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Paperback. Zustand: Good. AWS Lambda helps to quickly and easily build and run applications on the AWS cloud that automatically run code in response to events.   AWS Lambda in Action is an example-driven tutorial that teaches readers how to build applications that use an event-driven approach on the back end. By the end of this book, readers will be ready to use AWS Lambda to create applications that take advantage of the high availability, security, performance, and scalability of AWS.   Key Features: Example-driven tutorials Solid introduction to security Teaches readers to create applications in AWS   Readers will have basic knowledge of JavaScript. Most examples are provided in JavaScript and Python. No prior experience with AWS needed.   About the Technology: AWS Lambda is different from a traditional approach based on physical or virtual servers: you only need to give your logic, grouped in functions, and the service itself takes care of executing the functions if and when required, managing the software stack used by the runtime you chose, the availability of the platform, and the scalability of the infrastructure in order to sustain the throughput of the invocations.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Key features Adding advanced Swift features to code Writing reusable code with generics Iterators, sequences, and collections About the technology Apple's Swift is the standard language for iOS and Mac development. It's is a modern marveleasy to pick up, comfortable to use, and loaded with features.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. With a huge ecosystem of pre-built game assets, an enthusiastic community of fellow developers, and support for nearly every platform, Unity is a great choice to make your dream game a reality.   Unity in Action, Second Edition teaches readers to write and deploy games with the Unity game development platform. Fully updated to include the latest changes to Unity, new best practices, and an entire chapter on building 2D platformers with Unity's expanded 2D toolkit, this book is essential for any aspiring game developer.   Key features ?   Hands-on examples ?   Clear explanations ?   Excellent graphics   Written for those who know how to program, in C# or a similar OO language. No previous Unity experience or game development knowledge is assumed.   Unity is a professional-quality game engine used to create video games targeting a variety of platforms.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Description Artificial intelligence has made some incredible leaps. Deep learning systems now deliver near-human speech and image recognition, not to mention machines capable of beating world champion Go masters. Deep learning applies to a widening range of problems, such as question answering, machine translation, and optical character recognition. It?s behind photo tagging, self-driving cars, virtual assistants and other previously impossible applications.   Deep Learning with R is for developers and data scientists with some R experience who want to use deep learning to solve real-world problems. The book is structured around a series of practical examples that introduce each new concept and demonstrate best practices. You?ll begin by learning what deep learning is, how it connects with AI and Machine Learning, and why it?s rapidly gaining in importance right now. You?ll then dive into practical applications of computer vision, natural language processing, and more.   Key features ·   Understand key machine learning concepts ·   Set up a computer environment for deep learning ·   Visualize neural networks ·   Use recurrent neural networks for text and sequence Classification   Audience You?ll need intermediate R programming skills. No previous experience with machine learning or deep learning is required. About the technology Although deep learning can be a challenging subject, new technologies make it much easier to get started than ever before. The Keras deep learning library featured in this book puts ease of use and accessibility front and center, making it a great fit for new practitioners.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Description Artificial intelligence has made some incredible leaps. Deep learning systems now deliver near-human speech and image recognition, not to mention machines capable of beating world champion Go masters. Deep learning applies to a widening range of problems, such as question answering, machine translation, and optical character recognition. It?s behind photo tagging, self-driving cars, virtual assistants and other previously impossible applications.   Deep Learning with R is for developers and data scientists with some R experience who want to use deep learning to solve real-world problems. The book is structured around a series of practical examples that introduce each new concept and demonstrate best practices. You?ll begin by learning what deep learning is, how it connects with AI and Machine Learning, and why it?s rapidly gaining in importance right now. You?ll then dive into practical applications of computer vision, natural language processing, and more.   Key features ·   Understand key machine learning concepts ·   Set up a computer environment for deep learning ·   Visualize neural networks ·   Use recurrent neural networks for text and sequence Classification   Audience You?ll need intermediate R programming skills. No previous experience with machine learning or deep learning is required. About the technology Although deep learning can be a challenging subject, new technologies make it much easier to get started than ever before. The Keras deep learning library featured in this book puts ease of use and accessibility front and center, making it a great fit for new practitioners. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. RETAIL SELLING POINTS A step-by-step guide to unit testing Easily create readable, maintainable, trustworthy tests Great for both novice and experienced unit testers AUDIENCE This book is written for .NET Developers and anyone else who wants to learn unit testing.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. This fully revised second edition of Machine Learning with TensorFlow teaches you the foundational concepts of machine learning and how to utilize the TensorFlow library to rapidly build powerful ML models. You?ll learn the basics of regression, classification, and clustering algorithms, applying them to solve real-world challenges.   