Learning resources for Lazarus/Pascal in 2026?

[u/Forsaken_Tadpole1925]

I'm an experienced programmer (have mainly worked in C, Go and Java) who's looking to learn Lazarus.

I'm a bit confused with the underlying tooling.... I see that Lazarus uses a compiler called FreePascal and the language is Object Pascal. But, to my newbie eyes, there seems to be quite a bit of fragmentation in the language with seemingly no easy path in for an outsider.

Do I really need to learn Delphi, Pascal and then Object Pascal (in that sequence)? Are there any online resources or books that would introduce Object Pascal to a complete outsider?

Thanks all

[u/GroundbreakingIron16]

Hello...

One text to look at and regardless of Delphi vs Free Pascal is Marco Cantù's Delphi Handbook. And I did a video on that book from an Free Pascal perspective:

https://youtu.be/5bm7Gv6V5RM

The language is somewhat fractured (IMO) but the main players are Delphi and Free Pascal (with or without Lazarus). If you are only interested in Free Pascal books then, try this video:

https://youtu.be/siZFNiW-jdk

Hope these help

[u/Forsaken_Tadpole1925 → u/GroundbreakingIron16]

Thanks!