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Data Visualization with D3.js Cookbook

Turn your digital data into dynamic graphics with this exciting, leading-edge cookbook. Packed with recipes and practical guidance it will quickly make you a proficient user of the D3 JavaScript library.

by Nick Zhu ...

Turn your digital data into dynamic graphics with this exciting, leading-edge cookbook. Packed with recipes and practical guidance it will quickly make you a proficient user of the D3 JavaScript library.Key FeaturesCreate stunning data visualization with the power of D3Bootstrap D3 quickly with the help of ready-to-go code samplesSolve real-world visualization problems with the help of practical ... Read more

$28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Turn your digital data into dynamic graphics with this exciting, leading-edge cookbook. Packed with recipes and practical guidance it will quickly make you a proficient user of the D3 JavaScript library.Key FeaturesCreate stunning data visualization with the power of D3Bootstrap D3 quickly with the help of ready-to-go code samplesSolve real-world visualization problems with the help of practical
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Apache Kafka 1.0 Cookbook

Over 100 practical recipes on using distributed enterprise messaging to handle real-time data

by Raúl Estrada ...

Simplify real-time data processing by leveraging the power of Apache Kafka 1.0Key FeaturesUse Kafka 1.0 features such as Confluent platforms and Kafka streams to build efficient streaming data applications to handle and process your dataIntegrate Kafka with other Big Data tools such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, and moreHands-on recipes to help you design, operate, maintain, and secure your ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Simplify real-time data processing by leveraging the power of Apache Kafka 1.0Key FeaturesUse Kafka 1.0 features such as Confluent platforms and Kafka streams to build efficient streaming data applications to handle and process your dataIntegrate Kafka with other Big Data tools such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, and moreHands-on recipes to help you design, operate, maintain, and secure your
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Extreme DAX

Take your Power BI and Microsoft data analytics skills to the next level

by Michiel Rozema, Henk Vlootman ...

Discover the true power of DAX and build advanced DAX solutions for practical business scenariosKey FeaturesSolve complex business problems within Microsoft BI tools including Power BI, SQL Server, and ExcelDevelop a conceptual understanding of critical business data modeling principlesLearn the subtleties of Power BI data visualizations, evaluation context, context transition, and filteringBook ... Read more

$44.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover the true power of DAX and build advanced DAX solutions for practical business scenariosKey FeaturesSolve complex business problems within Microsoft BI tools including Power BI, SQL Server, and ExcelDevelop a conceptual understanding of critical business data modeling principlesLearn the subtleties of Power BI data visualizations, evaluation context, context transition, and filteringBook
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LLVM Code Generation

A deep dive into compiler backend development

by Quentin Colombet ...

Explore the world of code generation with the LLVM infrastructure, and learn how to extend existing backends or develop your own Get With Your Book: PDF Copy, AI Assistant, and Next-Gen Reader FreeKey FeaturesUnderstand the steps involved in generating assembly code from LLVM IRLearn the key constructs needed to leverage LLVM for your hardware or backendStrengthen your understanding with targeted ... Read more

$35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explore the world of code generation with the LLVM infrastructure, and learn how to extend existing backends or develop your own Get With Your Book: PDF Copy, AI Assistant, and Next-Gen Reader FreeKey FeaturesUnderstand the steps involved in generating assembly code from LLVM IRLearn the key constructs needed to leverage LLVM for your hardware or backendStrengthen your understanding with targeted
... Read more
OS X Yosemite: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue ...

With Yosemite, Apple has unleashed the most innovative version of OS X yet—and once again, David Pogue brings his expertise and humor to the #1 bestselling Mac book. Mac OS X 10.10 includes more innovations from the iPad and adds a variety of new features throughout the operating system. This updated edition covers it all with something new on practically every page.Get the scoop on Yosemite’s big ... Read more

$21.99 USD

With Yosemite, Apple has unleashed the most innovative version of OS X yet—and once again, David Pogue brings his expertise and humor to the #1 bestselling Mac book. Mac OS X 10.10 includes more innovations from the iPad and adds a variety of new features throughout the operating system. This updated edition covers it all with something new on practically every page.Get the scoop on Yosemite’s big
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Learn Cocoa on the Mac

by Jack Nutting, Peter Clark ...

