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Designing Gestural Interfaces

Touchscreens and Interactive Devices

by Dan Saffer ...

If you want to get ahead in this new era of interaction design, this is the reference you need. Nintendo's Wii and Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch have made gestural interfaces popular, but until now there's been no complete source of information about the technology.Designing Gestural Interfaces provides you with essential information about kinesiology, sensors, ergonomics, physical computing, ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

If you want to get ahead in this new era of interaction design, this is the reference you need. Nintendo's Wii and Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch have made gestural interfaces popular, but until now there's been no complete source of information about the technology.Designing Gestural Interfaces provides you with essential information about kinesiology, sensors, ergonomics, physical computing,
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Understanding Augmented Reality

Concepts and Applications

by Alan B. Craig ...

Understanding Augmented Reality addresses the elements that are required to create augmented reality experiences. The technology that supports augmented reality will come and go, evolve and change. The underlying principles for creating exciting, useful augmented reality experiences are timeless. Augmented reality designed from a purely technological perspective will lead to an AR experience that ... Read more

$52.79 CAD

Understanding Augmented Reality addresses the elements that are required to create augmented reality experiences. The technology that supports augmented reality will come and go, evolve and change. The underlying principles for creating exciting, useful augmented reality experiences are timeless. Augmented reality designed from a purely technological perspective will lead to an AR experience that
... Read more
Ripple Quick Start Guide

Get started with XRP and develop applications on Ripple's blockchain

by Febin John James ...

Learn to work with XRP and build applications on Ripple\\'s blockchainKey FeaturesLearn to use Ripple’s decentralized system for transfering digital assets globallyA simpilfied and shortened learning curve to understand the Ripple innovation and BlockchainTakes a hands-on approach to work with XRP – Ripple’s native currencyBook DescriptionThis book starts by giving you an understanding of the ... Read more

$28.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn to work with XRP and build applications on Ripple\\'s blockchainKey FeaturesLearn to use Ripple’s decentralized system for transfering digital assets globallyA simpilfied and shortened learning curve to understand the Ripple innovation and BlockchainTakes a hands-on approach to work with XRP – Ripple’s native currencyBook DescriptionThis book starts by giving you an understanding of the
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Learning Blazor

Build Single-Page Apps with WebAssembly and C#

by David Pine ...

Take advantage of your C# skills to build UI components and client-side experiences with .NET. With this practical guide, you'll learn how to use Blazor WebAssembly to develop next-generation web experiences. Built on top of ASP.NET Core, Blazor represents the future of .NET single-page application investments.Author David Pine, who focuses on .NET and Azure content development at Microsoft, ... Read more

$57.59 CAD

Take advantage of your C# skills to build UI components and client-side experiences with .NET. With this practical guide, you'll learn how to use Blazor WebAssembly to develop next-generation web experiences. Built on top of ASP.NET Core, Blazor represents the future of .NET single-page application investments.Author David Pine, who focuses on .NET and Azure content development at Microsoft,
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An Introduction to Statistics with Python

With Applications in the Life Sciences

by Thomas Haslwanter ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This textbook provides an introduction to the free software Python and its use for statistical data analysis. It covers common statistical tests for continuous, discrete and categorical data, as well as linear regression analysis and topics from survival analysis and Bayesian statistics. Working code and data for Python solutions for each test, together with easy-to-follow Python examples, can be ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This textbook provides an introduction to the free software Python and its use for statistical data analysis. It covers common statistical tests for continuous, discrete and categorical data, as well as linear regression analysis and topics from survival analysis and Bayesian statistics. Working code and data for Python solutions for each test, together with easy-to-follow Python examples, can be
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SQL Antipatterns

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming

by Bill Karwin ...

Bill Karwin has helped thousands of people write better SQL and build stronger relational databases. Now he's sharing his collection of antipatterns--the most common errors he's identified in those thousands of requests for help.Most developers aren't SQL experts, and most of the SQL that gets used is inefficient, hard to maintain, and sometimes just plain wrong. This book shows you all the common ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Bill Karwin has helped thousands of people write better SQL and build stronger relational databases. Now he's sharing his collection of antipatterns--the most common errors he's identified in those thousands of requests for help.Most developers aren't SQL experts, and most of the SQL that gets used is inefficient, hard to maintain, and sometimes just plain wrong. This book shows you all the common
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High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications

Selected Results of the COST Action IC1406 cHiPSet

Edited by Joanna Kołodziej, Horacio González-Vélez ...

