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Mastering Search Analytics
by Brent ChatersMany companies still approach Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and paid search as separate initiatives. This in-depth guide shows you how to use these programs as part of a comprehensive strategy--not just to improve your site's search rankings, but to attract the right people and increase your conversion rate. Learn how to measure, test, analyze, and interpret all of your search data with a wide array of analytic tools. Gain the knowledge you need to determine the strategy's return on investment. Ideal for search specialists, webmasters, and search marketing managers, Mastering Search Analytics shows you how to gain better traffic and more revenue through your search efforts. Focus on conversion and usability--not on driving larger volumes of traffic Track the performance of your SEO and paid search keywords Apply techniques to monitor what your competitors are doing Understand the differences between mobile and desktop search Learn how social media impacts your search rankings and results Audit your site for problems that can affect users and search spiders Create dashboards and expanded reports for all of your search activities
Mastering Search Analytics: Measuring SEO, SEM and Site Search (O'reilly Ser.)
by Brent ChatersMany companies still approach Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and paid search as separate initiatives. This in-depth guide shows you how to use these programs as part of a comprehensive strategy—not just to improve your site’s search rankings, but to attract the right people and increase your conversion rate.Learn how to measure, test, analyze, and interpret all of your search data with a wide array of analytic tools. Gain the knowledge you need to determine the strategy’s return on investment. Ideal for search specialists, webmasters, and search marketing managers, Mastering Search Analytics shows you how to gain better traffic and more revenue through your search efforts.Focus on conversion and usability—not on driving larger volumes of trafficTrack the performance of your SEO and paid search keywordsApply techniques to monitor what your competitors are doingUnderstand the differences between mobile and desktop searchLearn how social media impacts your search rankings and resultsAudit your site for problems that can affect users and search spidersCreate dashboards and expanded reports for all of your search activities
Mastering Selenium WebDriver
by Mark CollinIncrease the performance, capability, and reliability of your automated checks by mastering Selenium WebDriver About This Book * Create an extensible test framework in Java supporting parallel execution with TestNG * Understand the power, simplicity, and limitations of the core Selenium framework * Write clear, simple, readable, and reliable tests that perform complex test automation tasks Who This Book Is For If you are a software tester or a developer who has learnt the basics of Selenium using the WebDriver API and is now ready to take the next step, then this is the book for you. What You Will Learn * Provide fast, useful feedback with sensible errors and screenshots * Create extensible, well-composed page objects * Gain an in-depth understanding of implicit and explicit waits, and how you should use them * Leverage the full power of the Actions API * Explore the full potential of the JavascriptExecutor * Extend Selenium's capabilities by integrating other applications * Learn how to plug third-party products into Selenium, and where it is appropriate to do so In Detail Selenium WebDriver, also known as Selenium 2, is a UI automation tool used by software developers and QA engineers to test their web applications on different web browsers. The Selenium WebDriver API is fully object oriented compared with the deprecated Selenium RC. The WebDriver API provides multi-language support and run tests on all the most popular browsers. In this wide and complex World Wide Web era, this book will teach you how to tame it by gaining an in-depth understanding of the Selenium API. This book starts with how to solve the difficult problems that you will undoubtedly come across as you start using Selenium in an enterprise environment, followed by producing the right feedback when failing, and what the common exceptions are, explain them properly (including the root cause) and tell you how to fix them. You will also see the differences between the three available implicit waits and explicit waits, and learn to working with effective page objects. Moving on, the book shows you how to utilize the Advanced User Interactions API, how you can run any JavaScript you need through Selenium, and how to quickly spin up a Selenium Grid using Docker containers. At the end, the book will discuss the upcoming Selenium W3C specification and how it is going to affect the future of Selenium. Style and approach This book is a pragmatic guide that takes you through the process of creating a test framework. It then shows you how you can extend this framework to overcome common obstacles that you will come across whilst using Selenium.
Mastering Selenium WebDriver 3.0: Boost the performance and reliability of your automated checks by mastering Selenium WebDriver, 2nd Edition
by Mark Patrick Leigh CollinComplement Selenium with useful additions that fit seamlessly into the rich and well-crafted API that Selenium offersKey FeaturesUnderstand the power, simplicity, and limitations of the core Selenium frameworkWrite clear, readable, and reliable tests that perform complex test automation tasksWork with ChromeDriver and GeckoDriver in headless modeBook DescriptionThe second edition of Mastering Selenium 3.0 WebDriver starts by showing you how to build your own Selenium framework with Maven. You'll then look at how you can solve the difficult problems that you will undoubtedly come across as you start using Selenium in an enterprise environment and learn how to produce the right feedback when failing. Next, you’ll explore common exceptions that you will come across as you use Selenium, the root causes of these exceptions, and how to fix them. Along the way, you’ll use Advanced User Interactions APIs, running any JavaScript you need through Selenium; and learn how to quickly spin up a Selenium Grid using Docker containers. In the concluding chapters, you‘ll work through a series of scenarios that demonstrate how to extend Selenium to work with external libraries and applications so that you can be sure you are using the right tool for the job.What you will learnProvide fast, useful feedback with screenshotsCreate extensible, well-composed page objectsUtilize ChromeDriver and GeckoDriver in headless modeLeverage the full power of Advanced User Interactions APIsUse JavascriptExecutor to execute JavaScript snippets in the browser through SeleniumBuild user interaction into your test script using JavascriptExecutorLearn the basics of working with AppiumWho this book is forIf you are a software tester or a developer with working experience in Selenium and competency with Java, who is interested in automation and are looking forward to taking the next step in their learning journey, then this is the book for you.
