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Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins
by Nikhil PathaniaA beginner's guide to implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery using Jenkins About This Book * Speed up and increase software productivity and software delivery using Jenkins * Automate your build, integration, release, and deployment processes with Jenkins--and learn how continuous integration (CI) can save you time and money * Explore the power of continuous delivery using Jenkins through powerful real-life examples Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone who wants to exploit the power of Jenkins. This book servers a great starting point for those who are in the field DevOps and would like to leverage the benefits of CI and continuous delivery in order to increase productivity and reduce delivery time. What You Will Learn * Take advantage of a continuous delivery solution to achieve faster software delivery * Speed up productivity using a continuous Integration solution through Jenkins * Understand the concepts of CI and continuous delivery * Orchestrate many DevOps tools using Jenkins to automate builds, releases, deployment, and testing * Explore the various features of Jenkins that make DevOps activities a piece of cake * Configure multiple build machines in Jenkins to maintain load balancing * Manage users, projects, and permissions in Jenkins to ensure better security * Leverage the power of plugins in Jenkins In Detail In past few years, Agile software development has seen tremendous growth across the world. There is huge demand for software delivery solutions that are fast yet flexible to frequent amendments. As a result, CI and continuous delivery methodologies are gaining popularity. Jenkins' core functionality and flexibility allows it to fit in a variety of environments and can help streamline the development process for all stakeholders. This book starts off by explaining the concepts of CI and its significance in the Agile world with a whole chapter dedicated to it. Next, you'll learn to configure and set up Jenkins. You'll gain a foothold in implementing CI and continuous delivery methods. We dive into the various features offered by Jenkins one by one exploiting them for CI. After that, you'll find out how to use the built-in pipeline feature of Jenkins. You'll see how to integrate Jenkins with code analysis tools and test automation tools in order to achieve continuous delivery. Next, you'll be introduced to continuous deployment and learn to achieve it using Jenkins. Through this book's wealth of best practices and real-world tips, you'll discover how easy it is to implement a CI service with Jenkins. Style and approach This is a step-by-step guide to setting up a CI and continuous delivery system loaded with hands-on examples
Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins.: A beginner's guide to implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery using Jenkins 2, 2nd Edition
by Nikhil Pathania Deep MehtaKey FeaturesTake advantage of a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery solution to speed up productivity and achieve faster software deliverySee all the new features introduced in Jenkins 2.x, such as Pipeline as code, Multibranch pipeline, Docker Plugin, and moreLearn to implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery by orchestrating multiple DevOps tools using JenkinsBook DescriptionIn past few years, agile software development has seen tremendous growth. There is a huge demand for software delivery solutions that are fast yet flexible to numerous amendments. As a result, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) methodologies are gaining popularity. This book starts off by explaining the concepts of CI and its significance in the Agile. Next, you'll learn how to configure and set up Jenkins in many different ways. The book exploits the concept of "pipeline as code" and various other features introduced in the Jenkins 2.x release to their full potential. We also talk in detail about the new Jenkins Blue Ocean interface and the features that help to quickly and easily create a CI pipeline. Then we dive into the various features offered by Jenkins one by one, exploiting them for CI and CD. Jenkins' core functionality and flexibility allows it to fit in a variety of environments and can help streamline the development process for all stakeholders. Next, you'll be introduced to CD and will learn how to achieve it using Jenkins. Through this book's wealth of best practices and real-world tips, you'll discover how easy it is to implement CI and CD using Jenkins.What you will learn Get to know some of the most popular ways to set up Jenkins See all the new features introduced in the latest Jenkins, such as pipeline as code, Multibranch pipeline, and more Manage users, projects, and permissions in Jenkins to ensure better security Leverage the power of plugins in Jenkins Learn how to create a CI pipeline using Jenkins Blue Ocean Create a distributed build farm using Docker and use it with Jenkins Implement CI and CD using Jenkins See the difference between CD and Continuous Deployment Understand the concepts of CI
Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins: A Beginner's Guide To Implementing Continuous Integration And Continuous Delivery Using Jenkins 2
by Nikhil PathaniaA step-by-step guide to quickly set up Jenkins across various platforms and create a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipeline using all the new features introduced in Jenkins 2.x such as Pipeline as a Code, Multibranch pipeline, Blue Ocean Plugin, and more.
Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins: An end-to-end guide to creating operational, secure, resilient, and cost-effective CI/CD processes
by Nikhil PathaniaIntegrate Jenkins, Kubernetes, and more on cloud into a robust, GitOps-driven CI/CD system, leveraging JCasC, IaC, and AI for a streamlined software delivery processKey FeaturesFollow the construction of a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline start to finish through a real-world exampleConstruct a continuous deployment (CD) pipeline in Jenkins using GitOps principles and integration with Argo CDCraft and optimize your CI pipeline code with ChatGPT and GitHub CopilotPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionThis updated edition of Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins is your one-stop guide to implementing CI/CD with Jenkins, addressing crucial technologies such as cloud computing, containerization, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps. Tailored to both beginners and seasoned developers, the book provides a practical path to mastering a production-grade, secure, resilient, and cost-effective CI/CD setup. Starting with a detailed introduction to the fundamental principles of CI, this book systematically takes you through setting up a CI environment using Jenkins and other pivotal DevOps tools within the CI/CD ecosystem. You’ll learn to write pipeline code with AI assistance and craft your own CI pipeline. With the help of hands-on tutorials, you’ll gain a profound understanding of the CI process and Jenkins’ robust capabilities. Additionally, the book teaches you how to expand your CI pipeline with automated testing and deployment, setting the stage for continuous deployment. To help you through the complete software delivery process, this book also covers methods to ensure that your CI/CD setup is maintainable across teams, secure, and performs optimally. By the end of the book, you’ll have become an expert in implementing and optimizing CI/CD setups across diverse teams.What you will learnUnderstand CI with the Golden Circle theoryDeploy Jenkins on the cloud using Helm charts and Jenkins Configuration as Code (JCasC)Implement optimal security practices to ensure Jenkins operates securelyExtend Jenkins for CI by integrating with SonarQube, GitHub, and ArtifactoryScale Jenkins using containers and the cloud for optimal performanceMaster Jenkins declarative syntax to enrich your pipeline coding vocabularyEnhance security and improve pipeline code within your CI/CD process using best practicesWho this book is forThis book is for a diverse audience, from university students studying Agile software development to seasoned developers, testers, release engineers, and project managers. If you’re already using Jenkins for CI, this book will assist you in elevating your projects to CD. Whether you’re new to the concepts of Agile, CI, and CD, or a DevOps engineer seeking advanced insights into JCasC, IaC, and Azure, this book will equip you with the tools to harness Jenkins for improved productivity and streamlined deliveries in the cloud.
Learning Continuous Integration with TeamCity
by Manoj Mahalingam SIf you are a developer, tester, or a person in operations or Devops who wants to start practising CI, start using TeamCity or both, then this book is for you. Moreover, if you have thought about bringing CI into your team, if you are already using a CI tool and want to move to TeamCity, or if you are looking for ideal practises and techniques while implementing CI with TeamCity, this book will be useful.
