Advanced Computing in Computers & Nonfiction eBooks

Good Habits for Great Coding

Improving Programming Skills with Examples in Python

by Michael Stueben ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Improve your coding skills and learn how to write readable code. Rather than teach basic programming, this book presumes that readers understand the fundamentals, and offers time-honed best practices for style, design, documenting, testing, refactoring, and more.Taking an informal, conversational tone, author Michael Stueben offers programming stories, anecdotes, observations, advice, tricks, ... Read more

$56.99 CAD

Improve your coding skills and learn how to write readable code. Rather than teach basic programming, this book presumes that readers understand the fundamentals, and offers time-honed best practices for style, design, documenting, testing, refactoring, and more.Taking an informal, conversational tone, author Michael Stueben offers programming stories, anecdotes, observations, advice, tricks,
... Read more
Postmortems

Selected Essays Volume One

by Raph Koster ...

Series Book 1 - Selected Essays
Few game designers have shared as many lessons learned as Raph Koster. In a quarter-century of writings and talks, he has offered up game design lessons, online community theories, and candid self-evaluation.This first volume of a three-book set of selected essays collects previously written postmortems and many brand new pieces. They are accompanied by historical material such as posts written ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Few game designers have shared as many lessons learned as Raph Koster. In a quarter-century of writings and talks, he has offered up game design lessons, online community theories, and candid self-evaluation.This first volume of a three-book set of selected essays collects previously written postmortems and many brand new pieces. They are accompanied by historical material such as posts written
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SAP S/4HANA Systems in Hyperscaler Clouds

Deploying SAP S/4HANA in AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure

by André Bögelsack, Utpal Chakraborty, Dhiraj Kumar, Johannes Rank, Jessica Tischbierek, Elena Wolz ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This book helps SAP architects and SAP Basis administrators deploy and operate SAP S/4HANA systems on the most common public cloud platforms. Market-leading cloud offerings are covered, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. You will gain an end-to-end understanding of the initial implementation of SAP S/4HANA systems on those platforms. You will learn how to move away ... Read more

$75.99 CAD

This book helps SAP architects and SAP Basis administrators deploy and operate SAP S/4HANA systems on the most common public cloud platforms. Market-leading cloud offerings are covered, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. You will gain an end-to-end understanding of the initial implementation of SAP S/4HANA systems on those platforms. You will learn how to move away
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Internet Addiction

Neuroscientific Approaches and Therapeutical Implications Including Smartphone Addiction

Edited by Christian Montag, Martin Reuter ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
The second edition of this successful book provides further and in-depth insight into theoretical models dealing with Internet addiction, as well as includes new therapeutical approaches. The editors also broach the emerging topic of smartphone addiction.This book combines a scholarly introduction with state-of-the-art research in the characterization of Internet addiction. It is intended for a ... Read more

$141.99 CAD

The second edition of this successful book provides further and in-depth insight into theoretical models dealing with Internet addiction, as well as includes new therapeutical approaches. The editors also broach the emerging topic of smartphone addiction.This book combines a scholarly introduction with state-of-the-art research in the characterization of Internet addiction. It is intended for a
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The Expert Guide to Peoplesoft Security

by Jason D. Carter ...

Are you new to PeopleSoft? Experienced, but somewhat baffled by PeopleSoft Security? Just wondering what the heck a Primary Permission List does anyway? Well, The Expert Guide to PeopleSoft Security is for you.The Expert Guide to PeopleSoft Security provides all the information you need to successfully implement and administer security in PeopleSoft 8. Covering specifics for PeopleTools versions 8 ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

Are you new to PeopleSoft? Experienced, but somewhat baffled by PeopleSoft Security? Just wondering what the heck a Primary Permission List does anyway? Well, The Expert Guide to PeopleSoft Security is for you.The Expert Guide to PeopleSoft Security provides all the information you need to successfully implement and administer security in PeopleSoft 8. Covering specifics for PeopleTools versions 8
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CISSP Practice Exams, Second Edition

by Shon Harris ...

Written by the #1 name in IT security certification training, fully revised for the latest exam release, and featuring 750+ practice questions plus 24 hours of audio lecturesCISSP Practice Exams, Second Edition is the ideal companion to Shon Harris’ bestselling CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide. Well-regarded for her engaging and informative style, Shon Harris is renowned as an IT security certification ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

Written by the #1 name in IT security certification training, fully revised for the latest exam release, and featuring 750+ practice questions plus 24 hours of audio lecturesCISSP Practice Exams, Second Edition is the ideal companion to Shon Harris’ bestselling CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide. Well-regarded for her engaging and informative style, Shon Harris is renowned as an IT security certification
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Sound Systems: Design and Optimization

Modern Techniques and Tools for Sound System Design and Alignment

by Bob McCarthy ...

