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Pro Power BI Architecture: Sharing, Security, and Deployment Options for Microsoft Power BI Solutions
by Reza RadArchitect and deploy a Power BI solution. This book will help you understand the many available options and choose the best combination for hosting, developing, sharing, and deploying a Power BI solution within your organization.Pro Power BI Architecture provides detailed examples and explains the different methods available for sharing and securing Power BI content so that only intended recipients can see it. Commonly encountered problems you will learn to handle include content unexpectedly changing while users are in the process of creating reports and building analysis, methods of sharing analyses that don’t cover all the requirements of your business or organization, and inconsistent security models.The knowledge provided in this book will allow you to choose an architecture and deployment model that suits the needs of your organization, ensuring that you do not spend your time maintaining your solution but on using it for its intended purpose and gaining business value from mining and analyzing your organization’s data. What You'll LearnArchitect and administer enterprise-level Power BI solutionsChoose the right sharing method for your Power BI solutionCreate and manage environments for development, testing, and productionImplement row level security in multiple ways to secure your dataSave money by choosing the right licensing planSelect a suitable connection type—Live Connection, DirectQuery, or Scheduled Refresh—for your use caseSet up a Power BI gateway to bridge between on-premises data sources and the Power BI cloud serviceWho This Book Is ForData analysts, developers, architects, and managers who want to leverage Power BI for their reporting solution
Pro Power BI Dashboard Creation: Building Elegant and Interactive Dashboards with Visually Arresting Analytics
by Adam AspinProduce high-quality, visually attractive analysis quickly and effectively with Microsoft’s key BI tool. This book teaches analysts, managers, power users, and developers how to harness the power of Microsoft’s self-service business intelligence flagship product to deliver compelling and interactive insight with remarkable ease. It then shows you the essential techniques needed to go from source data to dashboards that seize your audience’s attention and provide them with clear and accurate information. As well as producing elegant and visually arresting output, you learn how to enhance the user experience through adding polished interactivity. This book shows you how to make interactive dashboards that allow you to guide users through the meaning of the data that they are exploring. Drill down features are also covered that allow you and your audience to dig deeper and uncover new insights by exploring anomalous and interesting data points.Reading this book builds your skills around creating meaningful and elegant dashboards using a range of compelling visuals. It shows you how to apply simple techniques to convert data into business insight. The book covers tablet and smartphone layouts for delivering business value in today’s highly mobile world. You’ll learn about formatting for effect to make your data tell its story, and you’ll be a master at creating visually arresting output on multiple devices that grabs attention, builds influence, and drives change. What You Will LearnProduce designer output that will astound your bosses and peersMake new insights as you chop and tweak your data as never beforeCreate high-quality analyses in record timeCreate interdependent charts, maps, and tablesDeliver visually stunning informationDrill down through data to provide unique understandingsOutshine competing products and enhance existing skillsAdapt your dashboard delivery to mobile devicesWho This Book Is ForFor any Power BI user who wants to strengthen their ability to deliver compelling analytics via Microsoft’s widely adopted analytics platform. For those new to Power BI who want to learn the full extent of what the platform is capable of. For power users such as BI analysts, data architects, IT managers, accountants, and C-suite members who want to drive change in their organizations.
