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Learning GraphQL

Declarative Data Fetching for Modern Web Apps

by Eve Porcello, Alex Banks ...

Why is GraphQL the most innovative technology for fetching data since Ajax? By providing a query language for your APIs and a runtime for fulfilling queries with your data, GraphQL presents a clear alternative to REST and ad hoc web service architectures. With this practical guide, Alex Banks and Eve Porcello deliver a clear learning path for frontend web developers, backend engineers, and project ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Why is GraphQL the most innovative technology for fetching data since Ajax? By providing a query language for your APIs and a runtime for fulfilling queries with your data, GraphQL presents a clear alternative to REST and ad hoc web service architectures. With this practical guide, Alex Banks and Eve Porcello deliver a clear learning path for frontend web developers, backend engineers, and project
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Mastering the Data Paradox

Key to Winning in the AI Age

by Nitin Seth ...

There are two remarkable phenomena that are unfolding almost simultaneously. The first is the emergence of a data-first world, where data has become a central driving force, shaping industries and fueling innovation. The second is the dawn of the AI age, propelled by the advent of Generative AI, that has created the possibility to leverage the data of the world for the first time. The convergence ... Read more

$4.99 USD

There are two remarkable phenomena that are unfolding almost simultaneously. The first is the emergence of a data-first world, where data has become a central driving force, shaping industries and fueling innovation. The second is the dawn of the AI age, propelled by the advent of Generative AI, that has created the possibility to leverage the data of the world for the first time. The convergence
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Data Management at Scale

Modern Data Architecture with Data Mesh and Data Fabric

by Piethein Strengholt ...

As data management continues to evolve rapidly, managing all of your data in a central place, such as a data warehouse, is no longer scalable. Today's world is about quickly turning data into value. This requires a paradigm shift in the way we federate responsibilities, manage data, and make it available to others. With this practical book, you'll learn how to design a next-gen data architecture ... Read more

$43.99 USD

As data management continues to evolve rapidly, managing all of your data in a central place, such as a data warehouse, is no longer scalable. Today's world is about quickly turning data into value. This requires a paradigm shift in the way we federate responsibilities, manage data, and make it available to others. With this practical book, you'll learn how to design a next-gen data architecture
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Vector Databases

A Practical Introduction

by Nitin Borwankar ...

The AI revolution is here, and at its core lies a game-changing technology that most developers haven’t fully explored: vector databases. From powering semantic search to enabling large language models (LLMs) and generative AI, vector databases are reshaping how we build applications with unstructured data like text, images, and audio. But how do you go from curious to capable with this vital ... Read more

$43.99 USD

The AI revolution is here, and at its core lies a game-changing technology that most developers haven’t fully explored: vector databases. From powering semantic search to enabling large language models (LLMs) and generative AI, vector databases are reshaping how we build applications with unstructured data like text, images, and audio. But how do you go from curious to capable with this vital
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Human-Centered Data Science

An Introduction

by Cecilia Aragon, Shion Guha, Marina Kogan, Michael Muller, Gina Neff ...

Best practices for addressing the bias and inequality that may result from the automated collection, analysis, and distribution of large datasets.Human-centered data science is a new interdisciplinary field that draws from human-computer interaction, social science, statistics, and computational techniques. This book, written by founders of the field, introduces best practices for addressing the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Best practices for addressing the bias and inequality that may result from the automated collection, analysis, and distribution of large datasets.Human-centered data science is a new interdisciplinary field that draws from human-computer interaction, social science, statistics, and computational techniques. This book, written by founders of the field, introduces best practices for addressing the
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Great Big World of Computers - History and Evolution : 5th Grade Science Series

Fifth Grade Book History Of Computers for Kids

by Baby Professor ...

Series series Children's Computer Hardware Books
There's no denying the fact that we are moving towards a "computer world." You want your child to keep up with the pace of learning and you can help make that possible through the introduction of the right resources. This is one of those resources. This book is a mix of colors, pictures and select text to easily drive home a point but without boring a child too much. ... Read more

$4.99 USD

There's no denying the fact that we are moving towards a "computer world." You want your child to keep up with the pace of learning and you can help make that possible through the introduction of the right resources. This is one of those resources. This book is a mix of colors, pictures and select text to easily drive home a point but without boring a child too much.
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QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual

The Missing Manual

by Bonnie Biafore ...

