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Grokking Algorithms

An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people

by Aditya Bhargava ...

"This book does the impossible: it makes math fun and easy!" - Sander Rossel, COAS Software SystemsGrokking Algorithms is a fully illustrated, friendly guide that teaches you how to apply common algorithms to the practical problems you face every day as a programmer. You'll start with sorting and searching and, as you build up your skills in thinking algorithmically, you'll tackle more complex ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

"This book does the impossible: it makes math fun and easy!" - Sander Rossel, COAS Software SystemsGrokking Algorithms is a fully illustrated, friendly guide that teaches you how to apply common algorithms to the practical problems you face every day as a programmer. You'll start with sorting and searching and, as you build up your skills in thinking algorithmically, you'll tackle more complex
... Read more
Lean UX

Designing Great Products with Agile Teams

by Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden ...

Lean UX is synonymous with modern product design and development. By combining human-centric design, agile ways of working, and a strong business sense, designers, product managers, developers, and scrum masters around the world are making Lean UX the leading approach for digital product teams today.In the third edition of this award-winning book, authors Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden help you ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Lean UX is synonymous with modern product design and development. By combining human-centric design, agile ways of working, and a strong business sense, designers, product managers, developers, and scrum masters around the world are making Lean UX the leading approach for digital product teams today.In the third edition of this award-winning book, authors Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden help you
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Designing Interfaces

Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

by Jenifer Tidwell ...

Designing a good interface isn't easy. Users demand software that is well-behaved, good-looking, and easy to use. Your clients or managers demand originality and a short time to market. Your UI technology -- web applications, desktop software, even mobile devices -- may give you the tools you need, but little guidance on how to use them well.UI designers over the years have refined the art of ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Designing a good interface isn't easy. Users demand software that is well-behaved, good-looking, and easy to use. Your clients or managers demand originality and a short time to market. Your UI technology -- web applications, desktop software, even mobile devices -- may give you the tools you need, but little guidance on how to use them well.UI designers over the years have refined the art of
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Database Design and Relational Theory

Normal Forms and All That Jazz

by C.J. Date ...

What makes this book different from others on database design? Many resources on design practice do little to explain the underlying theory, and books on design theory are aimed primarily at theoreticians. In this book, renowned expert Chris Date bridges the gap by introducing design theory in ways practitioners can understand—drawing on lessons learned over four decades of experience to ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

What makes this book different from others on database design? Many resources on design practice do little to explain the underlying theory, and books on design theory are aimed primarily at theoreticians. In this book, renowned expert Chris Date bridges the gap by introducing design theory in ways practitioners can understand—drawing on lessons learned over four decades of experience to
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Big Data Now: Current Perspectives from O'Reilly Radar

by O'Reilly Radar Team ...

This collection represents the full spectrum of data-related content we’ve published on O’Reilly Radar over the last year. Mike Loukides kicked things off in June 2010 with “What is data science?” and from there we’ve pursued the various threads and themes that naturally emerged. Now, roughly a year later, we can look back over all we’ve covered and identify a number of core data areas:Data issues ... Read more

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This collection represents the full spectrum of data-related content we’ve published on O’Reilly Radar over the last year. Mike Loukides kicked things off in June 2010 with “What is data science?” and from there we’ve pursued the various threads and themes that naturally emerged. Now, roughly a year later, we can look back over all we’ve covered and identify a number of core data areas:Data issues
... Read more
Handbook of Usability Testing

How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests

by Jeffrey Rubin, Dana Chisnell ...

Whether it's software, a cell phone, or a refrigerator, your customer wants - no, expects - your product to be easy to use. This fully revised handbook provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to help you test your product for usability. Completely updated with current industry best practices, it can give you that all-important marketplace advantage: products that perform the way users expect. You ... Read more

$49.99 CAD

Whether it's software, a cell phone, or a refrigerator, your customer wants - no, expects - your product to be easy to use. This fully revised handbook provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to help you test your product for usability. Completely updated with current industry best practices, it can give you that all-important marketplace advantage: products that perform the way users expect. You
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Fundamentals of Software Architecture

A Modern Engineering Approach

by Mark Richards, Neal Ford ...

