Book Watch Archive


Spark: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly)
Tuesday, 20 March 2018

The creators of the Apache Spark cluster computing framework have written this book showing how to use, deploy, and maintain Apache Spark. With an emphasis on improvements and new features in Spark 2.0, authors Bill Chambers and Matei Zaharia break down Spark topics into distinct sections, each with unique goals. Topics covered start from the basic operations and common functions of Spark’s structured APIs, as well as Structured Streaming, a new high-level API for building end-to-end streaming applications.

<ASIN:1491912219>

 
Reactive Programming with RxJS 5 (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
Monday, 19 March 2018

This book shows how to use RxJS 5 to write complex programs in a simple way, alongside use of the Observable: a powerful data type that substitutes callbacks and promises. Author Sergi Mansilla shows how to think about your programs as streams of data that change and adapt to produce what you want. He also shows how to integrate RxJS 5 with your existing projects and use it with the frameworks you already know. All the code in this new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated for RxJS 5, ES6, and Cycle.js Unified.

<ASIN:1680502476>

 
Home Robotics (Aurum Press)
Thursday, 15 March 2018

Subtitled, "Maker-Inspired Projects For Building Your Own Robots", this illustrated guide shows how to make your own robots, featuring 13 robotics projects suitable for beginner to intermediate level. Author Daniel Knox shows how to use easily sourced components that illustrate simple electronics and programming, and how to design and build custom-made creations that can walk, draw or even guard your home.

<ASIN:1781317003>

 
Broad Band (Portfolio)
Wednesday, 14 March 2018

With the subtitle "The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet"  this book looks at the women who have been involved in important waves in technology described byt author Claire L. Evans as unsung female heroes. Women in the book include Grace Hopper, the tenacious mathematician who led the charge for machine-independent programming languages after World War II, Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler, the one-woman Google who kept the earliest version of the Internet online, and Stacy Horn, who ran one of the first-ever social networks on a shoestring out of her New York City apartment in the 1980s.

<ASIN:0735211752>

 
Cloud Native Programming with Golang (Packt)
Monday, 12 March 2018

The book looks at microservices and cloud computing using Go. Authors Mina Andrawos and Martin Helmich start by covering the software architectural patterns of cloud applications, as well as practical concepts regarding how to scale, distribute, and deploy those applications. The book also shows how to build a JavaScript-based front-end for your application, using TypeScript and React.  AWS is also covered to show how commercial cloud offerings work.

<ASIN:178712598X>

 
Machine Learning and Security (O'Reilly)
Thursday, 08 March 2018

This book provides a framework for discussing the interaction of two concepts: machine learning and security. Authors Clarence Chio and David Freeman examine a broad range of topics in the security space, and provide examples of how machine learning can be applied to augment or replace rule-based or heuristic solutions to problems like intrusion detection, malware classification, or network analysis. In addition to exploring the core machine learning algorithms and techniques, the authors focus on the challenges of building maintainable, reliable, and scalable data mining systems in the security space.

<ASIN:1491979909>

 
Murach's PHP and MySQL 3rd Ed (Murach)
Tuesday, 06 March 2018

This is the third edition of Murach's guide to the skills you need to develop database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL. Joel Murach shows how to use the latest versions of PHP, MySQL (or MariaDB), and the Apache web server to build PHP applications. This edition covers PHP 7 enhancements like scalar data type declarations and improved error handling, as well as new operators and functions.

<ASIN:1943872384>

 
Deep Learning with R (Manning)
Monday, 05 March 2018

Deep Learning with R introduces the world of deep learning using the Keras library and its R language interface. Initially written for Python as Deep Learning with Python by Keras creator and Google AI researcher François Chollet and adapted for R by RStudio founder J. J. Allaire, this book builds your understanding of deep learning through intuitive explanations and practical examples

<ASIN:161729554X>

 
Learn Electronics with Arduino (Maker Media)
Thursday, 01 March 2018

This book is introduces physical computing with the Arduino microcontroller platform. No prior experience is required, not even an understanding of basic electronics. Authors Jody Culkin and Eric Hagan combine color illustrations, easy-to-follow explanations, and step-by-step instructions, the book takes the beginner from building simple circuits on a breadboard to setting up the Arduino IDE and downloading and writing sketches to run on the Arduino.

<ASIN:1680453742>

 
Node.js, MongoDB and Angular Web Development 2nd Ed (Addison-Wesley)
Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Updated for Angular 2, Angular 4, and subsequent versions, this new edition of Node.js, MongoDB and Angular Web Development shows you how to integrate these three technologies into complete working solutions. Authors Brad Dayley, Brendan Dayley and Caleb Dayley begin with concise tutorials on each technology and then quickly move on to building common web applications. You’ll learn how to use Node.js 

<ASIN:0134655532>

 
Bash Cookbook 2nd Ed (O'Reilly)
Monday, 26 February 2018

This cookbook provides more than 300 practical recipes for using Bash, the Unix shell that enables you to harness and customize the power of any Unix or Linux system. Authors Carl Albing and JP Vossen have updated this second edition to include recipes for a wide range of problems.  You’ll learn ways to handle input/output, file manipulation, program execution, administrative tasks, and many other challenges. Each recipe includes one or more scripting examples and a discussion of why the solution works.

<ASIN:1491975334>

 
Oracle JET for Developers (Packt)
Thursday, 22 February 2018

This book is a practical guide to the Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET) and how you can use it to develop efficient client-side applications. Author Raja Malleswara Rao Pattamsetti starts with individual libraries, such as jQuery, Cordova, and Require.js, before moving on to the JavaScript libraries created by Oracle for cloud developers. Examples show how to use these tools to create a working backend application with these libraries.

<ASIN:1787284743>

 
«StartPrev71727374757677787980NextEnd»

Page 79 of 243