Learning CoreDNS: Configuring DNS for Cloud Native Environments
by Cricket Liu John BelamaricUntil recently, learning CoreDNS required reading the code or combing through the skimpy documentation on the website. No longer. With this practical book, developers and operators working with Docker or Linux containers will learn how to use this standard DNS server with Kubernetes.John Belamaric, senior staff software engineer at Google, and Cricket Liu, chief DNS architect at Infoblox, show you how to configure CoreDNS using real-world configuration examples to achieve specific purposes. You’ll learn the basics of DNS, including how it functions as a location broker in container environments and how it ties into Kubernetes.Dive into DNS theory: the DNS namespace, domain names, domains, and zonesLearn how to configure your CoreDNS serverManage and serve basic and advanced zone data with CoreDNSConfigure CoreDNS service discovery with etcd and KubernetesLearn one of the most common use cases for CoreDNS: the integration with KubernetesManipulate queries and responses as they flow through the plug-in chainMonitor and troubleshoot the availability and performance of your DNS serviceBuild custom versions of CoreDNS and write your own plug-ins
Learning CoreOS
by Kingston Smiler. S Shantanu AgrawalYour one-stop guide for building, configuring, maintaining, and deploying one of the world's fastest growing OSes About This Book * Understand the features of CoreOS and learn to administrate and secure a CoreOS environment * Develop, test, and deploy cloud services and applications more quickly and efficiently inside lightweight containers using CoreOS * This is a complete tutorial on CoreOS, which is the preferred OS for cloud computing as it contains components that facilitate cloud management Who This Book Is For This book is for cloud or enterprise administrators and application developers who would like to gain knowledge about CoreOS to deploy a cloud application or micro-services on a cluster of cloud servers. It is also aimed at administrators with basic networking experience. You do not need to have any knowledge of CoreOS. What You Will Learn * Understand the benefits of CoreOS as a cloud orchestration platform * Learn about lightweight containers and various container frameworks such as Docker and RKT in CoreOS * Manage services and containers across cluster using Fleet and systemd * Set up a CoreOS environment using Vagrant * Create and manage CoreOS clusters * Discover the service parameters using etcd * Find out about chaining services running on the cluster using Flannel / Rudder and Weave * Create a virtual tenant network and service chaining using OVS In Detail CoreOS is an open source operating system developed upon the Linux kernel. The rise of CoreOS is directly related to the rise of Docker (a Linux container management system). It is a minimal operating system layer and takes a different approach to automating the deployment of containers. The major difference between CoreOS and other Linux distributions is that CoreOS was designed to deploy hundreds of servers. CoreOS immensely helps the users to create systems, which are easy to scale and manage, making life easier for all, be it developer, QA, or deployer. This book is all about setting up, deploying, and using CoreOS to manage clusters and clouds. It will help you understand what CoreOS is and its benefits as a cloud orchestration platform. First, we'll show you how to set up a simple CoreOS instance with single node in the cluster and how to run a Docker container inside the CoreOS instance. Next, you'll be introduced to Fleet and systemd, and will deploy and distribute Docker services across different nodes in cluster using Fleet. Later, you'll be briefed about running services in a cluster with constraints, publishing the services already running on the cluster to new services, and making your services interact with each other. We conclude by teaching you about advanced container networking. By the end of the book, you will know the salient features of CoreOS and will be able to deploy, administrate, and secure a CoreOS environment. Style and approach This practical guide covers the basics and advanced topics related to CoreOS and lightweight containers. The topics are covered in an easy-to-follow manner with each feature explained in detail, beginning with a brief overview and followed by an explanation of its corresponding configuration files.
