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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

    $48.99 USD

  • Designing Data-Intensive Applications

    The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

    by Martin Kleppmann, Chris Riccomini ...
    Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Fundamentals of Data Engineering

    Plan and Build Robust Data Systems

    by Joe Reis, Matt Housley ...
    Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • 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

    $30.99 USD

  • Quick Start Guide to Large Language Models

    Strategies and Best Practices for ChatGPT, Embeddings, Fine-Tuning, and Multimodal AI

    by Sinan Ozdemir ...
    Series series Addison-Wesley Data & Analytics Series
    The Practical, Step-by-Step Guide to Using LLMs at Scale in Projects and ProductsLarge Language Models (LLMs) like Llama 3, Claude 3, and the GPT family are demonstrating breathtaking capabilities, but their size and complexity have deterred many practitioners from applying them. In Quick Start Guide to Large Language Models, Second Edition, pioneering data scientist and AI entrepreneur Sinan ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • The Art of Game Design

    A Book of Lenses, Third Edition

    by Jesse Schell ...
    The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step, helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board, card and athletic games also work in top-quality video games.Good game design happens when you view your game from as many ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Learn Kotlin for Android Development

    The Next Generation Language for Modern Android Apps Programming

    by Peter Späth ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Build Android apps and learn the essentials of the popular Kotlin programming language and APIs. This book will teach you the key Kotlin skills and techniques important for creating your very own Android apps. Apart from introducing Kotlin programming, Learn Kotlin for Android Development stresses clean code principles and introduces object-oriented and functional programming as a starting point ... Read more

    $61.79 USD

  • Introduction to Compiler Design

    by Torben Ægidius Mogensen ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    The second edition of this textbook has been fully revised and adds material about loop optimisation, function call optimisation and dataflow analysis. It presents techniques for making realistic compilers for simple programming languages, using techniques that are close to those used in "real" compilers, albeit in places slightly simplified for presentation purposes. All phases required for ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • Modern Compiler Implementation in C

    by Andrew W. Appel ...
    This new, expanded textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-coloring register allocation, and runtime systems. It includes good coverage of current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as functional and ... Read more

    $85.29 USD

  • Learning SQL

    Generate, Manipulate, and Retrieve Data

    by Alan Beaulieu ...
    As data floods into your company, you need to put it to work right away—and SQL is the best tool for the job. With the latest edition of this introductory guide, author Alan Beaulieu helps developers get up to speed with SQL fundamentals for writing database applications, performing administrative tasks, and generating reports. You’ll find new chapters on SQL and big data, analytic functions, and ... Read more

    $41.09 USD

  • People Analytics

    Using data-driven HR and Gen AI as a business asset

    by Cole Napper ...
    How can you turn HR data into insights that boost business performance?People Analytics by Cole Napper is a practical guide for HR managers, business partners and mid-career professionals who want to use data, analytics and AI to deliver measurable value across the organization.Written by a leading voice in the field, the book explains how to integrate people analytics into daily decision-making, ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Outnumbered

    From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles – The Algorithms That Control Our Lives

    by David Sumpter ...
    'Fascinating' - Financial TimesAlgorithms are running our society, and as the Cambridge Analytica story has revealed, we don't really know what they are up to.Our increasing reliance on technology and the internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about where we travel, where we shop, what we ... Read more

    $15.49 USD

  • A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad

    Boost your design workflow by efficiently visualizing, documenting, and delivering BIM projects

    by Stefan Boeykens, Ruben Van de Walle ...
    Move from 2D CAD drafting to 3D BIM with Archicad to boost productivity by mastering this powerful software Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesExplore the Archicad GUI, file format, and tools to get started with residential projectsUse out-of-the-box documentation tools combined with a powerful publishing workflowTranslate conceptual designs into compelling ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Adventures in Rule-Based Programming