Every company large and small wants to boost its sales, control its spending, and keep the auditors at the Internal Revenue Service happy. But, no company wants to waste time on more paperwork. These days, a growing number of companies are turning to QuickBooks accounting software not only to speed up their bookkeeping efforts, but manage their businesses more effectively.Organizations come in all ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Every company large and small wants to boost its sales, control its spending, and keep the auditors at the Internal Revenue Service happy. But, no company wants to waste time on more paperwork. These days, a growing number of companies are turning to QuickBooks accounting software not only to speed up their bookkeeping efforts, but manage their businesses more effectively.Organizations come in all
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Oracle Quick Guides Part 2 - Oracle Database Design

by Malcolm Coxall ...

Series Book 2 - Oracle Quick Guides
This is Part 2 of a series of quick learning guides for Oracle designers, developers and managers. Part 2 introduces completely new entrants to concepts of Oracle database analysis and design, database normalisation, the logical data model, E-R modelling and diagrams, logical to physical transformation in Oracle Designer, physical database design, de-normalization, database design for performance, ... Read more

$3.50 USD

This is Part 2 of a series of quick learning guides for Oracle designers, developers and managers. Part 2 introduces completely new entrants to concepts of Oracle database analysis and design, database normalisation, the logical data model, E-R modelling and diagrams, logical to physical transformation in Oracle Designer, physical database design, de-normalization, database design for performance,
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Healthcare Analytics Made Simple

Techniques in healthcare computing using machine learning and Python

by Vikas (Vik) Kumar ...

Add a touch of data analytics to your healthcare systems and get insightful outcomesKey FeaturesPerform healthcare analytics with Python and SQLBuild predictive models on real healthcare data with pandas and scikit-learnUse analytics to improve healthcare performanceBook DescriptionIn recent years, machine learning technologies and analytics have been widely utilized across the healthcare sector. ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Add a touch of data analytics to your healthcare systems and get insightful outcomesKey FeaturesPerform healthcare analytics with Python and SQLBuild predictive models on real healthcare data with pandas and scikit-learnUse analytics to improve healthcare performanceBook DescriptionIn recent years, machine learning technologies and analytics have been widely utilized across the healthcare sector.
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OCEB 2 Certification Guide

Business Process Management - Fundamental Level

by Tim Weilkiens, Christian Weiss, Andrea Grass, Kim Nena Duggen ...

OCEB 2 Certification Guide, Second Edition has been updated to cover the new version 2 of the BPMN standard and delivers expert insight into BPM from one of the developers of the OCEB Fundamental exam, offering full coverage of the fundamental exam material for both the business and technical tracks to further certification. The first study guide prepares candidates to take—and pass—the OCEB ... Read more

$49.99 USD

OCEB 2 Certification Guide, Second Edition has been updated to cover the new version 2 of the BPMN standard and delivers expert insight into BPM from one of the developers of the OCEB Fundamental exam, offering full coverage of the fundamental exam material for both the business and technical tracks to further certification. The first study guide prepares candidates to take—and pass—the OCEB
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Data Visualization with Python and JavaScript

Scrape, Clean, Explore, and Transform Your Data

by Kyran Dale ...

How do you turn raw, unprocessed, or malformed data into dynamic, interactive web visualizations? In this practical book, author Kyran Dale shows data scientists and analysts--as well as Python and JavaScript developers--how to create the ideal toolchain for the job. By providing engaging examples and stressing hard-earned best practices, this guide teaches you how to leverage the power of best-of ... Read more

$41.99 USD

How do you turn raw, unprocessed, or malformed data into dynamic, interactive web visualizations? In this practical book, author Kyran Dale shows data scientists and analysts--as well as Python and JavaScript developers--how to create the ideal toolchain for the job. By providing engaging examples and stressing hard-earned best practices, this guide teaches you how to leverage the power of best-of
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The Little Book of Data

Understanding the Powerful Analytics that Fuel AI, Make or Break Careers, and Could Just End Up Saving the World

by Justin Evans ...

Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and ... Read more

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Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and
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Getting Started with CouchDB

Extreme Scalability at Your Fingertips

by MC Brown ...