Series Book 11400 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
This open access book was prepared as a Final Publication of the COST Action IC1406 “High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications (cHiPSet)“ project.Long considered important pillars of the scientific method, Modelling and Simulation have evolved from traditional discrete numerical methods to complex data-intensive continuous analytical optimisations. Resolution, scale, and ... Read more

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This open access book was prepared as a Final Publication of the COST Action IC1406 “High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications (cHiPSet)“ project.Long considered important pillars of the scientific method, Modelling and Simulation have evolved from traditional discrete numerical methods to complex data-intensive continuous analytical optimisations. Resolution, scale, and
... Read more
Designing Mobile Payment Experiences

Principles and Best Practices for Mobile Commerce

by Skip Allums ...

Now that consumer purchases with mobile phones are on the rise, how do you design a payment app that’s safe, easy to use, and compelling? With this practical book, interaction and product designer Skip Allums provides UX best practices and recommendations to help you create familiar, friendly, and trustworthy experiences.Consumers want mobile transactions to be as fast and reliable as cash or bank ... Read more

$23.19 CAD

Now that consumer purchases with mobile phones are on the rise, how do you design a payment app that’s safe, easy to use, and compelling? With this practical book, interaction and product designer Skip Allums provides UX best practices and recommendations to help you create familiar, friendly, and trustworthy experiences.Consumers want mobile transactions to be as fast and reliable as cash or bank
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Making Money with Alexa Skills

A Developer's Guide

by Matthias Biehl ...

Series Book 10 - API-University Series
This is a book for developers, who not only want to learn how to develop software for Alexa but also want to make money with Alexa.Voice assistants - such as Alexa - have one of the highest adoption rates in history: more than 30 million devices have been sold. This large and growing number of devices creates a massive demand for a new type of app: the voice app or Skill. Just as in the early days ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

This is a book for developers, who not only want to learn how to develop software for Alexa but also want to make money with Alexa.Voice assistants - such as Alexa - have one of the highest adoption rates in history: more than 30 million devices have been sold. This large and growing number of devices creates a massive demand for a new type of app: the voice app or Skill. Just as in the early days
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Learn Electronics with Raspberry Pi

Physical Computing with Circuits, Sensors, Outputs, and Projects

by Stewart Watkiss ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Make a variety of cool projects using the Pi with programming languages like Scratch and Python, with no experience necessary. You'll learn how the Pi works, how to work with Raspbian Linux on the Pi, and how to design and create electronic circuits.Raspberry Pi is everywhere, it’s inexpensive, and it's a wonderful tool for teaching about electronics and programming. This bookshows you how to ... Read more

$68.29 CAD

Make a variety of cool projects using the Pi with programming languages like Scratch and Python, with no experience necessary. You'll learn how the Pi works, how to work with Raspbian Linux on the Pi, and how to design and create electronic circuits.Raspberry Pi is everywhere, it’s inexpensive, and it's a wonderful tool for teaching about electronics and programming. This bookshows you how to
... Read more
Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars

A Recursive Descent into Parsing

by Moritz Lenz ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Write good regexes and parsers with the Perl 6 programming language. You’ll see how regexes are used for searching, parsing, and validation: in particular the grammar extension makes them uniquely suitable for parsing, the main focus of this book. Written by Perl 6 expert Moritz Lenz, a core contributor of Rakudo, Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars starts from the very basics of regular ... Read more

$44.29 CAD

Write good regexes and parsers with the Perl 6 programming language. You’ll see how regexes are used for searching, parsing, and validation: in particular the grammar extension makes them uniquely suitable for parsing, the main focus of this book. Written by Perl 6 expert Moritz Lenz, a core contributor of Rakudo, Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars starts from the very basics of regular
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Handbook of Human Computation

Edited by Pietro Michelucci ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This volume addresses the emerging area of human computation, The chapters, written by leading international researchers, explore existing and future opportunities to combine the respective strengths of both humans and machines in order to create powerful problem-solving capabilities. The book bridges scientific communities, capturing and integrating the unique perspective and achievements of each ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

