Web-based REST and hypermedia-style APIs are becoming more common, but many developers rely on custom client code instead of applying the same techniques and patterns to hypermedia clients. In this book subtitled "Enabling Reuse Through Hypermedia", Mike Amundsen shows how to move from one-off implementations to general-purpose client apps that are stable, flexible, and reusable.

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In this hands on introduction, authors Simon St. Laurent and J. David Eisenberg show you how Elixir combines the robust functional programming of Erlang with an approach that looks more like Ruby, and includes powerful macro features for metaprogramming. Updated to cover Elixir 1.4, the second edition of this practical book helps you write simple Elixir programs by teaching one skill at a time.

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This book covers business intelligence (BI), operational reporting and Reporting Services architecture using a clear, concise tutorial approach. Paul Turley discusses effective report solution design, and shows how to improve your own reports with advanced, best-practice design, usability, query design, and filtering techniques. 

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With the subtitle "What You Need to Know About Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security", this book by  Brian W. Kernighan, co-author of the classic K&R book "The C Programming Language", covers how computers are built and how they compute; what programming is and why it is difficult; how the Internet and the web operate; and how all of these affect our security, privacy, property, and other important social, political, and economic issues.

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By teaching you how to code machine-learning algorithms using a test-driven approach, this practical book aims to help you gain the confidence you need to use machine learning effectively in a business environment. The book shows how to dissect algorithms at a granular level, using various tests, and discover a framework for testing machine learning code. The author Matthew Kirk provides real-world examples to demonstrate the results of using machine-learning code effectively.

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The Android 7 release (New York Cheesecake) boasts significant new features and enhancements for both smartphone and tablet applications. J. F. DiMarzio takes a hands-on approach to teaching you how to create Android applications for the latest OS and the newest devices, including both smartphones and tablets. Backed by real-world examples he goes through all phases of Android application development, from getting acquainted with Android Studio to publishing to the Marketplace.

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jQuery has developed from its original intent as a way to smooth over the differences in the way browsers interact with JavaScript, into a much more powerful tool that fully lives up to its motto of "write less, do more". As a result jQuery is compact and can seem cryptic until you get used its common idioms. Written for JavaScript developers working with web page layout, Ian Elliot's book enables you to use jQuery easily and efficiently. It also cuts through its seeming complexity, by presenting enough explanation at every stage for you to understand what is happening.

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This book is targeted at those who know the basics of Python and now you want to go to the next level. It is based on Python 3 and covers topics such as working with descriptors, super, context managers, iterators and much, much more! It is the sequel to Python 101 also by Michael Driscoll and is at an intermediate level

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If you're leading a startup or a new team between 10 and 150 people, this guide, subtitled Strategies for Building Successful Teams and Organizations, provides a practical approach to managing your way through these challenges. Each section covers essential strategies and tactics for managing growth, starting with a single team and exploring typical scaling points as the team grows in size and complexity.  Authors David Loftesness and Alexander Grosse provide many examples and lessons based on their experience and interviews with industry leaders.

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One of the biggest challenges for organizations that have adopted microservice architecture is the lack of architectural, operational, and organizational standardization. In this practical book subtitled "Building Standardized Systems Across an Engineering Organization", author Susan Fowler presents a set of microservice standards in depth, drawing from her experience standardizing over a thousand microservices at Uber.

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This book teaches readers to use Spark for stream and batch data processing. It starts with an introduction to the Spark architecture and ecosystem followed by a taste of Spark's command line interface. Petar Zecevic and Marko Bonaci then introduce the most fundamental concepts and abstractions of Spark, particularly Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDDs) and the basic data transformations that RDDs provide.

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This introductory Android book for programmers with Java experience is based on Big Nerd Ranch's Android bootcamps. It guides you through using hands-on example apps combined with clear explanations of key concepts and APIs. It focuses on practical techniques for developing apps compatible with Android 4.4 (KitKat) through Android 7.0 (Nougat) and beyond.

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