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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

$43.99 USD

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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Web Accessibility Cookbook

Creating Inclusive Experiences

by Manuel Matuzovic ...

Frontend developers have to consider many things: browser compatibility, usability, performance, scalability, SEO, and other best practices. But the most fundamental aspect of creating websites is one that often falls short: accessibility. Accessibility is the cornerstone of any website, and if a website is inaccessible, users won't be able to interact with it, obtain information, sign up for ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Frontend developers have to consider many things: browser compatibility, usability, performance, scalability, SEO, and other best practices. But the most fundamental aspect of creating websites is one that often falls short: accessibility. Accessibility is the cornerstone of any website, and if a website is inaccessible, users won't be able to interact with it, obtain information, sign up for
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R for Data Science

Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data

by Hadley Wickham, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Garrett Grolemund ...

Use R to turn data into insight, knowledge, and understanding. With this practical book, aspiring data scientists will learn how to do data science with R and RStudio, along with the tidyverse—a collection of R packages designed to work together to make data science fast, fluent, and fun. Even if you have no programming experience, this updated edition will have you doing data science quickly.You ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Use R to turn data into insight, knowledge, and understanding. With this practical book, aspiring data scientists will learn how to do data science with R and RStudio, along with the tidyverse—a collection of R packages designed to work together to make data science fast, fluent, and fun. Even if you have no programming experience, this updated edition will have you doing data science quickly.You
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Laws of UX

Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

by Jon Yablonski ...

An understanding of psychology-specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact with digital interfaces-is perhaps the single most valuable nondesign skill a designer can have. The most elegant design can fail if it forces users to conform to the design instead of working within the "blueprint" of how humans perceive and process the world around them.This practical guide explains ... Read more

$33.99 USD

An understanding of psychology-specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact with digital interfaces-is perhaps the single most valuable nondesign skill a designer can have. The most elegant design can fail if it forces users to conform to the design instead of working within the "blueprint" of how humans perceive and process the world around them.This practical guide explains
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Applied Text Analysis with Python

Enabling Language-Aware Data Products with Machine Learning

by Benjamin Bengfort, Rebecca Bilbro, Tony Ojeda ...

From news and speeches to informal chatter on social media, natural language is one of the richest and most underutilized sources of data. Not only does it come in a constant stream, always changing and adapting in context; it also contains information that is not conveyed by traditional data sources. The key to unlocking natural language is through the creative application of text analytics. This ... Read more

$41.99 USD

From news and speeches to informal chatter on social media, natural language is one of the richest and most underutilized sources of data. Not only does it come in a constant stream, always changing and adapting in context; it also contains information that is not conveyed by traditional data sources. The key to unlocking natural language is through the creative application of text analytics. This
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TinyML

Machine Learning with TensorFlow Lite on Arduino and Ultra-Low-Power Microcontrollers

by Pete Warden, Daniel Situnayake ...

Deep learning networks are getting smaller. Much smaller. The Google Assistant team can detect words with a model just 14 kilobytes in size—small enough to run on a microcontroller. With this practical book you’ll enter the field of TinyML, where deep learning and embedded systems combine to make astounding things possible with tiny devices.Pete Warden and Daniel Situnayake explain how you can ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Deep learning networks are getting smaller. Much smaller. The Google Assistant team can detect words with a model just 14 kilobytes in size—small enough to run on a microcontroller. With this practical book you’ll enter the field of TinyML, where deep learning and embedded systems combine to make astounding things possible with tiny devices.Pete Warden and Daniel Situnayake explain how you can
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Windows 8: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue ...

With Windows 8, Microsoft completely reimagined the graphical user interface for its operating system, and designed it to run on tablets as well as PCs. It’s a big change that calls for a trustworthy guide—Windows 8: The Missing Manual. New York Times columnist David Pogue provides technical insight, lots of wit, and hardnosed objectivity to help you hit the ground running with Microsoft’s new OS ... Read more

$24.99 USD

With Windows 8, Microsoft completely reimagined the graphical user interface for its operating system, and designed it to run on tablets as well as PCs. It’s a big change that calls for a trustworthy guide—Windows 8: The Missing Manual. New York Times columnist David Pogue provides technical insight, lots of wit, and hardnosed objectivity to help you hit the ground running with Microsoft’s new OS
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iBrain

Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind

by Gigi Vorgan, Gary Small ...

$7.99 USD
Mastering Scrivener Themes

Creating your personal digital writing environment

by Antoni Dol ...

Series Book 2 - Mastering Scrivener
This book presents all the secrets of creating Themes going far beyond changing colors and settings in the Appearance Options dialog or even the QSS Stylesheet.The book digs deeper into creating Themes than any other tutorial or video. It tells you what you need, how to start, and what to change to create your Themes.Dig deep into the QT 6 platform, the developers used to write the software, and ... Read more

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This book presents all the secrets of creating Themes going far beyond changing colors and settings in the Appearance Options dialog or even the QSS Stylesheet.The book digs deeper into creating Themes than any other tutorial or video. It tells you what you need, how to start, and what to change to create your Themes.Dig deep into the QT 6 platform, the developers used to write the software, and
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Amazon Echo Manual Guide: Top 30 Hacks And Secrets To Master Amazon Echo & Alexa For Beginners

by The Blokehead ...