This volume addresses the emerging area of human computation, The chapters, written by leading international researchers, explore existing and future opportunities to combine the respective strengths of both humans and machines in order to create powerful problem-solving capabilities. The book bridges scientific communities, capturing and integrating the unique perspective and achievements of each
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Introduction to Programming with Fortran

by Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This fourth Edition presents new examples on submodules, derived type i/o, object oriented programming, abstract interfaces and procedure pointers, C interop, sorting and searching, statistics and converting to more modern versions of Fortran.Key FeaturesHighlights the core language features of modern Fortran including data typing, array processing, control structures, functions, subroutines, ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This fourth Edition presents new examples on submodules, derived type i/o, object oriented programming, abstract interfaces and procedure pointers, C interop, sorting and searching, statistics and converting to more modern versions of Fortran.Key FeaturesHighlights the core language features of modern Fortran including data typing, array processing, control structures, functions, subroutines,
... Read more
LaTeX Graphics with TikZ

A practitioner's guide to drawing 2D and 3D images, diagrams, charts, and plots

by Stefan Kottwitz ...

Unleash the power of LaTeX to create professional text, articles, diagrams, and charts using TikZ and its wide range of features for stunning 2D and 3D effects Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesAchieve native construction of images and diagrams in your LaTex theses, articles, or books with enhanced qualityDiscover comprehensive explanations and real-world ... Read more

$38.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unleash the power of LaTeX to create professional text, articles, diagrams, and charts using TikZ and its wide range of features for stunning 2D and 3D effects Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesAchieve native construction of images and diagrams in your LaTex theses, articles, or books with enhanced qualityDiscover comprehensive explanations and real-world
... Read more
Experimental Studies in Learning Technology and Child–Computer Interaction

by Michail Giannakos ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book is about the ways in which experiments can be employed in the context of research on learning technologies and child–computer interaction (CCI). It is directed at researchers, supporting them to employ experimental studies while increasing their quality and rigor. The book provides a complete and comprehensive description on how to design, implement, and report experiments, with a focus ... Read more

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This book is about the ways in which experiments can be employed in the context of research on learning technologies and child–computer interaction (CCI). It is directed at researchers, supporting them to employ experimental studies while increasing their quality and rigor. The book provides a complete and comprehensive description on how to design, implement, and report experiments, with a focus
... Read more
Deep Belief Nets in C++ and CUDA C: Volume 3

Convolutional Nets

by Timothy Masters ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Discover the essential building blocks of a common and powerful form of deep belief network: convolutional nets. This book shows you how the structure of these elegant models is much closer to that of human brains than traditional neural networks; they have a ‘thought process’ that is capable of learning abstract concepts built from simpler primitives. These models are especially useful for image ... Read more

$75.49 CAD

Discover the essential building blocks of a common and powerful form of deep belief network: convolutional nets. This book shows you how the structure of these elegant models is much closer to that of human brains than traditional neural networks; they have a ‘thought process’ that is capable of learning abstract concepts built from simpler primitives. These models are especially useful for image
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Beginning Ruby

From Novice to Professional

by Peter Cooper ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn the principles behind object-oriented programming and within a few chapters create a fully functional Ruby application. You'll also gain a basic understanding of many ancillary technologies such as databases, XML, web frameworks, and networking - some of which are needed as part of a fully functioning Ruby application.Based on the bestselling first and second editions, Beginning Ruby, Third ... Read more

$75.49 CAD

Learn the principles behind object-oriented programming and within a few chapters create a fully functional Ruby application. You'll also gain a basic understanding of many ancillary technologies such as databases, XML, web frameworks, and networking - some of which are needed as part of a fully functioning Ruby application.Based on the bestselling first and second editions, Beginning Ruby, Third
... Read more
Guide to HTML, JavaScript and PHP

For Scientists and Engineers

by David R. Brooks ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book enables readers to quickly develop a working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and PHP. The text emphasizes a hands-on approach to learning and makes extensive use of examples. A detailed science, engineering, or mathematics background is not required to understand the material, making the book ideally suitable for self-study or an introductory course in programming. Features: describes the ... Read more

$83.29 CAD

This book enables readers to quickly develop a working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and PHP. The text emphasizes a hands-on approach to learning and makes extensive use of examples. A detailed science, engineering, or mathematics background is not required to understand the material, making the book ideally suitable for self-study or an introductory course in programming. Features: describes the
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Photographic Rendering with VRay for SketchUp

by Brian Bradley ...

