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Learning XML

Creating Self-Describing Data

by Erik T. Ray ...

This second edition of the bestselling Learning XML provides web developers with a concise but grounded understanding of XML (the Extensible Markup Language) and its potential-- not just a whirlwind tour of XML.The author explains the important and relevant XML technologies and their capabilities clearly and succinctly with plenty of real-life projects and useful examples. He outlines the elements ... Read more

$23.09 USD

This second edition of the bestselling Learning XML provides web developers with a concise but grounded understanding of XML (the Extensible Markup Language) and its potential-- not just a whirlwind tour of XML.The author explains the important and relevant XML technologies and their capabilities clearly and succinctly with plenty of real-life projects and useful examples. He outlines the elements
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Structured Pascal Techniques: Organize Modular Code and Debug Complex Software Architectures

Practical Systems Programming with Pascal, #2

by Corin Hale ...

Series Book 2 - Practical Systems Programming with Pascal
Move beyond syntax and start engineering software that lasts.Knowing how to write a loop or declare a variable is just the beginning. When your Pascal programs start growing in size, the real challenge is keeping them organized, readable, and free from cascading failures. Structured Pascal Techniques is the definitive guide for developers ready to cross the boundary from script writer to software ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Move beyond syntax and start engineering software that lasts.Knowing how to write a loop or declare a variable is just the beginning. When your Pascal programs start growing in size, the real challenge is keeping them organized, readable, and free from cascading failures. Structured Pascal Techniques is the definitive guide for developers ready to cross the boundary from script writer to software
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Ensuring the Integrity of Electronic Health Records

The Best Practices for E-records Compliance

by Orlando López ...

Data integrity is a critical aspect to the design, implementation, and usage of any system which stores, processes, or retrieves data. The overall intent of any data integrity technique is the same: ensure data is recorded exactly as intended and, upon later retrieval, ensure the data is the same as it was when originally recorded. Any alternation to the data is then traced to the person who made ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Data integrity is a critical aspect to the design, implementation, and usage of any system which stores, processes, or retrieves data. The overall intent of any data integrity technique is the same: ensure data is recorded exactly as intended and, upon later retrieval, ensure the data is the same as it was when originally recorded. Any alternation to the data is then traced to the person who made
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Bridging Intention to Impact

Transforming Digital Product Development through Evidence-Based Decision-Making

by Connor Joyce ...

In Bridging Intention to Impact: Transform Product Development through Evidence-Based Decision-Making, Connor Joyce, a seasoned user researcher and product strategist, offers a groundbreaking guide for product managers and teams seeking to elevate their digital products from engaging to impactful.Packed with practical tools and frameworks, examples from startups through enterprises across ... Read more

$34.59 USD

In Bridging Intention to Impact: Transform Product Development through Evidence-Based Decision-Making, Connor Joyce, a seasoned user researcher and product strategist, offers a groundbreaking guide for product managers and teams seeking to elevate their digital products from engaging to impactful.Packed with practical tools and frameworks, examples from startups through enterprises across
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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Financial Management

by Ian Grieve ...

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. A tutorial guide that walks you through how to use the features of Spring Tool Suite using well defined sections for the different parts of Spring. Instant Spring Tool Suite is for novice to intermediate Java developers looking to get a head-start in enterprise application development ... Read more

$23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. A tutorial guide that walks you through how to use the features of Spring Tool Suite using well defined sections for the different parts of Spring. Instant Spring Tool Suite is for novice to intermediate Java developers looking to get a head-start in enterprise application development
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Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems

24th International Conference, TACAS 2018, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 14-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Dirk Beyer, Marieke Huisman ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book is Open Access under a CC BY licence.The LNCS 10805 and 10806 proceedings set constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2018, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, in April 2018, held as part of the European Joint Conference on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018.The total of 43 ... Read more

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This book is Open Access under a CC BY licence.The LNCS 10805 and 10806 proceedings set constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2018, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, in April 2018, held as part of the European Joint Conference on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018.The total of 43
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iOS 6 Foundations

by Jesse Feiler ...