Series series The Blokehead Success Series
Your Perfect Guide to Amazon Echo! This book is a complete and handy companion that will enable you to set up and use your Amazon Echo device quickly and efficiently for beginners. By reading this book you will understand and be able to receive all the benefits that this wonderful device has to offer, allowing you to keep up with your busy schedule. You will learn: Hacking The Remote Control Fake ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Your Perfect Guide to Amazon Echo! This book is a complete and handy companion that will enable you to set up and use your Amazon Echo device quickly and efficiently for beginners. By reading this book you will understand and be able to receive all the benefits that this wonderful device has to offer, allowing you to keep up with your busy schedule. You will learn: Hacking The Remote Control Fake
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UX for Lean Startups

Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design

by Laura Klein ...

p>Great user experiences (UX) are essential for products today, but designing one can be a lengthy and expensive process. With this practical, hands-on book, you’ll learn how to do it faster and smarter using Lean UX techniques. UX expert Laura Klein shows you what it takes to gather valuable input from customers, build something they’ll truly love, and reduce the time it takes to get your product ... Read more

$22.99 USD

p>Great user experiences (UX) are essential for products today, but designing one can be a lengthy and expensive process. With this practical, hands-on book, you’ll learn how to do it faster and smarter using Lean UX techniques. UX expert Laura Klein shows you what it takes to gather valuable input from customers, build something they’ll truly love, and reduce the time it takes to get your product
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Programming Languages and Systems

34th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2025, Held as Part of the International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2025, Hamilton, ON, Canada, May 3–8, 2025, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Viktor Vafeiadis ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The open access book set LNCS 15694 + LNCS 15695 constitutes the proceedings of the 34th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2025, which was held as part of the International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2025, in Hamilton, Canada, during May 3-8, 2025.The 30 full papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 88 ... Read more

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The open access book set LNCS 15694 + LNCS 15695 constitutes the proceedings of the 34th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2025, which was held as part of the International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2025, in Hamilton, Canada, during May 3-8, 2025.The 30 full papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 88
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Python for Finance

by Yves Hilpisch ...

The financial industry has recently adopted Python at a tremendous rate, with some of the largest investment banks and hedge funds using it to build core trading and risk management systems. Updated for Python 3, the second edition of this hands-on book helps you get started with the language, guiding developers and quantitative analysts through Python libraries and tools for building financial ... Read more

$48.99 USD

The financial industry has recently adopted Python at a tremendous rate, with some of the largest investment banks and hedge funds using it to build core trading and risk management systems. Updated for Python 3, the second edition of this hands-on book helps you get started with the language, guiding developers and quantitative analysts through Python libraries and tools for building financial
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Programming Hive

Data Warehouse and Query Language for Hadoop

by Edward Capriolo, Dean Wampler, Jason Rutherglen ...

Need to move a relational database application to Hadoop? This comprehensive guide introduces you to Apache Hive, Hadoop’s data warehouse infrastructure. You’ll quickly learn how to use Hive’s SQL dialect—HiveQL—to summarize, query, and analyze large datasets stored in Hadoop’s distributed filesystem.This example-driven guide shows you how to set up and configure Hive in your environment, provides ... Read more

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Need to move a relational database application to Hadoop? This comprehensive guide introduces you to Apache Hive, Hadoop’s data warehouse infrastructure. You’ll quickly learn how to use Hive’s SQL dialect—HiveQL—to summarize, query, and analyze large datasets stored in Hadoop’s distributed filesystem.This example-driven guide shows you how to set up and configure Hive in your environment, provides
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AI Systems Performance Engineering

Optimizing Model Training and Inference Workloads with GPUs, CUDA, and PyTorch

by Chris Fregly ...

Elevate your AI system performance capabilities with this definitive guide to maximizing efficiency across every layer of your AI infrastructure. In today's era of ever-growing generative models, AI Systems Performance Engineering provides engineers, researchers, and developers with a hands-on set of actionable optimization strategies. Learn to co-optimize hardware, software, and algorithms to ... Read more

$61.19 USD

Elevate your AI system performance capabilities with this definitive guide to maximizing efficiency across every layer of your AI infrastructure. In today's era of ever-growing generative models, AI Systems Performance Engineering provides engineers, researchers, and developers with a hands-on set of actionable optimization strategies. Learn to co-optimize hardware, software, and algorithms to
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CSS: The Missing Manual

by David Sawyer McFarland ...

CSS lets you create professional-looking websites, but learning its finer points can be tricky—even for seasoned web developers. This fully updated edition provides the most modern and effective tips, tricks, and tutorial-based instruction on CSS available today. Learn how to use new tools such as Flexbox and Sass to build web pages that look great and run fast on any desktop or mobile device. ... Read more

$24.99 USD

CSS lets you create professional-looking websites, but learning its finer points can be tricky—even for seasoned web developers. This fully updated edition provides the most modern and effective tips, tricks, and tutorial-based instruction on CSS available today. Learn how to use new tools such as Flexbox and Sass to build web pages that look great and run fast on any desktop or mobile device.
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Semantic Modeling for Data

by Panos Alexopoulos ...