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural
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Blender Quick Start Guide

3D Modeling, Animation, and Render with Eevee in Blender 2.8

by Allan Brito ...

Learn the new Blender 2.8 user interface and make 3D modelsKey FeaturesFind your way round the new user interface and tools of Blender 2.8Create materials, apply textures and render scenesUse the new cutting-edge real-time render EEVEE in your projectsBook DescriptionBlender is open source 3D creation software. With a long history and an enthusiastic community of users, it is the ideal choice for ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn the new Blender 2.8 user interface and make 3D modelsKey FeaturesFind your way round the new user interface and tools of Blender 2.8Create materials, apply textures and render scenesUse the new cutting-edge real-time render EEVEE in your projectsBook DescriptionBlender is open source 3D creation software. With a long history and an enthusiastic community of users, it is the ideal choice for
... Read more
Tragic Design

The Impact of Bad Product Design and How to Fix It

by Jonathan Shariat, Cynthia Savard Saucier ...

Bad design is everywhere, and its cost is much higher than we think. In this thought-provoking book, authors Jonathan Shariat and Cynthia Savard Saucier explain how poorly designed products can anger, sadden, exclude, and even kill people who use them. The designers responsible certainly didn’t intend harm, so what can you do to avoid making similar mistakes?Tragic Design examines real case ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Bad design is everywhere, and its cost is much higher than we think. In this thought-provoking book, authors Jonathan Shariat and Cynthia Savard Saucier explain how poorly designed products can anger, sadden, exclude, and even kill people who use them. The designers responsible certainly didn’t intend harm, so what can you do to avoid making similar mistakes?Tragic Design examines real case
... Read more
Designing Data Visualizations

Representing Informational Relationships

by Noah Iliinsky, Julie Steele ...

Data visualization is an efficient and effective medium for communicating large amounts of information, but the design process can often seem like an unexplainable creative endeavor. This concise book aims to demystify the design process by showing you how to use a linear decision-making process to encode your information visually.Delve into different kinds of visualization, including infographics ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Data visualization is an efficient and effective medium for communicating large amounts of information, but the design process can often seem like an unexplainable creative endeavor. This concise book aims to demystify the design process by showing you how to use a linear decision-making process to encode your information visually.Delve into different kinds of visualization, including infographics
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Beautiful Data

The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions

by Toby Segaran, Jeff Hammerbacher ...

In this insightful book, you'll learn from the best data practitioners in the field just how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working with data can be. Join 39 contributors as they explain how they developed simple and elegant solutions on projects ranging from the Mars lander to a Radiohead video.With Beautiful Data, you will:Explore the opportunities and challenges involved in working with the ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

In this insightful book, you'll learn from the best data practitioners in the field just how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working with data can be. Join 39 contributors as they explain how they developed simple and elegant solutions on projects ranging from the Mars lander to a Radiohead video.With Beautiful Data, you will:Explore the opportunities and challenges involved in working with the
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The Essential Persona Lifecycle

Your Guide to Building and Using Personas

by Tamara Adlin, John Pruitt ...

The Essential Persona Lifecycle: Your Guide to Building and Using Personas offers a practical guide to the creation and use of personas, which can help product designers, their team, and their organization become more user focused. This book is for people who just need to know what to do and what order to do it in. It is completely focused on practical tools and methods, without much explanation ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

The Essential Persona Lifecycle: Your Guide to Building and Using Personas offers a practical guide to the creation and use of personas, which can help product designers, their team, and their organization become more user focused. This book is for people who just need to know what to do and what order to do it in. It is completely focused on practical tools and methods, without much explanation
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Hacking Healthcare

A Guide to Standards, Workflows, and Meaningful Use

by Fred Trotter, David Uhlman ...

