Book Watch Archive


Essential TypeScript 5, 3rd Ed (Manning)
Wednesday, 11 October 2023

This guide to TypeScript takes the reader through the nuts and bolts of the language. No frills, no fuss—just TypeScript essentials. Adam Freeman begins with the hows-and-whys of TypeScript, then quickly progresses to practical applications of static types. The revised third edition shows how to get the most out of TypeScript 5 for a consistent, dependable development experience.

<ASIN:1633437310 >

 
Machine Learning Engineering with Python, 2nd Ed (Packt)
Monday, 09 October 2023

This is a practical guide to building ML solutions to real-world problems. Andrew P. McMahon takes an examples-based approach and covers technical concepts, implementation patterns, and development methodologies. This edition has a new chapter on deep learning, generative AI, and LLMOps, and covers tools like LangChain, PyTorch, and Hugging Face to use LLMs for analysis. The book also looks at AI assistants like GitHub Copilot.

<ASIN:1837631964>

 
Quantum Computing (For Dummies)
Friday, 06 October 2023

This book preps the reader for the changes that quantum computing would bring. whurley and Floyd Earl Smith look at what quantum computing is and how it works. The book looks at how quantum computing would revolutionize networking, data management, cryptography, and artificial intelligence in ways that would have previously been unthinkable.

<ASIN:1119933900 >

 
Extending & Embedding Python Using C (I/O Press)
Wednesday, 04 October 2023

This book tells Python programmers everything they need to know about the C API, which is what you use to create a C extension for Python. Mike James explains how to create C extensions, and shows how to use this to make C-based applications and libraries available to Python. He also looks at how to convert Python functions to C to speed things up, and how to work with modules, objects, types and threads.

<ASIN:B0CK3X93KF>

 
ASP.NET Core in Action, 3rd Ed (Manning)
Monday, 02 October 2023

Fully updated to ASP.NET Core 7.0, in this book Microsoft MVP Andrew Lock shows how to use C# and .NET skills to build cross-platform web applications. This revised bestseller reveals the latest .NET patterns, including minimal APIs and minimal hosting.

<ASIN: 1633438627>

 
Unsupervised (Wiley)
Friday, 29 September 2023

Subtitled, "Navigating and Influencing a World Controlled by Powerful New Technologies", this book examines the emerging technologies and tools that are starting to revolutionize our world, and looks at how we have arrived at this point, and who holds the reins of these formidable technologies, mostly without any supervision.

<ASIN:1394209908>

 
Learn Enough Python to Be Dangerous (Addison-Wesley)
Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Subtitled "Software Development, Flask Web Apps, and Beginning Data Science with Python", in this book Michael Hartl teaches the specific concepts, skills, and approaches you need to be professionally productive. Hartl introduces Python both as a general-purpose language and as a specialist tool for web development and data science, presenting focused examples and exercises that help you internalize what matters, without wasting time on details pros don't care about.

<ASIN:0138050953 >

 
Persistence Best Practices for Java Applications (Packt)
Monday, 25 September 2023

In this book, subtitled "Effective strategies for distributed cloud-native applications and data-driven modernization", Otàvio Santana and Karina Varela present well-established patterns and standards that can be used in Java solutions, with insights into the pros and cons of trending technologies and frameworks used in cloud-native microservices. The book confronts the challenges of cloud adoption head-on, particularly those tied to the growing need for cost reduction through stack modernization.

<ASIN:1837631271>

 
Excel VBA, 4th Ed (In Easy Steps)
Friday, 22 September 2023

In this book Mike McGrath demonstrates VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) macro programming in a clear and concise manner. This 4th edition is updated for Microsoft 365.

<ASIN: 184078976X>

 
The AWK Programming Language 2nd Ed (Addison-Wesley)
Wednesday, 20 September 2023

In this update of the classic Awk book, the creators of the language, Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan and Peter J. Weinberger, show you what Awk can do and teach you how to use it effectively. This book aims to teach effective usage of Awk, and showcases practical Awk applications, from personal programming to data analysis and data manipulation.

<ASIN: 0138269726>

 
React Quickly, 2nd Ed (Manning)
Monday, 18 September 2023

This book teaches the skills for building React applications.In this fully revised second edition, Morten Barklund and Azat Mardan introduce functional components, React hooks, and static site generators. The book contains 80 practical examples that put React into action. This new second edition has been completely rewritten to cover the latest developments in the React framework.

<ASIN: 1633439291>

 
Virtual Natives (Wiley)
Friday, 15 September 2023

This book's subtitle is "How a New Generation is Using Technology to Revolutionize Work, Play, and Culture" and it introduces the Virtual Native cohort of kids under 15 and their mindset. Catherine D. Henry and Leslie Shannon decipher their socio-cultural and economic experiences, and unpack their expectations of companies looking to engage, market, or employ them. The authors look at how the group are navigating everything from AI to Augmented and virtual reality, gaming, blockchain and Web3 in easy, accessible language.

<ASIN:1394171358 >

 
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