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Understanding Users

Designing Experience through Layers of Meaning

by Andrew Dillon ...

Grounded in the user-centered design movement, this book offers a broad consideration of how our civilization has evolved its technical infrastructure for human purpose to help us make sense of our contemporary information infrastructure and online existence. The author incorporates historical, cultural, and aesthetic approaches to situating information and its underlying technologies across time ... Read more

$56.33 CAD

Grounded in the user-centered design movement, this book offers a broad consideration of how our civilization has evolved its technical infrastructure for human purpose to help us make sense of our contemporary information infrastructure and online existence. The author incorporates historical, cultural, and aesthetic approaches to situating information and its underlying technologies across time
... Read more
Building Data Science Applications with FastAPI

Develop, manage, and deploy efficient machine learning applications with Python

by François Voron ...

Learn all the features and best practices of FastAPI to build, deploy, and monitor powerful data science and AI apps, like object detection or image generation. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesUncover the secrets of FastAPI, including async I/O, type hinting, and dependency injectionLearn to add authentication, authorization, and interaction with databases ... Read more

$42.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn all the features and best practices of FastAPI to build, deploy, and monitor powerful data science and AI apps, like object detection or image generation. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesUncover the secrets of FastAPI, including async I/O, type hinting, and dependency injectionLearn to add authentication, authorization, and interaction with databases
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Learning Groovy 3

Java-Based Dynamic Scripting

by Adam L. Davis ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Start building powerful apps that take advantage of the dynamic scripting capabilities of the Groovy language, including what's new in Groovy version 3.0. This book covers Groovy fundamentals, such as installing Groovy, using Groovy tools, and working with the Groovy Development Kit (GDK). You'll also learn more advanced aspects of Groovy, such as using Groovy design patterns, writing DSLs in ... Read more

$68.29 CAD

Start building powerful apps that take advantage of the dynamic scripting capabilities of the Groovy language, including what's new in Groovy version 3.0. This book covers Groovy fundamentals, such as installing Groovy, using Groovy tools, and working with the Groovy Development Kit (GDK). You'll also learn more advanced aspects of Groovy, such as using Groovy design patterns, writing DSLs in
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GUI Design for Android Apps

by Ryan Cohen, Tao Wang ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
GUI Design for Android Apps is the perfect—and concise—introduction for mobile app developers and designers. Through easy-to-follow tutorials, code samples, and case studies, the book shows the must-know principles for user-interface design for Android apps running on the Intel platform, including smartphones, tablets and embedded devices.This book is jointly developed for individual learning by ... Read more

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GUI Design for Android Apps is the perfect—and concise—introduction for mobile app developers and designers. Through easy-to-follow tutorials, code samples, and case studies, the book shows the must-know principles for user-interface design for Android apps running on the Intel platform, including smartphones, tablets and embedded devices.This book is jointly developed for individual learning by
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Implementing Effective Code Reviews

How to Build and Maintain Clean Code

by Giuliana Carullo ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
The ideal code review process differs from organization to organization, but the needs all boil down to the same foundational factors. A software development team cannot properly grow if its code reviews are not consistent, straightforward, and aspire to hit several company goals at once, such as security, performance, longevity, and more. Implementing Effective Code Reviews is the manual your ... Read more

$80.19 CAD

The ideal code review process differs from organization to organization, but the needs all boil down to the same foundational factors. A software development team cannot properly grow if its code reviews are not consistent, straightforward, and aspire to hit several company goals at once, such as security, performance, longevity, and more. Implementing Effective Code Reviews is the manual your
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Modern Programming Made Easy

Using Java, Scala, Groovy, and JavaScript

by Adam L. Davis ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get up and running fast with the basics of programming using Java as an example language. This short book gets you thinking like a programmer in an easy and entertaining way. Modern Programming Made Easy teaches you basic coding principles, including working with lists, sets, arrays, and maps; coding in the object-oriented style; and writing a web application.This book is language agnostic, but ... Read more

$27.59 CAD

Get up and running fast with the basics of programming using Java as an example language. This short book gets you thinking like a programmer in an easy and entertaining way. Modern Programming Made Easy teaches you basic coding principles, including working with lists, sets, arrays, and maps; coding in the object-oriented style; and writing a web application.This book is language agnostic, but
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Advanced Deep Learning with Python

Design and implement advanced next-generation AI solutions using TensorFlow and PyTorch

by Ivan Vasilev ...

