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Description The Linux operating system powers millions of web servers, data centers, and application platforms worldwide. Whether you're pushing applications to a cloud system like AWS, building a twitter bot on a Raspberry Pi, or rescuing files from a crashed laptop, Linux is required knowledge. Linux in Action is a task-based tutorial that will give readers the skills and deep understanding they'll need to administer a Linux-based system. Key features · Hands-on guide · Step-by-step examples · Task-based Audience Readers should be comfortable working with the files, networks, and basic resources of a modern operating system. About the technology Linux makes it possible to do all kinds of really useful and creative things. For instance, you can load a Linux "live boot" image on a USB stick, boot a PC whose own hard disk has been corrupted, and troubleshoot and fix the problem.

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Description ASP.NET Core is a re-imagining of the .NET Framework that frees developers from Visual Studio and Windows. ASP.NET Core in Action is for C# developers without any web development experience who want to get started and productive using ASP.NET Core to build web applications. Key features · Hands-on lessons · Step-by-step guide · Real-world examples Audience Readers should have experience with C#. No web development experience needed. About the technology ASP.NET Core was motivated by the desire to create a web framework with four main goals: 1. To be run and developed cross-platform 2. To have a modular architecture for easier maintenance 3. To be developed completely as open-source software. 4. To be applicable to current trends in web development, such as client-side applications and deploying to cloud environments.

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React is a JavaScript library developed for one main reason—to build reusable UI components that present ever-changing data. The React philosophy is to focus solely on the user interface. In model-viewcontroller (MVC) terminology, React is the view. Because it has to work with models and other libraries, it’s designed to play nicely with pretty much any other framework, router, style, and model library. And it's well supported—React emerged from Instagram and is now used by Facebook, Asana, Khan Academy, and Atom among many more. React Quickly is for anyone who wants to learn React.js fast. This handson book teaches needed concepts by using lots of examples, tutorials, and a large main project that gets built throughout. It starts with the basics, including how React fits into applications, JSX, and handling states, and events. Next, it explores core topics like components, forms, and data. Finally, the book dives into React integration topics, like unit testing and isomorphic JavaScript with Express.js, and Gulp. Key Features: · Uses videos to supplement learning · Chock full of examples · Gets readers using React quickly This book is for web developers who have some JavaScript experience. About the Technology: React is a JavaScript library developed for one main reason—to build reusable UI components that present ever-changing data. React emerged from Instagram and is now used by Facebook, Asana, Khan Academy, and Atom among many more.

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Stop dangerous threats and secure your vulnerabilities without slowing down delivery. This practical book is a one-stop guide to implementing a robust application security program.Application Security Program Handbook teaches you to implement a robust program of security throughout your development process. It goes well beyond the basics, detailing a flexible approach that can adapt and evolve to new and emerging threats. Follow the expert advice in this guide and you'll reliably deliver software that is free from security defects and critical vulnerabilities. As a developer, you must build security into your software throughout its development lifecycle. This book addresses all the practices, tools, technology, people, and processes you need to reduce the risk of attacks and vulnerabilities in your software. Application Security Program Handbook is full of strategies for setting up and maturing a security program for your development process. Its realistic recommendations take a service-oriented approach to application security that's perfectly suited to the fast-pace of modern development. Focused on the realities of software development, it shows you how to avoid making security a gated exercise.Inside, you'll learn to assess the current state of your app's security, identify key risks to your organization, and measure the success of any defensive programs you deploy. You'll master common methodologies and practices that help safeguard your software, along with defensive tools you can use to keep your apps safe. With this handy reference guide by your side, you'll be able to implement reliable security in a way that doesn't impact your delivery speed. RETAIL SELLING POINTS Application security tools you can use throughout the development lifecycle Creating threat models Mitigating web app vulnerabilities Creating a DevSecOps pipeline Application security as a service model Reporting structures that highlight the value of application security Creating a software security ecosystem that benefits development AUDIENCE For software developers, architects, team leaders, and project managers looking to implement security in their pipelines.

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Learn the big skills of C programming by creating bite-size projects! Work your way through these 21 fun and interesting tiny challenges to master essential C techniques you'll use in full-size applications. In Tiny C Projectsyou will learn how to: Create libraries of functions for handy use and re-use Process input through an I/O filter to generate customized output Use recursion to explore a directory tree and find duplicate files Develop AI for playing simple games Explore programming capabilities beyond the standard C library functions Evaluate and grow the potential of your programs Improve code to better serve users Tiny C Projectsis an engaging collection of 21 small programming challenges! Hone and develop your C abilities with lighthearted games like Hunt the Wumpus and tic-tac-toe, utilities like a useful calendar and a mini-editor app, and thought-provoking exercises like encoding and cyphers. Every project encourages you to evolve your code, add new functions, and explore the full capabilities of C. About the technology C is a mature and secure language that's perfect for everything from low-level systems programming to high performance embedded applications. The 21 fun projects in this guide demonstrate the range of C's capabilities and give you hands-on experience with this powerful and flexible language. About the book Tiny C Projects builds and hones your C programming skills with interesting and exciting challenges. You'll expand your C programming portfolio by creating useful utility programs, fun games, password generators, directory utilities, and more. Each program you create starts out simple and then deepens as you explore approaches and alternatives you can use to achieve your goals. Once you'e done, you'll find it easy to scale up the skills you've learned from tiny projects into real applications. RETAIL SELLING POINTS Create libraries of functions for handy use and re-use Process input through an I/O filter to generate customized output Use recursion to explore a directory tree and find duplicate files Develop AI for playing simple games Explore programming capabilities beyond the standard C library functions Evaluate and grow the potential of your programs Improve code to better serve users AUDIENCE For C programmers of all skill levels who want to hone their skills with the language

