This book shows how to implement stream processing on Apache Kafka using Kafka Streams and the kqsIDB event streaming database. Bill Bejeck also covers the entire toolbox you'll need for effective streaming, from the components of the Kafka ecosystem, to Producer and Consumer clients, Connect, and Schema Registry.

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This book shows how to develop for the Godot 4 game engine and GDScript 2.0 by building a game. Sander Vanhove shows how to use the features of the open-source GDScript 2.0 to develop your ideas, from simple platformers to complex RPGs.  Starting with a primer on the fundamentals of programming, and including topics from data to logic, the book includes information on Godot's built-in tools such as the physics engine, navigation, and cameras.

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This book shows how to use Python libraries to get, clean, prepare, and analyze data at a professional level. Scott McCoy starts by showing how to use Pandas for data analysis and Seaborn for data visualization. He then goes on to show how to use Scikit-learn to create regression models that can be used to make predictions. To tie everything together, this book contains four realistic analyses that use real-world data.

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This book is an in-depth exploration of the principles and designs that have shaped computer hardware through the ages, from counting devices like the abacus, to Babbage’s Difference Engine, to modern GPUs and the frontiers of quantum computing. Charles Fox's blend of history, theory, hands-on exercises, and real-world examples makes for an insightful romp through a fast-changing world.

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Sooner than we think, the dead will outnumber the living on Facebook. In this thought-provoking book, subtitled "What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care", Carl Öhman explores the increasingly urgent question of what we should do with all this data and whether our digital afterlives are really our own—and if not, who should have the right to decide what happens to our data.

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This is a guide to building and deploying interactive web applications in C# without relying on JavaScript. Updated for .NET 8, Jimmy Engström takes you through the end-to-end development of an example app, with coverage of Blazor Server and Blazor WebAssembly. This edition introduces flexible hosting models, allowing you to mix and match hosting approaches to create flexible and scalable Blazor applications. It also presents the new Blazor templates, which provide ready-made solutions to simplify and expedite development.

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This guide to the Kotlin language is aimed at readers familiar with Java or another OO language. Sebastian Aigner et al are all core Kotlin language developers and Kotlin team members, and share their insights, along with practical techniques and hands-on examples. This new second edition is fully updated to include the latest innovations, and it adds new chapters dedicated to coroutines, flows, and concurrency.

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Spanning disciplines, David Edelman provides a fresh understanding of the role that digital disruption plays in contemporary international security. Focusing on the critical phenomenon of major cyberattacks against wired societies, the book reconsiders central tenets that shaped global powers' policies and explains what forces in the international system might durably restrain their use. It explores how deterrence, international law, and normative taboos operate today to shape whether and how states think about causing this kind of disruption.

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In this book, Antonio Mele walks the reader through planning and creation of Python web applications, solving common problems, and implementing best practices using a step-by-step approach. The book covers a wide range of web application development topics through four different projects: a blog application, a social website, an e-commerce application, and an e-learning platform. This edition is updated with Django 5 features, detailed app planning, improved tooling, and GPT prompts for extending projects

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Now updated for SQL:2023, this 800-page tome that is a compilation of seven shorter books, begins by getting started with the SQL programming language, and takes the reader through to advanced applications. Allen G. Taylor covers creating databases, accessing and editing data, protecting data from corruption, and integrating SQL with other languages in a programming environment.

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In this book, subtitled "Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons Learned", Sol Rashidi delivers an insightful and practical discussion of how to deploy artificial intelligence in your company. Having helped IBM launch Watson in 2011, Sol has first-hand knowledge of the ups, downs, and change management intricacies that can help you with a successful deployment beyond all the AI hype.

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In this book Francesco Esposito illustrates several scenarios for which a LLM is effective: crafting sophisticated business solutions, shortening the gap between humans and software-equipped machines, and building powerful reasoning engines. The book looks at prompting and conversational programming with specific techniques for patterns and frameworks. Concrete end-to-end demonstrations, featuring Python and ASP.NET Core, showcase versatile patterns of interaction between existing processes, APIs, data, and human input.

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