Mastering Service Mesh: Enhance, secure, and observe cloud-native applications with Istio, Linkerd, and Consul
by Anjali Khatri Vikram Khatri Dinesh Nirmal Hamid Pirahesh Eric HernessUnderstand how to use service mesh architecture to efficiently manage and safeguard microservices-based applications with the help of examples Key Features Manage your cloud-native applications easily using service mesh architecture Learn about Istio, Linkerd, and Consul – the three primary open source service mesh providers Explore tips, techniques, and best practices for building secure, high-performance microservices Book Description Although microservices-based applications support DevOps and continuous delivery, they can also add to the complexity of testing and observability. The implementation of a service mesh architecture, however, allows you to secure, manage, and scale your microservices more efficiently. With the help of practical examples, this book demonstrates how to install, configure, and deploy an efficient service mesh for microservices in a Kubernetes environment. You'll get started with a hands-on introduction to the concepts of cloud-native application management and service mesh architecture, before learning how to build your own Kubernetes environment. While exploring later chapters, you'll get to grips with the three major service mesh providers: Istio, Linkerd, and Consul. You'll be able to identify their specific functionalities, from traffic management, security, and certificate authority through to sidecar injections and observability. By the end of this book, you will have developed the skills you need to effectively manage modern microservices-based applications. What you will learn Compare the functionalities of Istio, Linkerd, and Consul Become well-versed with service mesh control and data plane concepts Understand service mesh architecture with the help of hands-on examples Work through hands-on exercises in traffic management, security, policy, and observability Set up secure communication for microservices using a service mesh Explore service mesh features such as traffic management, service discovery, and resiliency Who this book is for This book is for solution architects and network administrators, as well as DevOps and site reliability engineers who are new to the cloud-native framework. You will also find this book useful if you're looking to build a career in DevOps, particularly in operations. Working knowledge of Kubernetes and building microservices that are cloud-native is necessary to get the most out of this book.
Mastering ServiceNow
by Martin WoodThis book is intended for those who are familiar with web technologies such as JavaScript. We start from the computing fundamentals to understand how ServiceNow is architected, working from the ground up to really leverage the full capabilities of the platform.
Mastering ServiceNow - Second Edition
by Martin WoodUnleash the full potential of ServiceNow from foundations to advanced functions, with this hands-on expert guide fully revised for the Helsinki version About This Book * Give your ServiceNow Helsinki implementation a powerful kick-start by understanding the deep capabilities of the platform, * Learn by doing with an extended, comprehensive example, creating a feature-rich, secure and automated application from the ground up * Interact with your whole organization by integrating with REST web services and build a custom Service Portal interface Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at advanced ServiceNow System Administrators and developers who would like to gain greater control of ServiceNow and its architecture. The book expects you to be new to ServiceNow, but have a good grounding in internet and computing technologies, like HTML, JSON, REST and database systems. Readers should be especially familiar with JavaScript, and be keen to extend and alter the platform. With this book, they will be able to develop a new application for their company. What You Will Learn * Build custom scoped applications that access the full ServiceNow API * Build a modern, responsive self-service interface with Service Portal * Design feature-rich, responsive, automated workflow systems * Design powerful data-driven applications * Control information flow and apply business logic with Business Rules * Write efficient and effective client-side JavaScript * Learn how to authenticate and secure Web Services * Integrate and exchange data with people and systems * Create and secure your systems with proper access control In Detail ServiceNow is a SaaS application that provides workflow form-based applications. It is an ideal platform for creating enterprise-level applications giving requesters and fulfillers improved visibility and access to a process. ServiceNow-based applications often replace email by providing a better way to get work done. The book steps through the main aspects of the ServiceNow platform, from the ground up. It starts by exploring the core architecture of ServiceNow, including building the right data structure. To add business logic and control data, and interactivity to user interaction, you will be shown how to code on both server and the client. You will then learn more about the power of tasks, events and notifications. The book will then focus on using web services and other mechanisms to integrate ServiceNow with other systems. Furthermore, you will learn how to secure applications and data, and understand how ServiceNow performs logging and error reporting. You will then be shown how to package your applications and changes, so they can be installed elsewhere and ways to maintain them easily. If you wish to create an alternative simple interface, then explore ways to make ServiceNow beautiful using Service Portal. By the end of the book, you will know the fundamentals of the ServiceNow platform, helping you be a better ServiceNow System Administrator or developer. Style and approach Explore how to implement business logic and automated workflows and write effective code by flexible choices for client-side scripting