Learning Couchbase
by Henry PotsangbamDesign documents and implement real world e-commerce applications with Couchbase About This Book * Get acquainted with Couchbase architecture and design your document-based data schema * Implement full text search using industry standard elastic search plugins * Develop critical and high performance applications using this hands-on tutorial guide Who This Book Is For If you are new to the NoSQL document system or have little or no experience in NoSQL development and administration and are planning to deploy Couchbase for your next project, then this book is for you. It would be helpful to have a bit of familiarity with Java. What You Will Learn * Get acquainted with the concept of NoSQL databases and configure your Couchbase database cluster * Maintain Couchbase effectively using the web-based administrative console with ease * Enable partition capabilities by making use of Buckets * Analyze important design considerations for maintaining relationship between various documents * Use Couchbase SDK Java API to store and retrieve document * Write views using map/reduce to retrieve documents efficiently * Get familiar with N1QL and how to use it in Java applications * Integrate Couchbase with Elasticsearch to implement full text search * Configure XDCR for disaster recovery and develop ecommerce application using Couchbase In Detail This book achieves its goal by taking up an end-to-end development structure, right from understanding NOSQL document design to implementing full fledged eCommerce application design using Couchbase as a backend. Starting with the architecture of Couchbase to get you up and running, this book quickly takes you through designing a NoSQL document and implementing highly scalable applications using Java API. You will then be introduced to document design and get to know the various ways to administer Couchbase. Followed by this, learn to store documents using bucket. Moving on, you will then learn to store, retrieve and delete documents using smart client base on Java API. You will then retrieve documents using SQL like syntax call N1QL. Next, you will learn how to write map reduce base views. Finally, you will configure XDCR for disaster recovery and implement an eCommerce application using Couchbase. Style and approach The book starts from absolute basics and slowly moves to more advanced topics ensuring at every step that all concepts and terms are understood by the reader to have complete understanding at every stage. Technical and complex terms are explained in clear and simple language, thus making this book a perfect companion for those who have started their journey to NoSQL using Couchbase
Learning Cypher
by Onofrio PanzarinoAn easy-to-follow guide full of tips and examples of real-world applications. In each chapter, a thorough example will show you the concepts in action, followed by a detailed explanation. This book is intended for those who want to learn how to create, query, and maintain a graph database, or who want to migrate to a graph database from SQL. It would be helpful to have some familiarity with Java and/or SQL, but no prior experience is required.
Learning Cython Programming
by Philip HerronA practical and a fast-paced guide that gives you all the information you need to start programming using Cython.This book is for developers who love C/C++ for low latency and speed but who also require the ability to add more dynamic features to applications both fast and reliably. It will also show you how you can get new applications off the ground by reusing Python libraries to get started.
Learning Cython Programming - Second Edition
by Philip HerronLearn the fundamentals of Cython to extend the legacy of your applications About This Book * Learn how to extend C applications with pure Python code * Get more from Python - you'll not only learn Cython, you'll also unlock a greater understanding of how to harness Python * Packed with tips and tricks that make Cython look easy, dive into this accessible programming guide and find out what happens when you bring C and Python together! Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who are familiar with the basics of C and Python programming and wish to learn Cython programming to extend their applications. What You Will Learn * Reuse Python logging in C * Make an IRC bot out of your C application * Extend an application so you have a web server for rest calls * Practice Cython against your C++ code * Discover tricks to work with Python ConfigParser in C * Create Python bindings for native libraries * Find out about threading and concurrency related to GIL * Expand Terminal Multiplexer Tmux with Cython In Detail Cython is a hybrid programming language used to write C extensions for Python language. Combining the practicality of Python and speed and ease of the C language it's an exciting language worth learning if you want to build fast applications with ease. This new edition of Learning Cython Programming shows you how to get started, taking you through the fundamentals so you can begin to experience its unique powers. You'll find out how to get set up, before exploring the relationship between Python and Cython. You'll also look at debugging Cython, before moving on to C++ constructs, Caveat on C++ usage, Python threading and GIL in Cython. Finally, you'll learn object initialization and compile time, and gain a deeper insight into Python 3, which will help you not only become a confident Cython developer, but a much more fluent Python developer too. Style and approach This practical and a fast-paced guide gives you all the information you need to start programming using Cython.
Learning D
by Mike ParkerThis book is intended for those with some background in a C-family language who want to learn how to apply their knowledge and experience to D. Perhaps you're a college student looking to use D for hobby projects, or a career programmer interested in expanding your skillset. This book will help you get up to speed with the language and avoid common pitfalls that arise when translating C-family experience to D.