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Apply advanced techniques for optimising machine learning processes For machine learning practitioners confident in maths and statistics. Bayesian Optimization in Action shows you how to optimise hyperparameter tuning, A/B testing, and other aspects of the machine learning process, by applying cutting-edge Bayesian techniques. Using clear language, Bayesian Optimization helps pinpoint the best configuration for your machine-learning models with speed and accuracy. With a range of illustrations, and concrete examples, this book proves that Bayesian Optimisation doesn't have to be difficult! Key features include: Train Gaussian processes on both sparse and large data sets Combine Gaussian processes with deep neural networks to make them flexible and expressive Find the most successful strategies for hyperparameter tuning Navigate a search space and identify high-performing regions Apply Bayesian Optimisation to practical use cases such as cost-constrained, multi-objective, and preference optimisation Use PyTorch, GPyTorch, and BoTorch to implement Bayesian optimisation You will get in-depth insights into how Bayesian optimisation works and learn how to implement it with cutting-edge Python libraries. The book's easy-to-reuse code samples will let you hit the ground running by plugging them straight into your own projects! About the technology Experimenting in science and engineering can be costly and time-consuming, especially without a reliable way to narrow down your choices. Bayesian Optimisation helps you identify optimal configurations to pursue in a search space. It uses a Gaussian process and machine learning techniques to model an objective function and quantify the uncertainty of predictions. Whether you're tuning machine learning models, recommending products to customers, or engaging in research, Bayesian Optimisation can help you make better decisions faster.

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Create your first 2D, 3D, and AR/VR games with the awesome Unity game platform. With this hands-on beginner's guide, you'll start building games fast! In Unity in Action, Third Edition, you will learn how to: Create characters that run, jump, and bump into things Build 3D first-person shooters and third-person action games Construct 2D card games and side-scrolling platformers Script enemies with AI Improve game graphics by importing models and images Design an intuitive user interface for your games Play music and spatially-aware sound effects Connect your games to the internet for online play Deploy your games to desktop, mobile, and the web Thousands of new game developers have chosen Joe Hocking's Unity in Action as their first step toward Unity mastery. This fully updated third edition comes packed with fully refreshed graphics, Unity's latest features, and coverage of the augmented and virtual reality toolkits. Using your existing coding skills, you'll write custom code instead of just clicking together premade scripts. You'll master the Unity toolset from the ground up, adding the skills you need to go from application coder to game developer. Build your next game without sweating the low-level details. The Unity game engine handles the heavy lifting, so you can focus on game play, graphics, and user experience. With support for C#, a huge ecosystem of production-quality prebuilt assets, and a strong dev community, Unity will get your game idea off the drawing board and onto the screen! You can even use Unity for more than game development, with new tools for VR and augmented reality that are perfect for developing useful apps.

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Use Akka to solve the big problems of distributed systems—from multithreading and concurrency, to handling scalability and failure. In Akka in Action, Second Edition you will learn how to: Create basic programs with Akka Work with clusters to build robust, fault tolerant programs Create and maintain distributed state with strong consistency guarantees Build microservices with Akka Utilize concurrency and parallelism Test Akka software Akka in Action, Second Edition teaches you to use the latest version of Akka to solve common problems of distributed systems. Akka contributor Francisco López-Sancho demonstrates Akka's complex concepts through real-world use cases, including clustering, sharding, persistence, and deploying to Kubernetes. Discover the power of the Actor model, and how to leverage most of the Akka modules to create microservices that are reliable and fault tolerant. about the technology Akka is a toolkit of libraries that make it easy to implement distributed applications in Scala and Java. Akka's Actor model avoids many of the complexities of multithreading, while making systems elastic and resilient, and provides strong consistency. about the book Akka in Action, Second Edition is a practical guide to building message-oriented systems with Akka. Extensively revised by Akka contributor and consultant Francisco López-Sancho, this upgraded second edition comes with new coverage of Akka typed, microservices architecture, and more. You'll learn how to build with Akka actors and why they're the perfect solution for distributed systems. Driven by practical examples, this book is the perfect guide to creating elastic, resilient, and reactive software with Akka.

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Fast Python for Data Science is a hands-on guide to writing Python code that can process more data, faster, and with less resources. It takes a holistic approach to Python performance, showing you how your code, libraries, and computing architecture interact and can be optimized together. Written for experienced practitioners, Fast Python for Data Science dives right into practical solutions for improving computation and storage efficiency. You'll experiment with fun and interesting examples such as rewriting games in lower-level Cython and implementing a MapReduce framework from scratch. Finally, you'll go deep into Python GPU computing and learn how modern hardware has rehabilitated some former antipatterns and made counterintuitive ideas the most efficient way of working. About the technologyFast, accurate systems are vital for handling the huge datasets and complex analytical algorithms that are common in modern data science. Python programmers need to boost performance by writing faster pure-Python programs, optimizing the use of libraries, and utilizing modern multi-processor hardware; Fast Python for Data Science shows you how.

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By adopting the micro frontends approach and designing your web apps as systems of features, you can deliver faster feature development, easier upgrades, and pick and choose the technology you use in your stack. Micro Frontends in Action is your guide to simplifying unwieldy frontends by composing them from small, well-defined units. You’ll learn to integrate web applications made up of smaller fragments using tools such as web components or server side includes, how to solve the organizational challenges of micro frontends, and how to create a design system that ensures an end user gets a consistent look and feel for your application. Key Features · Applying integration strategies with iframes, AJAX, server-side includes, web components and the app-shell approach · Optimizing for performance and asset delivery strategies · Designing coherent user interfaces · Migrating to a micro frontends architecture For intermediate web developers, team leaders, and software architects. About the technology The micro frontends approach extends the principles of microservices to frontend development. The application is divided into multiple independent vertical slices–from the database right up to the UI–then integrated using standards such as web components into a single user-facing frontend. Thanks to the smaller scope of a micro frontend, teams can deliver features faster, upgrade more easily, and make their own choices about their technology stack. Michael Geers is a software developer specializing in building user interfaces. He has written software for the web since he was a teenager. In the last few years, he has worked on various customer projects with verticalized architectures. He shares his experiences on this topic at international conferences, in a series of magazine articles, and website.