Pro Power BI Desktop
by Adam AspinThis book shows how to deliver eye-catching Business Intelligence with Microsoft Power BI Desktop. You can now take data from virtually any source and use it to produce stunning dashboards and compelling reports that will seize your audience's attention. Slice and dice the data with remarkable ease then add metrics and KPIs to project the insights that create your competitive advantage. Make raw data into clear, accurate, and interactive information with Microsoft's free self-service business intelligence tool. Pro Power BI Desktop will help you to push your BI delivery to the next level. You'll learn to create great-looking visualizations and let your audience have fun by interacting with the elegant and visually arresting output that you can now deliver. You can choose from a wide range of built-in and third-party visualization types so that your message is always enhanced. You'll be able to deliver those results on the PC, on tablets, on smartphones, as well as share results via the cloud. Finally, this book helps you save time by preparing the underlying data correctly without needing an IT department to prepare it for you. Power BI Desktop will let your analyses speak for themselves. Simple techniques to make data into insight. Polished interactive dashboards to deliver attention-grabbing information. Visually arresting output on multiple devices grab the reader's attention. What you'll learn Produce designer output to astound your bosses and peers. Share business intelligence in the cloud Deliver visually stunning charts, maps, and tables. Make them interactive too! Find new insights as you chop and tweak your data as never before. Adapt delivery to mobile devices such as phones and tablets. Who this book is for Pro Power BI Desktop is written for any user who is comfortable in Microsoft Office. Everyone from CEOs and Business Intelligence developers through to power users and IT managers can use this book to outshine the competition by producing 21st Century business intelligence visualizations and reporting on a variety of devices from a variety of data sources. All of this is possible through leveraging your existing skill set with the same, common Microsoft tools you already use in your daily work.
Pro Power BI Desktop
by Adam AspinThis book shows how to deliver eye-catching Business Intelligence with Microsoft Power BI Desktop. You can now take data from virtually any source and use it to produce stunning dashboards and compelling reports that will seize your audience's attention. Slice and dice the data with remarkable ease then add metrics and KPIs to project the insights that create your competitive advantage. Make raw data into clear, accurate, and interactive information with Microsoft's free self-service business intelligence tool. Pro Power BI Desktop will help you to push your BI delivery to the next level. You'll learn to create great-looking visualizations and let your audience have fun by interacting with the elegant and visually arresting output that you can now deliver. You can choose from a wide range of built-in and third-party visualization types so that your message is always enhanced. You'll be able to deliver those results on the PC, on tablets, on smartphones, as well as share results via the cloud. Finally, this book helps you save time by preparing the underlying data correctly without needing an IT department to prepare it for you. Power BI Desktop will let your analyses speak for themselves. Simple techniques to make data into insight. Polished interactive dashboards to deliver attention-grabbing information. Visually arresting output on multiple devices grab the reader's attention. What You Will Learn Produce designer output to astound your bosses and peers. Share business intelligence in the cloud Deliver visually stunning charts, maps, and tables. Make them interactive too! Find new insights as you chop and tweak your data as never before. Adapt delivery to mobile devices such as phones and tablets. Audience Pro Power BI Desktop is written for any user who is comfortable in Microsoft Office. Everyone from CEOs and Business Intelligence developers through to power users and IT managers can use this book to outshine the competition by producing 21st Century business intelligence visualizations and reporting on a variety of devices from a variety of data sources. All of this is possible through leveraging your existing skill set with the same, common Microsoft tools you already use in your daily work.
Pro Power BI Desktop: Self-Service Analytics and Data Visualization for the Power User
by Adam AspinDeliver eye-catching and insightful business intelligence with Microsoft Power BI Desktop. This new edition has been updated to cover all the latest features of Microsoft’s continually evolving visualization product. New in this edition is help with storytelling—adapted to PCs, tablets, and smartphones—and the building of a data narrative. You will find coverage of templates and JSON style sheets, data model annotations, and the use of composite data sources. Also provided is an introduction to incorporating Python visuals and the much awaited Decomposition Tree visual.Pro Power BI Desktop shows you how to use source data to produce stunning dashboards and compelling reports that you mold into a data narrative to seize your audience’s attention. Slice and dice the data with remarkable ease and then add metrics and KPIs to project the insights that create your competitive advantage. Convert raw data into clear, accurate, and interactive information with Microsoft’s free self-service BI tool.This book shows you how to choose from a wide range of built-in and third-party visualization types so that your message is always enhanced. You will be able to deliver those results on PCs, tablets, and smartphones, as well as share results via the cloud. The book helps you save time by preparing the underlying data correctly without needing an IT department to prepare it for you. What You Will LearnDeliver attention-grabbing information, turning data into insightFind new insights as you chop and tweak your data as never beforeBuild a data narrative through interactive reports with drill-through and cross-page slicingMash up data from multiple sources into a cleansed and coherent data modelBuild interdependent charts, maps, and tables to deliver visually stunning informationCreate dashboards that help in monitoring key performance indicators of your businessAdapt delivery to mobile devices such as phones and tabletsWho This Book Is ForPower users who are ready to step up to the big leagues by going beyond what Microsoft Excel by itself can offer. The book also is for line-of-business managers who are starved for actionable data needed to make decisions about their business. And the book is for BI analysts looking for an easy-to-use tool to analyze data and share results with C-suite colleagues they support.
