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Learning Groovy 3

Java-Based Dynamic Scripting

by Adam L. Davis ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Start building powerful apps that take advantage of the dynamic scripting capabilities of the Groovy language, including what's new in Groovy version 3.0. This book covers Groovy fundamentals, such as installing Groovy, using Groovy tools, and working with the Groovy Development Kit (GDK). You'll also learn more advanced aspects of Groovy, such as using Groovy design patterns, writing DSLs in ... Read more

$68.99 CAD

Start building powerful apps that take advantage of the dynamic scripting capabilities of the Groovy language, including what's new in Groovy version 3.0. This book covers Groovy fundamentals, such as installing Groovy, using Groovy tools, and working with the Groovy Development Kit (GDK). You'll also learn more advanced aspects of Groovy, such as using Groovy design patterns, writing DSLs in
... Read more
Security and Usability

Designing Secure Systems that People Can Use

by Lorrie Faith Cranor, Simson Garfinkel ...

Human factors and usability issues have traditionally played a limited role in security research and secure systems development. Security experts have largely ignored usability issues--both because they often failed to recognize the importance of human factors and because they lacked the expertise to address them.But there is a growing recognition that today's security problems can be solved only ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Human factors and usability issues have traditionally played a limited role in security research and secure systems development. Security experts have largely ignored usability issues--both because they often failed to recognize the importance of human factors and because they lacked the expertise to address them.But there is a growing recognition that today's security problems can be solved only
... Read more
Design Patterns in Modern C++20

Reusable Approaches for Object-Oriented Software Design

by Dmitri Nesteruk ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Apply the latest editions of the C++ standard to the implementation of design patterns. As well as covering traditional design patterns, this book fleshes out new design patterns and approaches that will be useful to modern C++ developers. Author Dmitri Nesteruk presents concepts as a fun investigation of how problems can be solved in different ways, along the way using varying degrees of ... Read more

$56.29 CAD

Apply the latest editions of the C++ standard to the implementation of design patterns. As well as covering traditional design patterns, this book fleshes out new design patterns and approaches that will be useful to modern C++ developers. Author Dmitri Nesteruk presents concepts as a fun investigation of how problems can be solved in different ways, along the way using varying degrees of
... Read more
Practical Rust Web Projects

Building Cloud and Web-Based Applications

by Shing Lyu ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Go beyond the basics of Rust and build web and serverless cloud applications. The applications explained in this practical book include web sites, RESTful APIs, a real-time web chat application, and frontend application with WebAssembly. Each chapter is organized in the following format: what this kind of application looks like; requirements for the example program; an introduction to the Rust ... Read more

$44.29 CAD

Go beyond the basics of Rust and build web and serverless cloud applications. The applications explained in this practical book include web sites, RESTful APIs, a real-time web chat application, and frontend application with WebAssembly. Each chapter is organized in the following format: what this kind of application looks like; requirements for the example program; an introduction to the Rust
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Strategic Writing for UX

Drive Engagement, Conversion, and Retention with Every Word

by Torrey Podmajersky ...

When you depend on users to perform specific actions—like buying tickets, playing a game, or riding public transit—well-placed words are most effective. But how do you choose the right words? And how do you know if they work? With this practical book, you'll learn how to write strategically for UX, using tools to build foundational pieces for UI text and UX voice strategy.This second edition by ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

When you depend on users to perform specific actions—like buying tickets, playing a game, or riding public transit—well-placed words are most effective. But how do you choose the right words? And how do you know if they work? With this practical book, you'll learn how to write strategically for UX, using tools to build foundational pieces for UI text and UX voice strategy.This second edition by
... Read more
Artificial General Intelligence

13th International Conference, AGI 2020, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 16–19, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Ben Goertzel, Aleksandr I. Panov, Alexey Potapov, Roman Yampolskiy ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial General Intelligence, AGI 2020, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in September 2020.The 30 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers cover topics such as AGI architectures, artificial creativity and AI safety, transfer ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial General Intelligence, AGI 2020, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in September 2020.The 30 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers cover topics such as AGI architectures, artificial creativity and AI safety, transfer
... Read more
Ethereum Smart Contract Development in Solidity

by Gavin Zheng, Longxiang Gao, Liqun Huang, Jian Guan ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The general consensus is that BlockChain is the next disruptive technology, and Ethereum is the flagship product of BlockChain 2.0. However, coding and implementing business logic in a decentralized and transparent environment is fundamentally different from traditional programming and is emerging as a major challenge for developers.This book introduces readers to the Solidity language from ... Read more

