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Harnessing Hibernate

Step-by-step Guide to Java Persistence

by James Elliott, Timothy M. O'Brien, Ryan Fowler ...

Harnessing Hibernate is an ideal introduction to the popular framework that lets Java developers work with information from a relational database easily and efficiently. Databases are a very different world than Java objects, and they often involve people with different skills and specializations. With Hibernate, bridging these two worlds is significantly easier, and with this book, you can get up ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Harnessing Hibernate is an ideal introduction to the popular framework that lets Java developers work with information from a relational database easily and efficiently. Databases are a very different world than Java objects, and they often involve people with different skills and specializations. With Hibernate, bridging these two worlds is significantly easier, and with this book, you can get up
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Python: Master the Art of Design Patterns

by Dusty Phillips, Chetan Giridhar, Sakis Kasampalis ...

Ensure your code is sleek, efficient and elegant by mastering powerful Python design patternsAbout This BookLearn all about abstract design patterns and how to implement them in Python 3Understand the structural, creational, and behavioral Python design patternsGet to know the context and application of design patterns to solve real-world problems in software architecture, design, and application ... Read more

$74.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ensure your code is sleek, efficient and elegant by mastering powerful Python design patternsAbout This BookLearn all about abstract design patterns and how to implement them in Python 3Understand the structural, creational, and behavioral Python design patternsGet to know the context and application of design patterns to solve real-world problems in software architecture, design, and application
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How to Speak Tech

The Non-Techie’s Guide to Key Technology Concepts

by Vinay Trivedi ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Things you’ve done online: ordered a pizza, checked the weather, booked a hotel, and reconnected with long-lost friends. Now it’s time to find out how these things work. Vinay Trivedi peels back the mystery of the Internet, explains it all in the simplest terms, and gives you the knowledge you need to speak confidently when the subject turns to technology.This revised second edition of How to ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Things you’ve done online: ordered a pizza, checked the weather, booked a hotel, and reconnected with long-lost friends. Now it’s time to find out how these things work. Vinay Trivedi peels back the mystery of the Internet, explains it all in the simplest terms, and gives you the knowledge you need to speak confidently when the subject turns to technology.This revised second edition of How to
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UX for AI

A Framework for Designing AI-Driven Products

by Greg Nudelman ...

Learn to research, plan, design, and test the UX of AI-powered productsUnlock the future of design with UX for AI—your indispensable guide to not only surviving but thriving in a world powered by artificial intelligence. Whether you're a seasoned UX designer or a budding design student, this book offers a lifeline for navigating the new normal, ensuring you stay relevant, valuable, and ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

Learn to research, plan, design, and test the UX of AI-powered productsUnlock the future of design with UX for AI—your indispensable guide to not only surviving but thriving in a world powered by artificial intelligence. Whether you're a seasoned UX designer or a budding design student, this book offers a lifeline for navigating the new normal, ensuring you stay relevant, valuable, and
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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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Musical Haptics

Edited by Stefano Papetti, Charalampos Saitis ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book offers an original interdisciplinary overview of the role of haptic feedback in musical interaction. Divided into two parts, part I examines the tactile aspects of music performance and perception, discussing how they affect user experience and performance in terms of usability, functionality and perceived quality of musical instruments. Part II presents engineering, ... Read more

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This open access book offers an original interdisciplinary overview of the role of haptic feedback in musical interaction. Divided into two parts, part I examines the tactile aspects of music performance and perception, discussing how they affect user experience and performance in terms of usability, functionality and perceived quality of musical instruments. Part II presents engineering,
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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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Prompt Engineering for Beginners: Boost Your Career and Skills with the Art of Talking to AI

by Gerald Confienza ...

Imagine guiding a powerful intelligence—entirely silent yet boundless—using nothing but your words.A pioneering study of 243 professionals and students across diverse fields found that those using clear, structured, and context-aware prompts reported significantly higher task efficiency and better outcomes when working with large language models like ChatGPT or Gemini (arXiv, 2025).The difference ... Read more

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Imagine guiding a powerful intelligence—entirely silent yet boundless—using nothing but your words.A pioneering study of 243 professionals and students across diverse fields found that those using clear, structured, and context-aware prompts reported significantly higher task efficiency and better outcomes when working with large language models like ChatGPT or Gemini (arXiv, 2025).The difference
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Fundamentals of Data Visualization

A Primer on Making Informative and Compelling Figures

by Claus O. Wilke ...

Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options.This practical book takes you through many commonly ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options.This practical book takes you through many commonly
... Read more
UX/UI Design Playbook

by Olha Bahaieva ...