This book is filled with examples explaining the theoretical concepts behind them. Filled with ample screenshots, diagrams, and final rendered images, this book will help readers develop an understanding of photographic rendering with V-Ray. If you are a SketchUp user who would love to turn your favourite modelling application into a 'virtual photography studio', then this book has been designed ... Read more

$34.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is filled with examples explaining the theoretical concepts behind them. Filled with ample screenshots, diagrams, and final rendered images, this book will help readers develop an understanding of photographic rendering with V-Ray. If you are a SketchUp user who would love to turn your favourite modelling application into a 'virtual photography studio', then this book has been designed
... Read more
Advanced API Security

OAuth 2.0 and Beyond

by Prabath Siriwardena ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Prepare for the next wave of challenges in enterprise security. Learn to better protect, monitor, and manage your public and private APIs.Enterprise APIs have become the common way of exposing business functions to the outside world. Exposing functionality is convenient, but of course comes with a risk of exploitation. This book teaches you about TLS Token Binding, User Managed Access (UMA) 2.0, ... Read more

$56.29 CAD

Prepare for the next wave of challenges in enterprise security. Learn to better protect, monitor, and manage your public and private APIs.Enterprise APIs have become the common way of exposing business functions to the outside world. Exposing functionality is convenient, but of course comes with a risk of exploitation. This book teaches you about TLS Token Binding, User Managed Access (UMA) 2.0,
... Read more
Digital Health Transformation, Smart Ageing, and Managing Disability

20th International Conference, ICOST 2023, Wonju, South Korea, July 7–8, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Kim Jongbae, Mounir Mokhtari, Hamdi Aloulou, Bessam Abdulrazak, Lee Seungbok ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Digital Health Transformation and Smart Ageing, ICOST 2023, held in Wonju, South Korea, during July 7–8, 2023.The 18 full papers and 16 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: IoT and AI Solutions ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Digital Health Transformation and Smart Ageing, ICOST 2023, held in Wonju, South Korea, during July 7–8, 2023.The 18 full papers and 16 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: IoT and AI Solutions
... Read more
Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties

Advanced SQL Programming

by Joe Celko ...

Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems
SQL for Smarties was hailed as the first book devoted explicitly to the advanced techniques needed to transform an experienced SQL programmer into an expert. Now, 10 years later and in the third edition, this classic still reigns supreme as the book written by an SQL master that teaches future SQL masters. These are not just tips and techniques; Joe also offers the best solutions to old and new ... Read more

$57.59 CAD

SQL for Smarties was hailed as the first book devoted explicitly to the advanced techniques needed to transform an experienced SQL programmer into an expert. Now, 10 years later and in the third edition, this classic still reigns supreme as the book written by an SQL master that teaches future SQL masters. These are not just tips and techniques; Joe also offers the best solutions to old and new
... Read more
Learn T-SQL Querying

A guide to developing efficient and elegant T-SQL code

by Pedro Lopes, Pam Lahoud ...

Troubleshoot query performance issues, identify anti-patterns in code, and write efficient T-SQL queriesKey FeaturesDiscover T-SQL functionalities and services that help you interact with relational databasesUnderstand the roles, tasks, and responsibilities of a T-SQL developerExplore solutions for carrying out database querying tasks, database administration, and troubleshootingBook ... Read more

$51.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Troubleshoot query performance issues, identify anti-patterns in code, and write efficient T-SQL queriesKey FeaturesDiscover T-SQL functionalities and services that help you interact with relational databasesUnderstand the roles, tasks, and responsibilities of a T-SQL developerExplore solutions for carrying out database querying tasks, database administration, and troubleshootingBook
... Read more
Game Development with GameMaker Studio 2

Make Your Own Games with GameMaker Language

by Sebastiano M. Cossu ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Create games from start to finish while learning game design and programming principles using the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine and GameMaker Language (GML).Game Development with GameMaker Studio 2 covers all aspects of game design and development from the initial idea to the final release, using an award-winning game engine. You learn how to create real-world video games based on classic and ... Read more

$68.29 CAD

Create games from start to finish while learning game design and programming principles using the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine and GameMaker Language (GML).Game Development with GameMaker Studio 2 covers all aspects of game design and development from the initial idea to the final release, using an award-winning game engine. You learn how to create real-world video games based on classic and
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