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The Art of Immutable Architecture

Theory and Practice of Data Management in Distributed Systems

by Michael L. Perry ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This book teaches you how to evaluate a distributed system from the perspective of immutable objects. You will understand the problems in existing designs, know how to make small modifications to correct those problems, and learn to apply the principles of immutable architecture to your tools.Most software components focus on the state of objects. They store the current state of a row in a ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book teaches you how to evaluate a distributed system from the perspective of immutable objects. You will understand the problems in existing designs, know how to make small modifications to correct those problems, and learn to apply the principles of immutable architecture to your tools.Most software components focus on the state of objects. They store the current state of a row in a
... Read more
Programming Android with Kotlin

Achieving Structured Concurrency with Coroutines

by Pierre-Olivier Laurence, Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez, G. Blake Meike, Mike Dunn ...

Developing applications for the Android mobile operating system can seem daunting, particularly if it requires learning a new programming language: Kotlin, now AndroidÃ¢??s officialdevelopment language. With this practical book, Android developers will learn how to make the transition from Java to Kotlin, including how Kotlin provides a true advantage for gaining control over asynchronous ... Read more

$41.09 USD

Developing applications for the Android mobile operating system can seem daunting, particularly if it requires learning a new programming language: Kotlin, now AndroidÃ¢??s officialdevelopment language. With this practical book, Android developers will learn how to make the transition from Java to Kotlin, including how Kotlin provides a true advantage for gaining control over asynchronous
... Read more
Passion and Play

A Guide to Designing Sexual Content in Games

by Michelle Clough ...

Hoping to add some steam and sex to your next game? Then this book is for you. This practical guide provides you with the foundational tools needed to write, design, and create healthy sexual content in video games in ways that are narratively compelling, varied, and hot! Challenging the assumptions that sex in games is superfluous, exploitative, or only of interest to straight guys, this book ... Read more

$58.99 USD

Hoping to add some steam and sex to your next game? Then this book is for you. This practical guide provides you with the foundational tools needed to write, design, and create healthy sexual content in video games in ways that are narratively compelling, varied, and hot! Challenging the assumptions that sex in games is superfluous, exploitative, or only of interest to straight guys, this book
... Read more
Effective Project Management

Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid

by Robert K. Wysocki ...

The popular guide to the project management body of knowledge, now fully updatedNow in its eighth edition, this comprehensive guide to project management has long been considered the standard for both professionals and academics, with nearly 40,000 copies sold in the last three editions! Well-known expert Robert Wysocki has added four chapters of new content based on instructor feedback, enhancing ... Read more

$41.00 USD

The popular guide to the project management body of knowledge, now fully updatedNow in its eighth edition, this comprehensive guide to project management has long been considered the standard for both professionals and academics, with nearly 40,000 copies sold in the last three editions! Well-known expert Robert Wysocki has added four chapters of new content based on instructor feedback, enhancing
... Read more
Mastering Professional Scrum

A Practitioner’s Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Maximizing the Benefits of Agility

by Stephanie Ockerman, Simon Reindl ...

Series series The Professional Scrum Series
“Our job as Scrum professionals is to continually improve our ability to use Scrum to deliver products and services that help customers achieve valuable outcomes. This book will help you to improve your ability to apply Scrum.”–From the Foreword by Ken Schwaber, co-author of ScrumMastering Professional Scrum is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively. ... Read more

$30.59 USD

“Our job as Scrum professionals is to continually improve our ability to use Scrum to deliver products and services that help customers achieve valuable outcomes. This book will help you to improve your ability to apply Scrum.”–From the Foreword by Ken Schwaber, co-author of ScrumMastering Professional Scrum is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively.
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Lessons Learned:Management and Leadership for a Technical World

by George Moon ...

Stories of George Moon's extensive experience in leading technology teams are presented. The stories are written to encourage the reader to think of related experiences and draw out their own set of lessons. The stories cover periods of chaotic economic fluctuations which challenge individuals and corporations alike. You will read that difficult times help define managers and leaders more clearly ... Read more

$8.69 USD

Stories of George Moon's extensive experience in leading technology teams are presented. The stories are written to encourage the reader to think of related experiences and draw out their own set of lessons. The stories cover periods of chaotic economic fluctuations which challenge individuals and corporations alike. You will read that difficult times help define managers and leaders more clearly
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Docker: Up & Running

by Sean P. Kane, Karl Matthias ...