Embark on your journey into the exciting UX/UI design world with the "UX/UI Design Playbook" Authored by Olha Bahaieva, a lead UX/UI designer, top Medium writer, and UX Designers Club founder, this book is your guide to mastering the fundamentals and accelerating your UX/UI design career.What's Inside:How to start a UX/UI design career: Gain practical tips on how to break into a new career if you ... Read more

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Embark on your journey into the exciting UX/UI design world with the "UX/UI Design Playbook" Authored by Olha Bahaieva, a lead UX/UI designer, top Medium writer, and UX Designers Club founder, this book is your guide to mastering the fundamentals and accelerating your UX/UI design career.What's Inside:How to start a UX/UI design career: Gain practical tips on how to break into a new career if you
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The Persona Lifecycle

Keeping People in Mind Throughout Product Design

by John Pruitt, Tamara Adlin ...

Series series Interactive Technologies
If you design and develop products for people, this book is for you. The Persona Lifecycle addresses the “how? of creating effective personas and using those personas to design products that people love. It doesn’t just describe the value of personas; it offers detailed techniques and tools related to planning, creating, communicating, and using personas to create great product designs. Moreover, ... Read more

$76.99 CAD

If you design and develop products for people, this book is for you. The Persona Lifecycle addresses the “how? of creating effective personas and using those personas to design products that people love. It doesn’t just describe the value of personas; it offers detailed techniques and tools related to planning, creating, communicating, and using personas to create great product designs. Moreover,
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Scaling MongoDB

Sharding, Cluster Setup, and Administration

by Kristina Chodorow ...

Create a MongoDB cluster that will grow to meet the needs of your application. With this short and concise book, you'll get guidelines for setting up and using clusters to store a large volume of data, and learn how to access the data efficiently. In the process, you'll understand how to make your application work with a distributed database system.Scaling MongoDB will help you:Set up a MongoDB ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Create a MongoDB cluster that will grow to meet the needs of your application. With this short and concise book, you'll get guidelines for setting up and using clusters to store a large volume of data, and learn how to access the data efficiently. In the process, you'll understand how to make your application work with a distributed database system.Scaling MongoDB will help you:Set up a MongoDB
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Data Storytelling with Google Looker Studio

A hands-on guide to using Looker Studio for building compelling and effective dashboards

by Sireesha Pulipati ...

Apply data storytelling concepts and analytical thinking to create dashboards and reports in Looker Studio to aid data-driven decision makingKey FeaturesGain a solid understanding of data visualization principles and learn to apply them effectivelyGet to grips with the concepts and features of Looker Studio to create powerful data storiesExplore the end-to-end process of building dashboards with ... Read more

$52.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Apply data storytelling concepts and analytical thinking to create dashboards and reports in Looker Studio to aid data-driven decision makingKey FeaturesGain a solid understanding of data visualization principles and learn to apply them effectivelyGet to grips with the concepts and features of Looker Studio to create powerful data storiesExplore the end-to-end process of building dashboards with
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The Product-Minded Engineer

Building Impactful Software for Your Users

by Drew Hoskins ...

In the fast-paced world of software engineering, developing technical skills often takes precedence. However, if you're seeking career advancement, enhancing your technical skills alone is not enough; you also need to deepen your empathy for users—a skill frequently overlooked in traditional engineering roles. Understanding user needs and the broader impact of your work will not only lead to ... Read more

$59.99 CAD

In the fast-paced world of software engineering, developing technical skills often takes precedence. However, if you're seeking career advancement, enhancing your technical skills alone is not enough; you also need to deepen your empathy for users—a skill frequently overlooked in traditional engineering roles. Understanding user needs and the broader impact of your work will not only lead to
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The Definitive Guide to Power Query (M)

Mastering complex data transformation with Power Query

by Rick de Groot, Melissa de Korte, Greg Deckler ...

Learn how to use the Power Query M formula language and its functions effectively for better data modeling and impactful business intelligence reports. Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesGet comprehensive coverage of fundamental and advanced Power Query conceptsGain hands-on experience with practical examples based on real-world problemsDelve ... Read more

$44.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to use the Power Query M formula language and its functions effectively for better data modeling and impactful business intelligence reports. Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesGet comprehensive coverage of fundamental and advanced Power Query conceptsGain hands-on experience with practical examples based on real-world problemsDelve
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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
... Read more
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
... Read more
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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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
... Read more
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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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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Privacy Is Hard and Seven Other Myths

Achieving Privacy through Careful Design

by Jaap-Henk Hoepman ...

An expert on computer privacy and security shows how we can build privacy into the design of systems from the start.We are tethered to our devices all day, every day, leaving data trails of our searches, posts, clicks, and communications. Meanwhile, governments and businesses collect our data and use it to monitor us without our knowledge. So we have resigned ourselves to the belief that privacy ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

An expert on computer privacy and security shows how we can build privacy into the design of systems from the start.We are tethered to our devices all day, every day, leaving data trails of our searches, posts, clicks, and communications. Meanwhile, governments and businesses collect our data and use it to monitor us without our knowledge. So we have resigned ourselves to the belief that privacy
... Read more
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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