What value does semantic data modeling offer? As an information architect or data science professional, let’s say you have an abundance of the right data and the technology to extract business gold—but you still fail. The reason? Bad data semantics.In this practical and comprehensive field guide, author Panos Alexopoulos takes you on an eye-opening journey through semantic data modeling as applied ... Read more

$55.99 USD

What value does semantic data modeling offer? As an information architect or data science professional, let’s say you have an abundance of the right data and the technology to extract business gold—but you still fail. The reason? Bad data semantics.In this practical and comprehensive field guide, author Panos Alexopoulos takes you on an eye-opening journey through semantic data modeling as applied
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Data Structures the Fun Way

An Amusing Adventure with Coffee-Filled Examples

by Jeremy Kubica ...

Learn how and when to use the right data structures in any situation, strengthening your computational thinking, problem-solving, and programming skills in the process.This accessible and entertaining book provides an in-depth introduction to computational thinking through the lens of data structures — a critical component in any programming endeavor. You’ll learn how to work with more than 15 key ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Learn how and when to use the right data structures in any situation, strengthening your computational thinking, problem-solving, and programming skills in the process.This accessible and entertaining book provides an in-depth introduction to computational thinking through the lens of data structures — a critical component in any programming endeavor. You’ll learn how to work with more than 15 key
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100 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People

by Susan Weinschenk, Guthrie Weinschenk ...

Series series 100 Things
New 2nd Edition! Do you know the science behind giving a powerful and persuasive presentation? This book reveals what you need to know about how people listen, how people decide, and how people react so that you can learn to create more engaging presentations. No matter what your current skill level, whether beginner or polished, this book will guide you to the next level, teaching you how to ... Read more

$7.99 USD

New 2nd Edition! Do you know the science behind giving a powerful and persuasive presentation? This book reveals what you need to know about how people listen, how people decide, and how people react so that you can learn to create more engaging presentations. No matter what your current skill level, whether beginner or polished, this book will guide you to the next level, teaching you how to
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Graph Databases

New Opportunities for Connected Data

by Ian Robinson, Jim Webber, Emil Eifrem ...

Discover how graph databases can help you manage and query highly connected data. With this practical book, you’ll learn how to design and implement a graph database that brings the power of graphs to bear on a broad range of problem domains. Whether you want to speed up your response to user queries or build a database that can adapt as your business evolves, this book shows you how to apply the ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Discover how graph databases can help you manage and query highly connected data. With this practical book, you’ll learn how to design and implement a graph database that brings the power of graphs to bear on a broad range of problem domains. Whether you want to speed up your response to user queries or build a database that can adapt as your business evolves, this book shows you how to apply the
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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

$13.99 USD

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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Grasshopper: Visual Scripting for Rhinoceros 3D

by Prof. David Bachman ...

We live in a three-dimensional world. To design objects for everyday living, users must learn how to create in three dimensions. For precise modern designs that must conform to specific tolerances, we use computers to create a digital model first, and then pass that model on to a machine, such as a CNC router or 3D printer for fabrication.There are many software packages that are used to create ... Read more

$57.99 USD

We live in a three-dimensional world. To design objects for everyday living, users must learn how to create in three dimensions. For precise modern designs that must conform to specific tolerances, we use computers to create a digital model first, and then pass that model on to a machine, such as a CNC router or 3D printer for fabrication.There are many software packages that are used to create
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Bottlenecks

Aligning UX Design with User Psychology

by David C. Evans ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn the psychological constrictions of attention, perception, memory, disposition, motivation, and social influence that determine whether customers will be receptive to your digital innovations.Bottlenecks: Aligning UX Design with User Psychology fills a need for entrepreneurs, designers, and marketing professionals in the application of foundational psychology to user-experience design. The ... Read more

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Learn the psychological constrictions of attention, perception, memory, disposition, motivation, and social influence that determine whether customers will be receptive to your digital innovations.Bottlenecks: Aligning UX Design with User Psychology fills a need for entrepreneurs, designers, and marketing professionals in the application of foundational psychology to user-experience design. The
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SQL for Data Analysis

Advanced Techniques for Transforming Data into Insights

by Cathy Tanimura ...

With the explosion of data, computing power, and cloud data warehouses, SQL has become an even more indispensable tool for the savvy analyst or data scientist. This practical book reveals new and hidden ways to improve your SQL skills, solve problems, and make the most of SQL as part of your workflow.You'll learn how to use both common and exotic SQL functions such as joins, window functions, ... Read more

$41.99 USD

With the explosion of data, computing power, and cloud data warehouses, SQL has become an even more indispensable tool for the savvy analyst or data scientist. This practical book reveals new and hidden ways to improve your SQL skills, solve problems, and make the most of SQL as part of your workflow.You'll learn how to use both common and exotic SQL functions such as joins, window functions,
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