$96.09 CAD

The general consensus is that BlockChain is the next disruptive technology, and Ethereum is the flagship product of BlockChain 2.0. However, coding and implementing business logic in a decentralized and transparent environment is fundamentally different from traditional programming and is emerging as a major challenge for developers.This book introduces readers to the Solidity language from
... Read more
Rust for the IoT

Building Internet of Things Apps with Rust and Raspberry Pi

by Joseph Faisal Nusairat ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get started programming Rust applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). This book is a programming skills migration book that teaches you the Rust programming techniques most useful for IoT applications. You'll step through from server to board development in creating a set of IoT applications.In Rust for the IoT, you'll learn how to build a modern server-side application using Rust on the ... Read more

$80.19 CAD

Get started programming Rust applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). This book is a programming skills migration book that teaches you the Rust programming techniques most useful for IoT applications. You'll step through from server to board development in creating a set of IoT applications.In Rust for the IoT, you'll learn how to build a modern server-side application using Rust on the
... Read more
UX for the Web

Build websites for user experience and usability

by Marli Ritter, Cara Winterbottom ...

Learn how UX and design thinking can make your site stand out from the rest of the internet.Key Features\[\*\]Learn everything you need to know about UX for your Web Design.\[\*\]Design B2B, B2C websites that stand out from the competitors with this guide\[\*\]Enhance your business by improving customer accessibility and retention.Book DescriptionIf you want to create web apps that are not only ... Read more

$37.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how UX and design thinking can make your site stand out from the rest of the internet.Key Features\[\*\]Learn everything you need to know about UX for your Web Design.\[\*\]Design B2B, B2C websites that stand out from the competitors with this guide\[\*\]Enhance your business by improving customer accessibility and retention.Book DescriptionIf you want to create web apps that are not only
... Read more
Machine Learning with Rust

by Keiko Nakamura ...

In this stimulating journey of Rust, you'll learn how to use the Rust programming language in conjunction with machine learning. It's not a full guide to learning machine learning with Rust. Instead, it's more of a journey that shows you what's possible when you use Rust to solve machine learning problems. Some people like Rust because it is quick and safe. This book shows how those qualities can ... Read more

$51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this stimulating journey of Rust, you'll learn how to use the Rust programming language in conjunction with machine learning. It's not a full guide to learning machine learning with Rust. Instead, it's more of a journey that shows you what's possible when you use Rust to solve machine learning problems. Some people like Rust because it is quick and safe. This book shows how those qualities can
... Read more
Introducing Markdown and Pandoc

Using Markup Language and Document Converter

by Thomas Mailund ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Discover how to write manuscripts in Markdown and translate them with Pandoc into different output formats. You’ll use Markdown to annotate text formatting information with a strong focus on semantic information: you can annotate your text with information about where chapters and sections start, but not how chapter and heading captions should be formatted. As a result, you’ll decouple the ... Read more

$68.99 CAD

Discover how to write manuscripts in Markdown and translate them with Pandoc into different output formats. You’ll use Markdown to annotate text formatting information with a strong focus on semantic information: you can annotate your text with information about where chapters and sections start, but not how chapter and heading captions should be formatted. As a result, you’ll decouple the
... Read more
Learning TensorFlow

A Guide to Building Deep Learning Systems

by Tom Hope, Yehezkel S. Resheff, Itay Lieder ...

Roughly inspired by the human brain, deep neural networks trained with large amounts of data can solve complex tasks with unprecedented accuracy. This practical book provides an end-to-end guide to TensorFlow, the leading open source software library that helps you build and train neural networks for computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), speech recognition, and general predictive ... Read more

$54.39 CAD

Roughly inspired by the human brain, deep neural networks trained with large amounts of data can solve complex tasks with unprecedented accuracy. This practical book provides an end-to-end guide to TensorFlow, the leading open source software library that helps you build and train neural networks for computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), speech recognition, and general predictive
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Data Management at Scale

Modern Data Architecture with Data Mesh and Data Fabric

by Piethein Strengholt ...