CouchDB is a new breed of database for the Internet, geared to meet the needs of today’s dynamic web applications. With this concise introduction, you’ll learn how CouchDB’s simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data makes it ideal for the type of data and rapid response users now demand from your applications—and how easy CouchDB is to set up, deploy, maintain, and scale.The code ... Read more

$13.99 USD

CouchDB is a new breed of database for the Internet, geared to meet the needs of today’s dynamic web applications. With this concise introduction, you’ll learn how CouchDB’s simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data makes it ideal for the type of data and rapid response users now demand from your applications—and how easy CouchDB is to set up, deploy, maintain, and scale.The code
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Feature Engineering for Machine Learning

Principles and Techniques for Data Scientists

by Alice Zheng, Amanda Casari ...

Feature engineering is a crucial step in the machine-learning pipeline, yet this topic is rarely examined on its own. With this practical book, you’ll learn techniques for extracting and transforming features—the numeric representations of raw data—into formats for machine-learning models. Each chapter guides you through a single data problem, such as how to represent text or image data. Together, ... Read more

$36.99 USD

Feature engineering is a crucial step in the machine-learning pipeline, yet this topic is rarely examined on its own. With this practical book, you’ll learn techniques for extracting and transforming features—the numeric representations of raw data—into formats for machine-learning models. Each chapter guides you through a single data problem, such as how to represent text or image data. Together,
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Data Governance: The Definitive Guide

by Evren Eryurek, Uri Gilad, Valliappa Lakshmanan, Anita Kibunguchy-Grant, Jessi Ashdown ...

As you move data to the cloud, you need to consider a comprehensive approach to data governance, along with well-defined and agreed-upon policies to ensure your organization meets compliance requirements. Data governance incorporates the ways people, processes, and technology work together to ensure data is trustworthy and can be used effectively. This practical guide shows you how to effectively ... Read more

$48.99 USD

As you move data to the cloud, you need to consider a comprehensive approach to data governance, along with well-defined and agreed-upon policies to ensure your organization meets compliance requirements. Data governance incorporates the ways people, processes, and technology work together to ensure data is trustworthy and can be used effectively. This practical guide shows you how to effectively
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Beginning Data Science with Python and Jupyter

Use powerful industry-standard tools within Jupyter and the Python ecosystem to unlock new, actionable insights from your data

by Alex Galea ...

Getting started with data science doesn t have to be an uphill battle. This step-by-step guide is ideal for beginners who know a little Python and are looking for a quick, fast-paced introduction.Key FeaturesGet up and running with the Jupyter ecosystem and some example datasetsLearn about key machine learning concepts like SVM, KNN classifiers and Random ForestsDiscover how you can use web ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Getting started with data science doesn t have to be an uphill battle. This step-by-step guide is ideal for beginners who know a little Python and are looking for a quick, fast-paced introduction.Key FeaturesGet up and running with the Jupyter ecosystem and some example datasetsLearn about key machine learning concepts like SVM, KNN classifiers and Random ForestsDiscover how you can use web
... Read more
Breaking the Social Media Prism

How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing

by Chris Bail ...

A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online—and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social mediaIn an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a mirror to decipher our place in society but, as Chris Bail explains, it functions more ... Read more

$15.09 USD

A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online—and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social mediaIn an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a mirror to decipher our place in society but, as Chris Bail explains, it functions more
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Hands-On Programming with R

by Garrett Grolemund ...

Learn how to program by diving into the R language, and then use your newfound skills to solve practical data science problems. With this book, you’ll learn how to load data, assemble and disassemble data objects, navigate R’s environment system, write your own functions, and use all of R’s programming tools.RStudio Master Instructor Garrett Grolemund not only teaches you how to program, but also ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Learn how to program by diving into the R language, and then use your newfound skills to solve practical data science problems. With this book, you’ll learn how to load data, assemble and disassemble data objects, navigate R’s environment system, write your own functions, and use all of R’s programming tools.RStudio Master Instructor Garrett Grolemund not only teaches you how to program, but also
... Read more
SQL Server 2017 Administrator's Guide

One stop solution for DBAs to monitor, manage, and maintain enterprise databases

by Marek Chmel ...

Implement and administer successful database solution with SQL Server 2017 Key Features\[\*\] Master the required skills to successfully set up, administer, and maintain your SQL Server 2017 database solution\[\*\] Design and configure, manage, and secure a rock-solid SQL server\[\*\] Comprehensive guide in keeping your SQL server disaster proof and ensuring all-time availabilityBook ... Read more

$44.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Implement and administer successful database solution with SQL Server 2017 Key Features\[\*\] Master the required skills to successfully set up, administer, and maintain your SQL Server 2017 database solution\[\*\] Design and configure, manage, and secure a rock-solid SQL server\[\*\] Comprehensive guide in keeping your SQL server disaster proof and ensuring all-time availabilityBook
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Tableau 10 Business Intelligence Cookbook

Create powerful, effective visualizations with Tableau 10

by Donabel Santos, Paul Banoub ...

