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Android Studio Narwhal Essentials - Compose Edition

Developing Android Apps with Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, and Kotlin

by Neil Smyth ...

This book is a comprehensive guide to building Android applications using Android Studio Narwhal (2025.1.1), Jetpack Compose, and the Kotlin programming language. It is designed to provide the knowledge and skills you need to create modern Android apps using the latest development tools and frameworks.We begin with foundational steps, including setting up an Android Studio development environment, ... Read more

$43.19 CAD

This book is a comprehensive guide to building Android applications using Android Studio Narwhal (2025.1.1), Jetpack Compose, and the Kotlin programming language. It is designed to provide the knowledge and skills you need to create modern Android apps using the latest development tools and frameworks.We begin with foundational steps, including setting up an Android Studio development environment,
... Read more
PostGIS Cookbook

Store, organize, manipulate, and analyze spatial data

by Stephen Vincent Mather, Bborie Park, Paolo Corti, Pedro Wightman, Thomas Kraft, Mayra Zurbarán ...

Create and manage spatial data with PostGISKey FeaturesImport and export geographic data from the PostGIS database using the available toolsMaintain, optimize, and fine-tune spatial data for long-term viabilityUtilize the parallel support functionality that was introduced in PostgreSQL 9.6Book DescriptionPostGIS is a spatial database that integrates the advanced storage and analysis of vector and ... Read more

$47.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Create and manage spatial data with PostGISKey FeaturesImport and export geographic data from the PostGIS database using the available toolsMaintain, optimize, and fine-tune spatial data for long-term viabilityUtilize the parallel support functionality that was introduced in PostgreSQL 9.6Book DescriptionPostGIS is a spatial database that integrates the advanced storage and analysis of vector and
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Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Guide (Second Edition)

Master the advanced concepts of PL/SQL for professional-level certification and learn the new capabilities of Oracle Database 12c

by Saurabh K. Gupta ...

Master the advanced concepts of PL/SQL for professional-level certification and learn the new capabilities of Oracle Database 12cKey Features\*Learn advanced application development features of Oracle Database 12c and prepare for the 1Z0-146 examination\*Build robust and secure applications in Oracle PL/SQL using the best practices\*Packed with feature demonstrations and illustrations that will ... Read more

$55.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master the advanced concepts of PL/SQL for professional-level certification and learn the new capabilities of Oracle Database 12cKey Features\*Learn advanced application development features of Oracle Database 12c and prepare for the 1Z0-146 examination\*Build robust and secure applications in Oracle PL/SQL using the best practices\*Packed with feature demonstrations and illustrations that will
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Mastering Rust: The Ultimate Starter Guide

by Dan Miller ...

Ready to dive into Rust but not sure where to start? Mastering Rust: The Ultimate Starter Guide by Dan Miller is your comprehensive companion on this exciting journey. Dan's unique approach to writing makes learning Rust a personable and rewarding experience.What sets this guide apart is its focus on practical application. You'll not only learn the "how" but also the "why," gaining insights into ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ready to dive into Rust but not sure where to start? Mastering Rust: The Ultimate Starter Guide by Dan Miller is your comprehensive companion on this exciting journey. Dan's unique approach to writing makes learning Rust a personable and rewarding experience.What sets this guide apart is its focus on practical application. You'll not only learn the "how" but also the "why," gaining insights into
... Read more
Beginning Python

From Novice to Professional

by Magnus Lie Hetland ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Gain a fundamental understanding of Python’s syntax and features with this up–to–date introduction and practical reference. Covering a wide array of Python–related programming topics, including addressing language internals, database integration, network programming, and web services, you’ll be guided by sound development principles. Ten accompanying projects will ensure you can get your hands ... Read more

$83.79 CAD

Gain a fundamental understanding of Python’s syntax and features with this up–to–date introduction and practical reference. Covering a wide array of Python–related programming topics, including addressing language internals, database integration, network programming, and web services, you’ll be guided by sound development principles. Ten accompanying projects will ensure you can get your hands
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ASP.NET MVC with Entity Framework and CSS

by Lee Naylor ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get up and running quickly with Microsoft ASP.NET MVC and Entity Framework as you build and deploy complex websites. By using a fully working example retail website you will learn solutions to real-world issues that developers frequently encounter.Whether you are a novice developer or an experienced .NET developer wishing to learn more about MVC and Entity Framework, author Lee Naylor will teach ... Read more

$107.79 CAD

Get up and running quickly with Microsoft ASP.NET MVC and Entity Framework as you build and deploy complex websites. By using a fully working example retail website you will learn solutions to real-world issues that developers frequently encounter.Whether you are a novice developer or an experienced .NET developer wishing to learn more about MVC and Entity Framework, author Lee Naylor will teach
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Getting Started with React VR

Build immersive Virtual Reality apps for the web with React

by John Gwinner ...