Series series Treehouse Book Series
A practical introduction for using iOS 6 to create universal appsIf you have prior experience programming in an object-oriented language and are eager to start building universal apps for iPad and iPhone (including the iPod touch), then this is the book for you! Using the latest version of iOS (iOS 6) along with the latest version of Xcode (Xcode 4.5), this book is a practical introduction rather ... Read more

$39.99 USD

A practical introduction for using iOS 6 to create universal appsIf you have prior experience programming in an object-oriented language and are eager to start building universal apps for iPad and iPhone (including the iPod touch), then this is the book for you! Using the latest version of iOS (iOS 6) along with the latest version of Xcode (Xcode 4.5), this book is a practical introduction rather
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Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook

A Developer's Notebook

by Ian Langworth, Chromatic ...

Is there any sexier topic in software development than software testing? That is, besides game programming, 3D graphics, audio, high-performance clustering, cool websites, et cetera? Okay, so software testing is low on the list. And that's unfortunate, because good software testing can increase your productivity, improve your designs, raise your quality, ease your maintenance burdens, and help to ... Read more

$17.29 USD

Is there any sexier topic in software development than software testing? That is, besides game programming, 3D graphics, audio, high-performance clustering, cool websites, et cetera? Okay, so software testing is low on the list. And that's unfortunate, because good software testing can increase your productivity, improve your designs, raise your quality, ease your maintenance burdens, and help to
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Collaboration Explained

Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders

by Jean Tabaka ...

Series series Agile Software Development Series
“Collaboration Explained is a deeply pragmatic book that helps agile practitioners understand and manage complex organizational and team dynamics. As an agile coach, I’ve found the combination of straightforward advice and colorful anecdotes to be invaluable in guiding and focusing interactions with my teams. Jean’s wealth of experience is conveyed in a carefully struck balance of reference guides ... Read more

$52.19 USD

“Collaboration Explained is a deeply pragmatic book that helps agile practitioners understand and manage complex organizational and team dynamics. As an agile coach, I’ve found the combination of straightforward advice and colorful anecdotes to be invaluable in guiding and focusing interactions with my teams. Jean’s wealth of experience is conveyed in a carefully struck balance of reference guides
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GitHub Foundations Certification Guide

Essential skills, real-world labs, and exam strategies for GitHub beginners

by Ayodeji Ayodele ...

"Readers will gain the skills needed to pass the certification and a deeper appreciation of how GitHub can transform the way individuals and teams build software." - Irshad Burtally, Senior Director, Customer Success Architecture, GitHub "Whether you prefer instructor-led training, on-demand videos, or interactive labs, the GitHub Foundations Certification journey meets you where you are - making ... Read more

$26.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Readers will gain the skills needed to pass the certification and a deeper appreciation of how GitHub can transform the way individuals and teams build software." - Irshad Burtally, Senior Director, Customer Success Architecture, GitHub "Whether you prefer instructor-led training, on-demand videos, or interactive labs, the GitHub Foundations Certification journey meets you where you are - making
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Computer Graphics Through OpenGL®

From Theory to Experiments

by Sumanta Guha ...

COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF SHADERS, THE PROGRAMMABLE PIPELINE AND WEBGLFrom geometric primitives to animation to 3D modeling to lighting, shading and texturing, Computer Graphics Through OpenGL®: From Theory to Experiments is a comprehensive introduction to computer graphics which uses an active learning style to teach key concepts. Equally emphasizing theory and practice, the book provides an ... Read more

$165.99 USD

COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF SHADERS, THE PROGRAMMABLE PIPELINE AND WEBGLFrom geometric primitives to animation to 3D modeling to lighting, shading and texturing, Computer Graphics Through OpenGL®: From Theory to Experiments is a comprehensive introduction to computer graphics which uses an active learning style to teach key concepts. Equally emphasizing theory and practice, the book provides an
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Learning Algorithms

A Programmer's Guide to Writing Better Code

by George Heineman ...

When it comes to writing efficient code, every software professional needs to have an effective working knowledge of algorithms. In this practical book, author George Heineman (Algorithms in a Nutshell) provides concise and informative descriptions of key algorithms that improve coding. Software developers, testers, and maintainers will discover how algorithms solve computational problems ... Read more

$48.99 USD

When it comes to writing efficient code, every software professional needs to have an effective working knowledge of algorithms. In this practical book, author George Heineman (Algorithms in a Nutshell) provides concise and informative descriptions of key algorithms that improve coding. Software developers, testers, and maintainers will discover how algorithms solve computational problems
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Software Project Management

by Bharat Bhushan Agarwal ...