Learning D3.js 4 Mapping - Second Edition
by Thomas Newton Oscar Villarreal Lars VerspohlCrisp and concise guide on building impressive maps as well as visualizations with D3 a JavaScript library About This Book • Dive into D3.js and apply its powerful data binding ability in order to create stunning visualizations • Learn the key concepts of SVG, JavaScript, CSS and the DOM to bring data and shapes to live in the browser • Solve common problems faced while building interactive maps • Acquire key web development skills from the creating your interactive to testing and finally publishing it. Who This Book Is For This book is for people with at least a basic knowledge of of web development (basic HTML/CSS/JavaScript). You don't need to have worked with D3.js before. What You Will Learn • Work with SVG geometric shapes • Learn to manage map data and plot it with D3.js • Add interactivity and points of interest to your maps • Compress and manipulate geoJSON files with the use of topoJSON • Learn how to write testable D3.js visualizations • Build a globe with D3.js and Canvas and add interactivity to it. • Create a hexbin map with D3.js In Detail D3.js is a visualization library used for the creation and control of dynamic and interactive graphical forms. It is a library used to manipulate HTML and SVG documents as well as the Canvas element based on data. Using D3.js, developers can create interactive maps for the web, that look and feel beautiful. This book will show you how build and design maps with D3.js and gives you great insight into projections, colors, and the most appropriate types of map. The book begins by helping you set up all the tools necessary to build visualizations and maps. Then it covers obtaining geographic data, modifying it to your specific needs, visualizing it with augmented data using D3.js. It will further show you how to draw and map with the Canvas API and how to publish your visualization. By the end of this book, you'll be creating maps like the election maps and the kind of infographics you'll find on sites like the New York Times. Style and approach This step by step guide with pragmatic examples will help you create maps and amazing visualizations.
Learning D3.js Mapping
by Thomas Newton Oscar VillarrealIf you are interested in creating maps for the web GIS data, this book is for you. Familiarity with D3.js will be helpful but is not necessary.
Learning DCOM
by Thuan L. ThaiDCOM -- the Distributed Component Object Model -- is a recent upgrade of a time-honored and well-tested technology promoted by Microsoft for distributed object programming. Now that components are playing a larger and larger part in Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000, every Windows programmer will want to understand the technology. DCOM competes with CORBA as a rich and robust method for creating expandable and flexible components, allowing you to plug in new parts conveniently and upgrade without the need for code changes to every program that uses your component.This book introduces C++ programmers to DCOM and gives them the basic tools they need to write secure, maintainable programs. While using Visual C++ development tools and wizards where appropriate, the author never leaves the results up to magic. The C++ code used to create distributed components and the communications exchanged between systems and objects are described at a level where the reader understands their significance and can use the insights for such tasks as debugging and improving performance.The first few chapters explain both the remote procedure calls that underlie DCOM's communication and the way DCOM uses C++ classes. Readers become firmly grounded in the relation between components, classes, and objects, the ways objects are created and destroyed, how clients find servers, and the basics of security and threading.After giving you a grounding in how DCOM works, this book introduces you to the Microsoft tools that make it all easy. By showing what really happens each time you choose a button in a wizard, Learning DCOM makes it possible for you to choose what you need.This book is for anyone who wants to understand DCOM. While thoroughly practical in its goals, it doesn't stint on the background you need to make your programs safe, efficient, and easy to maintain.Topics include:MIDL (Microsoft Interface Definition Language, the language for defining COM interfaces)COM error and exception handlingCustom, dispatch, and dual interfacesStandard and custom factoriesManagement of in-process versus out-of-process serversDistributed memory managementPragmatic explanation of the DCOM wire protocolStandard, custom, handler, and automation marshaling Multithreading and apartmentsSecurity at the system configuration and programming levelActive Template Library (ATL), ATL wizards -- and what they don't doWriting a component that can be invoked from Visual BasicTechniques for using distributed componentsCreating an ActiveX control and embedding it in a Web clientAuthentication and the use of Windows NT security featuresTechniques for merging marshaling codeConnection and distributed events managementAn introduction to COM+ features
Learning DHTMLX Suite UI
by Eli GeskeA fast-paced, example-based guide to learning DHTMLX."Learning DHTMLX Suite UI" is for web designers who have a basic knowledge of JavaScript and who are looking for powerful tools that will give them an extra edge in their own application development. This book is also useful for experienced developers who wish to get started with DHTMLX without going through the trouble of learning its quirks through trial and error. Readers are expected to have some knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, Document Object Model, and the ability to install a local web server.
