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Vulkan 3D Graphics Rendering Cookbook

Implement expert-level techniques for high-performance graphics with Vulkan

by Sergey Kosarevsky, Alexey Medvedev, Viktor Latypov ...

Master Vulkan 1.3 with practical recipes for building, rendering, and optimizing stunning 3D graphics, guided by AR and rendering experts Sergey Kosarevsky and Alexey Medvedev Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesLearn to harness Vulkan 1.3 for building high-performance applicationsIntegrate cutting-edge rendering techniques into a real-time 3D ... Read more

$35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master Vulkan 1.3 with practical recipes for building, rendering, and optimizing stunning 3D graphics, guided by AR and rendering experts Sergey Kosarevsky and Alexey Medvedev Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesLearn to harness Vulkan 1.3 for building high-performance applicationsIntegrate cutting-edge rendering techniques into a real-time 3D
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Swift Game Programming for Absolute Beginners

by Arjan Egges ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
"Concepts of game programming are explained well, and no prior knowledge of Swift language programming is required. ... The images and audio provided are professional and clean." William Fahle, Computing Review, May 31, 2016Swift Game Programming for Absolute Beginners teaches Apple’s Swift language in the context of four, fun and colorful games. Learn the Swift 2.0 language, and learn to create ... Read more

$40.49 USD

"Concepts of game programming are explained well, and no prior knowledge of Swift language programming is required. ... The images and audio provided are professional and clean." William Fahle, Computing Review, May 31, 2016Swift Game Programming for Absolute Beginners teaches Apple’s Swift language in the context of four, fun and colorful games. Learn the Swift 2.0 language, and learn to create
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Genetic Algorithms in Java Basics

by Burak Kanber, Lee Jacobson ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Genetic Algorithms in Java Basics is a brief introduction to solving problems using genetic algorithms, with working projects and solutions written in the Java programming language. This brief book will guide you step-by-step through various implementations of genetic algorithms and some of their common applications, with the aim to give you a practical understanding allowing you to solve your own ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Genetic Algorithms in Java Basics is a brief introduction to solving problems using genetic algorithms, with working projects and solutions written in the Java programming language. This brief book will guide you step-by-step through various implementations of genetic algorithms and some of their common applications, with the aim to give you a practical understanding allowing you to solve your own
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Learning Qlik Sense®: The Official Guide

Get the most out of your Qlik Sense investment with the latest insight and guidance direct from the Qlik Sense team

by Christopher Ilacqua, James Richardson, Henric Cronström ...

Get the most out of your Qlik Sense investment with the latest insight and guidance direct from the Qlik Sense teamKey FeaturesUpdated with new coverage on Qlik Cloud, Qlik Sense Modeling, and Extending the Qlik Analytic Platform.Get insider insight on Qlik Sense and its new approach to business intelligenceExplore practical demonstrations for utilizing Qlik Sense to discover data for sales, human ... Read more

$41.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get the most out of your Qlik Sense investment with the latest insight and guidance direct from the Qlik Sense teamKey FeaturesUpdated with new coverage on Qlik Cloud, Qlik Sense Modeling, and Extending the Qlik Analytic Platform.Get insider insight on Qlik Sense and its new approach to business intelligenceExplore practical demonstrations for utilizing Qlik Sense to discover data for sales, human
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Python: Advanced Predictive Analytics

Gain practical insights by exploiting data in your business to build advanced predictive modeling applications

by Ashish Kumar, Joseph Babcock ...

Gain practical insights by exploiting data in your business to build advanced predictive modeling applicationsKey FeaturesA step-by-step guide to predictive modeling including lots of tips, tricks, and best practicesLearn how to use popular predictive modeling algorithms such as Linear Regression, Decision Trees, Logistic Regression, and ClusteringMaster open source Python tools to build ... Read more

$71.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Gain practical insights by exploiting data in your business to build advanced predictive modeling applicationsKey FeaturesA step-by-step guide to predictive modeling including lots of tips, tricks, and best practicesLearn how to use popular predictive modeling algorithms such as Linear Regression, Decision Trees, Logistic Regression, and ClusteringMaster open source Python tools to build
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The 101 Most Important UNIX and Linux Commands

by Ronald J. Leach ...