Mastering ServiceNow Scripting: Leverage JavaScript APIs to perform client-side and server-side scripting on ServiceNow instances
by Andrew KindredUnderstand the ServiceNow scripting and build an efficient customized ServiceNow instance Key Features Customize your ServiceNow instance according to your organization’s needs Learn to work with inbuilt JavaScript APIs in ServiceNow Take your ServiceNow experience to the next level by learning to script Book Description Industry giants like RedHat and NetApp have adopted ServiceNow for their operational needs, and it is evolving as the number one platform choice for IT Service management. ServiceNow provides their clients with an add-on when it comes to baseline instances, where scripting can be used to customize and improve the performance of instances. It also provides inbuilt JavaScript API for scripting and improving your JavaScript instance. This book will initially cover the basics of ServiceNow scripting and the appropriate time to script in a ServiceNow environment. Then, we dig deeper into client-side and server-side scripting using JavaScipt API. We will also cover advance concepts like on-demand functions, script actions, and best practices. Mastering ServiceNow Scripting acts as an end-to-end guide for writing, testing, and debugging scripts of ServiceNow. We cover update sets for moving customizations between ServiceNow instances, jelly scripts for making custom pages, and best practices for all types of script in ServiceNow. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience in scripting ServiceNow using inbuilt JavaScript API. What you will learn Customize your ServiceNow instance according to your organization's needs Explore the ServiceNow-exposed JavaScript APIs and libraries Discover the method for using ServiceNow scripting functions Take your ServiceNow experience to the next level by understanding advanced scripting Learn to build, test, and debug custom applications Use your customized instance efficiently with the help of best practices Who this book is for This book is targeted toward ServiceNow administrators or anyone willing to learn inbuilt JavaScript APIs used to script and customize ServiceNow instances. Prior experience with ServiceNow is required.
Mastering ServiceStack
by Andreas NiedermairMastering ServiceStack is targeted at developers who have already implemented web services with ASMX, WCF, or ServiceStack and want to gain more insight into the possibilities ServiceStack has to offer to build distributed systems of all scales.
Mastering Shiny
by Hadley WickhamMaster the Shiny web framework—and take your R skills to a whole new level. By letting you move beyond static reports, Shiny helps you create fully interactive web apps for data analyses. Users will be able to jump between datasets, explore different subsets or facets of the data, run models with parameter values of their choosing, customize visualizations, and much more.Hadley Wickham from RStudio shows data scientists, data analysts, statisticians, and scientific researchers with no knowledge of HTML, CSS, or JavaScript how to create rich web apps from R. This in-depth guide provides a learning path that you can follow with confidence, as you go from a Shiny beginner to an expert developer who can write large, complex apps that are maintainable and performant.Get started: Discover how the major pieces of a Shiny app fit togetherPut Shiny in action: Explore Shiny functionality with a focus on code samples, example apps, and useful techniquesMaster reactivity: Go deep into the theory and practice of reactive programming and examine reactive graph componentsApply best practices: Examine useful techniques for making your Shiny apps work well in production
Mastering Sketch: A Beginner's Guide (Mastering Computer Science)
by Sufyan Bin UzayrWhen it comes to designing and prototyping for the web, nothing beats Sketch. If you are passionate about designing UI/UX for mobile or web applications, Sketch is the way to go! And to learn Sketch, look no further than Mastering Sketch: A Beginner’s Guide. Sketch app lets you collaborate on the entire design process in real time and allows you to see everyone’s best ideas in one place. It helps you make playable Prototypes, preview, and share designs. Launched in 2010, the app won the Apple Design Award and now has more than one million customers. Sketch is trusted by companies worldwide, including Facebook, Google, XBOX, and Stripe. It has an intuitive interface, thoughtful features, and all powers of the native macOS app. Designers across the world find this app powerful and enjoyable. Moreover, with its powerful ecosystem of plugins, assistants, and extensions, Sketch can be extended and integrated with a wide variety of use cases. Mastering Sketch teaches you everything you need to know about Sketch app in a simple and lucid manner. Mastering Sketch is written for the absolute beginner who has no prior expertise with the Sketch app. This book teaches the concepts from scratch and takes you from zero to advanced level in no time. It builds upon the fundamentals and core expertise which will make your career as a UI/UX designer successful. More importantly, Mastering Sketch starts from the absolute basics, talking about