Learning Dapr
by Haishi Bai Yaron SchneiderGet the authoritative guide to Dapr, the distributed application runtime that works with new and existing programming languages alike. Written by the model’s creators, this introduction shows you how Dapr not only unifies stateless, stateful, and actor programming models but also runs everywhere—in the cloud or on the edge.Authors Haishi Bai and Yaron Schneider with Microsoft’s Azure CTO team explain that, with Dapr, you don’t need to include any SDKs or libraries in your user code. Instead, you automatically get flexible binding, state management, the actor pattern, pub-sub, reliable messaging, and many more features. This book shows developers, architects, CIOs, students, and computing enthusiasts how to get started with Dapr.Learn the new programming model for cloud native applicationsWrite high-performance distributed applications without drilling into technical detailsUse Dapr with any language or framework to write microservices easilyLearn how Dapr provides consistency and portability through open APIs and extensible, community-driven componentsExplore how Dapr handles state, resource bindings, and pub-sub messaging to enable resilient event-driven architectures that scaleIntegrate cloud applications with various SaaS offerings, such as machine learning
Learning Dart
by Dzenan Ridjanovic Ivo Balbaert"Mastering Dart by Projects" is a step-by-step guide that aims to give you hands-on knowledge about programming in Dart using an example-based approach.If you want to become a web developer, or perhaps you already are a web developer but you want to add Dart to your tool belt, then this book is for you. This book assumes that you have at least some knowledge of HTML and how web applications work. Some previous programming experience, preferably in a modern language like C#, Java, Python, Ruby, or JavaScript, will also give you a head start. You can also work with Dart on your preferred platform, be it Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows.
Learning Dart - Second Edition
by Dzenan Ridjanovic Ivo BalbaertLearn to develop high performance applications with Dart 1.10 About This Book * Develop apps for the modern web using Dart and HTML5 * Clarify and shorten your Dart code using enums * Build a complex UI for business applications with Dart's Polymer framework, based on web components Who This Book Is For If you want to become a developer for the modern web, or wish to add Dart to your tool belt, then this book is for you. The book assumes you have basic HTML experience and know how web applications work. Some previous programming experience, preferably in a modern language like C#, Java, Python, Ruby or JavaScript, will give you a head start. You can work with Dart on your preferred platform, be it Linux, Mac OS X or Windows. What You Will Learn * Structure your code using functions, classes, generics, packages and libraries * Use the power of modern browsers to process and store data * Make games by drawing, and using audio and video in the browser * Develop an application with a model-driven and spiral-paced approach * Discover the Observatory tools for profiling memory and CPU usage of Dart programs * Store your app's data in MySQL and MongoDB through Dart * Build powerful HTML5 forms, validate and store data in local storage, and use web components to build your own user interface * Run your Dart server on an App Engine Managed VM In Detail Dart is an open source programming language for the web, developed at Google, with a steadily growing community. It is a single language for both client and server, appropriate for the full range of devices on the web - including phones, tablets, laptops, and servers. It encompasses the lessons of the last two decades of web programming. This book will give you a thorough overview of Dart, taking you through its ecosystem, syntax, and development principles. With this book, you will build web games using HTML5, audio, and video, and also dive into processing and displaying data in HTML5 forms with Dart. You will also learn how web components fit together with HTML5, and how to apply them in business web applications of the future. You will discover how to store data on the client, communicate data between client and server with JSON, and store JSON data with MongoDB and MySQL. Stop solving new challenges with the same old tools - let Dart show you a whole new way. Style and approach This book provides you a project-based approach, with everything you need to start or enhance your career in the future of web development with Dart. It follows the spiral approach: each project builds up in successive spirals, adding new features in each step.