This book delivers what the title states: It describes the 101 most important UNIX and Linux commands and system calls. The book bridges the gap between on-line tutorials and manual pages on one hand, and books of 1,000 pages or more that explore the nuances of many shell commands in exhaustive detail. While most of these sources provide excellent information, they do not really solve the plight ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book delivers what the title states: It describes the 101 most important UNIX and Linux commands and system calls. The book bridges the gap between on-line tutorials and manual pages on one hand, and books of 1,000 pages or more that explore the nuances of many shell commands in exhaustive detail. While most of these sources provide excellent information, they do not really solve the plight
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Data Structures & Algorithms for all programmers

by Israel Abazie ...

Unlock your programming potential with "Data Structures & Algorithms for All Programmers." Dive into over 90 captivating algorithm challenges, spanning more than 600 pages of insights and real-world applications. With comprehensive coverage of essential data structures like linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs, you'll be fully prepared for success in interviews and equipped to thrive at ... Read more

$25.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock your programming potential with "Data Structures & Algorithms for All Programmers." Dive into over 90 captivating algorithm challenges, spanning more than 600 pages of insights and real-world applications. With comprehensive coverage of essential data structures like linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs, you'll be fully prepared for success in interviews and equipped to thrive at
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Modern Compiler Implementation in C

by Andrew W. Appel ...

This new, expanded textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-coloring register allocation, and runtime systems. It includes good coverage of current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as functional and ... Read more

$85.29 USD

This new, expanded textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-coloring register allocation, and runtime systems. It includes good coverage of current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as functional and
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Measuring the User Experience

Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics

by Thomas Tullis, William Albert ...

Series series Interactive Technologies
Effectively measuring the usability of any product requires choosing the right metric, applying it, and effectively using the information it reveals. Measuring the User Experience provides the first single source of practical information to enable usability professionals and product developers to do just that. Authors Tullis and Albert organize dozens of metrics into six categories: performance, ... Read more

$50.99 USD

Effectively measuring the usability of any product requires choosing the right metric, applying it, and effectively using the information it reveals. Measuring the User Experience provides the first single source of practical information to enable usability professionals and product developers to do just that. Authors Tullis and Albert organize dozens of metrics into six categories: performance,
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Computer Aided Verification

31st International Conference, CAV 2019, New York City, NY, USA, July 15-18, 2019, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Isil Dillig, Serdar Tasiran ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access two-volume set LNCS 11561 and 11562 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, CAV 2019, held in New York City, USA, in July 2019.The 52 full papers presented together with 13 tool papers and 2 case studies, were carefully reviewed and selected from 258 submissions. The papers were organized in the following topical ... Read more

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This open access two-volume set LNCS 11561 and 11562 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, CAV 2019, held in New York City, USA, in July 2019.The 52 full papers presented together with 13 tool papers and 2 case studies, were carefully reviewed and selected from 258 submissions. The papers were organized in the following topical
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Kafka Connect

Build and Run Data Pipelines

by Mickael Maison, Kate Stanley ...

Used by more than 80% of Fortune 100 companies, Apache Kafka has become the de facto event streaming platform. Kafka Connect is a key component of Kafka that lets you flow data between your existing systems and Kafka to process data in real time.With this practical guide, authors Mickael Maison and Kate Stanley show data engineers, site reliability engineers, and application developers how to ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Used by more than 80% of Fortune 100 companies, Apache Kafka has become the de facto event streaming platform. Kafka Connect is a key component of Kafka that lets you flow data between your existing systems and Kafka to process data in real time.With this practical guide, authors Mickael Maison and Kate Stanley show data engineers, site reliability engineers, and application developers how to
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The C# Programmer’s Study Guide (MCSD)

Exam: 70-483

by Ali Asad, Hamza Ali ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Prepare for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-483: Programming in C#. The “What, Why, and How” of each concept is presented along with quick summaries, code challenges, and exam questions to review and practice key concepts.You will learn how to use:Lambda expressions to write LINQ query expressionsAsynchronous programming with the Async and Await keywords to maximize performance of slow ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Prepare for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-483: Programming in C#. The “What, Why, and How” of each concept is presented along with quick summaries, code challenges, and exam questions to review and practice key concepts.You will learn how to use:Lambda expressions to write LINQ query expressionsAsynchronous programming with the Async and Await keywords to maximize performance of slow
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Programming with Qt

Writing Portable GUI applications on Unix and Win32

by Matthias Kalle Dalheimer ...