Sound Systems: Design and Optimization provides an accessible and unique perspective on the behavior of sound systems in the practical world. The third edition reflects current trends in the audio field thereby providing readers with the newest methodologies and techniques.In this greatly expanded new edition, you’ll find clearer explanations, a more streamlined organization, increased coverage of ... Read more

$142.99 CAD

Sound Systems: Design and Optimization provides an accessible and unique perspective on the behavior of sound systems in the practical world. The third edition reflects current trends in the audio field thereby providing readers with the newest methodologies and techniques.In this greatly expanded new edition, you’ll find clearer explanations, a more streamlined organization, increased coverage of
... Read more
Social and Community Informatics

Humans on the Net

by Gunilla Bradley ...

As a discipline, Informatics has developed over the years from its initial focus on data processing and software development, towards a more recent emphasis on people’s use of technology and its impact on their working and private lives. Gunilla Bradley, an internationally recognized expert in this field, has researched this area for many years and here, authors this indispensable volume on the ... Read more

$117.99 CAD

As a discipline, Informatics has developed over the years from its initial focus on data processing and software development, towards a more recent emphasis on people’s use of technology and its impact on their working and private lives. Gunilla Bradley, an internationally recognized expert in this field, has researched this area for many years and here, authors this indispensable volume on the
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Data Science For Dummies

by Lillian Pierson ...

Monetize your company’s data and data science expertise without spending a fortune on hiring independent strategy consultants to helpWhat if there was one simple, clear process for ensuring that all your company’s data science projects achieve a high a return on investment? What if you could validate your ideas for future data science projects, and select the one idea that’s most prime for ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Monetize your company’s data and data science expertise without spending a fortune on hiring independent strategy consultants to helpWhat if there was one simple, clear process for ensuring that all your company’s data science projects achieve a high a return on investment? What if you could validate your ideas for future data science projects, and select the one idea that’s most prime for
... Read more
Android Game Programming By Example

Harness the power of the Android SDK by building three immersive and captivating games

by John Horton ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThe book is best suited for existing Android or Java programmers who want to adapt their skills to make exciting Android games. The book is also for determined readers who might have no Android, game programming or even Java experience, but a reasonable understanding of object oriented programming knowledge is assumed.What you will learnBuild simple to advanced game ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThe book is best suited for existing Android or Java programmers who want to adapt their skills to make exciting Android games. The book is also for determined readers who might have no Android, game programming or even Java experience, but a reasonable understanding of object oriented programming knowledge is assumed.What you will learnBuild simple to advanced game
... Read more
The Bitcoin Enlightenment

Ending The Fiat Dark Age

by Ricardo B. Salinas, Pascal Hügli, Daniel Jungen, Saifedean Ammous ...

In The Bitcoin Enlightenment, billionaire entrepreneur Ricardo B Salinas, who bought his first Bitcoin at $200, shares the hard-won monetary wisdom passed down through four generations of his family. Having survived Mexico's devastating hyperinflation of the 1980s, Salinas understands firsthand how fiat money destroys wealth, corrupts society, and enslaves entire populations.This groundbreaking ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In The Bitcoin Enlightenment, billionaire entrepreneur Ricardo B Salinas, who bought his first Bitcoin at $200, shares the hard-won monetary wisdom passed down through four generations of his family. Having survived Mexico's devastating hyperinflation of the 1980s, Salinas understands firsthand how fiat money destroys wealth, corrupts society, and enslaves entire populations.This groundbreaking
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Generative AI with LangChain

Build large language model (LLM) apps with Python, ChatGPT, and other LLMs

by Ben Auffarth ...

2024 Edition – Get to grips with the LangChain framework to develop production-ready applications, including agents and personal assistants. The 2024 edition features updated code examples and an improved GitHub repository. Get With Your Book: PDF Copy, AI Assistant, and Next-Gen Reader FreeKey FeaturesLearn how to leverage LangChain to work around LLMs’ inherent weaknessesDelve into LLMs with ... Read more

$67.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

2024 Edition – Get to grips with the LangChain framework to develop production-ready applications, including agents and personal assistants. The 2024 edition features updated code examples and an improved GitHub repository. Get With Your Book: PDF Copy, AI Assistant, and Next-Gen Reader FreeKey FeaturesLearn how to leverage LangChain to work around LLMs’ inherent weaknessesDelve into LLMs with
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Bitcoin Development Philosophy

by Kalle Rosenbaum, Linnéa Rosembaum ...

