Computing: Free Pascal Programming

The Lazarus/Free Pascal Project.

A major part of my computing activity consists in developing programs, written in the Free Pascal programming language and created using the Lazarus integrated development environment. In this section of my website, I publish details concerning the Lazarus/Free Pascal project, the installation of the IDE and supplementary packages, as well as general information about Lazarus and the FPC compiler on various platforms. You also find here information about creating dynamic link libraries, general information about advanced Free Pascal features (e.g. pointers, lists, variants); there is also a three-parts tutorial concerning the basics, how to access data stored in a MySQL database from within Lazarus/Free Pascal applications, information about other database distributions, and an introduction to network programming. For information about how to realize a specific task, using Lazarus/Free Pascal, please visit the Free Pascal Programming Tips section.

The Lazarus/Free Pascal project Installing Lazarus/Free Pascal Lazarus project files, their names and their extensions Installing supplementary Lazarus packages Creating a Lazarus project using existing resources Creating command line programs with Lazarus Building and using dynamic link libraries 32-bit cross-compiling on Windows 64-bit Building Lazarus applications on Linux and macOS Using 32-bit and 64-bit inline assembly with Free Pascal Database access with Lazarus/Free Pascal on Windows Accessing MySQL with Lazarus/Free Pascal on macOS Introduction to network programming using Lazarus/Free Pascal

Pointers: A beginners to intermediate tutorial Special data types: Variants, variant records, and variant arrays