This book provides a clear and provocative discussion of the economies, metrics and management strategies needed to plan and execute a software project successfully. The author discusses all the facts and exercises of the software industry. The author has tried his best to provide the software industry with field proven benchmarks for making tactical decisions and strategic choices that will ... Read more

$5.99 USD

This book provides a clear and provocative discussion of the economies, metrics and management strategies needed to plan and execute a software project successfully. The author discusses all the facts and exercises of the software industry. The author has tried his best to provide the software industry with field proven benchmarks for making tactical decisions and strategic choices that will
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Agile Project Management: Managing for Success

by James A. Crowder, Shelli Friess ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
Management and enables them to deal with the demands and complexities of modern, agile systems/software/hardware development teams. The book examines the project/program manager beyond the concepts of leadership and aims to connect to employees' sense of identity. The text examines human psychological concepts such as “locus of control,” which will help the manager understand their team members’ ... Read more

$80.99 USD

Management and enables them to deal with the demands and complexities of modern, agile systems/software/hardware development teams. The book examines the project/program manager beyond the concepts of leadership and aims to connect to employees' sense of identity. The text examines human psychological concepts such as “locus of control,” which will help the manager understand their team members’
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SQL in 30 Pages

by U.Q. Magnusson ...

For those of you who need to quickly ramp up on SQL, but have no time to plow through a 600-page tome, this is for you. SQL in 30 Pages is a brief e-booklet of fewer than 4,000 words, designed to get you into SQL as fast as possible, as easily as possible. There is no bull in this Micro-Manual by popular online teacher U.Q. Magnusson. From the very first page you will learn about the basic ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For those of you who need to quickly ramp up on SQL, but have no time to plow through a 600-page tome, this is for you. SQL in 30 Pages is a brief e-booklet of fewer than 4,000 words, designed to get you into SQL as fast as possible, as easily as possible. There is no bull in this Micro-Manual by popular online teacher U.Q. Magnusson. From the very first page you will learn about the basic
... Read more
97 Things Every Data Engineer Should Know

by Tobias Macey ...

Take advantage of today's sky-high demand for data engineers. With this in-depth book, current and aspiring engineers will learn powerful real-world best practices for managing data big and small. Contributors from notable companies including Twitter, Google, Stitch Fix, Microsoft, Capital One, and LinkedIn share their experiences and lessons learned for overcoming a variety of specific and often ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Take advantage of today's sky-high demand for data engineers. With this in-depth book, current and aspiring engineers will learn powerful real-world best practices for managing data big and small. Contributors from notable companies including Twitter, Google, Stitch Fix, Microsoft, Capital One, and LinkedIn share their experiences and lessons learned for overcoming a variety of specific and often
... Read more
Where Code and Content Meet

Design Patterns for Web Content Management and Delivery, Personalisation and User Participation

by Andreas Rueping ...

A practical go-to reference for Web developers programming custom software for Web sitesMost advanced Web sites or Web platforms have specific requirements that go beyond standard functionality; to meet such requirements, it's often necessary to develop custom software. This is the point where code and content meet, and where this book begins. Where Code and Content Meet presents a collection of ... Read more

$55.00 USD

A practical go-to reference for Web developers programming custom software for Web sitesMost advanced Web sites or Web platforms have specific requirements that go beyond standard functionality; to meet such requirements, it's often necessary to develop custom software. This is the point where code and content meet, and where this book begins. Where Code and Content Meet presents a collection of
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kubectl: Command-Line Kubernetes in a Nutshell

Deploy, manage, and debug container workloads using the Kubernetes CLI

by Rimantas Mocevicius ...

Manage Kubernetes applications using kubectl and discover the different Kubernetes clustersKey FeaturesExplore the Kubernetes command line for deploying applications, inspecting clusters, and viewing logsLeverage kubectl for Kubernetes application management and container debuggingApply your knowledge of Docker to learn kubectl equivalent commands for Docker subcommandsBook DescriptionThe kubectl ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Manage Kubernetes applications using kubectl and discover the different Kubernetes clustersKey FeaturesExplore the Kubernetes command line for deploying applications, inspecting clusters, and viewing logsLeverage kubectl for Kubernetes application management and container debuggingApply your knowledge of Docker to learn kubectl equivalent commands for Docker subcommandsBook DescriptionThe kubectl
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Participative Urban Health and Healthy Aging in the Age of AI

19th International Conference, ICOST 2022, Paris, France, June 27–30, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Hamdi Aloulou, Bessam Abdulrazak, Antoine de Marassé-Enouf, Mounir Mokhtari ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on String Processing and Information Retrieval, ICOST 2022, held in Paris, France, in June 2022.The 15 full papers and 10 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. They cover topics such as design, development, deployment, and evaluation of AI for ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on String Processing and Information Retrieval, ICOST 2022, held in Paris, France, in June 2022.The 15 full papers and 10 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. They cover topics such as design, development, deployment, and evaluation of AI for
... Read more
Beginning Azure DevOps

Planning, Building, Testing, and Releasing Software Applications on Azure

by Adora Nwodo ...

