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Design That Scales

Creating a Sustainable Design System Practice

by Dan Mall ...

After years of building the same interface elements, some designers and developers get wise and try to create reusable, common solutions to help everyone stop reinventing the wheel every time. Most fail. In Design That Scales, design systems expert Dan Mall draws on his extensive experience helping some of the world's most recognizable brands create design practices that are truly sustainable and ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

After years of building the same interface elements, some designers and developers get wise and try to create reusable, common solutions to help everyone stop reinventing the wheel every time. Most fail. In Design That Scales, design systems expert Dan Mall draws on his extensive experience helping some of the world's most recognizable brands create design practices that are truly sustainable and
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Introducing JavaFX 8 Programming

by Herbert Schildt ...

Series series Oracle Press
Develop cross-platform, feature-rich JavaFX GUI applications with expert instruction from Java guru Herb SchildtIntroducing JavaFX 8 Programming provides a fast-paced introduction to JavaFX, Java’s next-generation GUI programming toolIn this easy-to-read guide from Oracle Press, Java guru Herb Schildt presents the key topics and concepts that all Java developers will need to begin developing ... Read more

$51.69 CAD

Develop cross-platform, feature-rich JavaFX GUI applications with expert instruction from Java guru Herb SchildtIntroducing JavaFX 8 Programming provides a fast-paced introduction to JavaFX, Java’s next-generation GUI programming toolIn this easy-to-read guide from Oracle Press, Java guru Herb Schildt presents the key topics and concepts that all Java developers will need to begin developing
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Design Patterns in Modern C++

Reusable Approaches for Object-Oriented Software Design

by Dmitri Nesteruk ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Apply modern C++17 to the implementations of classic design patterns. As well as covering traditional design patterns, this book fleshes out new patterns and approaches that will be useful to C++ developers. The author presents concepts as a fun investigation of how problems can be solved in different ways, along the way using varying degrees of technical sophistication and explaining different ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

Apply modern C++17 to the implementations of classic design patterns. As well as covering traditional design patterns, this book fleshes out new patterns and approaches that will be useful to C++ developers. The author presents concepts as a fun investigation of how problems can be solved in different ways, along the way using varying degrees of technical sophistication and explaining different
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Creating Dynamic UI with Android Fragments

Make your Android apps a superior, silky-smooth experience for the end-user with this comprehensive guide to creating a dynamic and multi-pane UI. Everything you need to know in one handy volume.

by Jim Wilson ...

Make your Android apps a superior, silky-smooth experience for the end-user with this comprehensive guide to creating a dynamic and multi-pane UI. Everything you need to know in one handy volume.Key FeaturesLearn everything you need to know to provide dynamic multi-screen UIs within a single activityIntegrate the rich UI features demanded by today's mobile usersUnderstand the basics of using ... Read more

$37.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Make your Android apps a superior, silky-smooth experience for the end-user with this comprehensive guide to creating a dynamic and multi-pane UI. Everything you need to know in one handy volume.Key FeaturesLearn everything you need to know to provide dynamic multi-screen UIs within a single activityIntegrate the rich UI features demanded by today's mobile usersUnderstand the basics of using
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The Impact of Digital Technologies on Public Health in Developed and Developing Countries

18th International Conference, ICOST 2020, Hammamet, Tunisia, June 24–26, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Mohamed Jmaiel, Mounir Mokhtari, Bessam Abdulrazak, Hamdi Aloulou, Slim Kallel ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on String Processing and Information Retrieval, ICOST 2020, held in Hammamet, Tunisia, in June 2020.*The 17 full papers and 23 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. They cover topics such as: IoT and AI solutions for e-health; biomedical and ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on String Processing and Information Retrieval, ICOST 2020, held in Hammamet, Tunisia, in June 2020.*The 17 full papers and 23 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. They cover topics such as: IoT and AI solutions for e-health; biomedical and
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PHP Hacks

Tips & Tools For Creating Dynamic Websites

by Jack D. Herrington ...

Programmers love its flexibility and speed; designers love its accessibility and convenience. When it comes to creating web sites, the PHP scripting language is truly a red-hot property. In fact, PHP is currently used on more than 19 million web sites, surpassing Microsoft's ASP .NET technology in popularity. Not surprisingly, this surge in usage has resulted in a number of PHP books hitting the ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Programmers love its flexibility and speed; designers love its accessibility and convenience. When it comes to creating web sites, the PHP scripting language is truly a red-hot property. In fact, PHP is currently used on more than 19 million web sites, surpassing Microsoft's ASP .NET technology in popularity. Not surprisingly, this surge in usage has resulted in a number of PHP books hitting the
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Understanding Your Users

A Practical Guide to User Research Methods

by Kathy Baxter, Catherine Courage, Kelly Caine ...