New and revised content expands coverage of core machine learning algorithms and advancements in neural networks such as VGG-Face facial identification classifiers and deep speech classifiers. Written by NASA JPL Deputy CTO and Principal Data Scientist Chris Mattmann, all examples are accompanied by downloadable Jupyter Notebooks for a hands-on experience coding TensorFlow with Python.   Key Features ·   Visualizing algorithms with TensorBoard ·   Understanding and using neural networks ·   Reproducing and employing predictive science ·   Downloadable Jupyter Notebooks for all examples ·   Questions to test your knowledge ·   Examples use the super-stable 1.14.1 branch of TensorFlow   Developers experienced with Python and algebraic concepts like vectors and matrices.   About the technology TensorFlow, Google?s library for large-scale machine learning, makes powerful ML techniques easily accessible. It simplifies often-complex computations by representing them as graphs that are mapped to machines in a cluster or to the processors of a single machine. Offering a complete ecosystem for all stages and types of machine learning, TensorFlow?s end-to-end functionality empowers machine learning engineers of all skill levels to solve their problems with ML.   Chris Mattmann is the Deputy Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, where he has been recognised as JPL's first Principal Scientist in the area of Data Science. Chris has applied TensorFlow to challenges he?s faced at NASA, including building an implementation of Google?s Show & Tell algorithm for image captioning using TensorFlow. He contributes to open source as a former Director at the Apache Software Foundation, and teaches graduate courses at USC in Content Detection and Analysis, and in Search Engines and Information Retrieval.   Nishant Shukla wrote the first edition of Machine Learning with TensorFlow.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. PowerShell is both a scripting language and an administrative shell that lets users control and manage nearly every aspect of Windows, from Azure to SharePoint. It's also a great platform for building reusable tools and utilities that make everyday administration faster and easier.   Inside, readers discover how scripting is different from command-line PowerShell, as they explore concrete hands-on examples. This book includes and expands on many of the techniques presented in Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches.   Key features ?    A crash course in PowerShell Scripting ?    Hands-on examples ?    Real-world practices   Written for developers and administrators comfortable with PowerShell as a command-line interface and familiar with Windows administration in general.   PowerShell has a strong ability to create highly reusable, context-independent tools, which it refers to as commands. A command might not be terribly useful by itself, but PowerShell is designed to make it easy to ?snap? commands together.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. PowerShell is both a scripting language and an administrative shell that lets users control and manage nearly every aspect of Windows, from Azure to SharePoint. It's also a great platform for building reusable tools and utilities that make everyday administration faster and easier.   Inside, readers discover how scripting is different from command-line PowerShell, as they explore concrete hands-on examples. This book includes and expands on many of the techniques presented in Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches.   Key features ?    A crash course in PowerShell Scripting ?    Hands-on examples ?    Real-world practices   Written for developers and administrators comfortable with PowerShell as a command-line interface and familiar with Windows administration in general.   PowerShell has a strong ability to create highly reusable, context-independent tools, which it refers to as commands. A command might not be terribly useful by itself, but PowerShell is designed to make it easy to ?snap? commands together.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Offers a new approach to managing data Comprehensive coverage on building Big Data systems Works an example Big Data system to illustrate key concepts.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Techniques for using Perl to recognize, parse, transform, and filter data.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Techniques for using Perl to recognize, parse, transform, and filter data.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. DESCRIPTION It is no secret that the world is drowning in text and data. This causes real problems for everyday users who need to make sense of all the information available, and for software engineers who want to make their text-based applications more useful and user-friendly. Whether building a search engine for a corporate website, automatically organizing email, or extracting important nuggets of information from the news, dealing with unstructured text can be daunting. Taming Text is a hands-on, example-driven guide to working with unstructured text in the context of real-world applications. It explores how to automatically organize text, using approaches such as full-text search, proper name recognition, clustering, tagging, information extraction, and summarization. This book gives examples illustrating each of these topics, as well as the foundations upon which they are built. KEY POINTS ?h One-stop shop for learning how to process text ?h Clear, concise, and practical advice ?h Builds on high quality open source libraries.