A practical blockchain handbook designed to take you through implementing and re-engineering banking and financial solutions and workflows using eight step-by-step projects Key FeaturesImplement various end-to-end blockchain projects and learn to enhance present-day financial solutionsUse Ethereum, Hyperledger, and Stellar to build public and private decentralized applicationsAddress complex challenges faced in the BFSI domain using different b...

Visual Basic .NET is a radically new version of Microsoft Visual Basic, the world's most widely used rapid application development (RAD) package. Whether you are just beginning application development with Visual Basic .NET or are already deep in code, you will appreciate just how easy and valuable the VB.NET Language Pocket Reference is.VB.NET Language Pocket Reference contains a concise description of all language elements by category. These include language ele...

The NinjaScript Programmer's Launch Pad V8 is a tutorial designed for C#.NET programmers new to NinjaTrader 8's NinjaScript programming environment. It begins by providing the new NinjaScript programmer with a clear understanding of the underlying structure, data, key classes, and efficient programming techniques for writing NinjaScript indicators. This same foundation of knowledge is necessary for creating automation strategies in NinjaScript, although automated strategies are beyond the ...

Analyze data like a pro, even if you’re a beginner.Practical SQL is an approachable and fast-paced guide to SQL (Structured Query Language), the standard programming language for defining, organizing, and exploring data in relational databases. Anthony DeBarros, a journalist and data analyst, focuses on using SQL to find the story within your data. The examples and code use the open-source database PostgreSQL and its companion pgAdmin interface, an...

The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for Microsoft Dynamics AX Consultants, Administrators, and DevelopersOver 150 Certification Questions, Answers, and ExplanationsIt's clear that Microsoft Dynamics is the future for cost effective ERP, but few resources exist for the professional consultant seeking quick insight to the software package. Appropriate for all levels of Dynamics proficiency, over 150 Questions, Answers, and Explanations guide you through your learning proc...

Programming Concepts in C++ is one in a series of books that introduce the basic concepts of computer programming, using a selected programming language. Other books in the series use languages like Java and Python, but all focus on concepts and not on any particular language. The presentation of the material is the same in each language, and much of the text is identical. Code samples are specific to the selected language, and some unique language features are unavoidably included, but th...

Because there is so much of a buzz around the R programming language in the data science and analytics world, in health-care and other domains, I wrote a book on R-programming for data analysis. The book aims to teach data analysis using R within a single day to anyone who already knows some programming in any other language. The book has sample code (which can be downloaded as a zip file from the Dropbox link provided in the text of the book) that uses the freely available, CMS-sourced Me...

If you’re like many of Excel’s 750 million users, you want to do more with your data—like repeating similar analyses over hundreds of files, or combining data in many files for analysis at one time. This practical guide shows ambitious non-programmers how to automate and scale the processing and analysis of data in different formats—by using Python.After author Clinton Brownley takes you through Python basics, you’ll be able to write simple scripts for processing data in spreadshee...

Develop real-time practical DApps using Ethereum and JavaScriptKey Features\[\*\] Create powerful, end-to-end applications for Blockchain using Ethereum\[\*\] Write your first program using the Solidity programming language\[\*\] Change the way you think and design your applications by using the all new database-BlockchainBook DescriptionBlockchain is a decentralized ledger that maintains a continuously growing list of data r...

If you have large quantities of data in a Microsoft Access database, and need to study that data in depth, this book is a data cruncher's dream. Access Data Analysis Cookbook offers practical recipes to solve a variety of common problems that users have with extracting Access data and performing calculations on it. Each recipe includes a discussion on how and why the solution works.Whether you use Access 2007 or an earlier version, this book will teach you new methods to q...

Winner of the 2014 Jolt Award for "Best Book"“Whether you are an experienced programmer or are starting your career, Python in Practice is full of valuable advice and example to help you improve your craft by thinking about problems from different perspectives, introducing tools, and detailing techniques to create more effective solutions.”—Doug Hellmann, Senior Developer, DreamHostIf you’re an experienced Python programmer, Pyt...

Become an efficient data scientist with RKey Features\[\*\] Explore the R language from basic types and data structures to advanced topics\[\*\] Learn how to tackle programming problems and explore both functional and object-oriented programming techniques\[\*\] Learn how to address the core problems of programming in R and leverage the most popular packages for common tasksBook DescriptionR is a high-level functional languag...