Series series Interactive Technologies
This new and completely updated edition is a comprehensive, easy-to-read, "how-to" guide on user research methods. You'll learn about many distinct user research methods and also pre- and post-method considerations such as recruiting, facilitating activities or moderating, negotiating with product developments teams/customers, and getting your results incorporated into the product. For each method ... Read more

$53.99 CAD

This new and completely updated edition is a comprehensive, easy-to-read, "how-to" guide on user research methods. You'll learn about many distinct user research methods and also pre- and post-method considerations such as recruiting, facilitating activities or moderating, negotiating with product developments teams/customers, and getting your results incorporated into the product. For each method
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Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering

Edited by Caitlin Sadowski, Thomas Zimmermann ...

Get the most out of this foundational reference and improve the productivity of your software teams. This open access book collects the wisdom of the 2017 "Dagstuhl" seminar on productivity in software engineering, a meeting of community leaders, who came together with the goal of rethinking traditional definitions and measures of productivity.The results of their work, Rethinking Productivity in ... Read more

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Get the most out of this foundational reference and improve the productivity of your software teams. This open access book collects the wisdom of the 2017 "Dagstuhl" seminar on productivity in software engineering, a meeting of community leaders, who came together with the goal of rethinking traditional definitions and measures of productivity.The results of their work, Rethinking Productivity in
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Fluent React

Build Fast, Performant, and Intuitive Web Applications

by Tejas Kumar ...

When it comes to building user interfaces on the web, React enables web developers to unlock a new world of possibilities. This practical book helps you take a deep dive into fundamental concepts of this JavaScript library, including JSX syntax and advanced patterns, the virtual DOM, React reconciliation, and advanced optimization techniques. By becoming fluent in React, you'll quickly learn how ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

When it comes to building user interfaces on the web, React enables web developers to unlock a new world of possibilities. This practical book helps you take a deep dive into fundamental concepts of this JavaScript library, including JSX syntax and advanced patterns, the virtual DOM, React reconciliation, and advanced optimization techniques. By becoming fluent in React, you'll quickly learn how
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Supercomputing Frontiers

4th Asian Conference, SCFA 2018, Singapore, March 26-29, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Rio Yokota, Weigang Wu ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
It constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Asian Supercomputing Conference, SCFA 2018, held in Singapore in March 2018. Supercomputing Frontiers will be rebranded as Supercomputing Frontiers Asia (SCFA), which serves as the technical programme for SCA18. The technical programme for SCA18 consists of four tracks:Application, Algorithms & LibrariesProgramming System SoftwareArchitecture, ... Read more

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It constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Asian Supercomputing Conference, SCFA 2018, held in Singapore in March 2018. Supercomputing Frontiers will be rebranded as Supercomputing Frontiers Asia (SCFA), which serves as the technical programme for SCA18. The technical programme for SCA18 consists of four tracks:Application, Algorithms & LibrariesProgramming System SoftwareArchitecture,
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Reversible Computation: Extending Horizons of Computing

Selected Results of the COST Action IC1405

Edited by Irek Ulidowski, Ivan Lanese, Ulrik Pagh Schultz, Carla Ferreira ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access State-of-the-Art Survey presents the main recent scientific outcomes in the area of reversible computation, focusing on those that have emerged during COST Action IC1405 "Reversible Computation - Extending Horizons of Computing", a European research network that operated from May 2015 to April 2019.Reversible computation is a new paradigm that extends the traditional forwards-only ... Read more

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This open access State-of-the-Art Survey presents the main recent scientific outcomes in the area of reversible computation, focusing on those that have emerged during COST Action IC1405 "Reversible Computation - Extending Horizons of Computing", a European research network that operated from May 2015 to April 2019.Reversible computation is a new paradigm that extends the traditional forwards-only
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How Decision Intelligence Connects Data, Actions, and Outcomes for a Better World

by Lorien Pratt ...