The Cocoa frameworks are some of the most powerful for creating native OS X apps available today. However, for a first-time Mac developer, just firing up Xcode 4 and starting to browse the documentation can be a daunting and frustrating task. The Objective-C class reference documentation alone would fill thousands of printed pages, not to mention all the other tutorials and guides included with ... Read more

$35.99 USD

The Cocoa frameworks are some of the most powerful for creating native OS X apps available today. However, for a first-time Mac developer, just firing up Xcode 4 and starting to browse the documentation can be a daunting and frustrating task. The Objective-C class reference documentation alone would fill thousands of printed pages, not to mention all the other tutorials and guides included with
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Simulation and Serious Games for Education

Edited by Yiyu Cai, Sui Lin Goei, Wim Trooster ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book introduces state-of-the-art research on simulation and serious games for education. The major part of this book is based on selected work presented at the 2014 Asia-Europe Symposium on Simulation and Serious Games held in Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands (Oct 1–2, 2014).It covers three major domains of education applications that use simulation and serious games ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book introduces state-of-the-art research on simulation and serious games for education. The major part of this book is based on selected work presented at the 2014 Asia-Europe Symposium on Simulation and Serious Games held in Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands (Oct 1–2, 2014).It covers three major domains of education applications that use simulation and serious games
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Exploring C++ 11

by Ray Lischner ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Exploring C++ divides C++ up into bite-sized chunks that will help you learn the language one step at a time. Assuming no familiarity with C++, or any other C-based language, you’ll be taught everything you need to know in a logical progression of small lessons that you can work through as quickly or as slowly as you need.C++ can be a complicated language. Writing even the most straight-forward of ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Exploring C++ divides C++ up into bite-sized chunks that will help you learn the language one step at a time. Assuming no familiarity with C++, or any other C-based language, you’ll be taught everything you need to know in a logical progression of small lessons that you can work through as quickly or as slowly as you need.C++ can be a complicated language. Writing even the most straight-forward of
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Learn FileMaker Pro 16

The Comprehensive Guide to Building Custom Databases

by Mark Conway Munro ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Extend FileMaker's built-in functionality and totally customize your data management environment with specialized functions and menus to super-charge the results and create a truly unique and focused experience. This book includes everything a beginner needs to get started building databases with FileMaker and contains advanced tips and techniques that the most seasoned professionals will ... Read more

$67.99 USD

Extend FileMaker's built-in functionality and totally customize your data management environment with specialized functions and menus to super-charge the results and create a truly unique and focused experience. This book includes everything a beginner needs to get started building databases with FileMaker and contains advanced tips and techniques that the most seasoned professionals will
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Tabular Modeling with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Cookbook

Create better operational analytics for your users with these business solutions

by Derek Wilson ...

Expert tabular modeling techniques for building and deploying cutting-edge business analytical reporting solutionsKey Features\[\*\] Build and deploy Tabular Model projects from relational data sources\[\*\] Leverage DAX and create high-performing calculated fields and measures\[\*\] Create ad-hoc reports based on a Tabular Model solution\[\*\] Useful tips to monitor and optimize your tabular ... Read more

$44.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Expert tabular modeling techniques for building and deploying cutting-edge business analytical reporting solutionsKey Features\[\*\] Build and deploy Tabular Model projects from relational data sources\[\*\] Leverage DAX and create high-performing calculated fields and measures\[\*\] Create ad-hoc reports based on a Tabular Model solution\[\*\] Useful tips to monitor and optimize your tabular
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Julia for Data Analysis

by Bogumil Bogumil ...

Master core data analysis skills using Julia. Interesting hands-on projects guide you through time series data, predictive models, popularity ranking, and more.In Julia for Data Analysis you will learn how to:Read and write data in various formatsWork with tabular data, including subsetting, grouping, and transformingVisualize your dataBuild predictive modelsCreate data processing pipelinesCreate ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Master core data analysis skills using Julia. Interesting hands-on projects guide you through time series data, predictive models, popularity ranking, and more.In Julia for Data Analysis you will learn how to:Read and write data in various formatsWork with tabular data, including subsetting, grouping, and transformingVisualize your dataBuild predictive modelsCreate data processing pipelinesCreate
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Writing and Querying MapReduce Views in CouchDB

Tools for Data Analysts

by Bradley Holt ...

If you want to use CouchDB to support real-world applications, you'll need to create MapReduce views that let you query this document-oriented database for meaningful data. With this short and concise ebook, you'll learn how to create a variety of MapReduce views to help you query and aggregate data in CouchDB’s large, distributed datasets.You'll get step-by-step instructions and lots of sample ... Read more

$13.99 USD

If you want to use CouchDB to support real-world applications, you'll need to create MapReduce views that let you query this document-oriented database for meaningful data. With this short and concise ebook, you'll learn how to create a variety of MapReduce views to help you query and aggregate data in CouchDB’s large, distributed datasets.You'll get step-by-step instructions and lots of sample
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Data Science Algorithms in a Week

Top 7 algorithms for scientific computing, data analysis, and machine learning

by David Natingga ...

