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Programming Languages and Systems

27th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2018, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 14-20, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Amal Ahmed ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2018, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece in April 2018, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018.The 36 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 114 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2018, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece in April 2018, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018.The 36 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 114 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections
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Inclusive Design for Accessibility

A practical guide to digital accessibility, UX, and inclusive web and app design

by Dale Cruse, Denis Boudreau ...

Through insights from twelve industry voices, learn how to create truly accessible and inclusive digital experiences that work for everyone, regardless of ability and background Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\* Key FeaturesUnderstand inclusive design principles that will help you achieve universal usabilityGain insights into AI and emerging ... Read more

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Through insights from twelve industry voices, learn how to create truly accessible and inclusive digital experiences that work for everyone, regardless of ability and background Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\* Key FeaturesUnderstand inclusive design principles that will help you achieve universal usabilityGain insights into AI and emerging
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Linux Mint 22 User Manual for Beginners

Quick, Simple Techniques to Personalize Your Desktop, Install Software, Optimize Performance, Organize Data and Use Applications

by Thomas Berg ...

Discover the power and flexibility of Linux Mint 22 with this comprehensive beginner's guide that takes you from installation to mastery.Whether you're new to Linux or transitioning from Windows or macOS, this step-by-step manual provides everything you need to confidently navigate, customize, and optimize your Linux Mint 22 system. Written in clear, jargon-free language, this guide makes Linux ... Read more

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Discover the power and flexibility of Linux Mint 22 with this comprehensive beginner's guide that takes you from installation to mastery.Whether you're new to Linux or transitioning from Windows or macOS, this step-by-step manual provides everything you need to confidently navigate, customize, and optimize your Linux Mint 22 system. Written in clear, jargon-free language, this guide makes Linux
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Building Knowledge Graphs

A Practitioner's Guide

by Jesus Barrasa, Jim Webber ...

Incredibly useful, knowledge graphs help organizations keep track of medical research, cybersecurity threat intelligence, GDPR compliance, web user engagement, and much more. They do so by storing interlinked descriptions of entities—objects, events, situations, or abstract concepts—and encoding the underlying information. How do you create a knowledge graph? And how do you move it from theory ... Read more

$77.99 CAD

Incredibly useful, knowledge graphs help organizations keep track of medical research, cybersecurity threat intelligence, GDPR compliance, web user engagement, and much more. They do so by storing interlinked descriptions of entities—objects, events, situations, or abstract concepts—and encoding the underlying information. How do you create a knowledge graph? And how do you move it from theory
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TinyML

Machine Learning with TensorFlow Lite on Arduino and Ultra-Low-Power Microcontrollers

by Pete Warden, Daniel Situnayake ...

Deep learning networks are getting smaller. Much smaller. The Google Assistant team can detect words with a model just 14 kilobytes in size—small enough to run on a microcontroller. With this practical book you’ll enter the field of TinyML, where deep learning and embedded systems combine to make astounding things possible with tiny devices.Pete Warden and Daniel Situnayake explain how you can ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

Deep learning networks are getting smaller. Much smaller. The Google Assistant team can detect words with a model just 14 kilobytes in size—small enough to run on a microcontroller. With this practical book you’ll enter the field of TinyML, where deep learning and embedded systems combine to make astounding things possible with tiny devices.Pete Warden and Daniel Situnayake explain how you can
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Learning FPGAs

Digital Design for Beginners with Mojo and Lucid HDL

by Justin Rajewski ...

Learn how to design digital circuits with FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays), the devices that reconfigure themselves to become the very hardware circuits you set out to program. With this practical guide, author Justin Rajewski shows you hands-on how to create FPGA projects, whether you’re a programmer, engineer, product designer, or maker. You’ll quickly go from the basics to designing your ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

Learn how to design digital circuits with FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays), the devices that reconfigure themselves to become the very hardware circuits you set out to program. With this practical guide, author Justin Rajewski shows you hands-on how to create FPGA projects, whether you’re a programmer, engineer, product designer, or maker. You’ll quickly go from the basics to designing your
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PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice

by MATT ZANDSTRA ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Aided by three key elements: object fundamentals, design principles, and best practices, you'll learn how to develop elegant and rock solid systems using PHP.The 5th edition of this popular book has been fully updated for PHP 7, including replacing the PEAR package manager with Composer, and new material on Vagrant and PHP standards. It provides a solid grounding in PHP's support for objects, it ... Read more