Create amazing 360 and virtual reality content that runs directly in your browsers with JavaScript and React VR 2.0Key FeaturesA practical guide to developing virtual reality experiences targeting web and mobile browsersCreate customized 3D graphics for your virtual reality experiences with Three.jsExplore the ReactVR library to create objects that seem real and see how they move in the Virtual ... Read more

$41.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Create amazing 360 and virtual reality content that runs directly in your browsers with JavaScript and React VR 2.0Key FeaturesA practical guide to developing virtual reality experiences targeting web and mobile browsersCreate customized 3D graphics for your virtual reality experiences with Three.jsExplore the ReactVR library to create objects that seem real and see how they move in the Virtual
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Grokking Deep Reinforcement Learning

by Miguel Morales ...

Grokking Deep Reinforcement Learning uses engaging exercises to teach you how to build deep learning systems. This book combines annotated Python code with intuitive explanations to explore DRL techniques. You’ll see how algorithms function and learn to develop your own DRL agents using evaluative feedback.SummaryWe all learn through trial and error. We avoid the things that cause us to experience ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

Grokking Deep Reinforcement Learning uses engaging exercises to teach you how to build deep learning systems. This book combines annotated Python code with intuitive explanations to explore DRL techniques. You’ll see how algorithms function and learn to develop your own DRL agents using evaluative feedback.SummaryWe all learn through trial and error. We avoid the things that cause us to experience
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JUnit Recipes

Practical Methods for Programmer Testing

by Scott Stirling, J.B. Rainsberger ...

When testing becomes a developer's habit good things tend to happen--good productivity, good code, and good job satisfaction. If you want some of that, there's no better way to start your testing habit, nor to continue feeding it, than with"" JUnit Recipes,"" In this book you will find one hundred and thirty-seven solutions to a range of problems, from simple to complex, selected for you by an ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

When testing becomes a developer's habit good things tend to happen--good productivity, good code, and good job satisfaction. If you want some of that, there's no better way to start your testing habit, nor to continue feeding it, than with"" JUnit Recipes,"" In this book you will find one hundred and thirty-seven solutions to a range of problems, from simple to complex, selected for you by an
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Agile Kaizen

Managing Continuous Improvement Far Beyond Retrospectives

by Ángel Medinilla ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Agile teams have been struggling with the concept of continuous improvement since the first Agile frameworks were developed, and still very little has been written about the practice of continuous improvement in Agile environments. Although team retrospectives have been prescribed and some practices have been introduced in order to implement and facilitate them, the truth is that most Agile teams ... Read more

$89.69 CAD

Agile teams have been struggling with the concept of continuous improvement since the first Agile frameworks were developed, and still very little has been written about the practice of continuous improvement in Agile environments. Although team retrospectives have been prescribed and some practices have been introduced in order to implement and facilitate them, the truth is that most Agile teams
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Amazon Web Services Bootcamp

Develop a scalable, reliable, and highly available cloud environment with AWS

by Sunil Gulabani ...

This fast-paced guide will quickly enhance your skills to develop a highly scalable Cloud environmentKey FeaturesEfficiently build a highly scalable and reliable cloud environment for your applications with AWSLeverage the various AWS components and services to build a secure, reliable, and robust environment to host your applications onThis quick-start guide will quickly enhance your skills to ... Read more

$37.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This fast-paced guide will quickly enhance your skills to develop a highly scalable Cloud environmentKey FeaturesEfficiently build a highly scalable and reliable cloud environment for your applications with AWSLeverage the various AWS components and services to build a secure, reliable, and robust environment to host your applications onThis quick-start guide will quickly enhance your skills to
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Make It, Wear It: Wearable Electronics for Makers, Crafters, and Cosplayers

by Sahrye Cohen, Hal Rodriguez ...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Create your own stylish, electronics-based wearables―for all experience levels!This fun TAB guide shows you how to dream up, design, and assemble fashion-forward wearable electronics, garments, and accessories in ... Read more