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. HIGHLIGHT JavaScript master John Resig?creator of the amazing jQuery framework? shares the inside knowledge that makes him the true JavaScript Ninja. DESCRIPTION In Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja, JavaScript expert John Resig reveals the inside know-how of the elite JavaScript programmers. Written to be accessible to JavaScript developers with intermediate-level skills. This book takes readers on a journey towards mastering modern JavaScript development in three phases: design, construction, and maintenance. It first establishes a base of strong, advanced JavaScript knowledge. The book then teaches readers how to construct a JavaScript library. It examines all the numerous tasks JavaScript libraries have to tackle and provides practical solutions and development strategies. It then presents the various maintenance techniques required to keep their code running well into the future. With Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja readers will gain the knowledge and Ninja-like skills to build their own JavaScript libraries, or to understand how to use any modern JavaScript library available. KEY POINTS ? John Resig is a genuine JavaScript rock star. Massive name recognition. ? Best practices for building a JavaScript library ? Advanced features of the JavaScript language ? Detailed cross-browser code problems and solutions MARKET INFORMATION JavaScript powers the web, but a lot has changed since the majority of the current JavaScript books were written. This book looks at the modern JavaScript techniques needed by the millions of current developers exploring Ajax, JavaScript library creation, and more interactive sites.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. HIGHLIGHT Gnuplot in Action is the first comprehensive introduction to gnuplot?from the basics to the power features and beyond. Besides providing a tutorial on gnuplot itself, it demonstrates how to apply and use gnuplot to extract intelligence from data. DESCRIPTION Statistical data is only as valuable as your ability to analyze, interpret, and present it in a meaningful way. Gnuplot is the most widely used program to plot and visualize data for Unix/Linux systems and it is also popular for Windows and the Mac. It?s open-source (as in free!), actively maintained, stable, and mature. It can deal with arbitrarily large data sets and is capable of producing high-quality, publication-ready graphics. Gnuplot in Action makes gnuplot easy for anyone who needs to do data analysis, but doesn?t have an education in analytical tools and methods. It?s perfect for DBAs, programmers, and performance engineers; business analysts and MBAs; and Six-Sigma Black Belts and process engineers. One of gnuplot?s main advantages is that it requires no programming skills nor knowledge of advanced mathematical or statistical concepts. Particular attention is paid to tricky or poorly-explained areas. You will learn how to apply gnuplot to actual data analysis problems. This book looks at different types of graphs that can be generated with gnuplot and will discuss when and how to use them to extract actual information from data. KEY POINTS ? The first book about gnuplot on the market ? Very popular software used worldwide for scientific graphing ? Gnuplot is open-source compatible, with Linux/Unix, Windows, and Mac ? Requires no programming skills or knowledge of statistics ? Makes gnuplot easy for anyone wanting to do data analysis.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Being a successful developer requires more than just excellent code slinging skills. There are also the real-life challenges like managing a career path, dealing with clients, peers, and managers, staying productive, achieving financial security, and even staying in shape or finding true love. Software developers don?t have time for fluffy advice on work/life balance from the latest instant-karma guru. They need someone who understands their unique perspective as a software developer. Meet John Sonmez.     Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual is a developer to developer guide offering techniques and practices for a more satisfying life as a professional software developer. In it, developer and life coach John Sonmez addresses a wide range of important "soft" topics from career and productivity, to personal finance and investing, and even fitness and relationships all from a developer-centric viewpoint. Soft Skills will not only help readers become a better programmer, but a more successful, happier, and healthier person too.   Covers all aspects of a software developer?s life Solid career boosting advice Strategies for investing and early retirement Tips for becoming more successful, healthier and happier   ? This book is for all software developers who want to boost their careers and live a more fulfilled life.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. HIGHLIGHT A practical guide to the use of R for statistical analysis and graphing. DESCRIPTION The ability to interpret and act on the massive amounts of information locked in web and enterprise systems is critical to success in the modern business economy. R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, is a comprehensive package that empowers developers and analysts to capture, process, and respond intelligently to statistical information. R in Action is the first book to present both the R system and the use cases that make it such a compelling package for business developers. The book begins by introducing the R language, and then moves on to various examples illustrating R's features. Coverage includes data mining methodologies, approaches to messy data, R?s extensive graphical environment, useful add-on modules, and how to interface R with other software platforms and data management systems. KEY POINTS F ? In-depth coverage of the R environment F ? Dozens of practical examples F ? Author Rob Kabacoff has years of hands-on experience.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Becoming Agile is the definitive guide for bringing Agile into organizations of any size. This book will show you how to bring Agile into your environment with minimal risk and ensure buy-in from the team that will use the process.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Becoming Agile is the definitive guide for bringing Agile into organizations of any size. This book will show you how to bring Agile into your environment with minimal risk and ensure buy-in from the team that will use the process.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. This work is designed to assist programmers with basic to intermediate skills in procedural Perl with Object Oriented capabilities. It helps readers decide when, where and why they might most appropriately use OO Perl.