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Elm is more than just a cutting-edge programming language, it's a chance to upgrade the way you think about building web applications. Once you get comfortable with Elm's refreshingly different approach to application development, you'll be working with a clean syntax, dependable libraries, and a delightful compiler that essentially eliminates runtime exceptions. Elm compiles to JavaScript, so your code runs in any browser, and Elm's best-in-class rendering speed will knock your socks off. Let's get started! Elm in Action teaches you how to build well-designed, highly performant web applications using the Elm language. As you read, you'll follow an application called Photo Groove that will show you how to structure your application's domain and behaviour, how to maintain a pleasantly modular architecture, and how to deliver a quality product using the Elm language. Along the way, you'll learn how to interact smoothly with browser functionality, servers, and JavaScript libraries, as well and picking up a few tricks for building fluid, intuitive user experiences. If you're new to functional programming, you'll also gain a practical understanding of techniques that will make you a better developer no matter what you're writing! Written for readers comfortable with web application development in JavaScript. No experience with Elm or functional programming required. Key Features Getting started with the Elm language Scalable design for production web applications Single-page applications in Elm Testing your applications Richard Feldman is a programmer and entrepreneur who loves to push the limits of browser-based programming. He's a front-end engineer at NoRedInk and a well-known member of the Elm community

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Learn more about stories, examples, and ground-breaking research in this book to help you unleash your creative potential as aprogrammer! For programmers of all experience and skill levels. In The Creative Programmer you will learn the processes and habits of successful creative individuals and discover how you can build creativity into your programming practice. This fascinating new book introduces the seven domains of creative problem solving and teaches practical techniques that apply those principles to software development. You will learn insights into creativity like: The seven dimensions of creativity in software engineering The scientific understanding of creativity and how it translates to programming Actionable advice and thinking exercises that will make you a better programmer Innovative communication skills for working more efficiently on a team Creative problem-solving techniques for tackling complex challenges Hand-drawn illustrations, reflective thought experiments, and brain-tickling example problems will help you get your creative juices flowing. You will soon be thinking up new and novel ways to tackle the big challenges of your projects. About the technology In software development, creative problem solving can be just as important as technical knowledge. A splash of creativity helps you break the conventional approaches that just aren't working. And just like technical skills, creativity can be learned and improved by practice. This innovative guide draws on the latest cognitive psychology research to reveal practical methods that will make you a more creative programmer.

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Kubernetes is an essential tool for anyone deploying and managing cloud-native applications. It lays out a complete introduction to container technologies and containerized applications along with practical tips for efficient deployment and operation. This revised edition of the bestselling Kubernetes in Action contains new coverage of the Kubernetes architecture, including the Kubernetes API, and a deep dive into managing a Kubernetes cluster in production. In Kubernetes in Action, Second Edition, you'll start with an overview of how Docker containers work with Kubernetes and move quickly to building your first cluster. You'll gradually expand your initial application, adding features and deepening your knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and operation. As you navigate this comprehensive guide, you'll also appreciate thorough coverage of high-value topics like monitoring, tuning, and scaling Kubernetes in Action, Second Edition teaches you to use Kubernetes to deploy container-based distributed applications. You'll start with an overview of how Docker containers work with Kubernetes and move quickly to building your first cluster. You'll gradually expand your initial application, adding features and deepening your knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and operation. In this revised and expanded second edition, you'll take a deep dive into the structure of a Kubernetes-based application and discover how to manage a Kubernetes cluster in production. As you navigate this comprehensive guide, you'll also appreciate thorough coverage of high-value topics like monitoring, tuning, and scaling.

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Machine Learning Engineering in Action lays out an approach to building deployable, maintainable production machine learning systems. You will adopt software development standards that deliver better code management, and make it easier to test, scale, and even reuse your machine learning code! You will learn how to plan and scope your project, manage cross-team logistics that avoid fatal communication failures, and design your code's architecture for improved resilience. You will even discover when not to use machine learning—and the alternative approaches that might be cheaper and more effective. When you're done working through this toolbox guide, you will be able to reliably deliver cost-effective solutions for organizations big and small alike. Following established processes and methodology maximizes the likelihood that your machine learning projects will survive and succeed for the long haul. By adopting standard, reproducible practices, your projects will be maintainable over time and easy for new team members to understand and adapt.

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Operations Anti-Patterns, DevOps Solutions shows how to implement DevOps techniques in the kind of imperfect environments most developers work in. Part technology tutorial, part reference manual, and part psychology handbook, this practical guide shows you realistic ways to bring DevOps to your team when you don’t have the flexibility to make sweeping changes in organizational structure. Focused on process improvements you can make from the bottom up, everything in Operations Anti-Patterns, DevOps Solutions is actionable for your team—from constructing a streamlined workflow system to developing dashboards and operational metrics to measure the right aspects of performance. To better understand the behavior of both individuals and organizations, you’ll also learn the psychological reasoning behind why DevOps techniques are effective. Key Features · Creating a post-mortem framework to analyze projects and incidents · Monitoring and managing team time · Building cultural touchstones that assist with team building · Automating change management · Techniques for adopting automation to power your workflows For team leaders and managers. About the technology By emphasising shared responsibility for delivering software, DevOps transforms the way technology departments work. Looking beyond tool choice and design philosophy, DevOps demands a change in an organization’s attitude and approach. Jeff Smith has been in the technology industry for over 15 years, both as management and individual contributor. He has managed DevOps transformations at Centro, an ad-tech firm, and Grubhub, an online ordering platform.