Gain expertise in advanced deep learning domains such as neural networks, meta-learning, graph neural networks, and memory augmented neural networks using the Python ecosystemKey FeaturesGet to grips with building faster and more robust deep learning architecturesInvestigate and train convolutional neural network (CNN) models with GPU-accelerated libraries such as TensorFlow and PyTorchApply deep ... Read more

$41.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Gain expertise in advanced deep learning domains such as neural networks, meta-learning, graph neural networks, and memory augmented neural networks using the Python ecosystemKey FeaturesGet to grips with building faster and more robust deep learning architecturesInvestigate and train convolutional neural network (CNN) models with GPU-accelerated libraries such as TensorFlow and PyTorchApply deep
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Stylish F# 6

Crafting Elegant Functional Code for .NET 6

by Kit Eason ...

Series Book 6 - Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Why just get by in F# when you can program in style. This book goes beyond syntax and into design. It provides F# developers with best practices, guidance, and advice to write beautiful, maintainable, and correct code. This second edition, fully updated for .NET 6 and F# 6, includes all new coverage of anonymous records, the task {} computation expression, and the relationship between types and ... Read more

$75.49 CAD

Why just get by in F# when you can program in style. This book goes beyond syntax and into design. It provides F# developers with best practices, guidance, and advice to write beautiful, maintainable, and correct code. This second edition, fully updated for .NET 6 and F# 6, includes all new coverage of anonymous records, the task {} computation expression, and the relationship between types and
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C++20 Quick Syntax Reference

A Pocket Guide to the Language, APIs, and Library

by Mikael Olsson ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This quick C++ 20 guide is a condensed code and syntax reference to the popular programming language, fully updated for C++20. It presents the essential C++20 code syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.This edition covers topics including designated initializers, lambdas and lambda captures, the spaceship operator, pack expressions, string literals as template ... Read more

$75.49 CAD

This quick C++ 20 guide is a condensed code and syntax reference to the popular programming language, fully updated for C++20. It presents the essential C++20 code syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.This edition covers topics including designated initializers, lambdas and lambda captures, the spaceship operator, pack expressions, string literals as template
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Handbook of Vascular Biometrics

Edited by Andreas Uhl, Christoph Busch, Sébastien Marcel, Raymond Veldhuis ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of biometrics exploiting the shape of human blood vessels for biometric recognition, i.e. vascular biometrics, including finger vein recognition, hand/palm vein recognition, retina recognition, and sclera recognition. After an introductory chapter summarizing the state of the art in and availability of commercial systems and open ... Read more

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This open access handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of biometrics exploiting the shape of human blood vessels for biometric recognition, i.e. vascular biometrics, including finger vein recognition, hand/palm vein recognition, retina recognition, and sclera recognition. After an introductory chapter summarizing the state of the art in and availability of commercial systems and open
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Prototyping for Designers

Developing the Best Digital and Physical Products

by Kathryn Marinaro ...

Prototyping and user testing is the best way to create successful products, but many designers skip this important step and use gut instinct instead. By explaining the goals and methodologies behind prototyping—and demonstrating how to prototype for both physical and digital products—this practical guide helps beginning and intermediate designers become more comfortable with creating and testing ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Prototyping and user testing is the best way to create successful products, but many designers skip this important step and use gut instinct instead. By explaining the goals and methodologies behind prototyping—and demonstrating how to prototype for both physical and digital products—this practical guide helps beginning and intermediate designers become more comfortable with creating and testing
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Program Proofs

by K. Rustan M. Leino ...

This comprehensive and highly readable textbook teaches how to formally reason about computer programs using an incremental approach and the verification-aware programming language Dafny.Program Proofs shows students what it means to write specifications for programs, what it means for programs to satisfy those specifications, and how to write proofs that connect specifications and programs. ... Read more

$74.39 CAD

This comprehensive and highly readable textbook teaches how to formally reason about computer programs using an incremental approach and the verification-aware programming language Dafny.Program Proofs shows students what it means to write specifications for programs, what it means for programs to satisfy those specifications, and how to write proofs that connect specifications and programs.
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Python Projects for Beginners

A Ten-Week Bootcamp Approach to Python Programming

by Connor P. Milliken ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Immerse yourself in learning Python and introductory data analytics with this book’s project-based approach. Through the structure of a ten-week coding bootcamp course, you’ll learn key concepts and gain hands-on experience through weekly projects.Each chapter in this book is presented as a full week of topics, with Monday through Thursday covering specific concepts, leading up to Friday, when you ... Read more

$68.29 CAD

Immerse yourself in learning Python and introductory data analytics with this book’s project-based approach. Through the structure of a ten-week coding bootcamp course, you’ll learn key concepts and gain hands-on experience through weekly projects.Each chapter in this book is presented as a full week of topics, with Monday through Thursday covering specific concepts, leading up to Friday, when you
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Kubeflow for Machine Learning

by Trevor Grant, Holden Karau, Boris Lublinsky, Richard Liu, Ilan Filonenko ...

