Book Watch Archive


R for the Rest of Us (No Starch Press)
Monday, 08 July 2024

This book looks at how to use R for everything from workload automation and creating online reports, to interpreting data to map making. Written by David Keyes, founder of a popular online training platform for R, the book offers a simple way in for users who just want to automate repetitive tasks or visualize data, without the need for complex math.

<ASIN:1718503326 >

 
The WoW Diary: A Journal of Computer Game Development, 2nd Ed (Source Point Press)
Friday, 05 July 2024

The World of Warcraft Diary offers an unfiltered look inside the gaming industry. It was written by the game's first level designer, John Staats, from notes he took during WoW's creation. The book explains why developers do things and debunks popular myths about the games industry. In great detail it covers what it took to finish the project; the surprises, the arguments, the mistakes, and Blizzard's formula for success.

<ASIN:B0C9YD28T2 >

 
Programmer’s Guide To Kotlin, 3rd Ed (I/O Press)
Wednesday, 03 July 2024

This book introduces Kotlin to programmers who have at least the basics of programming. The book is written by Mike James, the editor of I-Programmer.info and author of many books. This third edition was prompted by the release of Kotlin 2, which uses a new compiler that makes it faster. The most important feature of Kotlin 2 is its full support for Compose Multiplatform, a UI framework for cross-platform development that encompasses desktop, web, Android and iOS. This innovative system is covered in a new chapter which introduces the way Compose works and how it exploits Kotlin's unique features.

<ASIN:1871962900>

 
Exploring Operations Research with R (Chapman & Hall)
Monday, 01 July 2024

This book shows how R can be successfully applied to the field of operations research (OR). Jim Duggan's approach is centred on the idea of the future OR professional as someone who can combine knowledge of key OR techniques (e.g., simulation, linear programming, data science, and network science) with an understanding of R, including tools for data representation, manipulation, and analysis.

<ASIN:‎ 1032277165>

 
Resistance Money (Routledge)
Friday, 28 June 2024

This book sets out the case for Bitcoin being 'resistance money', arguing that in an imperfect world of rampant inflation, creeping authoritarianism, surveillance, censorship, and financial exclusion, bitcoin empowers individuals to elude the expanding reach and tightening grip of institutions both public and private. Andrew M. Bailey, Bradley Rettler and Craig Warmke begin by explaining why bitcoin was invented, how it works, and where it fits among other kinds of money. 

<ASIN: 103277780X>

 
Pandas Workout (Manning)
Wednesday, 26 June 2024

This book aims to improve the reader's pandas skills to a professional-level through two hundred exercises. Reuven Lerner tests your abilities against common pandas challenges such as importing and exporting, data cleaning, visualization, and performance optimization. Each exercise utilizes a real-world scenario based on real-world data, from tracking the parking tickets in New York City, to working out which country makes the best wines.

<ASIN:1617299723 >

 
Konrad Zuse's Early Computers (Springer)
Monday, 24 June 2024

This book describes the historical development of the architectures of the first computers built by the German inventor Konrad Zuse in Berlin between 1936 and 1945. Zuse's machines are historically important because they anticipated many features of modern computers.Raul Rojas examines the machines and features such as the separation of processor and memory, the ability to compute with floating-point numbers, a hardware architecture based on microprogramming of the instruction set, and a layered design with a high-level programming language on top.

<ASIN: 3031398750 >

 
Dark Wire (Public Affairs)
Friday, 21 June 2024

This book tells the inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own tech start-up to wiretap the world. Joseph Cox looks at how a powerful app for secure communications called Anom took root among organized criminals. They believed Anom allowed them to conduct business in the shadows. Except for one thing: it was secretly run by the FBI. The book reveals the true scale and stakes of this unprecedented operation through the agents and crooks who were there.

<ASIN:1541702697 >

 
F# in Action (Manning)
Wednesday, 19 June 2024

F# lets you keep your code simple even in the most complex applications—and it’s the perfect language for taking your first steps in functional programming. In this practical, example-driven guide,  Isaac Abraham shows you how to build professional applications the F# way. The book upgrades .NET development skills with the core principles of functional programming, and shows how F#’s functional-first approach helps learn the paradigm.

<ASIN:1633439534 >

 
Modern CMake for C++ 2nd Ed (Packt)
Monday, 17 June 2024

This book aims to bridge the gap between learning C++ and being able to use it in a professional setting. Rafał Świdziński looks at topics such as the automation of complex tasks, including building, testing, and packaging software. This second edition is updated to the latest version of the CMake tooling suite, featuring three new chapters and an additional appendix dedicated to CMake presets.

<ASIN: 1805121804>

 
Building SimCity (MIT Press)
Friday, 14 June 2024

This book, subtitled "How to Put the World in a Machine", explores the history of computer simulation by chronicling SimCity. Chaim Gingold explains that SimCity was created in part to learn about cities, appropriating ideas from traditions in which computers are used as tools for modeling and thinking about the world as a complex system.

<ASIN:0262547481>

 
Deep C Dives: Adventures in C (I/O Press)
Wednesday, 12 June 2024

In this book Mike James provides in-depth exploration of the essence of C, identifying the strengths of its distinctive traits. This reveals that C has a very special place among the programming languages of today as a powerful and versatile option for low-level programming, something that is often overlooked in books written by programmers who would really rather be using a higher-level language.

<ASIN:‎1871962889>

 
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