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Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition

Covers Windows, Linux, and macOS

by Travis Plunk, James Petty, Tyler Leonhardt ...

Designed for busy IT professionals, this innovative guide will take you from the basics to PowerShell proficiency through 25 tutorials you can do in your lunch break.In Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition you will learn:Discoverability with the Help systemBackground jobs and automation techniquesSimple scripting to automate repetitive tasksManaging cloud services from major ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Designed for busy IT professionals, this innovative guide will take you from the basics to PowerShell proficiency through 25 tutorials you can do in your lunch break.In Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition you will learn:Discoverability with the Help systemBackground jobs and automation techniquesSimple scripting to automate repetitive tasksManaging cloud services from major
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Mastering LEGO® MINDSTORMS

Build Better Robots with Python and Word Blocks

by Barbara Bratzel, Rob Torok ...

Take your robotics skills to the next level with this guide to mastering LEGO® MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor and LEGO® SPIKE Prime.You’ve learned the basics of LEGO® robotics with your Robot Inventor or SPIKE Prime kit, and now you’re ready for more. This full-color, illustrated guidebook to programming your robotic creations teaches you everything you need to know to level up your engineering skills, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Take your robotics skills to the next level with this guide to mastering LEGO® MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor and LEGO® SPIKE Prime.You’ve learned the basics of LEGO® robotics with your Robot Inventor or SPIKE Prime kit, and now you’re ready for more. This full-color, illustrated guidebook to programming your robotic creations teaches you everything you need to know to level up your engineering skills,
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Java Programming

A Comprehensive Approach

by Prof. Kalyani Satone, Prof. Pranjali Ulhe, Prof. Supriya Narad, Dr. Chitra Dhawale ...

Unlock the Power of Java and Elevate Your Programming Skills!Are you eager to become a proficient Java programmer or looking to take your existing Java skills to the next level? "Java Programming: A Comprehensive Approach" is your ultimate guide to mastering this versatile and widely-used programming language.Java has been a cornerstone of software development for decades, and in this ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Unlock the Power of Java and Elevate Your Programming Skills!Are you eager to become a proficient Java programmer or looking to take your existing Java skills to the next level? "Java Programming: A Comprehensive Approach" is your ultimate guide to mastering this versatile and widely-used programming language.Java has been a cornerstone of software development for decades, and in this
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Programming Rust

Fast, Safe Systems Development

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff, Leonora F. S. Tindall ...

Rust combines low-level control with memory safety, making it an ideal choice for systems programming. This practical guide is for experienced programmers looking to write fast, reliable code while avoiding common pitfalls like data races and buffer overflows. Authors Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff, and Leonora Tindall explain Rust's unique approach to ownership, borrowing, and concurrency, helping ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Rust combines low-level control with memory safety, making it an ideal choice for systems programming. This practical guide is for experienced programmers looking to write fast, reliable code while avoiding common pitfalls like data races and buffer overflows. Authors Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff, and Leonora Tindall explain Rust's unique approach to ownership, borrowing, and concurrency, helping
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The AWK Programming Language

by Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan, Peter Weinberger ...

Awk was developed in 1977 at Bell Labs, and it's still a remarkably useful tool for solving a wide variety of problems quickly and efficiently. In this update of the classic Awk book, the creators of the language show you what Awk can do and teach you how to use it effectively.Here's what programmers today are saying: "I love Awk." "Awk is amazing." "It is just so damn good." "Awk is just right." ... Read more

$34.99 USD

Awk was developed in 1977 at Bell Labs, and it's still a remarkably useful tool for solving a wide variety of problems quickly and efficiently. In this update of the classic Awk book, the creators of the language show you what Awk can do and teach you how to use it effectively.Here's what programmers today are saying: "I love Awk." "Awk is amazing." "It is just so damn good." "Awk is just right."
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Introducing Python

by Bill Lubanovic ...

Stuck in a coding conundrum? Whether you're an advanced beginner, an intermediate developer, or a curious newcomer, the complexities of coding can often feel like a labyrinth with no exit. With Python, however, you can start writing real code quickly—but where should you start?In this updated third edition, Bill Lubanovic acts as your personal guide to Python, offering a clear path through the ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Stuck in a coding conundrum? Whether you're an advanced beginner, an intermediate developer, or a curious newcomer, the complexities of coding can often feel like a labyrinth with no exit. With Python, however, you can start writing real code quickly—but where should you start?In this updated third edition, Bill Lubanovic acts as your personal guide to Python, offering a clear path through the
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Java Full Course 2026: From Beginner to Expert, A Complete Programming Course

by K.S. RATHORE ...

