Windows programming Books
Manning Publications Grokking Deep Learning
Book SynopsisArtificial Intelligence is the most exciting technology of the century, and Deep Learning is, quite literally, the “brain” behind the world’s smartest Artificial Intelligence systems out there. Grokking Deep Learning is the perfect place to begin the deep learning journey. Rather than just learning the “black box” API of some library or framework, readers will actually understand how to build these algorithms completely from scratch. Key Features:Build neural networks that can see and understand images Build an A.I. that will learn to defeat you in a classic Atari gameHands-on Learning Written for readers with high school-level math and intermediateprogramming skills. Experience with Calculus is helpful but notrequired. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Deep Learning is a subset of Machine Learning, which is a field dedicated to the study and development of machines that can learn, often with the goal of eventually attaining general artificial intelligence.
£35.99
Manning Publications Grokking Artificial Intelligence Algorithms
Book SynopsisAI is primed to revolutionize the way we build applications, offering exciting new ways to solve problems, uncover insights, innovate new products, and provide better user experiences. Successful AI is based on a set of core algorithms that form a base of knowledge shared by all data scientists. Grokking Artificial Intelligence Algorithms is a fully-illustrated and interactive tutorial guide to the different approaches and algorithms that underpin AI. Written in simple language and with lots of visual references and hands-on examples, readers learn the concepts, terminology, and theory they need to effectively incorporate AI algorithms into their applications. Grokking Artificial Intelligence Algorithms uses simple language, jargon-busting explanations, and hand-drawn diagrams to open up complex algorithms. Don’t worry if you aren’t a calculus wunderkind; you’ll need only the algebra you picked up in math class. • Use cases for different AI algorithms • How to encode problems and solutions using data structures • Intelligent search for game playing • Ant colony algorithms for path finding • Evolutionary algorithms for optimization problems For software developers with high school-level algebra and calculus skills.
£43.19
In Easy Steps Limited Excel VBA in easy steps
Book SynopsisGet more out of Microsoft Excel and save time by learning Excel VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). Excel VBA in easy steps, 4th edition demonstrates VBA macro programming in a clear and concise manner, and will take your Excel proficiency to the next level:Write your own Excel macros so that you can do a series of tasks at the click of a button.Use VBA to automate repetitive tasks, and for functions and commands beyond Excel. Create dialog boxes for user interactions and then define processes to handle user input. Develop and share your Excel apps with colleagues they'll be impressed! Whether you're upgrading to Excel in Office 365 or new to macro programming, use this guide to master Excel VBA essentials in easy steps! Comes with free downloadable code to help you get started with Excel VBA right away!
£12.34
Pearson Education (US) WPF 4.5 Unleashed
Book Synopsis Adam Nathan is a principal software architect for Microsoft in the Startup Business Group. Adam was previously the founding developer and architect for Popfly, Microsoft's first product built on Silverlight, named one of the 25 most innovative products of 2007 by PCWorld Magazine. Having started his career on Microsoft's Common Language Runtime team, Adam has been at the core of .NET and WPF technologies since the very beginning. Adam's books have been considered required reading by many inside Microsoft and throughout the industry. He is the author of the best-selling WPF Unleashed (Sams, 2006) that was nominated for a 2008 Jolt Award, WPF 4 Unleashed (Sams, 2010), Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed (Sams, 2012), 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps (Sams, 2011), Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed (Sams, 2008), and .NET and COM: The Complete IntTrade ReviewPraise for the First Edition “The Nathan book is brilliant--you’ll love it. Publishers, take note: I’d sure be buying a heck of a lot more technical books if more of them were like this one.” -- Jeff Atwood, codinghorror.com, cofounder of Stack Overflow “ Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed is a must-have book for anyone interested in learning and using WPF. Buy it, read it, and keep it close to your computer.” -- Josh Smith, Microsoft MVP “As we built the feature team that delivered the new WPF presentation layer for Visual Studio 2010, Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed quickly became our must-read WPF reference book of choice, over and above other books on WPF and indeed internal documentation. Highly recommended for any developer wanting to learn how to make the most of WPF.” -- James Bartlett, senior lead program manager, Microsoft Visual Studio “I’ve bought nearly all available WPF books, but the only one that’s still on my desk is WindowsPresentation Foundation Unleashed. It not only covers all WPF aspects, but it does it in the right, concise way so that reading it was a real pleasure.” -- Corrado Cavalli, Codeworks “ Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed is the most insightful WPF book there is. Don’t be misled by its size; this book has the best introduction and deepest insights. This is the must-read for anyone getting started or wanting to get the most out of WPF.” -- Jaime Rodriguez, Microsoft client evangelist for Windows, WPF, Silverlight, and Windows Phone “I found Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed to be an excellent and thorough introduction and guide to programming WPF. It is clearly written, easily understood, and yet still deep enough to get a good understanding of how WPF works and how to use it. Not a simple feat to accomplish! I heartily recommend it to all the students who take DevelopMentor’s WPF course! Anyone serious about doing WPF work should have a copy in their library.” -- Mark Smith, DevelopMentor instructor, author of