As data management continues to evolve rapidly, managing all of your data in a central place, such as a data warehouse, is no longer scalable. Today's world is about quickly turning data into value. This requires a paradigm shift in the way we federate responsibilities, manage data, and make it available to others. With this practical book, you'll learn how to design a next-gen data architecture ... Read more

$59.99 CAD

As data management continues to evolve rapidly, managing all of your data in a central place, such as a data warehouse, is no longer scalable. Today's world is about quickly turning data into value. This requires a paradigm shift in the way we federate responsibilities, manage data, and make it available to others. With this practical book, you'll learn how to design a next-gen data architecture
... Read more
Digital Health Transformation, Smart Ageing, and Managing Disability

20th International Conference, ICOST 2023, Wonju, South Korea, July 7–8, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Kim Jongbae, Mounir Mokhtari, Hamdi Aloulou, Bessam Abdulrazak, Lee Seungbok ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Digital Health Transformation and Smart Ageing, ICOST 2023, held in Wonju, South Korea, during July 7–8, 2023.The 18 full papers and 16 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: IoT and AI Solutions ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Digital Health Transformation and Smart Ageing, ICOST 2023, held in Wonju, South Korea, during July 7–8, 2023.The 18 full papers and 16 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: IoT and AI Solutions
... Read more
AI Money: How to Make Money Online with AI Tools & Build Passive Income (Beginner Guide)

by Crown Script Publishing ...

Struggling to make money online or confused about where to start with AI?You're not alone.Most people see the opportunity—but get stuck in information overload, complicated tools, and unrealistic promises.This book simplifies everything.Inside, you'll discover practical ways to use modern AI tools to start building income step by step—even if you're starting with no experience.No technical ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Struggling to make money online or confused about where to start with AI?You're not alone.Most people see the opportunity—but get stuck in information overload, complicated tools, and unrealistic promises.This book simplifies everything.Inside, you'll discover practical ways to use modern AI tools to start building income step by step—even if you're starting with no experience.No technical
... Read more
Getting Started with Elastic Stack 8.0

Run powerful and scalable data platforms to search, observe, and secure your organization

by Asjad Athick ...

Use the Elastic Stack for search, security, and observability-related use cases while working with large amounts of data on-premise and on the cloudKey FeaturesLearn the core components of the Elastic Stack and how they work togetherBuild search experiences, monitor and observe your environments, and defend your organization from cyber attacksGet to grips with common architecture patterns and best ... Read more

$47.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Use the Elastic Stack for search, security, and observability-related use cases while working with large amounts of data on-premise and on the cloudKey FeaturesLearn the core components of the Elastic Stack and how they work togetherBuild search experiences, monitor and observe your environments, and defend your organization from cyber attacksGet to grips with common architecture patterns and best
... Read more
Making Money with Alexa Skills

A Developer's Guide

by Matthias Biehl ...

Series Book 10 - API-University Series
This is a book for developers, who not only want to learn how to develop software for Alexa but also want to make money with Alexa.Voice assistants - such as Alexa - have one of the highest adoption rates in history: more than 30 million devices have been sold. This large and growing number of devices creates a massive demand for a new type of app: the voice app or Skill. Just as in the early days ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

This is a book for developers, who not only want to learn how to develop software for Alexa but also want to make money with Alexa.Voice assistants - such as Alexa - have one of the highest adoption rates in history: more than 30 million devices have been sold. This large and growing number of devices creates a massive demand for a new type of app: the voice app or Skill. Just as in the early days
... Read more
Modern C++ for Absolute Beginners

A Friendly Introduction to C++ Programming Language and C++11 to C++20 Standards

by Slobodan Dmitrović ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn the C++ programming language in a structured, straightforward, and friendly manner. This book teaches the basics of the modern C++ programming language, C++ Standard Library, and modern C++ standards. No previous programming experience is required.C++ is a language like no other, surprising in its complexity, yet wonderfully sleek and elegant in so many ways. It is also a language that ... Read more

$56.29 CAD

Learn the C++ programming language in a structured, straightforward, and friendly manner. This book teaches the basics of the modern C++ programming language, C++ Standard Library, and modern C++ standards. No previous programming experience is required.C++ is a language like no other, surprising in its complexity, yet wonderfully sleek and elegant in so many ways. It is also a language that
... Read more
Advanced Topics in C