Pro Power BI Theme Creation: JSON Stylesheets for Automated Dashboard Formatting
by Adam AspinUse JSON theme files to standardize the look of Power BI dashboards and reports. This book shows how you can create theme files using the Power BI Desktop application to define high-level formatting attributes for dashboards as well as how to tailor detailed formatting specifications for individual dashboard elements in JSON files. Standardize the look of your dashboards and apply formatting consistently over all your reports. The techniques in this book provide you with tight control over the presentation of all aspects of the Power BI dashboards and reports that you create. Power BI theme files use JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) as their structure, so the book includes a brief introduction to JSON as well as how it applies to Power BI themes. The book further includes a complete reference to all the current formatting definitions and JSON structures that are at your disposal for creating JSON theme files. Finally, the book includes dozens of theme files, from the simple to the most complex, that you can adopt and adapt to suit your own requirements. What You Will LearnProduce designer output without manually formatting every individual visual in a Power BI dashboardStandardize presentation for families of dashboard typesSwitch presentation styles in a couple of clicksSave dozens, or hundreds, of hours laboriously formatting dashboardsDefine enterprise-wide presentation standardsRetroactively apply standard styles to existing dashboardsWho This Book Is ForPower BI users who want to save time by defining standardized formatting for their dashboards and reports, IT professionals who want to create corporate standards of dashboard presentation, and marketing and communication specialists who want to set organizational standards for dashboard delivery
Pro Power BI Theme Creation: JSON Stylesheets for Automated Dashboard Formatting
by Adam AspinUse JSON theme files to standardize the look of Power BI dashboards and reports. This book shows how you can create theme files using the Power BI Desktop application to define high-level formatting attributes for dashboards as well as how to tailor detailed formatting specifications for individual dashboard elements in JSON files. Standardize the look of your dashboards and apply formatting consistently over all your reports. The techniques in this book provide you with tight control over the presentation of all aspects of the Power BI dashboards and reports that you create. Power BI theme files use JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) as their structure, so the book includes a brief introduction to JSON as well as how it applies to Power BI themes. The book further includes a complete reference to all the current formatting definitions and JSON structures that are at your disposal for creating JSON theme files up to the May 2023 release of Power BI Desktop. Finally, the book includes dozens of theme files, from the simple to the most complex, that you can adopt and adapt to suit your own requirements. What You Will Learn Produce designer output without manually formatting every individual visual in a Power BI dashboardStandardize presentation for families of dashboard typesSwitch presentation styles in a couple of clicksSave dozens, or hundreds, of hours laboriously formatting dashboardsDefine enterprise-wide presentation standardsRetroactively apply standard styles to existing dashboards Who This Book Is For Power BI users who want to save time by defining standardized formatting for their dashboards and reports, IT professionals who want to create corporate standards of dashboard presentation, and marketing and communication specialists who want to set organizational standards for dashboard delivery.