Start your journey into one of the world's most powerful and in-demand programming languages with this fully updated 2026 edition. Designed for absolute beginners and ambitious learners alike, this comprehensive coursebook takes you from the fundamentals of Java to advanced, real-world development skills.Whether you want to build applications, prepare for tech interviews, switch careers, or ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Start your journey into one of the world's most powerful and in-demand programming languages with this fully updated 2026 edition. Designed for absolute beginners and ambitious learners alike, this comprehensive coursebook takes you from the fundamentals of Java to advanced, real-world development skills.Whether you want to build applications, prepare for tech interviews, switch careers, or
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Python Illustrated

Not another boring Python book, learn programming the fun way

by Maaike van Putten, Imke van Putten ...

Learn Python coding concepts the fun way through humour, storytelling, and beginner-friendly examples that make your first step into the world of Python programming enjoyableKey FeaturesFollow an adorable, illustrated teaching cat with sharp coding instincts as your guideBuild confidence and coding skills with step-by-step explanations that gradually increase your understandingReinforce your ... Read more

$28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn Python coding concepts the fun way through humour, storytelling, and beginner-friendly examples that make your first step into the world of Python programming enjoyableKey FeaturesFollow an adorable, illustrated teaching cat with sharp coding instincts as your guideBuild confidence and coding skills with step-by-step explanations that gradually increase your understandingReinforce your
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Python Crash Course, 3rd Edition

A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming

by Eric Matthes ...

Python Crash Course is the world’s bestselling programming book, with over 1,500,000 copies sold to date!Python Crash Course is the world’s best-selling guide to the Python programming language. This fast-paced, thorough introduction will have you writing programs, solving problems, and developing functioning applications in no time.You’ll start by learning basic programming concepts, such as ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Python Crash Course is the world’s bestselling programming book, with over 1,500,000 copies sold to date!Python Crash Course is the world’s best-selling guide to the Python programming language. This fast-paced, thorough introduction will have you writing programs, solving problems, and developing functioning applications in no time.You’ll start by learning basic programming concepts, such as
... Read more
Building Business Websites with Squarespace 7: RAW

Master the tools and techniques of using Squarespace to create professional websites

by Miko Coffey ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is ideal for anyone who wants to learn how to use the latest version of Squarespace to create a website from scratch and take it through to go-live. You don't need any prior experience with Squarespace, HTML or CSS, or building websites in general as everything is done using Squarespace's simple, browser-based interface.What you will learnWho this book is for ... Read more

$41.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is ideal for anyone who wants to learn how to use the latest version of Squarespace to create a website from scratch and take it through to go-live. You don't need any prior experience with Squarespace, HTML or CSS, or building websites in general as everything is done using Squarespace's simple, browser-based interface.What you will learnWho this book is for
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Erlang Systems Programming

Definitive Reference for Developers and Engineers

by Richard Johnson ...

"Erlang Systems Programming""Erlang Systems Programming" is an advanced guide to building robust, concurrent, and distributed systems using the Erlang programming language. Through a logical progression from underlying philosophy to practical engineering solutions, this book explores the unique features and architectural decisions that make Erlang an ideal choice for fault-tolerant systems ... Read more

$9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Erlang Systems Programming""Erlang Systems Programming" is an advanced guide to building robust, concurrent, and distributed systems using the Erlang programming language. Through a logical progression from underlying philosophy to practical engineering solutions, this book explores the unique features and architectural decisions that make Erlang an ideal choice for fault-tolerant systems
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Practical Jsonnet for Configuration Engineering

The Complete Guide for Developers and Engineers

by William Smith ...

"Practical Jsonnet for Configuration Engineering""Practical Jsonnet for Configuration Engineering" is a comprehensive guide to mastering modern configuration management with Jsonnet, the powerful data templating language designed for complex infrastructure and applications. The book opens with an exploration of the paradigm shift toward configuration as code, contrasting Jsonnet’s flexible ... Read more

$9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Practical Jsonnet for Configuration Engineering""Practical Jsonnet for Configuration Engineering" is a comprehensive guide to mastering modern configuration management with Jsonnet, the powerful data templating language designed for complex infrastructure and applications. The book opens with an exploration of the paradigm shift toward configuration as code, contrasting Jsonnet’s flexible
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CockroachDB: The Definitive Guide

Guide: Distributed Data at Scale

by Guy Harrison, Jesse Seldess, Ben Darnell, Rob Reid ...