$80.99 CAD

Aided by three key elements: object fundamentals, design principles, and best practices, you'll learn how to develop elegant and rock solid systems using PHP.The 5th edition of this popular book has been fully updated for PHP 7, including replacing the PEAR package manager with Composer, and new material on Vagrant and PHP standards. It provides a solid grounding in PHP's support for objects, it
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Beginning Xcode

Swift 3 Edition

by Matthew Knott ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get up and running with Apple's latest version of Xcode, and see how to use Swift in Xcode to build a variety of projects.If you already have some programming experience with iOS SDK and Objective-C, but want a more in-depth tutorial on Xcode, especially Xcode with Apple’s new programming language, Swift, then Beginning Xcode: Swift Edition is for you.The book focuses on the new technologies, ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

Get up and running with Apple's latest version of Xcode, and see how to use Swift in Xcode to build a variety of projects.If you already have some programming experience with iOS SDK and Objective-C, but want a more in-depth tutorial on Xcode, especially Xcode with Apple’s new programming language, Swift, then Beginning Xcode: Swift Edition is for you.The book focuses on the new technologies,
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Basics Interactive Design: User Experience Design

Creating designs users really love

by Gavin Allanwood, Mr Peter Beare ...

Series series Basics Interactive Design
By putting people at the centre of interactive design, user experience (UX) techniques are now right at the heart of digital media design and development. As a designer, you need to create work that will impact positively on everyone who is exposed to it. Whether it's passive and immutable or interactive and dynamic, the success of your design will depend largely on how well the user experience is ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

By putting people at the centre of interactive design, user experience (UX) techniques are now right at the heart of digital media design and development. As a designer, you need to create work that will impact positively on everyone who is exposed to it. Whether it's passive and immutable or interactive and dynamic, the success of your design will depend largely on how well the user experience is
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Understanding Industrial Design

Principles for UX and Interaction Design

by Simon King, Kuen Chang ...

With the coming flood of connected products, many UX and interaction designers are looking into hardware design, a discipline largely unfamiliar to them. If you’re among those who want to blend digital and physical design concepts successfully, this practical book helps you explore seven long-standing principles of industrial design.Two present and former design directors at IDEO, the ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

With the coming flood of connected products, many UX and interaction designers are looking into hardware design, a discipline largely unfamiliar to them. If you’re among those who want to blend digital and physical design concepts successfully, this practical book helps you explore seven long-standing principles of industrial design.Two present and former design directors at IDEO, the
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Moodle Administration Essentials

Learn how to set up, maintain, and support your Moodle site efficiently

by Gavin Henrick, Karen Holland ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionIf you are an experienced system administrator and know how to manage servers and set up web environments but now want to explore Moodle, this book is perfect for you. You'll get to grips with the basics and learn to manage Moodle quickly, focusing on essential tasks. Having prior knowledge of virtual learning environments would be beneficial, but is not mandatory to ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionIf you are an experienced system administrator and know how to manage servers and set up web environments but now want to explore Moodle, this book is perfect for you. You'll get to grips with the basics and learn to manage Moodle quickly, focusing on essential tasks. Having prior knowledge of virtual learning environments would be beneficial, but is not mandatory to
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Designing for Sustainability

A Guide to Building Greener Digital Products and Services

by Tim Frick ...

Pixels use electricity, and a lot of it. If the Internet were a country, it would be the sixth largest in terms of electricity use. That’s because today’s average web page has surpassed two megabytes in size, leading to slow load times, frustrated users, and a lot of wasted energy. With this practical guide, your web design team will learn how to apply sustainability principles for creating speedy ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Pixels use electricity, and a lot of it. If the Internet were a country, it would be the sixth largest in terms of electricity use. That’s because today’s average web page has surpassed two megabytes in size, leading to slow load times, frustrated users, and a lot of wasted energy. With this practical guide, your web design team will learn how to apply sustainability principles for creating speedy
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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services 2/E

by Tyler Graham ...