Create powerful, effective visualizations to help analyze your data with Tableau 10 by your sideKey Features\[\*\] Cook your favorite Tableau 10 business intelligence recipe with the help of this easy-to-follow book\[\*\] Build beautiful, interactive dashboards and visualizations in Tableau 10 that help you make informed decisions\[\*\] This rich collection of independent recipes cover everything ... Read more

$41.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Create powerful, effective visualizations to help analyze your data with Tableau 10 by your sideKey Features\[\*\] Cook your favorite Tableau 10 business intelligence recipe with the help of this easy-to-follow book\[\*\] Build beautiful, interactive dashboards and visualizations in Tableau 10 that help you make informed decisions\[\*\] This rich collection of independent recipes cover everything
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Mindmasters

The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior

by Sandra Matz ...

A fascinating exploration of how algorithms penetrate the most intimate aspects of our psychology—from the pioneering expert on psychological targeting.There are more pieces of digital data than there are stars in the universe. This data helps us monitor our planet, decipher our genetic code, and take a deep dive into our psychology.As algorithms become increasingly adept at accessing the human ... Read more

$21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A fascinating exploration of how algorithms penetrate the most intimate aspects of our psychology—from the pioneering expert on psychological targeting.There are more pieces of digital data than there are stars in the universe. This data helps us monitor our planet, decipher our genetic code, and take a deep dive into our psychology.As algorithms become increasingly adept at accessing the human
... Read more
Integrating Excel and Access

Combining Applications to Solve Business Problems

by Michael Schmalz ...

In a corporate setting, the Microsoft Office Suite is an invaluable set of applications. One of Offices' biggest advantages is that its applications can work together to share information, produce reports, and so on. The problem is, there isn't much documentation on their cross-usage. Until now.Introducing Integrating Excel and Access, the unique reference that shows you how to combine the ... Read more

$23.99 USD

In a corporate setting, the Microsoft Office Suite is an invaluable set of applications. One of Offices' biggest advantages is that its applications can work together to share information, produce reports, and so on. The problem is, there isn't much documentation on their cross-usage. Until now.Introducing Integrating Excel and Access, the unique reference that shows you how to combine the
... Read more
SQL for Data Scientists

A Beginner's Guide for Building Datasets for Analysis

by Renee M. P. Teate ...

Jump-start your career as a data scientist—l****earn to develop datasets for exploration, analysis, and machine learningSQL for Data Scientists: A Beginner's Guide for Building Datasets for Analysis is a resource that’s dedicated to the Structured Query Language (SQL) and dataset design skills that data scientists use most. Aspiring data scientists will learn how to how to construct datasets for ... Read more

$30.00 USD

Jump-start your career as a data scientist—l****earn to develop datasets for exploration, analysis, and machine learningSQL for Data Scientists: A Beginner's Guide for Building Datasets for Analysis is a resource that’s dedicated to the Structured Query Language (SQL) and dataset design skills that data scientists use most. Aspiring data scientists will learn how to how to construct datasets for
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Building Data Streaming Applications with Apache Kafka

Design, develop and streamline applications using Apache Kafka, Storm, Heron and Spark

by Manish Kumar, Chanchal Singh, Manisha Sethi, Anshul Joshi ...

Design and administer fast, reliable enterprise messaging systems with Apache KafkaKey Features\[\*\]Build efficient real-time streaming applications in Apache Kafka to process data streams of data\[\*\]Master the core Kafka APIs to set up Apache Kafka clusters and start writing message producers and consumers\[\*\]A comprehensive guide to help you get a solid grasp of the Apache Kafka concepts in ... Read more

$37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Design and administer fast, reliable enterprise messaging systems with Apache KafkaKey Features\[\*\]Build efficient real-time streaming applications in Apache Kafka to process data streams of data\[\*\]Master the core Kafka APIs to set up Apache Kafka clusters and start writing message producers and consumers\[\*\]A comprehensive guide to help you get a solid grasp of the Apache Kafka concepts in
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