Docker and Linux containers have fundamentally changed the way that organizations develop, deliver, and run software at scale. But understanding why these tools are important and how they can be successfully integrated into your organization's ecosystem can be challenging. This fully updated guide provides developers, operators, architects, and technical managers with a thorough understanding of ... Read more

$41.09 USD

Docker and Linux containers have fundamentally changed the way that organizations develop, deliver, and run software at scale. But understanding why these tools are important and how they can be successfully integrated into your organization's ecosystem can be challenging. This fully updated guide provides developers, operators, architects, and technical managers with a thorough understanding of
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Behavioural Types

From Theory to Tools

Edited by Simon Gay, António Ravara ...

Behavioural type systems in programming languages support the specification and verification of properties of programs beyond the traditional use of type systems to describe data processing. A major example of such a property is correctness of communication in concurrent and distributed systems, motivated by the importance of structured communication in modern software. Behavioural Types: from ... Read more

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Behavioural type systems in programming languages support the specification and verification of properties of programs beyond the traditional use of type systems to describe data processing. A major example of such a property is correctness of communication in concurrent and distributed systems, motivated by the importance of structured communication in modern software. Behavioural Types: from
... Read more
React Cookbook

Recipes for Mastering the React Framework

by David Griffiths, Dawn Griffiths ...

React helps you create and work on an app in just a few minutes. But learning how to put all the pieces together is hard. How do you validate a form? Or implement a complex multistep user action without writing messy code? How do you test your code? Make it reusable? Wire it to a backend? Keep it easy to understand? The React Cookbook delivers answers fast.Many books teach you how to get started, ... Read more

$41.09 USD

React helps you create and work on an app in just a few minutes. But learning how to put all the pieces together is hard. How do you validate a form? Or implement a complex multistep user action without writing messy code? How do you test your code? Make it reusable? Wire it to a backend? Keep it easy to understand? The React Cookbook delivers answers fast.Many books teach you how to get started,
... Read more
Backend Handbook

for Ruby on Rails Apps

by Francisco Quintero ...

This is a handbook targeting people interested or involved in Ruby on Rails development that doesn't want to think hard about dependencies often times.There are RoR developers who work in one project for long terms and might not need to be setting up development environments frequently, however, there are also many others who work in several small RoR projects from time to time.Backend Handbook is ... Read more

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This is a handbook targeting people interested or involved in Ruby on Rails development that doesn't want to think hard about dependencies often times.There are RoR developers who work in one project for long terms and might not need to be setting up development environments frequently, however, there are also many others who work in several small RoR projects from time to time.Backend Handbook is
... Read more
Monitoring with Ganglia

Tracking Dynamic Host and Application Metrics at Scale

by Matt Massie, Bernard Li, Brad Nicholes, Vladimir Vuksan, Robert Alexander, Jeff Buchbinder, Frederiko Costa, Alex Dean, Dave Josephsen, Peter Phaal, Daniel Pocock ...

Written by Ganglia designers and maintainers, this book shows you how to collect and visualize metrics from clusters, grids, and cloud infrastructures at any scale. Want to track CPU utilization from 50,000 hosts every ten seconds? Ganglia is just the tool you need, once you know how its main components work together. This hands-on book helps experienced system administrators take advantage of ... Read more

$18.79 USD

Written by Ganglia designers and maintainers, this book shows you how to collect and visualize metrics from clusters, grids, and cloud infrastructures at any scale. Want to track CPU utilization from 50,000 hosts every ten seconds? Ganglia is just the tool you need, once you know how its main components work together. This hands-on book helps experienced system administrators take advantage of
... Read more
Git for Teams

A User-Centered Approach to Creating Efficient Workflows in Git

by Emma Jane Hogbin Westby ...