If you're training a machine learning model but aren't sure how to put it into production, this book will get you there. Kubeflow provides a collection of cloud native tools for different stages of a model's lifecycle, from data exploration, feature preparation, and model training to model serving. This guide helps data scientists build production-grade machine learning implementations with ... Read more

$43.19 CAD

If you're training a machine learning model but aren't sure how to put it into production, this book will get you there. Kubeflow provides a collection of cloud native tools for different stages of a model's lifecycle, from data exploration, feature preparation, and model training to model serving. This guide helps data scientists build production-grade machine learning implementations with
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Data Science Strategy For Dummies

by Ulrika Jägare ...

All the answers to your data science questionsOver half of all businesses are using data science to generate insights and value from big data. How are they doing it? Data Science Strategy For Dummies answers all your questions about how to build a data science capability from scratch, starting with the “what” and the “why” of data science and covering what it takes to lead and nurture a top-notch ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

All the answers to your data science questionsOver half of all businesses are using data science to generate insights and value from big data. How are they doing it? Data Science Strategy For Dummies answers all your questions about how to build a data science capability from scratch, starting with the “what” and the “why” of data science and covering what it takes to lead and nurture a top-notch
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Designing for Behavior Change

Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics

by Stephen Wendel ...

Designers and managers hope their products become essential for users—integrated into their lives like Instagram, Lyft, and others have become. Such deep integration isn’t accidental: it’s a process of careful design and iterative learning, especially for technology companies. This guide shows you how to apply behavioral science—research that supports many products—to help your users achieve their ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Designers and managers hope their products become essential for users—integrated into their lives like Instagram, Lyft, and others have become. Such deep integration isn’t accidental: it’s a process of careful design and iterative learning, especially for technology companies. This guide shows you how to apply behavioral science—research that supports many products—to help your users achieve their
... Read more
Expert Data Modeling with Power BI

Enrich and optimize your data models to get the best out of Power BI for reporting and business needs

by Soheil Bakhshi ...

Take your Power BI reports to the next level by learning various data modeling techniques and leveraging the latest features of Power BI effectively Get With Your Book: PDF Copy, AI Assistant, and Next-Gen Reader FreeKey FeaturesGet an understanding of data modeling techniques using Power BI with this up-to-date guideLearn how to define the relationships between data sets to extract valuable ... Read more

$48.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Take your Power BI reports to the next level by learning various data modeling techniques and leveraging the latest features of Power BI effectively Get With Your Book: PDF Copy, AI Assistant, and Next-Gen Reader FreeKey FeaturesGet an understanding of data modeling techniques using Power BI with this up-to-date guideLearn how to define the relationships between data sets to extract valuable
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Hands-On Internet of Things with MQTT

Build connected IoT devices with Arduino and MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT)

by Tim Pulver ...

Develop a variety of projects and connect them to microcontrollers and web servers using the lightweight messaging protocol MQTTKey FeaturesLeverage the power of MQTT to build a pet food dispenser, e-ink to-do list, and a productivity cubeLearn about technologies like laser cutting, 3D printing, and PCB production for building robust prototypesExplore practical uses cases to gain an in-depth ... Read more

$25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Develop a variety of projects and connect them to microcontrollers and web servers using the lightweight messaging protocol MQTTKey FeaturesLeverage the power of MQTT to build a pet food dispenser, e-ink to-do list, and a productivity cubeLearn about technologies like laser cutting, 3D printing, and PCB production for building robust prototypesExplore practical uses cases to gain an in-depth
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AI Systems Performance Engineering

Optimizing Model Training and Inference Workloads with GPUs, CUDA, and PyTorch

by Chris Fregly ...