Learning Data Mining with Python
by Robert Layton<P><P>Harness the power of Python to analyze data and create insightful predictive models <P><P>About This Book <P><P>Learn data mining in practical terms, using a wide variety of libraries and techniques <P><P>Learn how to find, manipulate, and analyze data using Python <P><P>Step-by-step instructions on creating real-world applications of data mining techniques <P><P>Who This Book Is For <P><P>If you are a programmer who wants to get started with data mining, then this book is for you. <P><P>What You Will Learn <P><P>Apply data mining concepts to real-world problems <P><P>Predict the outcome of sports matches based on past results <P><P>Determine the author of a document based on their writing style <P><P>Use APIs to download datasets from social media and other online services <P><P>Find and extract good features from difficult datasets <P><P>Create models that solve real-world problems <P><P>Design and develop data mining applications using a variety of datasets <P><P>Set up reproducible experiments and generate robust results <P><P>Recommend movies, online celebrities, and news articles based on personal preferences <P><P>Compute on big data, including real-time data from the Internet <P><P>In Detail <P><P>The next step in the information age is to gain insights from the deluge of data coming our way. Data mining provides a way of finding this insight, and Python is one of the most popular languages for data mining, providing both power and flexibility in analysis. <P><P>This book teaches you to design and develop data mining applications using a variety of datasets, starting with basic classification and affinity analysis. Next, we move on to more complex data types including text, images, and graphs. In every chapter, we create models that solve real-world problems. <P><P>There is a rich and varied set of libraries available in Python for data mining. This book covers a large number, including the IPython Notebook, pandas, scikit-learn and NLTK. <P><P>Each chapter of this book introduces you to new algorithms and techniques. By the end of the book, you will gain a large insight into using Python for data mining, with a good knowledge and understanding of the algorithms and implementations.
Learning Data Mining with Python - Second Edition
by Robert LaytonHarness the power of Python to develop data mining applications, analyze data, delve into machine learning, explore object detection using Deep Neural Networks, and create insightful predictive models. About This Book • Use a wide variety of Python libraries for practical data mining purposes. • Learn how to find, manipulate, analyze, and visualize data using Python. • Step-by-step instructions on data mining techniques with Python that have real-world applications. Who This Book Is For If you are a Python programmer who wants to get started with data mining, then this book is for you. If you are a data analyst who wants to leverage the power of Python to perform data mining efficiently, this book will also help you. No previous experience with data mining is expected. What You Will Learn • Apply data mining concepts to real-world problems • Predict the outcome of sports matches based on past results • Determine the author of a document based on their writing style • Use APIs to download datasets from social media and other online services • Find and extract good features from difficult datasets • Create models that solve real-world problems • Design and develop data mining applications using a variety of datasets • Perform object detection in images using Deep Neural Networks • Find meaningful insights from your data through intuitive visualizations • Compute on big data, including real-time data from the internet In Detail This book teaches you to design and develop data mining applications using a variety of datasets, starting with basic classification and affinity analysis. This book covers a large number of libraries available in Python, including the Jupyter Notebook, pandas, scikit-learn, and NLTK. You will gain hands on experience with complex data types including text, images, and graphs. You will also discover object detection using Deep Neural Networks, which is one of the big, difficult areas of machine learning right now. With restructured examples and code samples updated for the latest edition of Python, each chapter of this book introduces you to new algorithms and techniques. By the end of the book, you will have great insights into using Python for data mining and understanding of the algorithms as well as implementations. Style and approach This book will be your comprehensive guide to learning the various data mining techniques and implementing them in Python. A variety of real-world datasets is used to explain data mining techniques in a very crisp and easy to understand manner.
Learning Data Mining with R
by Bater MakhabelThis book is intended for the budding data scientist or quantitative analyst with only a basic exposure to R and statistics. This book assumes familiarity with only the very basics of R, such as the main data types, simple functions, and how to move data around. No prior experience with data mining packages is necessary; however, you should have a basic understanding of data mining concepts and processes.