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Terraform is a provisioning tool for building, changing, and combining cloud infrastructure safely and efficiently. By defining infrastructure as code, Terraform empowers its users to deploy their entire stack to the cloud at the touch of a button. • Cloud architecture with Terraform • Sharing Terraform modules and the private module registry • Running Terraform securely in a multitenant environment • Strategies for performing Blue/Green deployments with Terraform By treating your infrastructure as a codeable application, you can instantaneously create and launch new components and respond efficiently to changes in demand and other use requirements. Terraform in Action introduces the Infrastructure-as-Code model using the amazing Terraform automation tool, teaching readers how to design and manage servers that can be provisioned, shared, changed, tested, and deployed at the touch of a button. Readers will unlock the full potential of Terraform to manage your infrastructure as easily as they manage their codebase. Written for readers experienced with major cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud. Examples are in the Go language.

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To score a job in data science, machine learning, computer graphics, and cryptography, you need to bring strong math skills to the party. Math for Programmers teaches the math you need for these hot careers, concentrating on what you need to know as a developer. Filled with lots of helpful graphics and more than 200 exercises and mini-projects, this book unlocks the door to interesting–and lucrative!–careers in some of today’s hottest programming fields. Key Features · 2D and 3D vector math · Matrices and linear transformations · Core concepts from linear algebra · Calculus with one or more variables · Algorithms for regression, classification, and clustering · Interesting real-world examples Written for programmers with solid algebra skills (even if they need some dusting off). No formal coursework in linear algebra or calculus is required. About the technology Most businesses realize they need to apply data science and effective machine learning to gain and maintain a competitive edge. To build these applications, they need developers comfortable writing code and using tools steeped in statistics, linear algebra, and calculus. Math also plays an integral role in other modern applications like game development, computer graphics and animation, image and signal processing, pricing engines, and stock market analysis. Paul Orland is CEO of Tachyus, a Silicon Valley startup building predictive analytics software to optimize energy production in the oil and gas industry. As founding CTO, he led the engineering team to productize hybrid machine learning and physics models, distributed optimization algorithms, and custom web-based data visualizations. He has a B.S. in mathematics from Yale University and a M.S. in physics from the University of Washington.

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DESCRIPTION Git has emerged as the source code control system preferred by distributed development teams. Its unique decentralized architecture and lightning-fast branching allow users to concentrate on code instead of tedious admin tasks. While Git can appear to be a diverse and sprawling beast, there are a few essential concepts and techniques required to get the most out of it. This book helps build the skills needed to use Git effectively in day-to-day dev tasks. Learn Git in a Month of Lunches introduces the discipline of source code control using Git. Whether a newbie or a busy pro moving source control to Git, readers will appreciate how this book concentrates on the components of Git that are used every day. In easy-to-follow lessons designed to take an hour or less, readers can dig into Git's distributed collaboration model, along with core concepts like committing, branching, and merging. Instead of a shallow introduction to Git's massive surface area, they’ll find a road map to the commands and processes needed to be instantly productive. KEY SELLING POINTS Starts from square one—no experience required Provides a road map to essential commands and processes Easy-to-follow lessons taking an hour or less to complete AUDIENCE This book is aimed at computer professionals of all levels—both beginners of source code control and newcomers to the Git version control system ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Git is the extremely popular version control system that has taken the open source community by storm. It’s designed for speed and efficiency and many open source projects have switched to using Git—the popularity of GitHub and its "social coding" cannot be denied.

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Code for most web sites mostly runs on the server. When a user clicks on a link, the site reacts slowly because the browser sends information to the server and the server sends it back again before displaying the results. With near universal availability of capable browsers and powerful hardware, the single page web application (SPA) pushes most of the code to the browser, giving users immediate results, whether they’re surfing at their desk or using a phone app. Single Page Web Applications shows how to build modern browser-based apps that take advantage of stronger client platforms and more-predictable bandwidth. It covers the SPA design approach and explores new techniques like structured JavaScript and responsive design. Readers will learn to capitalize on trends like server-side JavaScript and NoSQL data stores, as well as new frameworks that make JavaScript more manageable and testable as a first-class language. AUDIENCE This book is for web developers, architects, and product managers who know about JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and web development basics. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY A Single Page Application (SPA) is an application delivered to the browser that does not reload the page during use.

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RETAIL SELLING POINTS A step-by-step guide to unit testing Easily create readable, maintainable, trustworthy tests Great for both novice and experienced unit testers AUDIENCE This book is written for .NET Developers and anyone else who wants to learn unit testing.

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CSS lets programmers precisely specify the visual design of a web page or web app, from the structural layout of elements on the page to their individual look and feel. CSS in Depth takes web developers from beginner to advanced. In this book, they will revisit concepts that they are likely familiar with but have not completely mastered. Key Features: · Teaches the cascade, floats, and positioning · Example-rich · Covers both beginner and advanced topics This book is for both experienced and new web developers who want to deepen their knowledge of CSS. It assumes you have some basic experience with HTML, CSS, and the web. Some familiarity with JavaScript or other C-like programming language may be beneficial, but not required. About the Technology: CSS, short for “Cascading Style Sheets”, is one of the foundational technologies that drives the Internet. It specifies the visual design of a web page or web app, from the structural layout of elements on the page to their individual look and feel.

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React is a highly-performant tool that implements a one-way data flow model. Reasoning about an interface or application written with React ends up being much easier because it decreases overall complexity for developers working with it. React in Action introduces front-end developers to the React framework and related tools. Readers will work their way from “raw” React towards JSX, and from basic static components to ones that are dynamic and interactive. Key Features: · Clearly written · Example-rich · Hands-on Written for developers familiar with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript who want to create more robust front-end applications. About the Technology: React is an open source JavaScript framework that lets developers quickly create user interfaces for web applications.

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DESCRIPTION JavaScript on the server? You bet! Node.js is a JavaScript framework that can be used to create scalable, high-performance web applications. Using asynchronous I/O, the server can do more than one thing at a time, a key requirement for real-time apps like chat, games, and live statistics. Node.js in Action, Second Edition is a thoroughly-revised new edition that starts at square one and guides readers through all the features, techniques, and concepts needed to build production-quality Node applications. The book dives into the many different uses of Node: traditional web applications, real-time web applications, non-web network applications, and even desktop applications. It also covers the ongoing development of Node via io.js and the emerging ECMAScript 6 features. KEY FEATURES • Simplifies web application development • Teaches Node.js from the ground up • Outlines valuable online resources • Application examples including chat, microblogging, and more AUDIENCE Perfect for a web developer transitioning from Rails, Django, or PHP. Requires basic knowledge of JavaScript. No prior experience with Node.js needed. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Node.js is a JavaScript framework that can be used to create scalable, highperformance web applications. Using asynchronous I/O, the server can do more than one thing at a time, a key requirement for real-time apps like chat, games, and live statistics.