Pro PowerShell Desired State Configuration: Using Windows Powershell Dsc And Dsc Core
by Ravikanth ChagantiUse Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to configure your infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud. In an environment where changes and deployments are happening all the time, DSC makes the necessary adjustments to the system so you don’t have to. Pro PowerShell Desired State Configuration shows you how.PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a powerful configuration management platform that makes it easier than ever to perform configuration management of your infrastructure, whether on-premises or in the cloud. With Pro PowerShell Desired State Configuration, Ravikanth Chaganti revises and significantly expands his previous edition, bringing you a complete in-depth reference for applying this evolving technology in your day-to-day work.What’s new in this edition?Get up-to-date, in-depth guidance on DSC in the data centerUnderstand the central role that DSC plays in DevOps todayIntegrate DSC into build and release management toolsLearn to think and act like a developer when automating your configuration management, creating a testable, robust process that you can use again and againFind out why and how DSC has an important role to play in public and private cloud deploymentsApply DSC in the cloud with Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud PlatformWho This Book Is ForIT administrators, developers and DevOps engineers working in Windows-based data center environments. With a little prior PowerShell scripting experience, this book can be used as an in-depth reference to creating, customizing, and extending DSC in Windows. IT administrators with limited scripting experience will also find this book a useful overview of what DSC offers and how to use DSC resources to automate configuration management and deployment.
Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services: Devops For The Aws Cloud
by Brian Beach Steven Armentrout Rodney Bozo Emmanuel TsourisAmazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading public cloud platform. In this book you will learn to use Microsoft PowerShell to create, host, manage, and administer workloads using Amazon Web Services. You will learn how to create virtual machines, provision storage, configure networks, and more—all using your preferred Windows scripting language. CIOs everywhere are leading their organizations to the cloud, but there are few books available to help. This book focuses on moving Microsoft Windows workloads to the cloud using technologies familiar to enterprise Microsoft-based professionals. The completely revised and expanded Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services is written specifically for Windows professionals who already know PowerShell and want to learn to host Windows workloads on Amazon Web Services. The cloud offers information technology workers significant cost savings and agility unimaginable even just a few years ago. Tasks that traditionally took weeks of work, costing thousands of dollars, can be completed in minutes for a fraction of a penny. New chapters in this second edition cover: AWS Lambda, Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon AppStream 2.0, AWS Directory Service, Amazon WorkDocs, and AWS System Manager.What You'll LearnCreate and manage Windows servers on Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Configure and secure networks with Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)Leverage autoscaling to adjust resources as load changesDeploy and manage SQL Server using the Relational Database Service (RDS)Manage virtual desktops using WorkSpaces and AppStreamLeverage AWS Systems Manager to manage Windows at scale Who This Book Is ForWindows professionals who want to learn more about Amazon Web Services, with a focus on running Windows workloads and automated management at scale using PowerShell tools for AWS. The book assumes you have knowledge of Windows and PowerShell, but are new to AWS.
Pro PowerShell for Database Developers
by Bryan CafferkyPro PowerShell for Database Developers helps you master PowerShell application development by continuing where other books leave off. There are no "Hello World" functions here, just real-world examples that get down to business. Develop and deploy database and ETL applications in a reusable framework. Read from any data source and write to any destination. Integrate PowerShell with SQL Server. Pro PowerShell for Database Developers shows how to dive into the PowerShell environment and customize it to your needs. Learn about CmdletBinding and its use in extending functions with powerful new features. Also learn to package functions into libraries called modules that are loaded automatically on demand. PowerShell is about automation and getting work done when you're not around to perform it. To that end you'll see how to schedule PowerShell applications using SQL Agent and the scheduled job cmdlets. And for when you are around to run