Core Concepts in Data Structures

by Noel Kalicharan ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
C is the most widely used programming language of all time. It has been used to create almost every category of software imaginable and the list keeps growing every day. Cutting-edge applications, such as Arduino, embeddable and wearable computing are ready-made for C.Advanced Topics In C teaches concepts that any budding programmer should know. You'll delve into topics such as sorting, searching, ... Read more

$95.99 CAD

C is the most widely used programming language of all time. It has been used to create almost every category of software imaginable and the list keeps growing every day. Cutting-edge applications, such as Arduino, embeddable and wearable computing are ready-made for C.Advanced Topics In C teaches concepts that any budding programmer should know. You'll delve into topics such as sorting, searching,
... Read more
In-Memory Analytics with Apache Arrow

Accelerate data analytics for efficient processing of flat and hierarchical data structures

by Matthew Topol ...

Harness the power of Apache Arrow to optimize tabular data processing and develop robust, high-performance data systems with its standardized, language-independent columnar memory formatKey FeaturesExplore Apache Arrow's data types and integration with pandas, Polars, and ParquetWork with Arrow libraries such as Flight SQL, Acero compute engine, and Dataset APIs for tabular dataEnhance and ... Read more

$42.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Harness the power of Apache Arrow to optimize tabular data processing and develop robust, high-performance data systems with its standardized, language-independent columnar memory formatKey FeaturesExplore Apache Arrow's data types and integration with pandas, Polars, and ParquetWork with Arrow libraries such as Flight SQL, Acero compute engine, and Dataset APIs for tabular dataEnhance and
... Read more
R Data Analysis Projects

Build end to end analytics systems to get deeper insights from your data

by Gopi Subramanian, Mark Hodnett ...

Get valuable insights from your data by building data analysis systems from scratch with R. Key FeaturesA handy guide to take your understanding of data analysis with R to the next levelReal-world projects that focus on problems in finance, network analysis, social media, and moreFrom data manipulation to analysis to visualization in R, this book will teach you everything you need to know about ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get valuable insights from your data by building data analysis systems from scratch with R. Key FeaturesA handy guide to take your understanding of data analysis with R to the next levelReal-world projects that focus on problems in finance, network analysis, social media, and moreFrom data manipulation to analysis to visualization in R, this book will teach you everything you need to know about
... Read more
Good Habits for Great Coding

Improving Programming Skills with Examples in Python

by Michael Stueben ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Improve your coding skills and learn how to write readable code. Rather than teach basic programming, this book presumes that readers understand the fundamentals, and offers time-honed best practices for style, design, documenting, testing, refactoring, and more.Taking an informal, conversational tone, author Michael Stueben offers programming stories, anecdotes, observations, advice, tricks, ... Read more

$56.99 CAD

Improve your coding skills and learn how to write readable code. Rather than teach basic programming, this book presumes that readers understand the fundamentals, and offers time-honed best practices for style, design, documenting, testing, refactoring, and more.Taking an informal, conversational tone, author Michael Stueben offers programming stories, anecdotes, observations, advice, tricks,
... Read more
Probability, Markov Chains, Queues, and Simulation

The Mathematical Basis of Performance Modeling

by William J. Stewart ...

Probability, Markov Chains, Queues, and Simulation provides a modern and authoritative treatment of the mathematical processes that underlie performance modeling. The detailed explanations of mathematical derivations and numerous illustrative examples make this textbook readily accessible to graduate and advanced undergraduate students taking courses in which stochastic processes play a ... Read more

$179.19 CAD

Probability, Markov Chains, Queues, and Simulation provides a modern and authoritative treatment of the mathematical processes that underlie performance modeling. The detailed explanations of mathematical derivations and numerous illustrative examples make this textbook readily accessible to graduate and advanced undergraduate students taking courses in which stochastic processes play a
... Read more
Beginning SQL Queries

From Novice to Professional

by Clare Churcher ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get started on mastering the one language binding the entire database industry. That language is SQL, and how it works is must-have knowledge for anyone involved with relational databases, and surprisingly also for anyone involved with NoSQL databases. SQL is universally used in querying and reporting on large data sets in order to generate knowledge to drive business decisions.Good knowledge of ... Read more

$68.99 CAD

Get started on mastering the one language binding the entire database industry. That language is SQL, and how it works is must-have knowledge for anyone involved with relational databases, and surprisingly also for anyone involved with NoSQL databases. SQL is universally used in querying and reporting on large data sets in order to generate knowledge to drive business decisions.Good knowledge of
... Read more

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