Why aren't the most powerful new technologies being used to solve the world's most important problems: hunger, poverty, conflict, inequality, employment, disease? What's missing?From a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning comes a thought-provoking book that answers these questions. In Link: How Decision Intelligence Connects Data, Actions, and Outcomes for a Better World, Dr. ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Why aren't the most powerful new technologies being used to solve the world's most important problems: hunger, poverty, conflict, inequality, employment, disease? What's missing?From a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning comes a thought-provoking book that answers these questions. In Link: How Decision Intelligence Connects Data, Actions, and Outcomes for a Better World, Dr.
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Cross-Platform Development with Qt 6 and Modern C++

Design and build applications with modern graphical user interfaces without worrying about platform dependency

by Nibedit Dey ...

Enhance your cross-platform programming abilities with the powerful features and capabilities of Qt 6Key FeaturesLeverage Qt and C++ capabilities to create modern, cross-platform applications that can run on a wide variety of software applicationsExplore what’s new in Qt 6 and understand core concepts in depthBuild professional customized GUI applications with the help of Qt CreatorBook ... Read more

$42.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Enhance your cross-platform programming abilities with the powerful features and capabilities of Qt 6Key FeaturesLeverage Qt and C++ capabilities to create modern, cross-platform applications that can run on a wide variety of software applicationsExplore what’s new in Qt 6 and understand core concepts in depthBuild professional customized GUI applications with the help of Qt CreatorBook
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User Experience + Artificial Intelligence

Assessing the Qualities of AI-infused Systems

by Davide Spallazzo, Martina Sciannamè, Mauro Ceconello ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book addresses the thriving trend of embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities in products and services reaching the lay public, focusing on the user experience (UX) they prompt from a designerly perspective. It offers a UX evaluation method designed explicitly for AI-infused systems to answer one of the core problems affecting the relationship ... Read more

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This open access book addresses the thriving trend of embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities in products and services reaching the lay public, focusing on the user experience (UX) they prompt from a designerly perspective. It offers a UX evaluation method designed explicitly for AI-infused systems to answer one of the core problems affecting the relationship
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The Science of Citizen Science

Edited by Katrin Vohland, Anne Land-zandstra, Luigi Ceccaroni, Rob Lemmens, Josep Perelló, Marisa Ponti, Roeland Samson, Katherin Wagenknecht ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities within and between societies, and the sustainability turn. The field of citizen science has been growing in recent decades. Many different stakeholders from scientists ... Read more

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This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities within and between societies, and the sustainability turn. The field of citizen science has been growing in recent decades. Many different stakeholders from scientists
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Building Machine Learning Powered Applications

Going from Idea to Product

by Emmanuel Ameisen ...

Learn the skills necessary to design, build, and deploy applications powered by machine learning (ML). Through the course of this hands-on book, you’ll build an example ML-driven application from initial idea to deployed product. Data scientists, software engineers, and product managers—including experienced practitioners and novices alike—will learn the tools, best practices, and challenges ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

Learn the skills necessary to design, build, and deploy applications powered by machine learning (ML). Through the course of this hands-on book, you’ll build an example ML-driven application from initial idea to deployed product. Data scientists, software engineers, and product managers—including experienced practitioners and novices alike—will learn the tools, best practices, and challenges
... Read more
CyberParks – The Interface Between People, Places and Technology

New Approaches and Perspectives

Edited by Carlos Smaniotto Costa, Ina Šuklje Erjavec, Therese Kenna, Michiel de Lange, Konstantinos Ioannidis, Gabriela Maksymiuk, Martijn de Waal ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book is about public open spaces, about people, and about the relationship between them and the role of technology in this relationship. It is about different approaches, methods, empirical studies, and concerns about a phenomenon that is increasingly being in the centre of sciences and strategies – the penetration of digital technologies in the urban space. As the main outcome of ... Read more

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This open access book is about public open spaces, about people, and about the relationship between them and the role of technology in this relationship. It is about different approaches, methods, empirical studies, and concerns about a phenomenon that is increasingly being in the centre of sciences and strategies – the penetration of digital technologies in the urban space. As the main outcome of
... Read more
Minding the Machines

Building and Leading Data Science and Analytics Teams

by Jeremy Adamson ...

Organize, plan, and build an exceptional data analytics team within your organizationIn Minding the Machines: Building and Leading Data Science and Analytics Teams, AI and analytics strategy expert Jeremy Adamson delivers an accessible and insightful roadmap to structuring and leading a successful analytics team. The book explores the tasks, strategies, methods, and frameworks necessary for an ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Organize, plan, and build an exceptional data analytics team within your organizationIn Minding the Machines: Building and Leading Data Science and Analytics Teams, AI and analytics strategy expert Jeremy Adamson delivers an accessible and insightful roadmap to structuring and leading a successful analytics team. The book explores the tasks, strategies, methods, and frameworks necessary for an
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Managing Mission - Critical Domains and DNS

Demystifying nameservers, DNS, and domain names

by Mark E.Jeftovic ...