$37.39 CAD

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Create your own stylish, electronics-based wearables―for all experience levels!This fun TAB guide shows you how to dream up, design, and assemble fashion-forward wearable electronics, garments, and accessories in
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Design Patterns in C#

A Hands-on Guide with Real-world Examples

by Vaskaran Sarcar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get hands-on experience with each Gang of Four (GoF) design pattern using C#. For each of the patterns, you will see at least one real-world scenario, a coding example, and a complete implementation including output. In addition to GoF patterns, you will learn additional design patterns which are common and equally important.In this second edition, you will go through the design patterns and their ... Read more

$68.29 CAD

Get hands-on experience with each Gang of Four (GoF) design pattern using C#. For each of the patterns, you will see at least one real-world scenario, a coding example, and a complete implementation including output. In addition to GoF patterns, you will learn additional design patterns which are common and equally important.In this second edition, you will go through the design patterns and their
... Read more
Beginning DAX with Power BI

The SQL Pro’s Guide to Better Business Intelligence

by Philip Seamark ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Attention all SQL Pros, DAX is not just for writing Excel-based formulas! Get hands-on learning and expert advice on how to use the vast capabilities of the DAX language to solve common data modeling challenges.Beginning DAX with Power BI teaches key concepts such as mapping techniques from SQL to DAX, filtering, grouping, joining, pivoting, and using temporary tables, all aimed at the SQL ... Read more

$75.49 CAD

Attention all SQL Pros, DAX is not just for writing Excel-based formulas! Get hands-on learning and expert advice on how to use the vast capabilities of the DAX language to solve common data modeling challenges.Beginning DAX with Power BI teaches key concepts such as mapping techniques from SQL to DAX, filtering, grouping, joining, pivoting, and using temporary tables, all aimed at the SQL
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Swift Programming For Beginners: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide To Mastering Swift And SwiftUI To Create Apps For MacOS, iOS, And Beyond (iOS Programming & iOS Development)

by Voltaire Lumiere ...

Swift Programming For Beginners: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide To Mastering Swift And SwiftUI To Create Apps For MacOS, iOS, And Beyond (iOS Programming & iOS Development)In brief:Written from the standpoint of a beginner, Swift Programming For Beginners is a how-to manual for creating iOS apps using the Swift programming language.This user-friendly, comprehensively illustrated manual walks you ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Swift Programming For Beginners: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide To Mastering Swift And SwiftUI To Create Apps For MacOS, iOS, And Beyond (iOS Programming & iOS Development)In brief:Written from the standpoint of a beginner, Swift Programming For Beginners is a how-to manual for creating iOS apps using the Swift programming language.This user-friendly, comprehensively illustrated manual walks you
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The Definitive Guide to PowerShell

by Wesley Dunne ...

What You'll Learn:Foundational Principles: Begin with the essentials of PowerShell, including navigating the console, mastering basic commands, and utilizing the Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). Understand the core concepts and structure of PowerShell, making it easier to dive into more advanced topics.Advanced Scripting: Explore best practices in scripting, advanced error handling, and ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

What You'll Learn:Foundational Principles: Begin with the essentials of PowerShell, including navigating the console, mastering basic commands, and utilizing the Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). Understand the core concepts and structure of PowerShell, making it easier to dive into more advanced topics.Advanced Scripting: Explore best practices in scripting, advanced error handling, and
... Read more
Modding Minecraft

Build Your Own Minecraft Mods!

by Sarah Guthals, Stephen R. Foster, Lindsey D. Handley ...

Series series Dummies Junior
My kid can mod Minecraft? Oh my!There’s no doubt about it: Minecraft has taken the world by storm. If your resident Minecraft fanatic is ready to take their experience to a new level of play, introduce them to modding! Modding allows Minecraft players to modify the game through code—giving them the ability to add a variety of gameplay changes, ranging from new blocks and items to new mechanisms to ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

My kid can mod Minecraft? Oh my!There’s no doubt about it: Minecraft has taken the world by storm. If your resident Minecraft fanatic is ready to take their experience to a new level of play, introduce them to modding! Modding allows Minecraft players to modify the game through code—giving them the ability to add a variety of gameplay changes, ranging from new blocks and items to new mechanisms to
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Type Theory and Formal Proof

An Introduction

by Rob Nederpelt, Herman Geuvers ...