Ready to take your IT skills to the healthcare industry? This concise book provides a candid assessment of the US healthcare system as it ramps up its use of electronic health records (EHRs) and other forms of IT to comply with the government’s Meaningful Use requirements. It’s a tremendous opportunity for tens of thousands of IT professionals, but it’s also a huge challenge: the program requires ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

Ready to take your IT skills to the healthcare industry? This concise book provides a candid assessment of the US healthcare system as it ramps up its use of electronic health records (EHRs) and other forms of IT to comply with the government’s Meaningful Use requirements. It’s a tremendous opportunity for tens of thousands of IT professionals, but it’s also a huge challenge: the program requires
... Read more
Designing with Data

Improving the User Experience with A/B Testing

by Rochelle King, Elizabeth F Churchill, Caitlin Tan ...

On the surface, design practices and data science may not seem like obvious partners. But these disciplines actually work toward the same goal, helping designers and product managers understand users so they can craft elegant digital experiences. While data can enhance design, design can bring deeper meaning to data.This practical guide shows you how to conduct data-driven A/B testing for making ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

On the surface, design practices and data science may not seem like obvious partners. But these disciplines actually work toward the same goal, helping designers and product managers understand users so they can craft elegant digital experiences. While data can enhance design, design can bring deeper meaning to data.This practical guide shows you how to conduct data-driven A/B testing for making
... Read more
50 Tips and Tricks for MongoDB Developers

Get the Most Out of Your Database

by Kristina Chodorow ...

Getting started with MongoDB is easy, but once you begin building applications with it, you'll face some complex issues. What are the tradeoffs between normalized and denormalized data? How do you handle replica set failure and failover? This collection of MongoDB tips, tricks, and hacks helps you resolve issues with everything from application design and implementation to data safety and ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Getting started with MongoDB is easy, but once you begin building applications with it, you'll face some complex issues. What are the tradeoffs between normalized and denormalized data? How do you handle replica set failure and failover? This collection of MongoDB tips, tricks, and hacks helps you resolve issues with everything from application design and implementation to data safety and
... Read more
Machine Learning with PyTorch and Scikit-Learn

Develop machine learning and deep learning models with Python

by Sebastian Raschka, Yuxi (Hayden) Liu, Vahid Mirjalili ...

This book of the bestselling and widely acclaimed Python Machine Learning series is a comprehensive guide to machine and deep learning using PyTorch s simple to code framework. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesLearn applied machine learning with a solid foundation in theoryClear, intuitive explanations take you deep into the theory and practice ... Read more

$44.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book of the bestselling and widely acclaimed Python Machine Learning series is a comprehensive guide to machine and deep learning using PyTorch s simple to code framework. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesLearn applied machine learning with a solid foundation in theoryClear, intuitive explanations take you deep into the theory and practice
... Read more
Mastering Google Home - Ultimate Guide To Quickstart Your Google Home Experience

by Adidas Wilson ...

Google Assistant is a digital helper that understands audio commands or questions. Other companies have their digital assistants. For example, Apple has Siri and Amazon has the Alexa assistant. Microsoft also owns the Cortana smart digital assistant. The unique aspect about the Google assistant is its ability to hold a conversation. Other assistants give answers to a single question without ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Google Assistant is a digital helper that understands audio commands or questions. Other companies have their digital assistants. For example, Apple has Siri and Amazon has the Alexa assistant. Microsoft also owns the Cortana smart digital assistant. The unique aspect about the Google assistant is its ability to hold a conversation. Other assistants give answers to a single question without
... Read more
UX Strategy

by Jaime Levy ...

User experience (UX) strategy lies at the intersection of UX design and business strategy, but until now, there hasn't been an easy-to-apply framework for executing it. This hands-on guide introduces lightweight product strategy tools and techniques to help you and your team devise innovative digital solutions that people want.Author Jaime Levy shows UX/UI designers, product managers, ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

User experience (UX) strategy lies at the intersection of UX design and business strategy, but until now, there hasn't been an easy-to-apply framework for executing it. This hands-on guide introduces lightweight product strategy tools and techniques to help you and your team devise innovative digital solutions that people want.Author Jaime Levy shows UX/UI designers, product managers,
... Read more
UX For Dummies

by Donald Chesnut, Kevin P. Nichols ...