the installation process and system requirements, and then moves on to the interface. This ensures that even newbie designers can follow the process with ease and at their own pace. Subsequent chapters are dedicated to topics such as vector editing, image and prototype management, as well as UX design. Mastering Sketch also talks about the concept of real-time collaborative editing in Sketch and offers detailed guides to inviting others to work with you on your workspace. Lastly, this book also covers at length the diverse Sketch extensions’ ecosystem, with special attention to both official and community plugins, assistants, and integrations. It offers a brief overview of every single plugin or integration to Sketch released to date! We are confident Mastering Sketch is a worthy companion for any aspiring UI/UX designer looking to add Sketch to their arsenal. Learn more about our other Mastering titles at: https://www.routledge.com/Mastering-Computer-Science/book-series/MCS
Mastering Skype for Business 2015
by Keith HannaAuthoritative, hands-on guidance for Skype Business administrators Mastering Skype for Business 2015 gives administrators the comprehensive coverage they need to effectively utilize Skype for Business. Fully up to date for the 2015 release, this guide walks you through industry best practices for planning, design, configuration, deployment, and management with clear instruction and plenty of hands-on exercises. Case studies illustrate the real-world benefits of Unified Communication, and provide expert experiences working with Skype for Business. From server roles, infrastructure, topology, and security to telephony, cloud deployment, and troubleshooting, this guide provides the answers you need and the insight that will make your job easier. Sample automation scripts help streamline your workflow, and full, detailed coverage helps you exploit every capability Skype for Business has to offer. Skype for Business enables more robust video conferencing, and integrates with Office, Exchange, and SharePoint for better on-premises and cloud operations. Organizations are turning to Skype for Business as a viable PBX replacement, and admins need to be up to speed and ready to go. This book provides the clear, explicit instructions you need to: Design, configure, and manage IM, voice mail, PBX, and VoIP Connect to Exchange and deploy Skype for Business in the cloud Manage UC clients and devices, remote access, federation, and public IM Automate management tasks, and implement cross-team backup-and-restore The 2015 version is the first Skype to take advantage of the Windows 10 'touch first' capabilities to provide fast, natural, hands-on control of communications, and users are eager to run VoIP, HD video conferencing, collaboration, instant messaging, and other UC features on their mobile devices. Mastering Skype for Business 2015 helps you get Skype for Business up and running quickly, with hands-on guidance and expert insight.
Mastering Snowflake Solutions: Supporting Analytics and Data Sharing
by Adam MortonDesign for large-scale, high-performance queries using Snowflake’s query processing engine to empower data consumers with timely, comprehensive, and secure access to data. This book also helps you protect your most valuable data assets using built-in security features such as end-to-end encryption for data at rest and in transit. It demonstrates key features in Snowflake and shows how to exploit those features to deliver a personalized experience to your customers. It also shows how to ingest the high volumes of both structured and unstructured data that are needed for game-changing business intelligence analysis. Mastering Snowflake Solutions starts with a refresher on Snowflake’s unique architecture before getting into the advanced concepts that make Snowflake the market-leading product it is today. Progressing through each chapter, you will learn how to leverage storage, query processing, cloning, data sharing, and continuous data protection features. This approach allows for greater operational agility in responding to the needs of modern enterprises, for example in supporting agile development techniques via database cloning. The practical examples and in-depth background on theory in this book help you unleash the power of Snowflake in building a high-performance system with little to no administrative overhead. Your result from reading will be a deep understanding of Snowflake that enables taking full advantage of Snowflake’s architecture to deliver value analytics insight to your business. What You Will LearnOptimize performance and costs associated with your use of the Snowflake data platformEnable data security to help in complying with consumer privacy regulations such as CCPA and GDPRShare data securely both inside your organization and with external partnersGain visibility to each interaction with your customers using continuous data feeds from SnowpipeBreak down data silos to gain complete visibility your business-critical processesTransform customer experience and product quality through real-time analyticsWho This Book Is forData engineers, scientists, and architects who have had some exposure to the Snowflake data platform or bring some experience from working with another relational database. This book is for those beginning to struggle with new challenges as their Snowflake environment begins to mature, becoming more complex with ever increasing amounts of data, users, and requirements. New problems require a new approach and this book aims to arm you with the practical knowledge required to take advantage of Snowflake’s unique architecture to get the results you need.
