Application Packaging in VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials

In this article by Peter Björk, authors of VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials, we will cover the packaging process. We'll discuss packaging's best practices the, packaging environment, entry points, the data container, and Package.ini.

Delving Deep into Application Design

In this article Ilya Grinblat and Alex Peterson, the authors of OGRE 3D 1.7 Application Development Cookbook, we'll show you how to create an Ogre 3D Windows application in Visual Studio 2010 using the Win32 API, the Microsoft Foundation Classes ( MFC), and the .NET framework. We'll show you how to configure your project settings to support Ogre, and how to integrate Ogre into each type of application. We'll also create a custom Ogre plugin and a custom resource manager.

More on ADF Business Components and Fusion Page Runtime

In this article by Jobinesh Purushothaman, the author of Oracle ADF Real World Developer’s Guide, we will discuss the following topics:

• Lifecycle of an ADF Fusion web page with region

• Transaction management in Fusion web applications

• Building a dynamic model-driven UI with ADF

• Building composite view objects

• Building application modules with no database connection

• Looking up the UI component from the component tree at runtime

Hooking into native events

When developing for mobile devices, we can create feature-rich applications that harness the functionality of the native processes and systems.

The devices themselves provide us with built-in controls and user interface elements in the form of native buttons, to which we can apply methods and functions.

We can also make use of the hidden events and manage how our applications work when placed in the background on the device or alter states depending on network connectivity.

In this article by Matt Gifford, author of PhoneGap Mobile Application Development Cookbook, will introduce you to some of the native events available through the PhoneGap API, and how we can implement them into applications.

In this article, we will cover:

• Pausing your application

• Resuming your application

• Displaying the status of the device battery levels

• Making use of the native search button

• Displaying network connection status

• Creating a custom submenu

Adding Geographic Capabilities via the GeoPlaces Theme

In this article, by Yuxian Eugene Liang, the author of WordPress Mobile Applications with PhoneGap, talks about creating a location-based directory via the GeoPlaces theme. It covers the setting up and addition of sample geographic data into your WordPress site. We'll add geographic capabilities to our WordPress site by leveraging on the GeoPlaces theme.

The major topics we will cover in this article are:

• Introduction to the GeoPlaces theme

• Populating the site with sample data from GeoPlaces

• Managing place listings from the frontend side as well as the admin side of the site

For a start, we'll be using a premium theme called GeoPlaces, by Templatic. At the time of writing, a single user license is priced at USD 99 while a developer license is priced at USD 179. For the rest of this article we will be using the GeoPlaces theme to do the bulk of the heavy lifting of geographic functionalities, since Google Maps are built directly into the GeoPlaces theme.

Before we move into this article officially, you might be wondering where it will lead us. To begin with, since our mobile app's content is dependent on our WordPress site, we need to add basic content (in this case, place listings and other article-like information) to the site.

SAP HANA integration with Microsoft Excel

In this article by Mark Walker, author of SAP HANA Starter, you will learn how to perform the most important tasks in SAP HANA.

Overview of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

In this article by Neil Benson, author of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Customization & Configuration (MB2-866) Certification Guide, we will discuss:

• Architecture of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

• Support and unsupported customizations

• Deployment options

• Using an implementation methodology

• Customization security roles