In this chapter, we had an overview of FireDAC, the standard data access component library for Delphi. Being a very solid library with a long history, it has a lot of powerful and interesting features and, even if a complete overview is far beyond the scope of this book, you should have acquired all the necessary background to start using it profitably. Delphi is a very wide-ranging product, enabling developers to write a huge variety of applications including data-centric ones. FireDAC is the perfect solution for local, C/S, and even multi-tier solutions, with full support for a great number of data sources (DBMSes) and natural support for cross-platform applications as it is a pure Delphi library (thus, compiling on every platform supported by Delphi itself).

Having the chance to learn about a single DAC library (included in the product) and use it to build server, desktop, and mobile applications is a huge advantage over other technologies out there. As already stated...