CockroachDB is the distributed SQL database that handles the demands of today's data-driven applications. The second edition of this popular hands-on guide shows software developers, architects, and DevOps/SRE teams how to use CockroachDB for applications that scale elastically and provide seamless delivery for end users while remaining indestructible.Data professionals will learn how to migrate ... Read more

$48.99 USD

CockroachDB is the distributed SQL database that handles the demands of today's data-driven applications. The second edition of this popular hands-on guide shows software developers, architects, and DevOps/SRE teams how to use CockroachDB for applications that scale elastically and provide seamless delivery for end users while remaining indestructible.Data professionals will learn how to migrate
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Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good!

A Beginner's Guide

by Fred Hebert ...

Erlang is the language of choice for programmers who want to write robust, concurrent applications, but its strange syntax and functional design can intimidate the uninitiated. Luckily, there’s a new weapon in the battle against Erlang-phobia: Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good!Erlang maestro Fred Hébert starts slow and eases you into the basics: You’ll learn about Erlang’s unorthodox syntax, ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Erlang is the language of choice for programmers who want to write robust, concurrent applications, but its strange syntax and functional design can intimidate the uninitiated. Luckily, there’s a new weapon in the battle against Erlang-phobia: Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good!Erlang maestro Fred Hébert starts slow and eases you into the basics: You’ll learn about Erlang’s unorthodox syntax,
... Read more
Spring Cloud Data Flow

Native Cloud Orchestration Services for Microservice Applications on Modern Runtimes

by Felipe Gutierrez ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Work with big data applications by using Spring Cloud Data Flow as a unified, distributed, and extensible system for data ingestion and integration, real-time analytics and data processing pipelines, batch processing, and data export. With this book you will develop a foundation for creating applications that use real-time data streaming by combining different technologies and use the full power ... Read more

$71.99 USD

Work with big data applications by using Spring Cloud Data Flow as a unified, distributed, and extensible system for data ingestion and integration, real-time analytics and data processing pipelines, batch processing, and data export. With this book you will develop a foundation for creating applications that use real-time data streaming by combining different technologies and use the full power
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Programming Concepts in C++

by Robert Burns ...

Programming Concepts in C++ is one in a series of books that introduce the basic concepts of computer programming, using a selected programming language. Other books in the series use languages like Java and Python, but all focus on concepts and not on any particular language. The presentation of the material is the same in each language, and much of the text is identical. Code samples are ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Programming Concepts in C++ is one in a series of books that introduce the basic concepts of computer programming, using a selected programming language. Other books in the series use languages like Java and Python, but all focus on concepts and not on any particular language. The presentation of the material is the same in each language, and much of the text is identical. Code samples are
... Read more
Dive Into Algorithms

A Pythonic Adventure for the Intrepid Beginner

by Bradford Tuckfield ...

Dive Into Algorithms is a broad introduction to algorithms using the Python Programming Language.Dive Into Algorithms is a wide-ranging, Pythonic tour of many of the world's most interesting algorithms. With little more than a bit of computer programming experience and basic high-school math, you'll explore standard computer science algorithms for searching, sorting, and optimization; human-based ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Dive Into Algorithms is a broad introduction to algorithms using the Python Programming Language.Dive Into Algorithms is a wide-ranging, Pythonic tour of many of the world's most interesting algorithms. With little more than a bit of computer programming experience and basic high-school math, you'll explore standard computer science algorithms for searching, sorting, and optimization; human-based
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The Art of SQL

by Stephane Faroult, Peter Robson ...

For all the buzz about trendy IT techniques, data processing is still at the core of our systems, especially now that enterprises all over the world are confronted with exploding volumes of data. Database performance has become a major headache, and most IT departments believe that developers should provide simple SQL code to solve immediate problems and let DBAs tune any "bad SQL" later.In The ... Read more

$25.99 USD

For all the buzz about trendy IT techniques, data processing is still at the core of our systems, especially now that enterprises all over the world are confronted with exploding volumes of data. Database performance has become a major headache, and most IT departments believe that developers should provide simple SQL code to solve immediate problems and let DBAs tune any "bad SQL" later.In The
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Inventing ELIZA

How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI

by David M. Berry, Sarah Ciston, Anthony C. Hay, Mark C. Marino, Peter Millican ...