You can do more with Git than just build software. This practical guide delivers a unique people-first approach to version control that also explains how using Git as a focal point can help your team work better together. You’ll learn how to plan and pursue a Git workflow that not only ensures that you accomplish project goals, but also fits the immediate needs and future growth of your team.The ... Read more

$30.99 USD

You can do more with Git than just build software. This practical guide delivers a unique people-first approach to version control that also explains how using Git as a focal point can help your team work better together. You’ll learn how to plan and pursue a Git workflow that not only ensures that you accomplish project goals, but also fits the immediate needs and future growth of your team.The
... Read more
Drupal 8 for Absolute Beginners

by James Barnett ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Drupal 8 for Absolute Beginners is your definitive guide to starting from scratch with Drupal even if you have little web knowledge. This book teaches you the basics of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP in relation to Drupal, so that you can begin to use this popular CMS with all of its features.You will first learn how to set up and customize a basic blog using Drupal, one of the most powerful and ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Drupal 8 for Absolute Beginners is your definitive guide to starting from scratch with Drupal even if you have little web knowledge. This book teaches you the basics of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP in relation to Drupal, so that you can begin to use this popular CMS with all of its features.You will first learn how to set up and customize a basic blog using Drupal, one of the most powerful and
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Engineering Ontologies and Ontologies for Engineering

by João Paulo A. Almeida, Giancarlo Guizzardi ...

This volume celebrates the career of Prof. Ricardo de Almeida Falbo on the occasion of his formal retirement. The volume includes reflections from collaborators and former students, casting light on his academic work and contributions.The chapters show how Falbo's original contributions have influenced a number of developments in the application of Software Engineering practices to Ontology ... Read more

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This volume celebrates the career of Prof. Ricardo de Almeida Falbo on the occasion of his formal retirement. The volume includes reflections from collaborators and former students, casting light on his academic work and contributions.The chapters show how Falbo's original contributions have influenced a number of developments in the application of Software Engineering practices to Ontology
... Read more
Buddha in Testing

Finding Peace in Chaos

by Pradeep Soundararajan ...

A tester’s mind is never at rest. It is constantly searching, over populated with information, and continually discovering changes to context.A tester at work is interacting with plenty of people who don’t understand testing, pretend to understand or have conflicting ideas of testing.A combination of all this creates restlessness in a tester’s mind. A restless mind ends up with fragmented learning ... Read more

$4.99 USD

A tester’s mind is never at rest. It is constantly searching, over populated with information, and continually discovering changes to context.A tester at work is interacting with plenty of people who don’t understand testing, pretend to understand or have conflicting ideas of testing.A combination of all this creates restlessness in a tester’s mind. A restless mind ends up with fragmented learning
... Read more
Generative AI Design Patterns

Solutions to Common Challenges When Building GenAI Agents and Applications

by Valliappa Lakshmanan, Hannes Hapke ...

Generative AI enables powerful new capabilities, but they come with some serious limitations that you'll have to tackle to ship a reliable application or agent. Luckily, experts in the field have compiled a library of 32 tried-and-true design patterns to address the challenges you're likely to encounter when building applications using LLMs, such as hallucinations, nondeterministic responses, and ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Generative AI enables powerful new capabilities, but they come with some serious limitations that you'll have to tackle to ship a reliable application or agent. Luckily, experts in the field have compiled a library of 32 tried-and-true design patterns to address the challenges you're likely to encounter when building applications using LLMs, such as hallucinations, nondeterministic responses, and
... Read more
Web Development Basics: Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Web Development, #1

by Udara Sandakelum ...

Series Book 1 - Web Development
Title: Web Development Basics: Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScriptHave you ever wanted to create your own website but didn't know where to start? This book is here to guide you, step by step, through the essentials of web development. You'll learn how to build web pages using HTML, make them look great with CSS, and bring them to life with JavaScript.With simple explanations, practical examples, and ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Title: Web Development Basics: Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScriptHave you ever wanted to create your own website but didn't know where to start? This book is here to guide you, step by step, through the essentials of web development. You'll learn how to build web pages using HTML, make them look great with CSS, and bring them to life with JavaScript.With simple explanations, practical examples, and
... Read more
Beginning Software Engineering

by Rod Stephens ...