    A CLIPS Tutorial

    by Gary Riley ...
    Adventures in Rule-Based Programming is a fun introduction to writing applications using CLIPS, a popular rule-based programming language written in C. Originally developed at NASA, CLIPS has been in use for over thirty-five years. CLIPS and the CLIPS source code are available for free.In this tutorial you'll learn the basic concepts of rule-based programming, where rules are used to specify the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Escaping the Build Trap

    How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

    by Melissa Perri ...
    To stay competitive in today’s market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric practices that focus on outcomes rather than outputs. Companies that live and die by outputs often fall into the "build trap," cranking out features to meet their schedule rather than the customer’s needs.In this book, Melissa Perri explains how laying the foundation for great product management can ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Mapping Experiences

    A Complete Guide to Customer Alignment Through Journeys, Blueprints, and Diagrams

    by James Kalbach ...
    Customers who have inconsistent experiences with products and services are understandably frustrated. But it's worse for organizations that can't pinpoint the causes of these problems because they're too focused on processes. This updated book shows your team how to use alignment diagrams to turn valuable customer observations into actionable insight. With this powerful technique, you can visually ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • Fundamentals of Data Visualization

    A Primer on Making Informative and Compelling Figures

    by Claus O. Wilke ...
    Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options.This practical book takes you through many commonly ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • UX Research

    Practical Techniques for Designing Better Products

    by Brad Nunnally, David Farkas ...
    One key responsibility of product designers and UX practitioners is to conduct formal and informal research to clarify design decisions and business needs. But there’s often mystery around product research, with the feeling that you need to be a research Zen master to gather anything useful. Fact is, anyone can conduct product research. With this quick reference guide, you’ll learn a common ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Feedback Control for Computer Systems

    Introducing Control Theory to Enterprise Programmers

    by Philipp K. Janert ...
    How can you take advantage of feedback control for enterprise programming? With this book, author Philipp K. Janert demonstrates how the same principles that govern cruise control in your car also apply to data center management and other enterprise systems. Through case studies and hands-on simulations, you’ll learn methods to solve several control issues, including mechanisms to spin up more ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Pro MERN Stack

    Full Stack Web App Development with Mongo, Express, React, and Node

    by Vasan Subramanian ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Assemble the complete stack required to build a modern web app using MongoDB, Express, React, and Node. This book also covers many other complementary tools: React Router, GraphQL, React-Bootstrap, Babel, and Webpack. This new edition will use the latest version of React (React 16) and the latest React Router (React Router 4), which has a significantly different approach to routing compared to ... Read more

    $55.89 USD

  • Storytelling for User Experience

    Crafting Stories for Better Design

    by Whitney Quesenbery, Kevin Brooks ...
    We all tell stories. It's one of the most natural ways to share information, as old as the human race. This book is not about a new technique, but how to use something we already know in a new way. Stories help us gather and communicate user research, put a human face on analytic data, communicate design ideas, encourage collaboration and innovation, and create a sense of shared history and ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • CSS: The Missing Manual

    by David Sawyer McFarland ...
    CSS lets you create professional-looking websites, but learning its finer points can be tricky—even for seasoned web developers. This fully updated edition provides the most modern and effective tips, tricks, and tutorial-based instruction on CSS available today. Learn how to use new tools such as Flexbox and Sass to build web pages that look great and run fast on any desktop or mobile device. ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Neuro-Symbolic AI

    Design transparent and trustworthy systems that understand the world as you do

    by Alexiei Dingli, David Farrugia ...
    Explore the inner workings of AI along with its limitations and future developments and create your first transparent and trustworthy neuro-symbolic AI system Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesUnderstand symbolic and statistical techniques through examples and detailed explanationsExplore the potential of neuro-symbolic AI for future developments using case ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Human Design

    Discover the Person You Were Born to Be

    by Chetan Parkyn ...
    Introducing Human Design, the revolutionary system that reveals the personality ‘blueprint’ of who you were born to be. Using the precise details of your birth, it's more accurate than astrology. And by downloading the free software, you can map your own life chart, and those of your friends and family. You'll never read your horoscope again.Forget your sign, what’s your design?Would you like to ... Read more

    $5.89 USD