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GitOps and Kubernetes introduces a radical idea—managing your infrastructure with the same Git pull requests you use to manage your codebase. In this in-depth tutorial, you’ll learn to operate infrastructures based on powerful-but-complex technologies with the same Git version control tools most developers use daily. GitOps and Kubernetes is half reference, half practical tutorial for operating Kubernetes the GitOps way. Through fast-paced chapters, you’ll unlock the benefits of GitOps for flexible configuration management, monitoring, robustness, multi-environment support, and discover tricks and tips for managing secrets in the unique GitOps fashion. Key Features · Multiple-environments management with branching, namespace, and configuration · Access Control with Git, Kubernetes, and Pipeline · Using Kubernetes with Argo CD, JenkinsX, and Flux · Multi-step deployment strategies like Blue-Green, Canary in a declarative GitOps model For developers familiar with Continuous Delivery principles and the basics of Git and Kubernetes. About the technology The tools to monitor and manage software delivery and deployment can be complex to set up and intimidating to learn. But with the “GitOps“ method, you can manage your entire Kubernetes infrastructure with Git pull requests, giving you a single control interface and making it easy to assess and roll back changes! Billy Yuen, Alexander Matyushentsev, Todd Ekenstam, and Jesse Suen are principal engineers for the Intuit platform. They are widely recognized as industry leads in GitOps for Kubernetes, having presented numerous related talks at industry conferences.

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Description Modern NLP techniques based on machine learning radically improve the ability of software to recognize patterns, use context to infer meaning, and accurately discern intent from poorly-structured text. In Natural Language Processing in Action, readers explore carefully chosen examples and expand their machine's knowledge which they can then apply to a range of challenges. Key Features • Easy-to-follow • Clear examples • Hands-on-guide Audience A basic understanding of machine learning and some experience with a modern programming language such as Python, Java, C++, or JavaScript will be helpful. About the technology Natural Language Processing (NLP) is the discipline of teaching computers to read more like people, and readers can see examples of it in everything from chatbots to the speech-recognition software on their phone. Hobson Lane has more than 15 years of experience building autonomous systems that make important decisions on behalf of humans. Hannes Hapke is an Electrical Engineer turned Data Scientist with experience in deep learning. Cole Howard is a carpenter and writer turned Deep Learning expert.

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DESCRIPTION Most software applications must handle user or system-generated events. The most widely-accepted event handling model is the Observer pattern, in which an object "listens" for changes in the application's state and then reacts by executing a unit of code—the problems is that this approach is prone to bugs. Functional Reactive Programming (FRP) is an alternative to the Observer pattern. It’s designed to deal with events as a stream of values over time rather than as a series of unique responses to discrete changes in state, keeping logic tidy and eliminating the bugs that plague event handling code with no loss of expressiveness. FRP is useful anywhere the Observer pattern is common, including user interfaces, video games, networking, and industrial applications. Functional Reactive Programming teaches the concepts and applications of FRP. It begins with a careful walk-through of the FRP core operations and introduces the concepts and techniques needed to use FRP in any language. Following easy-to-understand examples, readers will learn how to use FRP in greenfield applications and how to refactor existing applications. Along the way, the book introduces the basics of functional programming in a just-in-time style, so readers never learn anything before they need to use it. By the end of the book, readers will be able to use FRP to spend more time adding features and less time fixing problems. KEY SELLING POINTS Step by step guide to developing FRP applications Think differently about data and events Spend less time fixing problems and more time adding features AUDIENCE This book presents examples in Java, C++, and JavaScript using the Sodium, Flapjax, and BaconJS libraries. No prior experience with functional programming is required. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Reactive programming is a broad concept, where programs are event-based and viewed as a data flow. Functional Reactive Programming is a specific type of reactive programming that improves the quality of interactive applications, allowing developers to spend more time adding features and less time fixing problems.

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This invaluable addition to any data scientist’s library shows you how to apply the R programming language and useful statistical techniques to everyday business situations as well as how to effectively present results to audiences of all levels. To answer the ever-increasing demand for machine learning and analysis, this new edition boasts additional R tools, modeling techniques, and more. Practical Data Science with R, Second Edition takes a practice oriented approach to explaining basic principles in the ever-expanding field of data science. You’ll jump right to real-world use cases as you apply the R programming language and statistical analysis techniques to carefully explained examples based in marketing, business intelligence, and decision support. Key features • Data science and statistical analysis for the business professional • Numerous instantly familiar real-world use cases • Keys to effective data presentations • Modeling and analysis techniques like boosting, regularized regression, and quadratic discriminant analysis Audience While some familiarity with basic statistics and R is assumed, this book is accessible to readers with or without a background in data science. About the technology Business analysts and developers are increasingly collecting, curating, analyzing, and reporting on crucial business data. The R language and its associated tools provide a straightforward way to tackle day-to-day Nina Zumel and John Mount are co-founders of Win-Vector LLC, a San Francisco-based data science consulting firm. Both hold PhDs from Carnegie Mellon and blog on statistics, probability, and computer science at win-vector.com.