Mastering SoapUI
by Pranai NandanMaster the art of testing and automating your SOA using SoapUI About This Book * Design real-time test automation frameworks for Enterprise applications using SoapUI * Learn how to solve test automation issues for complex systems * A complete guide to understanding SOA automation from quality assurance to business assurance Who This Book Is For The book is intended for test architects, SOA test specialists, automation testers, test managers, and software developers who have a good understanding of SOA, web services, Groovy Scripting, and the SOAP UI tool. What You Will Learn * Familiarize yourself with Test Web services from functional, nonfunctional, and security aspects * Learn to test real-time service orchestrations * Design test automation solutions for SOA-based Enterprise applications * Learn multilayer test automation * Selenium plus SoapUI under a single umbrella * Integrate your SoapUI framework with Jenkins In Detail SoapUI is an open-source cross-platform testing application that provides complete test coverage and supports all the standard protocols and technologies. This book includes real-time examples of implementing SoapUI to achieve quality and business assurance. Starting with the features and functionalities of SoapUI, the book will then focus on functional testing, load testing, and security testing of web services. Furthermore, you will learn how to automate your services and then design data-driven, keyword-driven, and hybrid-driven frameworks in SoapUI. Then the book will show you how to test UIs and services using SoapUI with the help of Selenium. You will also learn how to integrate SoapUI with Jenkins for CI and SoapUI test with QC with backward- and forward-compatibility. The final part of the book will show you how to virtualize a service response in SoapUI using Service Mocking. You will finish the journey by discovering the best practices for SoapUI test automation and preparing yourself for the online certification of SoapUI. Style and approach Filled with real-time examples, this book will help readers take their knowledge to the next level. This book is a comprehensive guide that will cover the end-to-end life cycle of implementing SoapUI in various phases of software testing and the software development life cycle.
Mastering Social Media Mining with Python
by Marco BonzaniniAcquire and analyze data from all corners of the social web with Python About This Book * Make sense of highly unstructured social media data with the help of the insightful use cases provided in this guide * Use this easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to apply analytics to complicated and messy social data * This is your one-stop solution to fetching, storing, analyzing, and visualizing social media data Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate Python developers who want to engage with the use of public APIs to collect data from social media platforms and perform statistical analysis in order to produce useful insights from data. The book assumes a basic understanding of the Python Standard Library and provides practical examples to guide you toward the creation of your data analysis project based on social data. What You Will Learn * Interact with a social media platform via their public API with Python * Store social data in a convenient format for data analysis * Slice and dice social data using Python tools for data science * Apply text analytics techniques to understand what people are talking about on social media * Apply advanced statistical and analytical techniques to produce useful insights from data * Build beautiful visualizations with web technologies to explore data and present data products In Detail Your social media is filled with a wealth of hidden data - unlock it with the power of Python. Transform your understanding of your clients and customers when you use Python to solve the problems of understanding consumer behavior and turning raw data into actionable customer insights. This book will help you acquire and analyze data from leading social media sites. It will show you how to employ scientific Python tools to mine popular social websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Quora, and more. Explore the Python libraries used for social media mining, and get the tips, tricks, and insider insight you need to make the most of them. Discover how to develop data mining tools that use a social media API, and how to create your own data analysis projects using Python for clear insight from your social data. Style and approach This practical, hands-on guide will help you learn everything you need to perform data mining for social media. Throughout the book, we take an example-oriented approach to use Python for data analysis and provide useful tips and tricks that you can use in day-to-day tasks.
Mastering Social Media Mining with R
by Sharan Kumar Ravindran Vikram GargExtract valuable data from your social media sites and make better business decisions using R About This Book * Explore the social media APIs in R to capture data and tame it * Employ the machine learning capabilities of R to gain optimal business value * A hands-on guide with real-world examples to help you take advantage of the vast opportunities that come with social media data Who This Book Is For If you have basic knowledge of R in terms of its libraries and are aware of different machine learning techniques, this book is for you. Those with experience in data analysis who are interested in mining social media data will find this book useful. What You Will Learn * Access APIs of popular social media sites and extract data * Perform sentiment analysis and identify trending topics * Measure CTR performance for social media campaigns * Implement exploratory data analysis and correlation analysis * Build a logistic regression model to detect spam messages * Construct clusters of pictures using the K-means algorithm and identify popular personalities and destinations * Develop recommendation systems using Collaborative Filtering and the Apriori algorithm In Detail With an increase in the number of users on the web, the content generated has increased substantially, bringing in the need to gain insights into the untapped gold mine that is social media data. For computational statistics, R has an advantage over other languages in providing readily-available data extraction and transformation packages, making it easier to carry out your ETL tasks. Along with this, its data visualization packages help users get a better understanding of the underlying data distributions while its range of "standard" statistical packages simplify analysis of the data. This book will teach you how powerful business cases are solved by applying machine learning techniques on social media data. You will learn about important and recent developments in the field of social media, along with a few advanced topics such as Open Authorization (OAuth). Through practical examples, you will access data from R using APIs of various social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, GitHub, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Blogger, and other networks. We will provide you with detailed explanations on the implementation of various use cases using R programming. With this handy guide, you will be ready to embark on your journey as an independent social media analyst. Style and approach This easy-to-follow guide is packed with hands-on, step-by-step examples that will enable you to convert your real-world social media data into useful, practical information.