Bitcoin Development Philosophy is a comprehensive guide aimed at developers who have a foundational understanding of Bitcoin concepts and processes such as Proof-of-Work, block building, and the transaction life cycle. This book delves into the intricacies of Bitcoin's design trade-offs and philosophy, offering insights and context that help developers absorb over a decade of development lessons ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Bitcoin Development Philosophy is a comprehensive guide aimed at developers who have a foundational understanding of Bitcoin concepts and processes such as Proof-of-Work, block building, and the transaction life cycle. This book delves into the intricacies of Bitcoin's design trade-offs and philosophy, offering insights and context that help developers absorb over a decade of development lessons
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Data Preparation and Exploration

Applied to Healthcare Data

by Robert Hoyt, Robert Muenchen ...

Data scientists spend more than two-thirds of their time cleaning, preparing, exploring, and visualizing data before it is ready for modeling and mining. This textbook covers the important steps of data preparation and exploration that anyone who deals with data should know. The data preparation and exploration methods we include are spreadsheet and statistics package approaches, as well as the ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Data scientists spend more than two-thirds of their time cleaning, preparing, exploring, and visualizing data before it is ready for modeling and mining. This textbook covers the important steps of data preparation and exploration that anyone who deals with data should know. The data preparation and exploration methods we include are spreadsheet and statistics package approaches, as well as the
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Pro Oracle SQL

by Karen Morton, Kerry Osborne, Robyn Sands, Riyaj Shamsudeen, Jared Still ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Pro Oracle SQL, Second Edition unlocks the power of SQL in the Oracle database—one of the most potent SQL implementations on the market today. To master it requires a multi-pronged approach: learn the language features, learn how and why the language features work, learn the supporting features that Oracle provides to help use the language effectively, and learn to think and work in sets.Karen ... Read more

$102.99 CAD

Pro Oracle SQL, Second Edition unlocks the power of SQL in the Oracle database—one of the most potent SQL implementations on the market today. To master it requires a multi-pronged approach: learn the language features, learn how and why the language features work, learn the supporting features that Oracle provides to help use the language effectively, and learn to think and work in sets.Karen
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Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Person-Centered Healthcare

Edited by Dalia Kriksciuniene, Virgilijus Sakalauskas ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
This open access book establishes a dialog among the medical and intelligent system domains for igniting transition toward a sustainable and cost-effective healthcare. The Person-Centered Care (PCC) positions a person in the center of a healthcare system, instead of defining a patient as a set of diagnoses and treatment episodes. The PCC-based conceptual background triggers enhanced application of ... Read more

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This open access book establishes a dialog among the medical and intelligent system domains for igniting transition toward a sustainable and cost-effective healthcare. The Person-Centered Care (PCC) positions a person in the center of a healthcare system, instead of defining a patient as a set of diagnoses and treatment episodes. The PCC-based conceptual background triggers enhanced application of
... Read more
Pro MERN Stack

Full Stack Web App Development with Mongo, Express, React, and Node

by Vasan Subramanian ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Assemble the complete stack required to build a modern web app using React: MongoDB (a NoSQL database) and Express (a framework for web application servers), which runs on Node (JavaScript on the server side), complement React very nicely. This book will also cover many other tools that go into building a complete web application: React Router, React-Bootstrap, Redux, Babel, and webpack.Though the ... Read more

$56.99 CAD

Assemble the complete stack required to build a modern web app using React: MongoDB (a NoSQL database) and Express (a framework for web application servers), which runs on Node (JavaScript on the server side), complement React very nicely. This book will also cover many other tools that go into building a complete web application: React Router, React-Bootstrap, Redux, Babel, and webpack.Though the
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Neural Networks and Deep Learning

A Textbook

by Charu C. Aggarwal ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book covers both classical and modern models in deep learning. The primary focus is on the theory and algorithms of deep learning. The theory and algorithms of neural networks are particularly important for understanding important concepts, so that one can understand the important design concepts of neural architectures in different applications. Why do neural networks work? When do they work ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This book covers both classical and modern models in deep learning. The primary focus is on the theory and algorithms of deep learning. The theory and algorithms of neural networks are particularly important for understanding important concepts, so that one can understand the important design concepts of neural architectures in different applications. Why do neural networks work? When do they work
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Against Automation Mythologies

Business Science Fiction and the Ruse of the Robots

by J. Jesse Ramirez ...