Elevate your AI system performance capabilities with this definitive guide to maximizing efficiency across every layer of your AI infrastructure. In today's era of ever-growing generative models, AI Systems Performance Engineering provides engineers, researchers, and developers with a hands-on set of actionable optimization strategies. Learn to co-optimize hardware, software, and algorithms to ... Read more

$85.59 CAD

Elevate your AI system performance capabilities with this definitive guide to maximizing efficiency across every layer of your AI infrastructure. In today's era of ever-growing generative models, AI Systems Performance Engineering provides engineers, researchers, and developers with a hands-on set of actionable optimization strategies. Learn to co-optimize hardware, software, and algorithms to
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Expert F# 4.0

by Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino ...

Series Book 4.0 - Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn from F#'s inventor to become an expert in the latest version of this powerful programming language so you can seamlessly integrate functional, imperative, object-oriented, and query programming style flexibly and elegantly to solve any programming problem. Expert F# 4.0 will help you achieve unrivaled levels of programmer productivity and program clarity across multiple platforms including ... Read more

$101.79 CAD

Learn from F#'s inventor to become an expert in the latest version of this powerful programming language so you can seamlessly integrate functional, imperative, object-oriented, and query programming style flexibly and elegantly to solve any programming problem. Expert F# 4.0 will help you achieve unrivaled levels of programmer productivity and program clarity across multiple platforms including
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UX for the Web

Build websites for user experience and usability

by Marli Ritter, Cara Winterbottom ...

Learn how UX and design thinking can make your site stand out from the rest of the internet.Key Features\[\*\]Learn everything you need to know about UX for your Web Design.\[\*\]Design B2B, B2C websites that stand out from the competitors with this guide\[\*\]Enhance your business by improving customer accessibility and retention.Book DescriptionIf you want to create web apps that are not only ... Read more

$37.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how UX and design thinking can make your site stand out from the rest of the internet.Key Features\[\*\]Learn everything you need to know about UX for your Web Design.\[\*\]Design B2B, B2C websites that stand out from the competitors with this guide\[\*\]Enhance your business by improving customer accessibility and retention.Book DescriptionIf you want to create web apps that are not only
... Read more
Fuzzy Logic Theory And Applications: Part I And Part Ii

by Lotfi A Zadeh, Rafik Aziz Aliev ...

Nowadays, voluminous textbooks and monographs in fuzzy logic are devoted only to separate or some combination of separate facets of fuzzy logic. There is a lack of a single book that presents a comprehensive and self-contained theory of fuzzy logic and its applications.Written by world renowned authors, Lofti Zadeh, also known as the Father of Fuzzy Logic, and Rafik Aliev, who are pioneers in ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

Nowadays, voluminous textbooks and monographs in fuzzy logic are devoted only to separate or some combination of separate facets of fuzzy logic. There is a lack of a single book that presents a comprehensive and self-contained theory of fuzzy logic and its applications.Written by world renowned authors, Lofti Zadeh, also known as the Father of Fuzzy Logic, and Rafik Aliev, who are pioneers in
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Learn Rails 5.2

Accelerated Web Development with Ruby on Rails

by Stefan Wintermeyer ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn to build Rails-based web applications using all the latest features offered in Rails 5.2. Author Stefan Wintermeyer begins by teaching the basics of Ruby 2.5 before proceeding through all aspects of Rails, utilizing clean, succinct examples – rather than a single large application.This book covers topics including Active Storage, Credentials, Active Record, Scaffolding, REST, Routing, ... Read more

$75.49 CAD

Learn to build Rails-based web applications using all the latest features offered in Rails 5.2. Author Stefan Wintermeyer begins by teaching the basics of Ruby 2.5 before proceeding through all aspects of Rails, utilizing clean, succinct examples – rather than a single large application.This book covers topics including Active Storage, Credentials, Active Record, Scaffolding, REST, Routing,
... Read more
Snowflake Cookbook

Techniques for building modern cloud data warehousing solutions

by Hammad Sharif, Hamid Mahmood Qureshi ...

Develop modern solutions with Snowflake s unique architecture and integration capabilities; process bulk and real-time data into a data lake; and leverage time travel, cloning, and data-sharing features to optimize data operationsKey FeaturesBuild and scale modern data solutions using the all-in-one Snowflake platformPerform advanced cloud analytics for implementing big data and data science ... Read more

$64.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Develop modern solutions with Snowflake s unique architecture and integration capabilities; process bulk and real-time data into a data lake; and leverage time travel, cloning, and data-sharing features to optimize data operationsKey FeaturesBuild and scale modern data solutions using the all-in-one Snowflake platformPerform advanced cloud analytics for implementing big data and data science
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