The Various Components in Sencha Touch

In this article by John E. Clark and Bryan P. Johnson, authors of Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework, we will take a look at the individual components available in Sencha Touch. we will use the simple base components as a starting point for learning about the more complex components. We'll also talk a bit about how to access our components after they have been created.

This article will cover the following topics:

• The TabPanel and Carousel components
• The FormPanel components
• MessageBox and Sheet
• The map component
• The List and NestedList components

The Trivadis Integration Architecture Blueprint

The Trivadis Integration Architecture Blueprint specifies the building blocks needed for the effective implementation of integration solutions. It ensures consistent quality in the implementation of integration strategies as a result of a simple, tried-and-tested structure, and the use of familiar integration patterns (Hohpe, Wolf 2004).

In this article by Guido Schmutz, co-author of Service-Oriented Architecture: An Integration Blueprint, we will cover:

• Standards, components, and patterns used
• Structuring the integration blueprint

The Session and the User with Joomla! 1.5: Part 1

This article by James Kennard shows how we can interact with the current user, logged in or not, and how we can interact with their session.

This article contains the following recipes:

• Getting the session handler
• Adding data to the session
• Getting session data
• Checking for session data
• Checking the session token
• Getting the user
• Determining if the current user is a guest
• Getting the user's name and username
• Getting the user's group ID and type
• Restricting a user's access using Public, Registered, and Special
• Getting the user's parameters
• Setting the user's parameters
• Extending and editing user parameters
• Sending an email to the user

The Reasoning Behind Packt's Brand Launch

You are probably already aware of the fact that Packt is set to launch two new brands, Packt Enterprise and Packt Open Source, in the coming weeks. You may even have read about it on our blog or in a previous news piece. This article will offer a slightly more in-depth look at what the brand launch will mean, and why we are doing it.

The NGINX HTTP Server

An HTTP server is primarily a piece of software that will deliver web pages to clients when requested. These web pages can be anything from a simple HTML file on disk to a multicomponent framework delivering user-specific content, dynamically updated through AJAX or WebSocket. NGINX is modular, and is designed to handle any kind of HTTP serving necessary.

In this article by Dimitri Aivaloitis, author of Mastering NGINX , we will investigate the various modules that work together to make NGINX such a scalable HTTP server. The following topics are included in this article:

• NGINX's architecture

• The HTTP core module

• Using limits to prevent abuse

• Restricting access

• Streaming media files

• Predefined variables

• Using NGINX with PHP-FPM

• Wiring NGINX and uWSGI together

The Model-View-Controller pattern and Configuring Web Scripts with Alfresco

Alfresco 3 is one of the most versatile open source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platforms. This is a real open source alternative to commercial product such as Microsoft SharePoint and EMC Documentum. It is also very well designed and suitable to be customized and extended. The open source adoption allows developers to contribute on the project and that's why you can find more than 240 extensions in the Alfresco Forge.

In this article by Ugo Cei and Piergiorgio Lucidi, authors of the book, Alfresco 3 Web Services, you will learn:

• How to properly design Web Scripts using the Model-View-Controller pattern
• How to configure a Web Script for things such as authentication, transactionality, and cacheability
• How clients can request a specific response format
• How to deploy Web Scripts in Alfresco

The Grails Object Relational Mapping (GORM)

The Grails Object Relational Mapping (GORM) is a core component of the Grails web application framework and uses DSL- style techniques to apply persistence to regular Groovy classes.

In this article by Fergal Dearle, author of the book Groovy for Domain-Specific Languages, we will take a look at the Grails Object Relational Mapping (GORM). We will also see how a GORM model is built.

The Economics of Open Source Donations

Donations play a crucial role in supporting Free and Open Source Software projects. At times readers will write in to share their positive experience with a utility or program or a distribution that I have written about. Now don't confuse them with your average technical-bent-of-mind Linux user. These are accountants, home-office businessman, and even carpenters and plumbers, who've saved a lot of money thanks to open source software. And they have one question in mind -- how do I help the person behind the program?

This month, Packt columnist and open source enthusiast Mayank Sharma explores the economics behind open source projects, what they do with their donations and how crucial they can be to their future.

The DPM Feature Set

Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 is a backup and recovery solution which provides continuous data protection for Windows application and file servers to seamlessly integrated disk, tape, and cloud.

In this article by Steve Buchanan, author of Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2010, we will take a look at the existing as well as new features of DPM.