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DESCRIPTION Simple Build Tool: sbt. The idea of a high quality build tool for Scala is indeed simple, but sbt itself is richly-featured and powerful. Documentation for sbt is sparse, and the blogs, tutorials, and other bits scattered across the web demand a comprehensive, accurate picture of how to build Scala projects effectively and efficiently. This book will help transform ugly, complex builds into a streamlined, automated, and repeatable process. SBT in Action is first and foremost a tutorial about effectively building Scala projects. It introduces the sbt tool with a simple project that establishes the fundamentals of running commands and tasks. Next, it shows how to use the peripheral libraries in sbt to make common tasks simpler. This includes an I/O library to deal with files and how to parse user input in a meaningful fashion. Finally, it covers how to deploy software effectively. RETAIL SELLING POINTS Comprehensive and detailed guide Fills in the gaps of information on sbt Shows how to tame unwieldy complex builds AUDIENCE This book assumes readers are comfortable reading and writing Scala code. No experience with sbt required. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Known as the de-facto Scala build tool, sbt is used to build other pieces of software. It uses Scala as its lingua franca, which means that all settings and files are typesafe by default, providing a level of safety in builds that is uncommon.

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DESCRIPTION Web apps shouldn't be hard to build, right? The developers of Grails agree. This hyper-productive open-source web framework offers "code by convention", leaving developers to focus on what makes their app special. Through its use of Groovy, it gives a powerful, Java-like language and full access to all Java libraries. Grails in Action is a comprehensive guide to the Grails framework. First, it covers the basics: the domain model, controllers, views, and services. Then, the fun! It dives into a Twitter-style app with features like AJAX/JSON, animation, search, wizards—even messaging and Jabber integration. It also offers loads of great plugins that'll make apps shine. RETAIL SELLING POINTS Fast track to super productivity Covers Grails 2.1 from the ground up Tons of tips and tricks from the trenches AUDIENCE No Java or Groovy background is required, but it is helpful for readers to have a background in web development and knowledge of an object-oriented language. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Grails is an open source web application framework which uses the Groovy programming language. This hyper-productive open-source web framework lets developers "code by convention", leaving them to focus on what makes their apps special.

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Computer savvy kids and can be found surfing the web, chatting with friends, downloading music, and playing games - all at the same time. Many, however, want to do more. Not only do they want to use computers to stay connected to the world, they want to understand what makes them work, and they want to make computers work for them; they want to learn programming. Warren and Carter Sande, a father and son team, created just the book to get them started. Hello World! Second Edition is a fun, easy-to-use guide with copious illustrations and engaging examples. It takes the reader on a playful tour of basic programming concepts and then puts those concepts together to make fun and useful programs. It uses Python, a programming language that is one of the easiest to read, write, and understand. Like the first edition, Hello World! Second Edition is not just for kids. While the tone is light and engaging, it doesn’t "talk down" to the reader, and beginners of any age will love its readability and sense of humor. Uses free open source software Makes programming fun and easy to use Contains lots of pictures, cartoons, and fun examples Hello World! Second Edition is printed in full color Readers don’t have to have any programming experience, but they should know the basics of using a computer. This book uses Python version 2.7.3. It’s free open source software available for different platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Mac. Python is a programming language that is one of the easiest to read, write, and understand. Python is not just for beginners though. It used by programmers at places like NASA and Google, so once learned, it’s a language that can expand to match the novice programmer’s growing expertise. It also serves as a great foundation for learning many other programming languages.

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Design systems optimized for deep learning models. Written for software engineers, this book teaches you how to implement a maintainable platform for developing deep learning models. In Engineering Deep Learning Systems you will learn how to: Transfer your software development skills to deep learning systems Recognize and solve common engineering challenges for deep learning systems Understand the deep learning development cycle Automate training for models in TensorFlow and PyTorch Optimize dataset management, training, model serving and hyperparameter tuning Pick the right open-source project for your platform Engineering Deep Learning Systems is a practical guide for software engineers and data scientists who are designing and building platforms for deep learning. It's full of hands-on examples that will help you transfer your software development skills to implementing deep learning platforms. You'll learn how to build automated and scalable services for core tasks like dataset management, model training/serving, and hyperparameter tuning. This book is the perfect way to step into an exciting—and lucrative—career as a deep learning engineer. about the technology Behind every deep learning researcher is a team of engineers bringing their models to production. To build these systems, you need to understand how a deep learning system's platform differs from other distributed systems. By mastering the core ideas in this book, you'll be able to support deep learning systems in a way that's fast, repeatable, and reliable.

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Graph Databases in Action teaches readers everything they need to know to begin building and running applications powered by graph databases. Right off the bat, seasoned graph database experts introduce readers to just enough graph theory, the graph database ecosystem, and a variety of datastores. They also explore modelling basics in action with real-world examples, then go hands-on with querying, coding traversals, parsing results, and other essential tasks as readers build their own graph-backed social network app complete with a recommendation engine! Key Features · Graph database fundamentals · An overview of the graph database ecosystem · Relational vs. graph database modelling · Querying graphs using Gremlin · Real-world common graph use cases For readers with basic Java and application development skills building in RDBMS systems such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and Postgres. No experience with graph databases is required. About the technology Graph databases store interconnected data in a more natural form, making them superior tools for representing data with rich relationships. Unlike in relational database management systems (RDBMS), where a more rigid view of data connections results in the loss of valuable insights, in graph databases, data connections are first priority. Dave Bechberger has extensive experience using graph databases as a product architect and a consultant. He’s spent his career leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build software in complex data domains such as bioinformatics, oil and gas, and supply chain management. He’s an active member of the graph community and has presented on a wide variety of graph-related topics at national and international conferences. Josh Perryman is technologist with over two decades of diverse experience building and maintaining complex systems, including high performance computing (HPC) environments. Since 2014 he has focused on graph databases, especially in distributed or big data environments, and he regularly blogs and speaks at conferences about graph databases.