Learning Data Science: Data Wrangling, Exploration, Visualization, and Modeling with Python
by Deborah Nolan Sam Lau Joseph GonzalezAs an aspiring data scientist, you appreciate why organizations rely on data for important decisions--whether it's for companies designing websites, cities deciding how to improve services, or scientists discovering how to stop the spread of disease. And you want the skills required to distill a messy pile of data into actionable insights. We call this the data science lifecycle: the process of collecting, wrangling, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data.Learning Data Science is the first book to cover foundational skills in both programming and statistics that encompass this entire lifecycle. It's aimed at those who wish to become data scientists or who already work with data scientists, and at data analysts who wish to cross the "technical/nontechnical" divide. If you have a basic knowledge of Python programming, you'll learn how to work with data using industry-standard tools like pandas.Refine a question of interest to one that can be studied with dataPursue data collection that may involve text processing, web scraping, etc.Glean valuable insights about data through data cleaning, exploration, and visualizationLearn how to use modeling to describe the dataGeneralize findings beyond the data
Learning Decision Sequences For Repetitive Processes—Selected Algorithms (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #401)
by Wojciech RafajłowiczThis book provides tools and algorithms for solving a wide class of optimization tasks by learning from their repetitions. A unified framework is provided for learning algorithms that are based on the stochastic gradient (a golden standard in learning), including random simultaneous perturbations and the response surface the methodology. Original algorithms include model-free learning of short decision sequences as well as long sequences—relying on model-supported gradient estimation. Learning is based on whole sequences of a process observation that are either vectors or images. This methodology is applicable to repetitive processes, covering a wide range from (additive) manufacturing to decision making for COVID-19 waves mitigation. A distinctive feature of the algorithms is learning between repetitions—this idea extends the paradigms of iterative learning and run-to-run control. The main ideas can be extended to other decision learning tasks, not included in this book. The text is written in a comprehensible way with the emphasis on a user-friendly presentation of the algorithms, their explanations, and recommendations on how to select them. The book is expected to be of interest to researchers, Ph.D., and graduate students in computer science and engineering, operations research, decision making, and those working on the iterative learning control.
Learning Design Patterns with Unity: Learn the secret of popular design patterns while building fun, efficient games in Unity 2023 and C#
by Harrison FerroneBuild optimized games & elevate your skills with popular software design patterns in Unity 2023 and C#! Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF formatKey FeaturesCraft engaging Unity 2023 games while mastering design patterns like Singleton, Object Pool, and more Write clean, reusable C# code using creational, behavioral, and structural patterns, tailored for the game development environment Go beyond basic design pattern usage and learn to customize and extend them for your unique game design needsBook DescriptionStruggling to write maintainable and clean code for your Unity games? Look no further! Learning Design Patterns with Unity empowers you to harness the fullest potential of popular design patterns while building exciting Unity projects. Through hands-on game development, you'll master creational patterns like Prototype to efficiently spawn enemies and delve into behavioral patterns like Observer to create reactive game mechanics. As you progress, you'll also identify the negative impacts of bad architectural decisions and understand how to overcome them with simple but effective practices. By the end of this Unity 2023 book, the way you develop Unity games will change. You'll emerge not just as a more skilled Unity developer, but as a well-rounded software engineer equipped with industry-leading design patterns. What you will learnImplement a persistent game manager using the Singleton pattern Spawn projectiles efficiently with Object Pooling for optimized performance Build a flexible crafting system using the Factory Method pattern Design an undo/redo system for player movement with the Command pattern Implement a state machine to control a two-person battle system Modify existing character objects with special abilities using the Decorator pattern Who this book is forThis book is your perfect companion if you're a Unity game developer looking to level up your C# skills and embrace industry standards for building robust games. Knowledge of Unity and basic C# programming is recommended.