Deploy and Maintain an Integrated MDS Architecture Harness your master data and grow revenue while reducing administrative costs. Thoroughly revised to cover the latest MDS features, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services, Second Edition shows how to implement and manage a centralized, customer-focused MDS framework. See how to accurately model business processes, load and cleanse data, ... Read more

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Deploy and Maintain an Integrated MDS Architecture Harness your master data and grow revenue while reducing administrative costs. Thoroughly revised to cover the latest MDS features, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services, Second Edition shows how to implement and manage a centralized, customer-focused MDS framework. See how to accurately model business processes, load and cleanse data,
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Think Clearly

Eight Simple Rules to Succeed in the Data Age

by Kiko Llaneras ...

‘Kiko Llaneras is one of the most consistently interesting data journalists to have emerged in the last decade’John Burn-Murdoch, Chief data reporter, Financial TimesIt’s almost impossible to feel confident we’ve made the right choice when we are constantly faced with conflicting data. From choosing the right school for our children to understanding major social and political events, making ... Read more

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‘Kiko Llaneras is one of the most consistently interesting data journalists to have emerged in the last decade’John Burn-Murdoch, Chief data reporter, Financial TimesIt’s almost impossible to feel confident we’ve made the right choice when we are constantly faced with conflicting data. From choosing the right school for our children to understanding major social and political events, making
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Python Data Science Handbook

Essential Tools for Working with Data

by Jake VanderPlas ...

Python is a first-class tool for many researchers, primarily because of its libraries for storing, manipulating, and gaining insight from data. Several resources exist for individual pieces of this data science stack, but only with the new edition of Python Data Science Handbook do you get them all--IPython, NumPy, pandas, Matplotlib, scikit-learn, and other related tools.Working scientists and ... Read more

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Python is a first-class tool for many researchers, primarily because of its libraries for storing, manipulating, and gaining insight from data. Several resources exist for individual pieces of this data science stack, but only with the new edition of Python Data Science Handbook do you get them all--IPython, NumPy, pandas, Matplotlib, scikit-learn, and other related tools.Working scientists and
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AI 2027: The Future We Choose: The Truth About Artificial Intelligence, AGI, and the AI Singularity—From the Dark Scenarios to the Breakthroughs That Could Save Humanity

by Himanshoo Jaiswal ...

AI 2027: The Future We Choose is a powerful, future-focused AI book that explores the next phase of artificial intelligence and its impact on society, business, and human survival. Perfect for beginners, futurists, entrepreneurs, and business leaders, this essential guide explains AI in education, healthcare, governance, ethics, and generative AI technologies in simple, engaging language.Author ... Read more

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AI 2027: The Future We Choose is a powerful, future-focused AI book that explores the next phase of artificial intelligence and its impact on society, business, and human survival. Perfect for beginners, futurists, entrepreneurs, and business leaders, this essential guide explains AI in education, healthcare, governance, ethics, and generative AI technologies in simple, engaging language.Author
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Service Design

From Insight to Implementation

by Lavrans Løvlie, Dr. Andy Polaine, Ben Reason ...

Over the past decade, service designers have played an essential role in creating comprehensive, customer-focused products and services. This updated edition of an industry classic highlights the practice’s evolution and broadened impact in the business world. You’ll benefit from new frameworks, tools, and methods, and learn from fresh case studies that demonstrate the value of service design ... Read more

$50.99 CAD

Over the past decade, service designers have played an essential role in creating comprehensive, customer-focused products and services. This updated edition of an industry classic highlights the practice’s evolution and broadened impact in the business world. You’ll benefit from new frameworks, tools, and methods, and learn from fresh case studies that demonstrate the value of service design
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Universal Principles of UX

100 Timeless Strategies to Create Positive Interactions between People and Technology

by Irene Pereyra ...

Series series Rockport Universal
Master the art of user experience design through the 100 laws, guidelines, human biases, and general considerations in this comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia.Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, Universal Principles of UX pairs clear explanations of each concept with visual examples of the ideas applied in practice. The book is organized into six broad categories:Consider</li... ... Read more

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Master the art of user experience design through the 100 laws, guidelines, human biases, and general considerations in this comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia.Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, Universal Principles of UX pairs clear explanations of each concept with visual examples of the ideas applied in practice. The book is organized into six broad categories:Consider</li...
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"AI Innovations: How Technology is Pushing the Boundaries" Understanding and Using Artificial Intelligence: An AI Book

by Jhon Dujardin ...