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Companies everywhere are moving everyday business processes over to the cloud, and AI is increasingly being given the reins in these tasks. As this massive digital transformation continues, the combination of serverless computing and AI promises to become the de facto standard for business-to-consumer platform development—and developers who can design, develop, implement, and maintain these systems will be in high demand! AI as a Service is a practical handbook to building and implementing serverless AI applications, without bogging you down with a lot of theory. Instead, you’ll find easy-to-digest instruction and two complete hands-on serverless AI builds in this must-have guide! Key features Cloud AI from development to production Applying cloud AI services to your existing platform Understanding orchestration patterns for cloud AI systems How to architect and build scalable, resilient data pipelines Audience For software developers with intermediate skills in at least one programming language and a basic understanding of IP networking and HTTP protocol. About the technology Artificial Intelligence (AI), a machine’s ability to learn and make predictions based on patterns it identifies, is already being leveraged by businesses around the world in areas like targeted product recommendations, financial forecasting and resource planning, customer service chatbots, healthcare diagnostics, data security, and more. Peter Elger is the founder and CEO of fourTheorem, a software solutions company providing expertise on architecture, development, DevOps, and machine learning. He is also the cofounder and CTO of two other companies: nearForm, a Node.js consultancy, and StitcherAds, a digital advertising platform. He is a regular conference speaker and coauthor of The Node Cookbook as well as several academic papers. Eoin Shanaghy is the cofounder and CTO fourTheorem and the founder of Showpiper, a machine learning-driven video content marketing startup. He previously created real-time trading applications for Fortis Bank and developed Hewlett-Packard's enterprise application server as well as 3G network management systems for Ericsson and Arantech (now Netscout). Johannes Ahlmann is the founder and CEO of Sensatus.io, a Machine Learning company specialized in large-scale Web Crawling, Market Intelligence and On-Premise AI solutions. He previously created Information Extraction solutions as Head of Data Science at ScrapingHub, and created responsive mobile solutions at Dell EMC.

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Description OpenShift, an innovative enterprise infrastructure management system from RedHat, radically simplifies the day-to-day operation of deploying and maintaining large-scale applications. OpenShift in Action teaches readers how to set up and manage container-based infrastructure using OpenShift. Along the way, they’ll discover techniques for handling persistent storage and best practices for security and other fundamental tasks. Key features · Teaches from the ground up · Hands-on examples · Covers troubleshooting best practices Audience Written for operations engineers and developers with experience in a Linux-based distributed environment. About the technology The OpenShift container management platform (CMP) uses Docker, Kubernetes, and other container-oriented technologies to ease cluster management, scaling, and upgrades.

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Description This practical book covers real-world development concerns like state management, data and views, user interaction with forms, and communicating with servers, as well as testing and deploying your applications. This new edition has been fully revised to cover the latest Angular CLI along with current best practices and updates to Angular 5. Angular Development with Typescript, Second Edition is an intermediate-level tutorial that introduces Angular and TypeScript to developers comfortable with building web applications using other frameworks and tools. You'll start by exploring what makes Angular different by building an online auction app. As you move through the chapters, you'll explore TypeScript as you learn to write type-aware classes, interfaces, generics, and more. Key features · Angular CLI · TypeScript programming · Dependency Injection · Creating a modern-looking UI with Angular Material · Reactive programming Audience Written for intermediate web developers. No prior TypeScript or AngularJS experience is required. About the technology Angular's declarative style makes it easy to define and add features without dozens of lines of manually written boilerplate, and the fully integrated TypeScript language gives you the benefits of a statically typed language within the JavaScript ecosystem. Plus, adding Angular and TypeScript to your resume makes you a hot commodity.

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　 DESCRIPTION Modern distributed applications must deliver near-realtime performance while simultaneously managing big data and high user loads spread across environments ranging from cloud systems to mobile devices. Unlike traditional enterprise applications which focus on decoupling their internal components by defining programming interfaces, reactive applications go one step further and decouple their components also at runtime. This makes it possible to react effectively and efficiently to failures, varying user demands, and changes in the application's execution environment. The resulting systems are highly concurrent and fault-tolerant, with minimal dependencies among individual system components. Reactive Design Patterns is a clearly-written guide for building message-driven distributed systems that are resilient, responsive, and elastic. It contains patterns for messaging, flow control, resource management, and concurrency, along with practical issues like test-friendly designs. All patterns include concrete examples using Scala and Akka—in some cases, Java, JavaScript, and Erlang. Software engineers and architects will learn patterns that address day-to-day distributed development problems in a fault-tolerant and scalable way. Project leaders and CTOs will gain a deeper understanding of the reactive design philosophy. KEY FEATURES Offers best patterns for building reactive applications All patterns include concrete examples Discover best practices Explains theory behind reactive system design principles AUDIENCE Readers should be familiar with a standard programming language like Java, C++ or C# and be comfortable with the basics of distributed systems. Although most of the book's examples use the Scala language, no prior experience with Scala or Akka is required. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY The design patterns in this book were collected by the consultants and engineers of Typesafe during thousands of hours spent building enterprise-quality applications using Scala and Akka. Although many reactive patterns can be implemented using standard development tools like Java, others require the capabilities offered by a functional programming language like Scala and an Actor-based concurrency system like Akka.

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DESCRIPTION Clojure is a dialect of Lisp that runs on both the JVM and anywhere that JavaScript runs. It combines the nice features of a scripting language with the powerful features of a production environment—features like persistent data structures and clean concurrency primitives that are needed for industrial-strength application development. The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition has been fully updated to cover the new and improved features of Clojure 1.5. It goes beyond the syntax, and shows how to write fluent, idiomatic Clojure code. Readers will learn to approach programming challenges from a functional perspective and master the Lisp techniques that make Clojure so efficient and elegant. It also tackles hard software areas like concurrency, interoperability, performance, and more. RETAIL SELLING POINTS Tells the "why" and "how" of Clojure Covers the new and improved Clojure 1.5 Teachers elegant application design AUDIENCE Written for programmers coming to Clojure from another programming background—no prior experience with Clojure or Lisp is required. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Clojure is a powerful general purpose programming language that has powerful features supporting functional programming and multicore computation. It targets the Java Virtual Machine and modern JavaScript engines and provides easy access to host libraries, while providing an agile LISP-like environment.