Build a strong foundation of machine learning algorithms in 7 daysKey FeaturesUse Python and its wide array of machine learning libraries to build predictive modelsLearn the basics of the 7 most widely used machine learning algorithms within a weekKnow when and where to apply data science algorithms using this guideBook DescriptionMachine learning applications are highly automated and self ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build a strong foundation of machine learning algorithms in 7 daysKey FeaturesUse Python and its wide array of machine learning libraries to build predictive modelsLearn the basics of the 7 most widely used machine learning algorithms within a weekKnow when and where to apply data science algorithms using this guideBook DescriptionMachine learning applications are highly automated and self
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Managing Data as a Product

Design and build data-product-centered socio-technical architectures

by Andrea Gioia ...

Learn everything you need to know to manage data as a product and shift toward a more modular and decentralized socio-technical data architecture to deliver business value in an incremental, measurable, and sustainable way Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesLeverage data-as-product to unlock the modular platform potential and fix flaws in ... Read more

$32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn everything you need to know to manage data as a product and shift toward a more modular and decentralized socio-technical data architecture to deliver business value in an incremental, measurable, and sustainable way Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesLeverage data-as-product to unlock the modular platform potential and fix flaws in
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The Systems Thinker - Mental Models

The Systems Thinker Series, #3

by Albert Rutherford ...

Series Book 3 - The Systems Thinker Series
Regain focus. Select relevant information. Make quick and clear decisions.We are dealing with too many options, too much information, conflicting advice on general choices like what diet to choose, or who to choose as a mate. It's hard to maintain focus and be confident in our decisions under such conditions.The Systems Thinker –Mental Models helps you make decisions based on your relevant thought ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Regain focus. Select relevant information. Make quick and clear decisions.We are dealing with too many options, too much information, conflicting advice on general choices like what diet to choose, or who to choose as a mate. It's hard to maintain focus and be confident in our decisions under such conditions.The Systems Thinker –Mental Models helps you make decisions based on your relevant thought
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Build Your Own Programming Language

A programmer's guide to designing compilers, interpreters, and DSLs for modern computing problems

by Clinton L. Jeffery ...

Learn to design your own programming language in a hands-on way by building compilers, using preprocessors, transpilers, and more, in this fully-refreshed second edition, written by the creator of the Unicon programming language. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesTakes a hands-on approach; learn by building the Jzero language, a subset of Java, with example ... Read more

$37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn to design your own programming language in a hands-on way by building compilers, using preprocessors, transpilers, and more, in this fully-refreshed second edition, written by the creator of the Unicon programming language. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesTakes a hands-on approach; learn by building the Jzero language, a subset of Java, with example
... Read more
Blender Unleashed: Mastering the Art of 3D Creation

by Kameron Hussain, Frahaan Hussain ...

"Blender Unleashed: Mastering the Art of 3D Creation" is an essential guide for aspiring and professional digital artists seeking to elevate their skills in 3D modeling and animation. This comprehensive resource unlocks the full potential of Blender, the renowned open-source 3D software, guiding readers through its rich features and capabilities.From the basics of navigating Blender's user ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Blender Unleashed: Mastering the Art of 3D Creation" is an essential guide for aspiring and professional digital artists seeking to elevate their skills in 3D modeling and animation. This comprehensive resource unlocks the full potential of Blender, the renowned open-source 3D software, guiding readers through its rich features and capabilities.From the basics of navigating Blender's user
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Vulkan 3D Graphics Rendering Cookbook

Implement expert-level techniques for high-performance graphics with Vulkan

by Sergey Kosarevsky, Alexey Medvedev, Viktor Latypov ...

Master Vulkan 1.3 with practical recipes for building, rendering, and optimizing stunning 3D graphics, guided by AR and rendering experts Sergey Kosarevsky and Alexey Medvedev Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesLearn to harness Vulkan 1.3 for building high-performance applicationsIntegrate cutting-edge rendering techniques into a real-time 3D ... Read more

$35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master Vulkan 1.3 with practical recipes for building, rendering, and optimizing stunning 3D graphics, guided by AR and rendering experts Sergey Kosarevsky and Alexey Medvedev Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesLearn to harness Vulkan 1.3 for building high-performance applicationsIntegrate cutting-edge rendering techniques into a real-time 3D
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Engineering a Compiler

by Keith D. Cooper, Linda Torczon ...