Get up to speed quickly on the latest in user experience strategy and designUX For Dummies is a hands-on guide to developing and implementing user experience strategy. Written by globally-recognized UX consultants, this essential resource provides expert insight and guidance on using the tools and techniques that create a great user experience, along with practical advice on implementing a UX ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Get up to speed quickly on the latest in user experience strategy and designUX For Dummies is a hands-on guide to developing and implementing user experience strategy. Written by globally-recognized UX consultants, this essential resource provides expert insight and guidance on using the tools and techniques that create a great user experience, along with practical advice on implementing a UX
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Digital Outcasts

Moving Technology Forward without Leaving People Behind

by Kel Smith ...

The blind person who tries to make an online purchase. The young girl who cannot speak due to a cognitive disability. The man confined to his home due to permanent injury. The single mother with a long-term illness who struggles to feed her family.With one in seven people worldwide currently living with a disability, the term "outcast" covers numerous scenarios. Digital outcasts rely on technology ... Read more

$44.99 CAD

The blind person who tries to make an online purchase. The young girl who cannot speak due to a cognitive disability. The man confined to his home due to permanent injury. The single mother with a long-term illness who struggles to feed her family.With one in seven people worldwide currently living with a disability, the term "outcast" covers numerous scenarios. Digital outcasts rely on technology
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The AIpreneur: 30+ AI Business Tools to Save Time, Increase Sales, and Improve the Bottom Line

by T. A. ...

One of the Best AI Books for BusinessesArtificial Intelligence is no longer science fiction, but changing the way we do everything, including business.And it's getting better and faster than ever!So, the need to adapt to AI has never been greater.This book presents a straightforward approach to integrating AI for businessIt doesn't waste time on ethics, theory, or t... ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

One of the Best AI Books for BusinessesArtificial Intelligence is no longer science fiction, but changing the way we do everything, including business.And it's getting better and faster than ever!So, the need to adapt to AI has never been greater.This book presents a straightforward approach to integrating AI for businessIt doesn't waste time on ethics, theory, or t...
... Read more
Applied Text Analysis with Python

Enabling Language-Aware Data Products with Machine Learning

by Benjamin Bengfort, Rebecca Bilbro, Tony Ojeda ...

From news and speeches to informal chatter on social media, natural language is one of the richest and most underutilized sources of data. Not only does it come in a constant stream, always changing and adapting in context; it also contains information that is not conveyed by traditional data sources. The key to unlocking natural language is through the creative application of text analytics. This ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

From news and speeches to informal chatter on social media, natural language is one of the richest and most underutilized sources of data. Not only does it come in a constant stream, always changing and adapting in context; it also contains information that is not conveyed by traditional data sources. The key to unlocking natural language is through the creative application of text analytics. This
... Read more
SQL for Data Analysis

Advanced Techniques for Transforming Data into Insights

by Cathy Tanimura ...

With the explosion of data, computing power, and cloud data warehouses, SQL has become an even more indispensable tool for the savvy analyst or data scientist. This practical book reveals new and hidden ways to improve your SQL skills, solve problems, and make the most of SQL as part of your workflow.You'll learn how to use both common and exotic SQL functions such as joins, window functions, ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

With the explosion of data, computing power, and cloud data warehouses, SQL has become an even more indispensable tool for the savvy analyst or data scientist. This practical book reveals new and hidden ways to improve your SQL skills, solve problems, and make the most of SQL as part of your workflow.You'll learn how to use both common and exotic SQL functions such as joins, window functions,
... Read more
Amazon Echo Manual Guide: Top 30 Hacks And Secrets To Master Amazon Echo & Alexa For Beginners

by The Blokehead ...

Series series The Blokehead Success Series
Your Perfect Guide to Amazon Echo! This book is a complete and handy companion that will enable you to set up and use your Amazon Echo device quickly and efficiently for beginners. By reading this book you will understand and be able to receive all the benefits that this wonderful device has to offer, allowing you to keep up with your busy schedule. You will learn: Hacking The Remote Control Fake ... Read more

$4.11 CAD

Your Perfect Guide to Amazon Echo! This book is a complete and handy companion that will enable you to set up and use your Amazon Echo device quickly and efficiently for beginners. By reading this book you will understand and be able to receive all the benefits that this wonderful device has to offer, allowing you to keep up with your busy schedule. You will learn: Hacking The Remote Control Fake
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