Practical Ext JS 4 will get you up and running, using Ext JS 4.2 for your projects, as quickly as possible. After a quick refresher on some JavaScript basics, you will get to grips with Ext JS 4’s OO concepts (such as mixins) and familiarize yourself with its UI components and layout. You'll learn all the core features of...

The book begins with...

Many books on sustainability have been written in the last decade, most of them dealing with agricultural systems, communities, and general business practices. In contrast, Handbook of Sustainability for the Food Sciences presents the concept of sustainability as it applies to the food supply chain from farm to fork but with a special...

• Harness the capabilities of the PowerShell system to get started quickly with server automation
• Learn to package commands into a reusable script and...

• Quickly set up Apache Kafka clusters and start writing message producers and consumers
• Write custom producers and consumers with message partition techniques
• Integrate...

• Create an advanced responsive Magento theme based on the Bootstrap 3 framework
• Configure your custom theme with the Magento Admin Panel
• Create your theme from scratch using...

Some of the main spice-producing areas are listed in Appendix 2 at the end of this chapter. The current annual global trade in spices is 6–7 lakh tonnes valued at US$3–3.5 billion. The value of the spice trade is particularly dependent on pepper prices as pepper remains the main spice in international trade. The global spice trade...

This is the third edition of this book. We wanted to improve upon the first two editions and update the book with new features of the Windows Phone OS, as well as provide hands-on knowledge on how to program the plethora of features offered by Windows Phone devices.

While the second edition was being written, Microsoft and...

Polymericmaterials, both “inert” and degradable, constantly interact with the surroundings. Because of this interaction changes take place in the polymer matrix and small molecules are released to the environment. Reliable methods for testing biodegradability and environmental interaction of renewable resources and...