Mastering Software Architecture: A Comprehensive New Model and Approach
by Michael CarducciAs the pace of evolution in technology continues to accelerate, the field of software architecture grapples with ever-increasing complexity, uncertainty, and risk. While numerous patterns and practices have emerged as potential approaches to solving the industry’s most challenging problems, these tools often struggle to consistently deliver on their promises and software projects fail to reach their potential with alarming frequency. This meticulously crafted guide presents a deep exploration into the intricacies of crafting systems that precisely and predictably address modern challenges. It goes beyond mere comprehension of architecture; it encourages mastery. Mastery of software architecture requires much more than just technical know-how. The author, drawing upon deep experience and unique perspectives, introduces a fresh, problem-centric approach to the realm of software architecture to address these myriad challenges. This book offers a uniquely holistic approach, weaving together architectural principles with organizational dynamics, environmental subtleties, and the necessary tools to execute on architecture more effectively. It addresses the broader contexts that are often overlooked. You’ll be introduced to the transformative Tailor-Made model which provides fast, design-time feedback on total architectural fit and offers more deterministic outcomes, without the typical (and costly) trial-and-error. The Tailor-Made model further enables a practical approach to designing evolutionary architectures. This book also offers a comprehensive Architect's toolbox with powerful strategies and problem-solving tools to design, communicate, and implement architectural decisions across the enterprise. Additionally, it imparts invaluable insights into the art of communication as an architect, seamlessly aligning visions with business goals and objectives. With its rich blend of theoretical depth, practical insights, and actionable tools, this book promises to redefine the landscape of software architecture. Whether you are an established architect or an aspiring one, Mastering Software Architecture is poised to enhance your expertise, enabling you to confront architectural challenges with unparalleled confidence and competence. What You will Learn Discover a comprehensive set of concepts, tools, models, and practices that enhance the fit and reduce uncertainty in software architecture. Quantify and measure the impact of architectural decisions, providing a clear and actionable approach to architecture. Effectively apply the model in diverse situations and environments, while overcoming the otherwise-limiting organizational realities. Communicate architecture effectively to both business and technical teams, build consensus, engender buy-in, and lead change across the organization. Who This Book Is For Aspiring architects looking to broaden their horizons, practicing architects seeking to continue to grow their skills, and software engineers looking to gain insights and move up the value chain in an increasingly competitive market.
Mastering Software Testing with JUnit 5
by Boni GarciaA comprehensive, hands-on guide on unit testing framework for Java programming language About This Book • In-depth coverage of Jupiter, the new programming and extension model provided by JUnit 5 • Integration of JUnit 5 with other frameworks such as Mockito, Spring, Selenium, Cucumber, and Docker • Best practices for writing meaningful Jupiter test cases Who This Book Is For This book is for Java software engineers and testers. If you are a Java developer who is keen on improving the quality of your code and building world class applications then this book is for you. Prior experience of the concepts of automated testing will be helpful. What You Will Learn • The importance of software testing and its impact on software quality • The options available for testing Java applications • The architecture, features and extension model of JUnit 5 • Writing test cases using the Jupiter programming model • How to use the latest and advanced features of JUnit 5 • Integrating JUnit 5 with existing third-party frameworks • Best practices for writing meaningful JUnit 5 test cases • Managing software testing activities in a living software project In Detail When building an application it is of utmost importance to have clean code, a productive environment and efficient systems in place. Having automated unit testing in place helps developers to achieve these goals. The JUnit testing framework is a popular choice among Java developers and has recently released a major version update with JUnit 5. This book shows you how to make use of the power of JUnit 5 to write better software. The book begins with an introduction to software quality and software testing. After that, you will see an in-depth analysis of all the features of Jupiter, the new programming and extension model provided by JUnit 5. You will learn how to integrate JUnit 5 with other frameworks such as Mockito, Spring, Selenium, Cucumber, and Docker. After the technical features of JUnit 5, the final part of this book will train you for the daily work of a software tester. You will learn best practices for writing meaningful tests. Finally, you will learn how software testing fits into the overall software development process, and sits alongside continuous integration, defect tracking, and test reporting. Style and approach The book offers definitive and comprehensive coverage of all the Unit testing concepts with JUnit and its features using several real world examples so that readers can put their learning to practice almost immediately. This book is structured in three parts: 1. Software testing foundations (software quality and Java testing) 2. JUnit 5 in depth (programming and extension model of JUnit 5) 3. Software testing in practice (how to write and manage JUnit 5 tests)
Mastering SolidWorks
by Matt LombardThe complete SolidWorks reference-tutorial for beginner to advanced techniques Mastering SolidWorks is the reference-tutorial for all users. Packed with step-by-step instructions, video tutorials for over 40 chapters, and coverage of little-known techniques, this book takes you from novice to power user with clear instruction that goes beyond the basics. Fundamental techniques are detailed with real-world examples for hands-on learning, and the companion website provides tutorial files for all exercises. Even veteran users will find value in new techniques that make familiar tasks faster, easier, and more organized, including advanced file management tools that simplify and streamline pre-flight checks. SolidWorks is the leading 3D CAD program, and is an essential tool for engineers, mechanical designers, industrial designers, and drafters around the world. User friendly features such as drag-and-drop, point-and-click, and cut-and-paste tools belie the software’s powerful capabilities that can help you create cleaner, more precise, more polished designs in a fraction of the time. This book is the comprehensive reference every SolidWorks user needs, with tutorials, background, and more for beginner to advanced techniques. Get a grasp on fundamental SolidWorks 2D and 3D tasks using realistic examples with text-based tutorials Delve into advanced functionality and capabilities not commonly covered by how-to guides Incorporate improved search, Pack-and-Go and other file management tools into your workflow Adopt best practices and exclusive techniques you won’t find anywhere else Work through this book beginning-to-end as a complete SolidWorks course, or dip in as needed to learn new techniques and time-saving tricks on-demand. Organized for efficiency and designed for practicality, these tips will remain useful at any stage of expertise. With exclusive coverage and informative detail, Mastering SolidWorks is the tutorial-reference for users at every level of expertise.