Engineering a Compiler, Third Edition covers the latest developments in compiler technology, with new chapters focusing on semantic elaboration (the problems that arise in generating code from the ad-hoc syntax-directed translation schemes in a generated parser), on runtime support for naming and addressability, and on code shape for expressions, assignments and control-structures. Leading ... Read more

$71.99 USD

Engineering a Compiler, Third Edition covers the latest developments in compiler technology, with new chapters focusing on semantic elaboration (the problems that arise in generating code from the ad-hoc syntax-directed translation schemes in a generated parser), on runtime support for naming and addressability, and on code shape for expressions, assignments and control-structures. Leading
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Designing for Behavior Change

Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics

by Stephen Wendel ...

Designers and managers hope their products become essential for users—integrated into their lives like Instagram, Lyft, and others have become. Such deep integration isn’t accidental: it’s a process of careful design and iterative learning, especially for technology companies. This guide shows you how to apply behavioral science—research that supports many products—to help your users achieve their ... Read more

$34.99 USD

Designers and managers hope their products become essential for users—integrated into their lives like Instagram, Lyft, and others have become. Such deep integration isn’t accidental: it’s a process of careful design and iterative learning, especially for technology companies. This guide shows you how to apply behavioral science—research that supports many products—to help your users achieve their
... Read more
Demystifying OWL for the Enterprise

by Michael Uschold, Ying Ding, Paul Groth ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on Semantic Web: Theory and Technology
The purpose of this book is to speed up the processing of learning and mastering the Web Ontology Language OWL. To that end, the focus is on the 30% of OWL that gets used 90% of the time.After a slow incubation period of nearly 15 years, a large and growing number of organizations now have one or more projects using the Semantic Web stack of technologies. The Web Ontology Language (OWL) is an ... Read more

$40.99 USD

The purpose of this book is to speed up the processing of learning and mastering the Web Ontology Language OWL. To that end, the focus is on the 30% of OWL that gets used 90% of the time.After a slow incubation period of nearly 15 years, a large and growing number of organizations now have one or more projects using the Semantic Web stack of technologies. The Web Ontology Language (OWL) is an
... Read more
Generative AI From Beginner to Paid Professional, Part 1

An Introductory Microlearning Guide to Generative AI and Google Tools

by Bolakale Aremu ...

Series Book 1 - Generative AI from Beginner to Paid Professional
Unlock the Power of Generative AI and Accelerate Your Journey from Beginner to Paid Professional.Are you eager to break into the world of Generative AI but unsure where to start? This step-by-step series is designed for anyone looking to quickly grasp the fundamentals of AI and harness its potential to enhance their skills, grow their career, and start monetizing their expertise.In Part 1 of this ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Unlock the Power of Generative AI and Accelerate Your Journey from Beginner to Paid Professional.Are you eager to break into the world of Generative AI but unsure where to start? This step-by-step series is designed for anyone looking to quickly grasp the fundamentals of AI and harness its potential to enhance their skills, grow their career, and start monetizing their expertise.In Part 1 of this
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Text Analytics with Python

A Practical Real-World Approach to Gaining Actionable Insights from your Data

by Dipanjan Sarkar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Derive useful insights from your data using Python. You will learn both basic and advanced concepts, including text and language syntax, structure, and semantics. You will focus on algorithms and techniques, such as text classification, clustering, topic modeling, and text summarization.Text Analytics with Python teaches you the techniques related to natural language processing and text analytics, ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Derive useful insights from your data using Python. You will learn both basic and advanced concepts, including text and language syntax, structure, and semantics. You will focus on algorithms and techniques, such as text classification, clustering, topic modeling, and text summarization.Text Analytics with Python teaches you the techniques related to natural language processing and text analytics,
... Read more
Advanced Perl Programming

From Advanced to Expert

by William "Bo" Rothwell ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
William "Bo" Rothwell's Advanced Perl Programming continues where his previous book left off, more or less, as it guides you through advanced techniques of the Perl programming language starting with command-line options, references, and arrays and hashes from advanced data types. Next, you'll learn about typeglobs for symbolic entries.Additionally, you'll see advanced subroutine handling, then ... Read more

$62.99 USD

William "Bo" Rothwell's Advanced Perl Programming continues where his previous book left off, more or less, as it guides you through advanced techniques of the Perl programming language starting with command-line options, references, and arrays and hashes from advanced data types. Next, you'll learn about typeglobs for symbolic entries.Additionally, you'll see advanced subroutine handling, then
... Read more

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