automated processes in person, you'll learn to add a Windows GUI to your applications to give them that professional polish. Other exciting topics include: Creating objects with custom methods and properties and extending them with PowerShell-style inheritance. Implementing function polymorphism using parameter sets. Using PowerShell as an ETL tool surpassing even SSIS. Creating distributed, interruptible, and multithreaded programs using PowerShell's workflow engine and the . Net Windows Workflow Foundation. All these topics are explained using real-world examples encapsulated into modules you can immediately put to use in your organization. You'll reap even more as you come to grips with all that PowerShell can do. Begin the journey toward deep expertise and amazing productivity. Buy and read Pro PowerShell for Database Developers today. What you'll learn Develop professional, reliable, extensible, and flexible code. Customize the PowerShell environment and language to your needs. Code using advanced features such as COM and . NET objects. Write complete applications involving database access and GUIs, all in PowerShell. Run PowerShell as a stand-alone ETL tool, and also to manage ETL process flow. Access the Windows Workflow API for writing multi-threaded applications in PowerShell. Who this book is for Pro PowerShell for Database Developers is for . NET and other developers using PowerShell in connection with database-backed applications, and especially with the sort of databases commonly found in enterprise environments. If you're wondering what all the PowerShell hype is about, if you're wanting to get serious about using PowerShell well beyond writing trivial scripts, then Pro PowerShell for Database Developers is the book to read. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Grasping PowerShell Basics 2. Introducing the Language 3. Learning Advanced Features 4. Writing Simple Scripts 5. Creating Reusable Code 6. Extending PowerShell 7. Accessing SQL Server 8. Customizing the PowerShell Environment 9. Augmenting ETL Processes 10. PowerShell Application Configurations, Development Best Practices and Application Deployment 11. PowerShell versus SSIS 12. PowerShell Jobs 13. Multi-threading with Wndows Workflow
Pro PowerShell for Microsoft Azure
by Sherif TalaatThis book is written for Windows professionals who are familiar with PowerShell and want to learn to build, operate, and administer their Windows workloads in the Microsoft cloud. Pro PowerShell for Microsoft Azure is packed with practical examples and scripts, with easy-to-follow explanations for a wide range of day-to-day needs and essential administration tasks. Author Sherif Talaat begins by explaining the fundamental concepts behind the Microsoft Azure platform and how to get started configuring it through PowerShell. Readers will find out how to deploy, configure and manage the various components of the Azure platform, from storage and virtual networks to Azure Web Apps, HDInsight clusters and the Azure SQL Database. Workload automation, scheduling and resource management are covered in depth to help build efficiency in everyday tasks, and administrators will gain full control over Azure identity and access rights using Azure Active Directory and Rights Management Services. Put your PowerShell skills to good use and ensure that your applications and data are available anywhere at any time, with Pro PowerShell for Microsoft Azure. What you'll learn Create and manage virtual networks and VPNs using PowerShell. Configure and maintain Azure Storage accounts, blobs, and containers. Provision and manage a redundant Windows or Linux server. Deploy and configure your applications in the cloud using Microsoft Azure Web Apps. Provision Apache Hadoop clusters in the cloud using Azure HDInsight. Deploy, configure and manage a Microsoft Azure SQL Database. Protect and secure identities and resources with Azure Active Directory and Azure Rights Management Services. Who this book is for This is book is for the intermediate to advanced Windows professional who is ready to make the leap to the cloud. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Azure Architecture Overview Chapter 2: Getting Started with Azure PowerShell Chapter 3: Managing and Maintaining Azure Storage Chapter 4: Virtual Machines Deployment and Management Chapter 5: Virtual Networking Configuration Chapter 6: Deploying Azure Web Apps Chapter 7: Azure SQL Database Chapter 8: Azure Automation Chapter 9: Azure RemoteApp Chapter 10: Azure Identity and Access Chapter 11: Azure Rights Management Service Chapter 12: Building and Managing Azure HDInsight Clusters
Pro Powershell for Amazon Web Services