Mastering SolidWorks: Practical Examples (Management and Industrial Engineering)
by J. Paulo Davim Kaushik Kumar Divya ZindaniThis book provides the reader with a comprehensive knowledge of all the tools provided in the software SOLIDWORKS for a variety of engineering areas. It presents a broad choice of examples to be imitated in one’s own work. In developing these examples, the authors’ intent has been to exercise many program features and refinements. By displaying these, the authors hope to give readers the confidence to employ these program enhancements in their own modeling applications.
Mastering Spark for Data Science
by David George Andrew Morgan Antoine Amend Matthew HallettMaster the techniques and sophisticated analytics used to construct Spark-based solutions that scale to deliver production-grade data science products About This Book • Develop and apply advanced analytical techniques with Spark • Learn how to tell a compelling story with data science using Spark's ecosystem • Explore data at scale and work with cutting edge data science methods Who This Book Is For This book is for those who have beginner-level familiarity with the Spark architecture and data science applications, especially those who are looking for a challenge and want to learn cutting edge techniques. This book assumes working knowledge of data science, common machine learning methods, and popular data science tools, and assumes you have previously run proof of concept studies and built prototypes. What You Will Learn • Learn the design patterns that integrate Spark into industrialized data science pipelines • See how commercial data scientists design scalable code and reusable code for data science services • Explore cutting edge data science methods so that you can study trends and causality • Discover advanced programming techniques using RDD and the DataFrame and Dataset APIs • Find out how Spark can be used as a universal ingestion engine tool and as a web scraper • Practice the implementation of advanced topics in graph processing, such as community detection and contact chaining • Get to know the best practices when performing Extended Exploratory Data Analysis, commonly used in commercial data science teams • Study advanced Spark concepts, solution design patterns, and integration architectures • Demonstrate powerful data science pipelines In Detail Data science seeks to transform the world using data, and this is typically achieved through disrupting and changing real processes in real industries. In order to operate at this level you need to build data science solutions of substance –solutions that solve real problems. Spark has emerged as the big data platform of choice for data scientists due to its speed, scalability, and easy-to-use APIs. This book deep dives into using Spark to deliver production-grade data science solutions. This process is demonstrated by exploring the construction of a sophisticated global news analysis service that uses Spark to generate continuous geopolitical and current affairs insights.You will learn all about the core Spark APIs and take a comprehensive tour of advanced libraries, including Spark SQL, Spark Streaming, MLlib, and more. You will be introduced to advanced techniques and methods that will help you to construct commercial-grade data products. Focusing on a sequence of tutorials that deliver a working news intelligence service, you will learn about advanced Spark architectures, how to work with geographic data in Spark, and how to tune Spark algorithms so they scale linearly. Style and approach This is an advanced guide for those with beginner-level familiarity with the Spark architecture and working with Data Science applications. Mastering Spark for Data Science is a practical tutorial that uses core Spark APIs and takes a deep dive into advanced libraries including: Spark SQL, visual streaming, and MLlib. This book expands on titles like: Machine Learning with Spark and Learning Spark. It is the next learning curve for those comfortable with Spark and looking to improve their skills.
