgebung Lazarus by Wilfried Koch, book ISBN 9783945899-01-4, July 2016, in German
• Professionelles Programmieren von Anfang an: Mit Free Pascal und der freien Entwicklungsumgebung Lazarus by Wilfried Koch, book and CD ISBN 9783945899-08-3,July 2016, in German
• Professionelles Programmieren von Anfang an: Mit Free Pascal und der freien Entwicklungsumgebung Lazarus, Teil 2 by Wilfried Koch, book ISBN 9783945899-25-0, May 2020, in German
• Professionelles Programmieren von Anfang an: Mit Free Pascal und der freien Entwicklungsumgebung Lazarus, Teil 2 by Wilfried Koch, book and CD ISBN 9783945899-04-5 May 2020, in German
• Software components in Pascal for digital signal filtering covers component-based development of digital signal filters with Free Pascal and Lazarus, in Spanish.

Books about Pascal (or SQL) that are helpful, though not dealing specifically with Free Pascal or Lazarus

These books do not cover Lazarus or FreePascal specifically but can still be very useful.

• Essential Pascal - Introduction to Pascal. Written originally in English but now translated into many languages.
• Object Pascal Handbook - A new book by Marco Cantù, to be published Early 2015.
• Essential Delphi - Delphi and Lazarus share many concepts and this book can help you understand Lazarus as well (file no longer available from original site www.marcocantu.com).
• Essential SQL - Useful if you use a SQL-based RDBMS such as Firebird, Interbase, PostgreSQL with FPC/Lazarus
• Computer Math and Games in Pascal by David Dirkse.
• Getting Started with Firebird SQL Database by Menkaura Abiola-Ellison (2019)
• Pascal User Manual and Report

Periodicals which publish content about Free Pascal and Lazarus

• Blaise Pascal Magazine - A bi-monthly magazine dedicated to all types of Pascal programming, including Lazarus/Free Pascal, Delphi. Offers English, Dutch and Russian editions.
• Clube Delphi - From Brazil in Portuguese. Mostly dedicated to Delphi, but also publishes Free Pascal/Lazarus material regularly.
• Pascal Gamer Magazine - a free, online, downloadable (PDF) publication devoted to game development in Pascal
• Delphi Gamer Magazine - an English language publication about making games with Object Pascal

Periodic Magazines which publish content about other Pascal variants

• Entwickler Magazin A German magzine on software development that occasionally includes article on Delphi.

Scientific journals, which publish articles on Pascal, Free Pascal or Lazarus

• Olympiads in Informatics. A refereed scholarly journal that is focused on research and practice of professionals who work in the field of teaching and learning informatics. ISSN 1822-7732

External Links

• Open Library's Free Pascal catalog

See also

• Academic citation
• Lazarus Documentation