The popular open source KDE desktop environment for Unix was built with Qt, a C++ class library for writing GUI applications that run on Unix, Linux, Windows 95/98, Windows 2000, and Windows NT platforms. Qt emulates the look and feel of Motif, but is much easier to use. Best of all, after you have written an application with Qt, all you have to do is recompile it to have a version that works on ... Read more

$25.99 USD

The popular open source KDE desktop environment for Unix was built with Qt, a C++ class library for writing GUI applications that run on Unix, Linux, Windows 95/98, Windows 2000, and Windows NT platforms. Qt emulates the look and feel of Motif, but is much easier to use. Best of all, after you have written an application with Qt, all you have to do is recompile it to have a version that works on
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Apache Kafka 1.0 Cookbook

Over 100 practical recipes on using distributed enterprise messaging to handle real-time data

by Raúl Estrada ...

Simplify real-time data processing by leveraging the power of Apache Kafka 1.0Key FeaturesUse Kafka 1.0 features such as Confluent platforms and Kafka streams to build efficient streaming data applications to handle and process your dataIntegrate Kafka with other Big Data tools such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, and moreHands-on recipes to help you design, operate, maintain, and secure your ... Read more

$27.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Simplify real-time data processing by leveraging the power of Apache Kafka 1.0Key FeaturesUse Kafka 1.0 features such as Confluent platforms and Kafka streams to build efficient streaming data applications to handle and process your dataIntegrate Kafka with other Big Data tools such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, and moreHands-on recipes to help you design, operate, maintain, and secure your
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Learning Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE

An end-to-end guide to exploring, transforming, and integrating your data across multiple sources

by Dan Keeley, Diethard Steiner, María Carina Roldán, Miguel Gaspar, Pablo Castagnaro, Paula Clemente, Paulo Alexandre de Oliveira Rodrigues Pires ...

Get up and running with the Pentaho Data Integration tool using this hands-on, easy-to-read guideKey Features\[\*\]Manipulate your data by exploring, transforming, validating, and integrating it using Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE\[\*\]A comprehensive guide exploring the features of Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE\[\*\]Connect to any database engine, explore the databases, and perform all kind of ... Read more

$41.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get up and running with the Pentaho Data Integration tool using this hands-on, easy-to-read guideKey Features\[\*\]Manipulate your data by exploring, transforming, validating, and integrating it using Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE\[\*\]A comprehensive guide exploring the features of Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE\[\*\]Connect to any database engine, explore the databases, and perform all kind of
... Read more
User Experience Design

An Introduction to Creating Interactive Digital Spaces

by Mark Wells ...

'A great introduction to the subject and a fascinating read.'- James Friedlander-Boss, Brand Experience Manager, vvast'An accessible but comprehensive introduction to UX Design.'- Dave Watson, Norwich University of the ArtsWe all engage with digital user experience design and user interfaces every day - if you are reading this on an e-commerce platform then you are doing it r... ... Read more

$3.99 USD

'A great introduction to the subject and a fascinating read.'- James Friedlander-Boss, Brand Experience Manager, vvast'An accessible but comprehensive introduction to UX Design.'- Dave Watson, Norwich University of the ArtsWe all engage with digital user experience design and user interfaces every day - if you are reading this on an e-commerce platform then you are doing it r...
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Designing AI Interfaces

Design Principles for Creative and Autonomous AI

by Louise Macfadyen ...

Designing AI Interfaces is a practical, design-first guide for product teams building with large language models and autonomous systems.As artificial intelligence becomes central to modern product design, UX professionals must adapt their toolkits to meet new demands. In Designing AI Interfaces, senior product designer Louise Macfadyen offers a timely, practice-oriented guide for building ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Designing AI Interfaces is a practical, design-first guide for product teams building with large language models and autonomous systems.As artificial intelligence becomes central to modern product design, UX professionals must adapt their toolkits to meet new demands. In Designing AI Interfaces, senior product designer Louise Macfadyen offers a timely, practice-oriented guide for building
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Data Modeling with Tableau

A practical guide to building data models using Tableau Prep and Tableau Desktop

by Kirk Munroe ...