The perfect DevOps guide for beginning Azure usersIn Beginning Azure DevOps: Planning, Building, Testing and Releasing Software Applications on Azure, award-winning software engineer Adora Nwodo delivers a beginner's guide to DevOps on the Microsoft-powered Azure cloud platform. In the book, you'll learn to deploy Azure's built-in DevOps tools required to plan, build, test, and ship applications ... Read more

$30.00 USD

The perfect DevOps guide for beginning Azure usersIn Beginning Azure DevOps: Planning, Building, Testing and Releasing Software Applications on Azure, award-winning software engineer Adora Nwodo delivers a beginner's guide to DevOps on the Microsoft-powered Azure cloud platform. In the book, you'll learn to deploy Azure's built-in DevOps tools required to plan, build, test, and ship applications
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Spring in Action, Sixth Edition

by Craig Walls ...

If you need to learn Spring, look no further than this widely beloved and comprehensive guide! Fully revised for Spring 5.3, and packed with interesting real-world examples to get your hands dirty with Spring.In Spring in Action, 6th Edition you will learn:Building reactive applicationsRelational and NoSQL databasesIntegrating via HTTP and REST-based services, and sand reactive RSocket ... Read more

$49.99 USD

If you need to learn Spring, look no further than this widely beloved and comprehensive guide! Fully revised for Spring 5.3, and packed with interesting real-world examples to get your hands dirty with Spring.In Spring in Action, 6th Edition you will learn:Building reactive applicationsRelational and NoSQL databasesIntegrating via HTTP and REST-based services, and sand reactive RSocket
... Read more
Good Code, Bad Code

Think like a software engineer

by Tom Long ...

Practical techniques for writing code that is robust, reliable, and easy for team members to understand and adapt.SummaryIn Good Code, Bad Code you’ll learn how to:Think about code like an effective software engineerWrite functions that read like well-structured sentencesEnsure code is reliable and bug freeEffectively unit test codeIdentify code that can cause problems and improve itWrite code ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Practical techniques for writing code that is robust, reliable, and easy for team members to understand and adapt.SummaryIn Good Code, Bad Code you’ll learn how to:Think about code like an effective software engineerWrite functions that read like well-structured sentencesEnsure code is reliable and bug freeEffectively unit test codeIdentify code that can cause problems and improve itWrite code
... Read more
Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems

Queueing Theory in Action

by Mor Harchol-Balter ...

Tackling the questions that systems designers care about, this book brings queueing theory decisively back to computer science. The book is written with computer scientists and engineers in mind and is full of examples from computer systems, as well as manufacturing and operations research. Fun and readable, the book is highly approachable, even for undergraduates, while still being thoroughly ... Read more

$86.99 USD

Tackling the questions that systems designers care about, this book brings queueing theory decisively back to computer science. The book is written with computer scientists and engineers in mind and is full of examples from computer systems, as well as manufacturing and operations research. Fun and readable, the book is highly approachable, even for undergraduates, while still being thoroughly
... Read more
Web Performance Daybook Volume 2

Techniques and Tips for Optimizing Web Site Performance

by Stoyan Stefanov ...

Performance is critical to the success of any website, and help with using today’s new tools is key. In this remarkable guide, 32 leading web performance experts offer practical tips, techniques, and advice for optimizing your site’s user experience.Originally written for an online calendar, this collection of articles will inspire you to squeeze every ounce of performance from your site—whether ... Read more

$13.09 USD

Performance is critical to the success of any website, and help with using today’s new tools is key. In this remarkable guide, 32 leading web performance experts offer practical tips, techniques, and advice for optimizing your site’s user experience.Originally written for an online calendar, this collection of articles will inspire you to squeeze every ounce of performance from your site—whether
... Read more

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