Series series Software Studies
How the original ELIZA chatbot transformed ideas about AI and society’s response to them.As we reach the 60th anniversary of ELIZA’s public debut, Inventing ELIZA offers the first comprehensive critical analysis of Joseph Weizenbaum’s groundbreaking chatbot system through the lens of critical code studies. Drawing on extensive archival research at MIT, Stanford, and UCLA, this book presents the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

How the original ELIZA chatbot transformed ideas about AI and society’s response to them.As we reach the 60th anniversary of ELIZA’s public debut, Inventing ELIZA offers the first comprehensive critical analysis of Joseph Weizenbaum’s groundbreaking chatbot system through the lens of critical code studies. Drawing on extensive archival research at MIT, Stanford, and UCLA, this book presents the
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Spring in Action

by Craig Walls ...

SummarySpring in Action, 5th Edition is the fully updated revision of Manning's bestselling Spring in Action. This new edition includes all Spring 5.0 updates, along with new examples on reactive programming, Spring WebFlux, and microservices. You'll also find the latest Spring best practices, including Spring Boot for application setup and configuration.About the TechnologySpring Framework makes ... Read more

$38.99 USD

SummarySpring in Action, 5th Edition is the fully updated revision of Manning's bestselling Spring in Action. This new edition includes all Spring 5.0 updates, along with new examples on reactive programming, Spring WebFlux, and microservices. You'll also find the latest Spring best practices, including Spring Boot for application setup and configuration.About the TechnologySpring Framework makes
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Make Your Own Python Text Adventure

A Guide to Learning Programming

by Phillip Johnson ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn programming with Python by creating a text adventure. This book will teach you the fundamentals of programming, how to organize code, and some coding best practices. By the end of the book, you will have a working game that you can play or show off to friends. You will also be able to change the game and make it your own by writing a different story line, including new items, creating new ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Learn programming with Python by creating a text adventure. This book will teach you the fundamentals of programming, how to organize code, and some coding best practices. By the end of the book, you will have a working game that you can play or show off to friends. You will also be able to change the game and make it your own by writing a different story line, including new items, creating new
... Read more
Effective Modern C++

42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14

by Scott Meyers ...

Coming to grips with C++11 and C++14 is more than a matter of familiarizing yourself with the features they introduce (e.g., auto type declarations, move semantics, lambda expressions, and concurrency support). The challenge is learning to use those features effectively—so that your software is correct, efficient, maintainable, and portable. That’s where this practical book comes in. It describes ... Read more

$36.99 USD

Coming to grips with C++11 and C++14 is more than a matter of familiarizing yourself with the features they introduce (e.g., auto type declarations, move semantics, lambda expressions, and concurrency support). The challenge is learning to use those features effectively—so that your software is correct, efficient, maintainable, and portable. That’s where this practical book comes in. It describes
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Microservices Patterns

With examples in Java

by Chris Richardson ...

"A comprehensive overview of the challenges teams face when moving to microservices, with industry-tested solutions to these problems." - Tim Moore, Lightbend44 reusable patterns to develop and deploy reliable production-quality microservices-based applications, with worked examples in Java****Key Features44 design patterns for building and deploying microservices applicationsDrawing on decades of ... Read more

$49.99 USD

"A comprehensive overview of the challenges teams face when moving to microservices, with industry-tested solutions to these problems." - Tim Moore, Lightbend44 reusable patterns to develop and deploy reliable production-quality microservices-based applications, with worked examples in Java****Key Features44 design patterns for building and deploying microservices applicationsDrawing on decades of
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High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails

Reliable, Scalable, Maintainable Database Applications

by Andrew Atkinson ...

Build faster, more reliable Rails apps by taking the best advanced PostgreSQL and Active Record capabilities, and using them to solve your application scale and growth challenges. Gain the skills needed to comfortably work with multi-terabyte databases, and with complex Active Record, SQL, and specialized Indexes. Develop your skills with PostgreSQL on your laptop, then take them into production, ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Build faster, more reliable Rails apps by taking the best advanced PostgreSQL and Active Record capabilities, and using them to solve your application scale and growth challenges. Gain the skills needed to comfortably work with multi-terabyte databases, and with complex Active Record, SQL, and specialized Indexes. Develop your skills with PostgreSQL on your laptop, then take them into production,
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