Type theory is a fast-evolving field at the crossroads of logic, computer science and mathematics. This gentle step-by-step introduction is ideal for graduate students and researchers who need to understand the ins and outs of the mathematical machinery, the role of logical rules therein, the essential contribution of definitions and the decisive nature of well-structured proofs. The authors begin ... Read more

$91.19 CAD

Type theory is a fast-evolving field at the crossroads of logic, computer science and mathematics. This gentle step-by-step introduction is ideal for graduate students and researchers who need to understand the ins and outs of the mathematical machinery, the role of logical rules therein, the essential contribution of definitions and the decisive nature of well-structured proofs. The authors begin
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GitHub Essentials

Unleash the power of collaborative development workflows using GitHub

by Achilleas Pipinellis ...

This book will teach you what you need to know to start using GitHub effectively for collaborating and working on your software projects.Key FeaturesEffectively use GitHub by learning its key features to leverage the power of Git and make collaboration on code easy to work with.Be more productive on the development workflow of your projects using the valuable toolset that GitHub provides.Explore ... Read more

$28.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book will teach you what you need to know to start using GitHub effectively for collaborating and working on your software projects.Key FeaturesEffectively use GitHub by learning its key features to leverage the power of Git and make collaboration on code easy to work with.Be more productive on the development workflow of your projects using the valuable toolset that GitHub provides.Explore
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Mastering C++

A Comprehensive Beginner's Guide to Programming

by Chloe Annable ...

Series series Computer Programming
Are you dealing with massive data volumes at work or in your hobbies? Need a powerful, reliable programming language to handle such demands? Look no further than this book! Packed with essential design and development insights, it swiftly introduces you to C++ concepts, enabling you to craft programs tailored to your specific needs. C++ remains a pivotal language due to its adaptability and ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you dealing with massive data volumes at work or in your hobbies? Need a powerful, reliable programming language to handle such demands? Look no further than this book! Packed with essential design and development insights, it swiftly introduces you to C++ concepts, enabling you to craft programs tailored to your specific needs. C++ remains a pivotal language due to its adaptability and
... Read more
Coders

The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

by Clive Thompson ...

Hello, world.Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Self-driving cars roaming the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of code--and coders are the ones who built it for us. From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, in a book that ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Hello, world.Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Self-driving cars roaming the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of code--and coders are the ones who built it for us. From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, in a book that
... Read more
Jumpstarting Javascript

by Lynn Beighley ...

All Make Jumpstart books provide a quick way for readers to "jumpstart" their knowledge of a certain topic.In 50 intense pages, Jumpstarting JavaScript shows makers how to install the Node.js environment on a Raspberry Pi, how to use Node.js to turn their Raspberry Pi into a self-contained web server, and how to get that web server to send a tweet. ... Read more

$11.19 CAD

All Make Jumpstart books provide a quick way for readers to "jumpstart" their knowledge of a certain topic.In 50 intense pages, Jumpstarting JavaScript shows makers how to install the Node.js environment on a Raspberry Pi, how to use Node.js to turn their Raspberry Pi into a self-contained web server, and how to get that web server to send a tweet.
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Layered Design for Ruby on Rails Applications

Discover practical design patterns and modern abstractions for maintainable Rails applications

by Vladimir Dementyev ...

Transition from Rails' traditional MVC trio to layered abstractions with state machines, workflows, and AI integrations and evolve your codebase into a flexible, future-ready application Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\* Key FeaturesUnderstand Rails’ architectural patterns, their strengths and limitsOrganize business logic in Rails apps when the ... Read more

$40.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Transition from Rails' traditional MVC trio to layered abstractions with state machines, workflows, and AI integrations and evolve your codebase into a flexible, future-ready application Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\* Key FeaturesUnderstand Rails’ architectural patterns, their strengths and limitsOrganize business logic in Rails apps when the
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Godot Engine Game Development Projects

Build five cross-platform 2D and 3D games with Godot 3.0

by Chris Bradfield ...

A project based guides to learn animation, advanced shaders, environments, particle rendering, and networked games with Godot 3.0Key FeaturesLearn the art of developing cross-platform gamesLeverage Godot’s node and scene system to design robust, reusable game objectsIntegrate Blender easily and efficiently with Godot to create powerful 3D gamesBook DescriptionGodot Engine Game Development Projects ... Read more

$38.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A project based guides to learn animation, advanced shaders, environments, particle rendering, and networked games with Godot 3.0Key FeaturesLearn the art of developing cross-platform gamesLeverage Godot’s node and scene system to design robust, reusable game objectsIntegrate Blender easily and efficiently with Godot to create powerful 3D gamesBook DescriptionGodot Engine Game Development Projects
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