This book will give you an all encompassing view of the domain name ecosystem combined with a comprehensive set of operations strategies. Key FeaturesManage infrastructure, risk, and management of DNS name servers. Get hands-on with factors like types of name servers, DNS queries and and so on.Practical guide for system administrators to manage mission-critical serversBased on real-world ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book will give you an all encompassing view of the domain name ecosystem combined with a comprehensive set of operations strategies. Key FeaturesManage infrastructure, risk, and management of DNS name servers. Get hands-on with factors like types of name servers, DNS queries and and so on.Practical guide for system administrators to manage mission-critical serversBased on real-world
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Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide

Build dashboards and visualizations to make your data come to life

by Devin Knight, Brian Knight, Mitchell Pearson, Manuel Quintana ...

Bring your data to life with Power BIKey FeaturesGet to grips with the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI and its Business Intelligence capabilitiesBuild accurate analytical models, reports and dashboards Get faster and more intuitive insights from your data using Microsoft Power BIBook DescriptionMicrosoft Power BI is a cloud-based service that helps you easily visualize and share insights using ... Read more

$42.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Bring your data to life with Power BIKey FeaturesGet to grips with the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI and its Business Intelligence capabilitiesBuild accurate analytical models, reports and dashboards Get faster and more intuitive insights from your data using Microsoft Power BIBook DescriptionMicrosoft Power BI is a cloud-based service that helps you easily visualize and share insights using
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SQL and Relational Theory

How to Write Accurate SQL Code

by C.J. Date ...

SQL is full of difficulties and traps for the unwary. You can avoid them if you understand relational theory, but only if you know how to put that theory into practice. In this book, Chris Date explains relational theory in depth, and demonstrates through numerous examples and exercises how you can apply it to your use of SQL.This third edition has been revised, extended, and improved throughout. ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

SQL is full of difficulties and traps for the unwary. You can avoid them if you understand relational theory, but only if you know how to put that theory into practice. In this book, Chris Date explains relational theory in depth, and demonstrates through numerous examples and exercises how you can apply it to your use of SQL.This third edition has been revised, extended, and improved throughout.
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Better Onboarding

Effective Strategies for Guiding New Users

by Krystal Higgins ...

When users try your product or service for the first time, what encourages them to come back? Onboarding can make the difference between abandoned accounts and devoted use-if we design it as a holistic, ongoing process.Krystal Higgins demonstrates how the best onboarding experiences guide people as they interact, helping them follow their own path to success. Gain practical strategies and ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

When users try your product or service for the first time, what encourages them to come back? Onboarding can make the difference between abandoned accounts and devoted use-if we design it as a holistic, ongoing process.Krystal Higgins demonstrates how the best onboarding experiences guide people as they interact, helping them follow their own path to success. Gain practical strategies and
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Search Patterns

Design for Discovery

by Peter Morville, Jeffery Callender ...

What people are saying about Search Patterns"Search Patterns is a delight to read -- very thoughtful and thought provoking. It's the most comprehensive survey of designing effective search experiences I've seen." --Irene Au, Director of User Experience, Google"I love this book! Thanks to Peter and Jeffery, I now know that search (yes, boring old yucky who cares search) is one of the coolest ways ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

What people are saying about Search Patterns"Search Patterns is a delight to read -- very thoughtful and thought provoking. It's the most comprehensive survey of designing effective search experiences I've seen." --Irene Au, Director of User Experience, Google"I love this book! Thanks to Peter and Jeffery, I now know that search (yes, boring old yucky who cares search) is one of the coolest ways
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Advanced C and C++ Compiling

by Milan Stevanovic ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learning how to write C/C++ code is only the first step. To be a serious programmer, you need to understand the structure and purpose of the binary files produced by the compiler: object files, static libraries, shared libraries, and, of course, executables.Advanced C and C++ Compiling explains the build process in detail and shows how to integrate code from other developers in the form of ... Read more

$119.69 CAD

Learning how to write C/C++ code is only the first step. To be a serious programmer, you need to understand the structure and purpose of the binary files produced by the compiler: object files, static libraries, shared libraries, and, of course, executables.Advanced C and C++ Compiling explains the build process in detail and shows how to integrate code from other developers in the form of
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