DevelopMentor’s Essential WPF course “I have read Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed from cover to cover and have found it to be really the most comprehensive material on WPF. I can’t think of even a single instance when I have not been able to find the solution (or a pointer to one) every time that I have picked up the book to figure out the intricacies of WPF.” -- Durgesh Nayak, team leader, Axis Technical Group “ Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed is the book that made WPF make so much sense for me. Without Adam’s work, WPF would still be a mystery to me and my team. The enthusiasm for WPF is evident from the offset and it really rubs off on the reader.” -- Peter O’Hanlon, managing director, Lifestyle Computing Ltd “Adam Nathan’s Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed must surely be considered one of the seminal books on WPF. It has everything you need to help you get to grips with the learning cliff that is WPF. It certainly taught me loads, and even now, after several years of full-time WPF development, Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed is never far from my hand.” -- Sacha Barber, Microsoft MVP, CodeProject MVP, author of many WPF articles “Of all the books published about WPF, there are only three that I recommend. Windows PresentationFoundation Unleashed is my primary recommendation to developers looking to get up to speed quickly with WPF.” -- Mike Brown, Microsoft MVP, Client App Development, and president of KharaSoft, Inc.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Who Should Read This Book? 2 Software Requirements 3 Code Examples 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Conventions Used in This Book 6 Part I: BackgroundChapter 1: Why WPF? 7 A Look at the Past 8 Enter WPF 9 The Evolution of WPF 12 Summary 16 Chapter 2: XAML Demystified 17 XAML Defined 19 Elements and Attributes 20 Namespaces 22 Property Elements 25 Type Converters 26 Markup Extensions 28 Children of Object Elements 31 Mixing XAML with Procedural Code 36 XAML2009 44 XAML Keywords 49 Summary 52 Chapter 3: WPF Fundamentals 55 A Tour of the Class Hierarchy 55 Logical and Visual Trees 57 Dependency Properties 62 Summary 76 Part II: Building a WPF ApplicationChapter 4: Sizing, Positioning, and Transforming Elements 77 Controlling Size 78 Controlling Position 83 Applying Transforms 86 Summary 95 Chapter 5: Layout with Panels 97 Canvas 98 StackPanel 100 WrapPanel 102 DockPanel 105 Grid 108 Primitive Panels 120 Handling Content Overflow 122 Putting It All Together: Creating a Visual Studio-Like Collapsible, Dockable, Resizable Pane 130 Summary 140 Chapter 6: Input Events: Keyboard, Mouse, Stylus, and Touch 141 Routed Events 141 Keyboard Events 150 Mouse Events 152 Stylus Events 156 Touch Events 158 Commands 170 Summary 176 Chapter 7: Structuring and Deploying an Application 177 Standard Desktop Applications 177 Navigation-Based Desktop Applications 193 Gadget-Style Applications 205 XAML Browser Applications 207 Loose XAML Pages 213 Summary 215 Chapter 8: Exploiting Windows Desktop Features 217 Jump Lists 217 Taskbar Item Customizations 229 Aero Glass 233 TaskDialog 236 Summary 239 Part III: ControlsChapter 9: Content Controls 241 Buttons 243 Simple Containers 248 Containers with Headers 252 Summary 254 Chapter 10: Items Controls 255 Common Functionality 256 Selectors 261 Menus 298 Other Items Controls 302 Summary &
£40.04
Barcharts, Inc C Programming
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£9.45
O'Reilly Media Getting Started with Metro Apps
Book SynopsisGet a head start on creating Metro-style apps for the approaching release of Windows 8. This introductory guide will quickly get you up to speed on the tools you need to build user interfaces with Microsoft's new design language, code-named Metro.
£10.79
Manning Publications PowerShell and WMI
Book Synopsis DESCRIPTION WMI, Windows Management Instrumentation, provides a standard infrastructure for managing all aspects of Windows-based systems.WMI isn't new, but now that administrators can script it using PowerShell, it's just gotten infinitely easier to use! Taken together, WMI and PowerShell create an extraordinarily powerful mechanism automating the management of servers, networks, and remote Windows computers. PowerShell and WMI is an example-driven guide for administrators managing networks of Windows servers and desktops. With over 150 specific examplesΥXincluding ready-to-reuse scripts and techniquesΥXreaders will learn the ins and outs of automating WMI via PowerShell2. The author provides deep coverage of all aspects of Windows administration, including IIS, DNS and Hyper-V. KEY POINTS „h In-depth guide to PowerShell and WMI „h Packed with over 150 practical, field-tested techniques „h Written by a PowerShell MVP
£43.19
Manning Publications Kafka Streams in Action: Real-time apps and
Book SynopsisKafka Streams is a library designed to allow for easy streamprocessing of data flowing into a Kafka cluster. Stream processing hasbecome one of the biggest needs for companies over the last few yearsas quick data insight becomes more and more important but currentsolutions can be complex and large, requiring additional tools toperform lookups and aggregations. Kafka Streams in Action teaches readers everything they need to knowto implement stream processing on data flowing into their Kafkaplatform, allowing them to focus on getting more from their datawithout sacrificing time or effort. By the end of the book, readers willbe ready to use Kafka Streams in their projects to reap the benefits ofthe insight their data holds quickly and easily. KEY FEATURES• Hands-on lessons• Step-by-step instructions• Thorough introduction to Kafka Streams This book is suitable for all Java (or JVM language) developerslooking to discover the world of stream processing and its manybenefits. Knowledge of Kafka is not required, but would be a bonus. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGYKafka Streams is a library that allows you to perform per-eventprocessing of records. AUTHOR BIOBill Bejeck is a Kafka Streams contributor with over 13 years of softwaredevelopment experience. With 6 years working exclusively on the back-endand large data volumes, Bill currently uses Kafka to improve data flow todownstream customers.
£30.59
