23 authors and 11 artists came together to create this aquatic horror anthology curated and edited by Tom Folske. Throughout history, tales of water monsters have fueled sailors' and swimmers' stories, bringing a new fear from the murky depths of the world's most unexplored regions. As it stands, we know more about space than what we know about what lurks at the bottom of the deepest trenches of the ocean and many other water systems. Urban legends, mythical creatures, and cryptids alike w...

Your indispensable friend in helping you to grasp the fundamental language of contemporary web development is The Future of JavaScript - Coding Interactive Websites: A Beginner's Guide to JavaScript. This book walks you methodically through the fundamental ideas of JavaScript and shows you how to bring your websites to life with interactive features, regardless of your level of HTML and CSS knowledge-absolute beginner or just a little bit.Beginning with the foundations, you will di...

The Full-Lifecycle Guide to API DesignPrinciples of Web API Design brings together principles and processes to help you succeed across the entire API design lifecycle. Drawing on extensive in-the-trenches experience, leading consultant James Higginbotham helps you align every stakeholder on specific outcomes, design APIs that deliver value, and scale the design process from small teams to the entire organization.Higginbotham helps ...

Apply design patterns to solve problems in software architecture and programming using C\# 7.x and .NET Core 2Key FeaturesEnhance your programming skills by implementing efficient design patterns for C\# and .NETExplore design patterns for functional and reactive programming to build robust and scalable applicationsDiscover how to work effectively with microservice and serverless architecturesBook DescriptionDesign patterns a...

The core idea behind Real World Web Services is simple: after years of hype, what are the major players really doing with web services? Standard bodies may wrangle and platform vendors may preach, but at the end of the day what are the technologies that are actually in use, and how can developers incorporate them into their own applications? Those are the answers Real World Web Services delivers. It's a field guide to the wild and wooly world of non-trivial deployed web services.T...

Learn how to craft elegant and well-structured software frameworks in a variety of JavaScript environments with this handy guideKey FeaturesExplore the gateway to the constantly evolving world of JavaScript frameworksNavigate the JavaScript development landscape and discover crucial software architecture patternsBuild your own framework for a variety of work-related projectsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook...

"Next.js: Navigating the Future of Web Development" is an in-depth exploration of one of today's most powerful and popular web development frameworks. This comprehensive guide dives deep into the capabilities of Next.js, a framework built on React.js, offering a blend of server-side rendering, static site generation, and client-side rendering to create fast, scalable, and reliable web applications.The book begins with an overview of the web development landscape, highlighting how N...

Learn how to design web APIs that are a delight to use and maintain.Thousands of developers have followed renowned API expert Arnaud Lauret’s guidance to create APIs that are flexible, secure, and easily integrated. This new edition of the bestselling The Design of Web APIs covers the latest updates to the OpenAPI standard, teaches you to streamline and standardize API design decisions with rationale and automation, and gives you insights ...

"PHP 8: The Modern Web Developer's Guide" is an indispensable resource for developers looking to master the latest iteration of one of the world's most popular programming languages. This comprehensive guide delves deep into the nuances of PHP 8, showcasing its new features, improved performance, and enhanced security measures that are essential for modern web development.Structured to benefit both beginners and seasoned PHP developers, this book begins with a foundational overview...

Find out how to implement the REST architecture to build resilient software in Java with the help of the Spring 5.0 framework. Key Features\[\*\] Follow best practices and explore techniques such as clustering and caching to achieve a reactive, scalable web service.\[\*\] Leverage the Spring Framework to quickly implement RESTful endpoints.\[\*\] Learn to implement a client library for a RESTful web service using the Spring Framework along with...

In an increasingly digital world, the ability to understand, create, and innovate with technology is no longer just an advantage, it’s a necessity. The landscape of computing is vast and ever-evolving, but at its heart lies a set of fundamental principles and languages that serve as the building blocks for nearly everything we interact with online and in our daily lives.Whether you’re embarking on a formal college course in computer science or are a self-driven learner eager to exp...

Java developers usually tackle the complexity of software development through object-oriented programming (OOP). But not every problem is a good match for OOP. The functional programming (FP) paradigm offers you another approach to solving problems, and Java provides easy-to-grasp FP tools such as lambda expressions and Streams. If you're interested in applying FP concepts to your Java code, this book is for you.Author Ben Weidig highlights different aspects of functional programmi...