Save time analyzing large volumes of data using best practices to extract, model, and create insights from your dataKey FeaturesMaster best practices in data modeling with Tableau Prep Builder and Tableau DesktopApply Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud to create and extend data modelsBuild organizational data models based on data and content governance best practicesBook DescriptionTableau is unlike ... Read more

$34.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Save time analyzing large volumes of data using best practices to extract, model, and create insights from your dataKey FeaturesMaster best practices in data modeling with Tableau Prep Builder and Tableau DesktopApply Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud to create and extend data modelsBuild organizational data models based on data and content governance best practicesBook DescriptionTableau is unlike
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Practical Web Design for Absolute Beginners

by Adrian W. West ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn the fundamentals of modern web design, rather than relying on CMS programs, such as WordPress or Joomla!. You will be introduced to the essentials of good design and how to optimize for search engines. You will discover how to register a domain name and migrate a website to a remote host. Because you will have built the web pages yourself, you will know exactly how HTML and CSS work. You ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Learn the fundamentals of modern web design, rather than relying on CMS programs, such as WordPress or Joomla!. You will be introduced to the essentials of good design and how to optimize for search engines. You will discover how to register a domain name and migrate a website to a remote host. Because you will have built the web pages yourself, you will know exactly how HTML and CSS work. You
... Read more
Claude For Dummies

by Stephanie Diamond ...

Tackle your workload with ClaudeClaude For Dummies gets you started with the AI program that’s made to help you find solutions to your toughest problems. With this beginner-friendly guide, you can learn to write effective prompts, fact-check results, and get things done faster with Claude’s help. Not sure where to start? This Dummies guide has your back, with ideas for what you can (and can’t) do ... Read more

$16.00 USD

Tackle your workload with ClaudeClaude For Dummies gets you started with the AI program that’s made to help you find solutions to your toughest problems. With this beginner-friendly guide, you can learn to write effective prompts, fact-check results, and get things done faster with Claude’s help. Not sure where to start? This Dummies guide has your back, with ideas for what you can (and can’t) do
... Read more
Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Handbook

A handy guide that covers the most essential topics for Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification in an easy-to-understand format

by Siddhesh Kabe ...

A handy guide that covers the most essential topics for Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification in an easy-to-understand formatKey Features\[\*\] Get to grips with the fundamentals of Force.com to pass the certification exam with flying colors\[\*\] Create Force.com applications, automate business processes, and manage data operations to be a successful Salesforce.com Certified Force.com app ... Read more

$37.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A handy guide that covers the most essential topics for Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification in an easy-to-understand formatKey Features\[\*\] Get to grips with the fundamentals of Force.com to pass the certification exam with flying colors\[\*\] Create Force.com applications, automate business processes, and manage data operations to be a successful Salesforce.com Certified Force.com app
... Read more
Communicating Data with Tableau

Designing, Developing, and Delivering Data Visualizations

by Ben Jones ...

Go beyond spreadsheets and tables and design a data presentation that really makes an impact. This practical guide shows you how to use Tableau Software to convert raw data into compelling data visualizations that provide insight or allow viewers to explore the data for themselves.Ideal for analysts, engineers, marketers, journalists, and researchers, this book describes the principles of ... Read more

$24.49 USD

Go beyond spreadsheets and tables and design a data presentation that really makes an impact. This practical guide shows you how to use Tableau Software to convert raw data into compelling data visualizations that provide insight or allow viewers to explore the data for themselves.Ideal for analysts, engineers, marketers, journalists, and researchers, this book describes the principles of
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The User's Journey

Storymapping Products That People Love

by Donna Lichaw ...

Like a good story, successful design is a series of engaging moments structured over time. The User’s Journey will show you how, when, and why to use narrative structure, technique, and principles to ideate, craft, and test a cohesive vision for an engaging outcome. See how a “story first” approach can transform your product, feature, landing page, flow, campaign, content, or product strategy. ... Read more

$34.19 USD

Like a good story, successful design is a series of engaging moments structured over time. The User’s Journey will show you how, when, and why to use narrative structure, technique, and principles to ideate, craft, and test a cohesive vision for an engaging outcome. See how a “story first” approach can transform your product, feature, landing page, flow, campaign, content, or product strategy.
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Designing for Sustainability

A Guide to Building Greener Digital Products and Services

by Tim Frick ...

Pixels use electricity, and a lot of it. If the Internet were a country, it would be the sixth largest in terms of electricity use. That’s because today’s average web page has surpassed two megabytes in size, leading to slow load times, frustrated users, and a lot of wasted energy. With this practical guide, your web design team will learn how to apply sustainability principles for creating speedy ... Read more

$21.59 USD

Pixels use electricity, and a lot of it. If the Internet were a country, it would be the sixth largest in terms of electricity use. That’s because today’s average web page has surpassed two megabytes in size, leading to slow load times, frustrated users, and a lot of wasted energy. With this practical guide, your web design team will learn how to apply sustainability principles for creating speedy
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