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. HIGHLIGHT OSGi in Action is the definitive guide to OSGi, the hottest technology available for creating modular enterprise Java applications. DESCRIPTION What is OSGi? Simply put, OSGi is a standardized technology that allows developers to create the highly modular Java applications that are required for enterprise development. OSGi lets you install, start, stop, update, or uninstall components without taking down your entire system. The interest in OSGibased applications has exploded since major vendors like Sun, Spring, Oracle, BEA, and IBM have gotten behind the standard. OSGi in Action is a comprehensive guide to OSGi with two primary goals. First, it provides a clear introduction to OSGi concepts with examples that are relevant both for architects and developers. Then, it explores numerous practical scenarios and techniques, answering questions like: How much of OSGi do you actually need? How do you embed OSGi inside other containers? What are the best practices for moving legacy systems to OSGi? KEY POINTS ? Highly-visible authors and reviewers are core members of OSGI community. ? This book is based on hands-on experience with OSGI. ? Authors have contributed to high-profile OSGi implementations, including Apache Felix.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a lot harder to make sense out of data when it's coming at full speed. Apache Storm?s efficient stream processing capabilities are relied upon by giants like Twitter and Yahoo for swiftly extracting intelligence from their Big Data streams. Fault tolerant guarantees of Storm make it an invaluable and versatile platform in the Big Data landscape. It integrates seamlessly with battle-tested message queuing systems (like Kafka) and NoSQL databases (like Cassandra). Storm is built to run on the JVM but provides straightforward extensions for working with non-JVM languages like Ruby and Python.   Storm Applied is a practical guide to using Apache Storm for the real-world tasks associated with processing and analyzing real-time data streams. The book starts by building a solid foundation of the Storm essentials. Then, it quickly dives into real-world case studies that will bring the novice up to speed with productionizing Storm: the knowledge needed to scale a high throughput stream processor and ensure smooth operation within a production cluster. It moves on to teach readers how to use Trident to treat streams as batches for solving a different class of problems, and covers the tools available within the Storm open source community that are crucial for any seasoned Storm developer. ? RETAIL SELLING POINTS Immediately useful practical guide Applies Storm to real-world use cases Takes Storm from development to a fully tuned and optimized production setup   AUDIENCE While prior experience with Storm is not necessary, acquaintance with related Big Data problem solving is helpful. Basic understanding of Java or similar JVM language and concurrency is assumed.   DESCRIBE THE TECHNOLOGY Storm is a tool that can be used for processing "big data" in real-time. Think performing real-time analysis of all the tweets going through Twitter.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This work is designed to assist programmers with basic to intermediate skills in procedural Perl with Object Oriented capabilities. It helps readers decide when, where and why they might most appropriately use OO Perl.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Key features Hands-on guide Practical examples Step-by-step instructions Audience Written for developers and DevOps engineers moving distributed applications to the AWS platform.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. KEY FEATURES Approachable detailed resource Explains the "how" and "why" of RabbitMQ Takes readers well beyond the basics AUDIENCE Written for programmers with a basic understanding of messaging oriented systems and RabbitMQ.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Spring Boot and Spring Cloud offer Java developers an easy migration path from traditional monolithic Spring applications to microservice-based applications that can be deployed to multiple cloud platforms.   Spring Microservices in Action teaches readers how to use the Spring Boot and Spring Cloud frameworks to build and deploy microservice-based cloud applications. By the end of this book, readers will not only be able to build their own microservice-based applications, but will know how to operationalize and scale their microservices so they can deployed to a private or public cloud.   Key Features: ·    Good introduction to the microservice pattern ·    Hands-on examples ·    Real-world examples ·    Teaches how to build microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud   This book is for developers with some Java and Spring experience. Knowledge of building web-based services with SOAP or REST is helpful but not required.   About the Technology:   The Spring Boot and Spring Cloud frameworks let developers quickly build microservices that are ready to be deployed to a private corporate cloud or a public cloud like Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Pivotal?s CloudFoundry.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Reduce bandwidth demands on your APIs by getting only the results you need?all in a single request! The GraphQL query language simplifies interactions with web servers, enabling smarter API queries that can hugely improve the efficiency of data requests. In GraphQL in Action, you?ll learn how to bring those benefits to your own APIs, giving your clients the power to ask for exactly what they need from your server, no more, no less.   Practical and example-driven, GraphQL in Action teaches everything you need to get started with GraphQL?from design principles and syntax right through to performance optimization. When you?re done, you?ll have all the skills you need to get started writing and using scalable data APIs with GraphQL.   Key Features ·   Define a GraphQL schema for relational and document databases ·   Query services and other APIs efficiently ·   Optimize GraphQL resolvers with data caching and batching ·   Cache a data graph for clients ·   Design GraphQL fragments that match UI components' data Requirements   For web developers familiar with building client-server applications.   About the technology By organizing data as types and fields, GraphQL gives apps complete control over what they?re requesting, resulting in faster transfer roundtrips, errors that are easier to spot, and virtually no need for clients to write time-consuming manual parsing code.   Samer Buna has over 20 years of experience in software development including front-ends, back-ends, mobile apps, API design, databases, and scalability. He operates jsComplete.com.…