Mastering Spark with R: The Complete Guide to Large-Scale Analysis and Modeling
by Javier Luraschi Kevin Kuo Edgar RuizIf you’re like most R users, you have deep knowledge and love for statistics. But as your organization continues to collect huge amounts of data, adding tools such as Apache Spark makes a lot of sense. With this practical book, data scientists and professionals working with large-scale data applications will learn how to use Spark from R to tackle big data and big compute problems.Authors Javier Luraschi, Kevin Kuo, and Edgar Ruiz show you how to use R with Spark to solve different data analysis problems. This book covers relevant data science topics, cluster computing, and issues that should interest even the most advanced users.Analyze, explore, transform, and visualize data in Apache Spark with RCreate statistical models to extract information and predict outcomes; automate the process in production-ready workflowsPerform analysis and modeling across many machines using distributed computing techniquesUse large-scale data from multiple sources and different formats with ease from within SparkLearn about alternative modeling frameworks for graph processing, geospatial analysis, and genomics at scaleDive into advanced topics including custom transformations, real-time data processing, and creating custom Spark extensions
Mastering Splunk
by James MillerThis book is for those Splunk developers who want to learn advanced strategies to deal with big data from an enterprise architectural perspective. You need to have good working knowledge of Splunk.
Mastering Splunk 8: Become an expert at implementing the advanced features and capabilities of Splunk 8
by James D. MillerDelve into Splunk and extend intelligence capabilities, and leverage machine learning to explore data efficientlyKey FeaturesGain the expertise you need to implement the advanced features and capabilities of Splunk 8Get to grips with advanced Splunk features and create compelling reports and dashboardsDevelop and manage advanced Splunk pipelines to integrate intelligence capabilities within your organizationBook DescriptionSplunk is the most widely used engine for working with machine-generated data. This expert-level guide will help you to leverage advanced use cases to drive business growth using operational intelligence and business analytics features. You'll start with an introduction to the new features in Splunk 8 and cover step-by-step exercises that will help you to understand each feature in depth. Next, you'll explore key tasks such as workload management, performance and alerting, Splunk Enterprise Security, and advanced indexing. You'll also learn how to create categorical charts and run analytical operations on metrics within the Splunk Analytics workspace, before understanding how to deliver insights across your organization even when faced with limited or complex data using advanced data analytics. The book will also show you how to monitor and maintain Splunk environments using advanced dashboards. Later, you'll create custom data visualizations and update dashboards using drag and drop and the UI-based dashboard editor. Finally, you'll add SplunkJS to a web app and use the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit (MLTK) as an extension to the core Splunk platform using real-world use cases. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to use various Splunk features to extend intelligence capabilities and perform machine learning to explore data effectively.What you will learnUnderstand the components of Splunk 8 and how they workConvert distributed search environments to clusters and configure disaster recovery sites using index clusteringFind out how to integrate Splunk with platforms such as AWS and Microsoft AzureUse Search Processing Language (SPL) within Splunk macros to create efficient searchingDetect suspicious patterns in data with advanced event correlation searchesExplore machine learning with Splunk MLTKReview the beta dashboard editor using working examplesUse SplunkJS Stack libraries to enhance web appsWho this book is forThis Splunk book is for data professionals, data analysts, and Splunk users looking to leverage the advanced features of the Splunk Enterprise platform to derive valuable business insights from machine data. The book is also a useful expert-level guide for individuals from all facets of IT, business, and security. Prior knowledge of Splunk and its features is mandatory to get the most out of this book.
Mastering Spring 5.0
by Ranga Rao KaranamDevelop cloud native applications with microservices using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Spring Cloud Data Flow About This Book • Explore the new features and components in Spring • Evolve towards micro services and cloud native applications • Gain powerful insights into advanced concepts of Spring and Spring Boot to develop applications more effectively • Understand the basics of Kotlin and use it to develop a quick service with Spring Boot Who This Book Is For This book is for an experienced Java developer who knows the basics of Spring, and wants to learn how to use Spring Boot to build applications and deploy them to the cloud. What You Will Learn • Explore the new features in Spring Framework 5.0 • Build microservices with Spring Boot • Get to know the advanced features of Spring Boot in order to effectively develop and monitor applications • Use Spring Cloud to deploy and manage applications on the Cloud • Understand Spring Data and Spring Cloud Data Flow • Understand the basics of reactive programming • Get to know the best practices when developing applications with the Spring Framework • Create a new project using Kotlin and implement a couple of basic services with unit and integration testing In Detail Spring 5.0 is due to arrive with a myriad of new and exciting features that will change the way we've used the framework so far. This book will show you this evolution—from solving the problems of testable applications to building distributed applications on the cloud. The book begins with an insight into the new features in Spring 5.0 and shows you how to build an application using Spring MVC. You will realize how application architectures have evolved from monoliths to those built around microservices. You will then get a thorough understanding of how to build and extend microservices using Spring Boot. You will also understand how to build and deploy Cloud-Native microservices with Spring Cloud. The advanced features of Spring Boot will be illustrated through powerful examples. We will be introduced to a JVM language that's quickly gaining popularity - Kotlin. Also, we will discuss how to set up a Kotlin project in Eclipse. By the end of the book, you will be equipped with the knowledge and best practices required to develop microservices with the Spring Framework. Style and Approach This book follows an end-to-end tutorial approach with lots of examples and sample applications, covering the major building blocks of the Spring framework.