Discover the foundations of software engineering with this easy and intuitive guideIn the newly updated second edition of Beginning Software Engineering, expert programmer and tech educator Rod Stephens delivers an instructive and intuitive introduction to the fundamentals of software engineering. In the book, you’ll learn to create well-constructed software applications that meet the needs of ... Read more

$33.00 USD

Discover the foundations of software engineering with this easy and intuitive guideIn the newly updated second edition of Beginning Software Engineering, expert programmer and tech educator Rod Stephens delivers an instructive and intuitive introduction to the fundamentals of software engineering. In the book, you’ll learn to create well-constructed software applications that meet the needs of
... Read more
Evidence Guided

Creating High Impact Products in the Face of Uncertainty

by Itamar Gilad ...

Research shows that most of what we build creates little or no value for our users and the business. To break away from this harsh reality, you need to adopt a different system, one that combines human judgment with evidence. Using evidence effectively flips the odds in our favor: it boosts outcomes and reduces waste; it improves decision-making, alignment, and empowerment, and reduces battles of ... Read more

$9.90 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Research shows that most of what we build creates little or no value for our users and the business. To break away from this harsh reality, you need to adopt a different system, one that combines human judgment with evidence. Using evidence effectively flips the odds in our favor: it boosts outcomes and reduces waste; it improves decision-making, alignment, and empowerment, and reduces battles of
... Read more
Kubernetes in Action, Second Edition

Deploying and managing containers and cloud-native applications

by Marko Lukša, Kevin Conner ...

Series series In Action
Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning.Tens of thousands of developers have learned how to develop and run a Kubernetes environment from Kubernetes in Action. This new second edition updates the definitive guide with new, in-depth coverage of the Kubernetes architecture, including the Kubernetes API, and then ins-and-outs of application deployment.As more and more ... Read more

$50.99 USD

Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning.Tens of thousands of developers have learned how to develop and run a Kubernetes environment from Kubernetes in Action. This new second edition updates the definitive guide with new, in-depth coverage of the Kubernetes architecture, including the Kubernetes API, and then ins-and-outs of application deployment.As more and more
... Read more
REST in Practice

Hypermedia and Systems Architecture

by Jim Webber, Savas Parastatidis, Ian Robinson ...

Why don't typical enterprise projects go as smoothly as projects you develop for the Web? Does the REST architectural style really present a viable alternative for building distributed systems and enterprise-class applications?In this insightful book, three SOA experts provide a down-to-earth explanation of REST and demonstrate how you can develop simple and elegant distributed hypermedia systems ... Read more

$23.09 USD

Why don't typical enterprise projects go as smoothly as projects you develop for the Web? Does the REST architectural style really present a viable alternative for building distributed systems and enterprise-class applications?In this insightful book, three SOA experts provide a down-to-earth explanation of REST and demonstrate how you can develop simple and elegant distributed hypermedia systems
... Read more
97 Things Every SRE Should Know

by Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo ...

Site reliability engineering (SRE) is more relevant than ever. Knowing how to keep systems reliable has become a critical skill. With this practical book, newcomers and old hats alike will explore a broad range of conversations happening in SRE. You'll get actionable advice on several topics, including how to adopt SRE, why SLOs matter, when you need to upgrade your incident response, and how ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Site reliability engineering (SRE) is more relevant than ever. Knowing how to keep systems reliable has become a critical skill. With this practical book, newcomers and old hats alike will explore a broad range of conversations happening in SRE. You'll get actionable advice on several topics, including how to adopt SRE, why SLOs matter, when you need to upgrade your incident response, and how
... Read more
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
... Read more
Ingeniería y Arquitectura del Software

by Alicia Durango, Ángel Arias ...

Este libro es una guía de ayuda para aquellas personas que son ingenieros informáticos y desarrollan su carrera en el área del software. La principal responsabilidad del ingeniero es la de concebir el diseño que posibilite al software ser construido de modo que satisfaga los requisitos de calidad impuestos por las partes implicadas. Para que el proceso de diseño arquitectural tenga éxito, es ... Read more

$8.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Este libro es una guía de ayuda para aquellas personas que son ingenieros informáticos y desarrollan su carrera en el área del software. La principal responsabilidad del ingeniero es la de concebir el diseño que posibilite al software ser construido de modo que satisfaga los requisitos de calidad impuestos por las partes implicadas. Para que el proceso de diseño arquitectural tenga éxito, es
... Read more

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