Inspired by Roland Barthes’s practice of "semioclasm" in Mythologies, this book offers a "technoclasm"; a cultural critique of US narratives, discourses, images, and objects that have transformed the politics of automation into statements of fact about the "rise of the robots".Treating automation as an ensemble of technologies and science fictions, this book foregrounds automation’s ideologies, ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Inspired by Roland Barthes’s practice of "semioclasm" in Mythologies, this book offers a "technoclasm"; a cultural critique of US narratives, discourses, images, and objects that have transformed the politics of automation into statements of fact about the "rise of the robots".Treating automation as an ensemble of technologies and science fictions, this book foregrounds automation’s ideologies,
... Read more
Advanced R Statistical Programming and Data Models

Analysis, Machine Learning, and Visualization

by Matt Wiley, Joshua F. Wiley ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Carry out a variety of advanced statistical analyses including generalized additive models, mixed effects models, multiple imputation, machine learning, and missing data techniques using R. Each chapter starts with conceptual background information about the techniques, includes multiple examples using R to achieve results, and concludes with a case study.Written by Matt and Joshua F. Wiley, ... Read more

$96.99 CAD

Carry out a variety of advanced statistical analyses including generalized additive models, mixed effects models, multiple imputation, machine learning, and missing data techniques using R. Each chapter starts with conceptual background information about the techniques, includes multiple examples using R to achieve results, and concludes with a case study.Written by Matt and Joshua F. Wiley,
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Ways of Knowing in HCI

Edited by Judith S. Olson, Wendy A. Kellogg ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This textbook brings together both new and traditional research methods in Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Research methods include interviews and observations, ethnography, grounded theory and analysis of digital traces of behavior. Readers will gain an understanding of the type of knowledge each method provides, its disciplinary roots and how each contributes to understanding users, user ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

This textbook brings together both new and traditional research methods in Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Research methods include interviews and observations, ethnography, grounded theory and analysis of digital traces of behavior. Readers will gain an understanding of the type of knowledge each method provides, its disciplinary roots and how each contributes to understanding users, user
... Read more
Complexity Theory and Law

Mapping an Emergent Jurisprudence

Edited by Jamie Murray, Thomas Webb, Steven Wheatley ...

Series series Law, Science and Society
This collection of essays explores the different ways the insights from complexity theory can be applied to law. Complexity theory – a variant of systems theory – views law as an emergent, complex, self-organising system comprised of an interactive network of actors and systems that operate with no overall guiding hand, giving rise to complex, collective behaviour in law communications and actions ... Read more

$93.99 CAD

This collection of essays explores the different ways the insights from complexity theory can be applied to law. Complexity theory – a variant of systems theory – views law as an emergent, complex, self-organising system comprised of an interactive network of actors and systems that operate with no overall guiding hand, giving rise to complex, collective behaviour in law communications and actions
... Read more
The Shortest Hour

An Applied Approach to Boardroom Governance of Cyber Security

by Lee Parrish ...

Series series Security, Audit and Leadership Series
Independent directors of corporate boards understand the importance of cyber security as a business issue. Increased regulatory requirements, the onslaught of breaches, as well as the replacement of the corporate network perimeter with more third-party partnerships have all contributed to cyber security rising to the top of enterprise risks. Yet, many directors only receive a few brief cyber ... Read more

$88.99 CAD

Independent directors of corporate boards understand the importance of cyber security as a business issue. Increased regulatory requirements, the onslaught of breaches, as well as the replacement of the corporate network perimeter with more third-party partnerships have all contributed to cyber security rising to the top of enterprise risks. Yet, many directors only receive a few brief cyber
... Read more
Broken Agile

Second Edition

by Tim J. Brizard ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn how to be successful in adopting Agile and see good and bad examples of how Agile can be adopted. Broken Agile, Second Edition contains stories from years of real world experience on Agile teams and projects. The stories in each chapter are both educational and entertaining. Each chapter focuses on specific Agile values and principles. The stories in each chapter are used to illustrate how ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Learn how to be successful in adopting Agile and see good and bad examples of how Agile can be adopted. Broken Agile, Second Edition contains stories from years of real world experience on Agile teams and projects. The stories in each chapter are both educational and entertaining. Each chapter focuses on specific Agile values and principles. The stories in each chapter are used to illustrate how
... Read more

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