This book is an all-encompassing guide to the world of artificial intelligence (AI). Its aim is to provide a comprehensive understanding of AI, covering its uses, applications, and impact on our daily lives. It delves into the workings and emergence of AI, providing a complete picture of the technology.The book goes beyond just exploring the possibilities and ethical concerns surrounding AI. It ... Read more

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This book is an all-encompassing guide to the world of artificial intelligence (AI). Its aim is to provide a comprehensive understanding of AI, covering its uses, applications, and impact on our daily lives. It delves into the workings and emergence of AI, providing a complete picture of the technology.The book goes beyond just exploring the possibilities and ethical concerns surrounding AI. It
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PHP Arrays

Single, Multi-dimensional, Associative and Object Arrays in PHP 7

by Steve Prettyman ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Gain an in-depth understanding of PHP 7 arrays. After a quick overview of PHP 7, each chapter concentrates on single, multi-dimensional, associative, and object arrays. PHP Arrays is a first of its kind book using PHP 7 that demonstrates inserting, appending, updating, and deleting array data.This book also covers validation methods to insure that the data provided by a user is good before the ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Gain an in-depth understanding of PHP 7 arrays. After a quick overview of PHP 7, each chapter concentrates on single, multi-dimensional, associative, and object arrays. PHP Arrays is a first of its kind book using PHP 7 that demonstrates inserting, appending, updating, and deleting array data.This book also covers validation methods to insure that the data provided by a user is good before the
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Pro .NET Memory Management

For Better Code, Performance, and Scalability

by Konrad Kokosa ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Understand .NET memory management internal workings, pitfalls, and techniques in order to effectively avoid a wide range of performance and scalability problems in your software. Despite automatic memory management in .NET, there are many advantages to be found in understanding how .NET memory works and how you can best write software that interacts with it efficiently and effectively. Pro .NET ... Read more

$119.99 CAD

Understand .NET memory management internal workings, pitfalls, and techniques in order to effectively avoid a wide range of performance and scalability problems in your software. Despite automatic memory management in .NET, there are many advantages to be found in understanding how .NET memory works and how you can best write software that interacts with it efficiently and effectively. Pro .NET
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The Science of Citizen Science

Edited by Katrin Vohland, Anne Land-zandstra, Luigi Ceccaroni, Rob Lemmens, Josep Perelló, Marisa Ponti, Roeland Samson, Katherin Wagenknecht ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities within and between societies, and the sustainability turn. The field of citizen science has been growing in recent decades. Many different stakeholders from scientists ... Read more

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This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities within and between societies, and the sustainability turn. The field of citizen science has been growing in recent decades. Many different stakeholders from scientists
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Getting Started with Visual Studio 2019

Learning and Implementing New Features

by Dirk Strauss ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Know how to use the features of Visual Studio 2019 and utilize the IDE correctly to become your one-stop solution for creating quality code. Learn what's new in VS 2019 and explore the existing features of Visual Studio so you can use them more efficiently.Getting Started with Visual Studio 2019 begins with an overview of Visual Studio and explores new features such as Visual Studio Live Share, ... Read more

$56.99 CAD

Know how to use the features of Visual Studio 2019 and utilize the IDE correctly to become your one-stop solution for creating quality code. Learn what's new in VS 2019 and explore the existing features of Visual Studio so you can use them more efficiently.Getting Started with Visual Studio 2019 begins with an overview of Visual Studio and explores new features such as Visual Studio Live Share,
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Modern CMake for C++

Discover a better approach to building, testing, and packaging your software

by Rafal Swidzinski ...

Write comprehensive, professional-standard CMake projects and ensure the quality and simplicity of your solutionsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF formatKey FeaturesUnderstand and automate compilation and linking with CMakeManage internal and external dependencies easilyAdd quality checks and tests as an inherent step for your buildsBook Description... ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Write comprehensive, professional-standard CMake projects and ensure the quality and simplicity of your solutionsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF formatKey FeaturesUnderstand and automate compilation and linking with CMakeManage internal and external dependencies easilyAdd quality checks and tests as an inherent step for your buildsBook Description...
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