In this chapter, we introduced the FMX framework, including the historical reasons behind its creation and the context of where it all began. The philosophy of the framework (and its inner evolution) should act as support for the rest of the book and should provide you with some basic understanding for the rest of the content of the book.
If you are an experienced Delphi developer, this chapter should have provided you with a non-technical bridge from classic Delphi to the newer versions, now including this second application framework, other than the original VCL. At the same time, if you are a developer addressing Delphi for the first time, a little background information should help you go through the rest of the content of this book.
In the next chapter, we will explore differences and similarities with respect to the VCL. This will serve experienced developers to learn how many of their skills they can reuse and what they need to keep in mind for their new projects. If you are new to Delphi and will start with FMX, you will nonetheless find some useful basic information about how FMX works, so turn the page and go ahead!