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Imagine a publisher who wants to “stamp” his ebooks on the fly with the nameof the buyer (to discourage sharing). Such a publisher would (and we know onewho does) use iText for the task. Developers looking to enhance web- and otherapplications with dynamic PDF document generation and/or manipulation willfind this book unique in content and readability. Based on ongoing examplesthat encourage learning “in action,” they will finally understand PDF and learnhow to build applications that produce professional, high-quality PDFdocuments. While the basic functionality of iText is easy to acquire, this booklowers the learning curve for more advanced functionality. It explains how to useiText to create/manipulate PDF documents on-the-fly in one or more of thefollowing situations:• Due to time or size, the PDF documents can’t be produced manually.• The content

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Ajax gives web developers the potential to create rich user-centered internetapplications. But Ajax also adds a new level of complexity and sophistication tothose applications. Ajax in Practice tackles Ajax head-on, providing countlesshands-on techniques and tons of reusable code to address the specific issuesdevelopers face when building Ajax-driven solutions.After a brief overview of Ajax, this book takes the reader through dozens ofworking examples, all presented in an easy-to-use cookbook format. Readerswill learn how to implement drag-and-drop interfaces and will discover how tocreate effective navigation strategies for their applications. Unlike a traditionalcookbook, though, Ajax in Practice provides a thorough discussion of eachtechnique presented and shows how the individual components can beconnected to create powerful solutions. A fun “mash-up” chapter concludes the

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WebWork helps developers build well-designed applications quickly by creating re-usable, modular, web-based applications. WebWork in Action is the first book to focus entirely on WebWork, written by its two primary developers. Like a true "Action" book, it is both a tutorial on WebWork and a sourcebook for its use in demanding, real-world applications. The book goes into considerable depth on how to get desirable web features with WebWork. It uses the same basic (continuing) example as in Manning's Hibernate in Action to show how to integrate WebWork with the popular Hibernate persistance framework.

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Provides a thorough guide to using Eclipse features and plugins effectively in the context of real-world Java development. Realistic examples demonsrate how to use Eclipse effectively build, test and degug applications using the tools provided by Eclipse and other third - party open source plugins. Learn how to use plugin tools for using Eclipse in a team environment

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An increasing number of tasks in application programming and web design requires creating and manipulating graphics. Perl is a powerful and flexible language that is not commonly associated with graphics programming. The speed of developing in Perl plus the large number of freely available Perl graphics modules, make it an excellent option for the rapid development of graphics applications. Graphics Programming with Perl is a guide to the graphics and imaging modules and tools available to the Perl programmer. It covers subjects ranging from drawing your own pictures and dynamic graphics for web pages to rendering three-dimensional scenes and manipulating individual image pixels. The text is liberally illustrated with example code and programs that show how to achieve common, and sometimes not so common, graphics programming tasks. For the even less common tasks, the book shows you how to write your own modules. What's inside: How to create charts

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Reactive applications build on top of components that communicate asynchronously as they react to user and system events. As a result, they become scalable, responsive, and fault-tolerant. Java and Scala developers can use the Play Framework and the Akka concurrency toolkit to easily implement reactive applications without building everything from scratch. Reactive Web Applications teaches web developers how to benefit from the reactive application architecture and presents hands-on examples using Play, Akka, Scala, and Reactive Streams. This book starts by laying out the fundamentals required for writing functional and asynchronous applications and quickly introduces Play as a framework to handle the plumbing of your application. The book alternates between chapters that introduce reactive ideas (asynchronous programming with futures and actors, managing distributed state with CQRS) and practical examples that show you how to build these ideas into your applications.

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Programmer's Guide to Apache Thrift provides comprehensive coverage of the Apache Thrift framework along with a developer's-eye view of modern distributed application architecture. Packed with complete code examples and pragmatic discussion, this book lays the best practices for multi-language distributed application development. You'll take a guided tour through transports, protocols, IDL and servers as you explore complete example programs in C++, Java and Python. You'll also learn how to work with platforms ranging from enterprise servers to mobile clients. About the technology Any distributed application includes individual components, often written in different languages and hosted in multiple locations, which must communicate quickly and efficiently. Apache Thrift is a communication framework that enables cross-language remote procedure calls and serialization. Apache Thrift supports embedded, mobile, web, and server environments and a host of languages ranging from JavaScript to C++. It's perfect for back end services and embedded systems where size, scalability and performance are mission critical. Key Features Clear, concise coverage of all of the primary Apache Thrift features Complete coverage of the Apache Thrift Interface Definition Language Building and serializing complex user defined types Working with plug in serialization protocols and data compression Creating cross-language services Tools and features to enable interface evolution Randy Abernethy is an active Apache Thrift contributor and can be found on the dev and user email lists. A serial entrepreneur, Randy founded Hollywood's first all hard disk recording studio in the early 90s, a direct market access institutional brokerage in the 2000s, and has recently focused on the development of proprietary automated trading systems using Apache Thrift for interoperability.

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DESCRIPTION Gradle is the next step in JVM-based build tools. It draws on lessons learned from established build tools like Ant and Maven, incorporating and improving upon their best ideas, like full flexibility and convention over configuration. In Gradle, problem domains are declaratively modeled using a powerful Groovy DSL instead of cumbersome XML. As a result, builds are far more expressive, extensible, and testable. Gradle in Action is a comprehensive guide to end-to-end project automation with Gradle. Starting with the basics, this practical, easy-to-read book discusses how to build a full-fledged, real-world project. Along the way, it touches on advanced topics like testing, continuous integration, and monitoring code quality. It also covers tasks like setting up target environments and deploying software. RETAIL SELLING POINTS Practical real-world examples Gradle from the ground up Takes software delivery processes to the next level. AUDIENCE No prior experience with Groovy required. This book assumes basic knowledge of Java. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Build automation is key to implementing Continuous Delivery, a hot topic these days. Enterprises want to ship software, fast and repeatable. Gradle, a powerful and expressive build tool, plays an important role as an enabling tool to support the build and deployment process.

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