by Brian BeachPro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services is written specifically for Windows professionals who already know PowerShell and want to learn to host Windows workloads in the Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) cloud service. The cloud offers information technology workers significant cost savings and agility unimaginable even just a few years ago. Tasks that traditionally took weeks of work, costing thousands of dollars, can be completed in minutes for a fraction of a penny. This book is a resource for using Microsoft's powerful scripting language, PowerShell, to create, host, manage, and administer workloads using a service widely recognized as the industry leader in cloud computing. Inside, find scripts to create and manage virtual machines, provision storage, configure networks with agility, and more--all using your preferred Windows scripting language. Use your PowerShell knowledge to harness the power of Amazon EC2 today! What you'll learn Create, manage, and terminate Windows servers in the cloud Manage storage options including backup and recovery Configure a virtual network including subnets and route tables Secure your servers using security groups and access control lists Use Auto Scaling to respond to changing conditions Deploy SQL Server using Relational Database Service Use Simple Storage Service (S3) to reliably store and archive data Control access to resources using Identity and Access Management (IAM) Who this book is for Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services is for the intermediate to advanced Windows professional who is ready to make the leap to the Amazon cloud. Table of Contents Chapter 1 AWS Architecture Overview Chapter 2 Getting Started Chapter 3 Basic Instance Management Chapter 4 Elastic Block Storage Chapter 5 Virtual Private Cloud Chapter 6 Advanced Instance Management Chapter 7 Amazon Machine Images Chapter 8 Monitoring and High Availability Chapter 9 Relational Database Service Chapter 10 Simple Storage Service Chapter 11 Identity and Access Management Chapter 12 Glossary of Terms Chapter 13 Metadata URL Structure Chapter 14 List of Filters by EC2 Command Chapter 15 List of API Methods by Command Chapter 16 CloudWatch Metrics and Dimensions Chapter 17 SQL Server RDS Parameters
Pro Processing for Images and Computer Vision with OpenCV: Solutions for Media Artists and Creative Coders
by Bryan Wc ChungApply the Processing language to tasks involved in computer vision--tasks such as edge and corner detection, recognition of motion between frames in a video, recognition of objects, matching of feature points and shapes in different frames for tracking purposes, and more. You will manipulate images through creative effects, geometric transformation, blending of multiple images, and so forth. Examples are provided.Pro Processing for Images and Computer Vision with OpenCV is a step-by-step training tool that guides you through a series of worked examples in linear order. Each chapter begins with a basic demonstration, including the code to recreate it on your own system. Then comes a creative challenge by which to engage and develop mastery of the chapter’s topic. The book also includes hints and tips relating to visual arts, interaction design, and industrial best practices.This book is intended for any developer of artistic and otherwise visual applications, such as in augmented reality and digital effects, with a need to manipulate images, and to recognize and manipulate objects within those images. The book is specifically targeted at those making use of the Processing language that is common in artistic fields, and to Java programmers because of Processing’s easy integration into the Java programming environment. What You'll LearnMake use of OpenCV, the open source library for computer vision in the Processing environmentCapture live video streams and examine them frame-by-frame for objects in motionRecognize shapes and objects through techniques of detecting lines, edges, corners, and moreTransform images by scaling, translating, rotating, and additionally through various distortion effectsApply techniques such as background subtraction to isolate motion of objects in live video streamsDetect and track human faces and other objects by matching feature points in different images or video framesWho This Book Is ForMedia artists, designers, and creative coders
Pro Puppet
by Spencer Krum William Van Hevelingen Ben Kero James Turnbull Jeffery MccunePro Puppet, Second Edition, now updated for Puppet 3, is an in-depth guide to installing, using, and developing the popular configuration management tool Puppet. Puppet provides a way to automate everything from user management to server configuration. You'll learn how Puppet has changed in the latest version, how to use it on a variety of platforms, including Windows, how to work with Puppet modules, and how to use Hiera. Puppet is a must-have tool for system administrators, and Pro Puppet will teach you how to maximize its capabilities and customize it for your environment. Install and configure Puppet to immediately start automating tasks and create reporting solutions Learn insider tricks and techniques to better manage your infrastructure Become a Puppet expert! What you'll learn How to use Puppet to administer Linux, Unix, and Windows systems Best practices for at-scale deployment How to write reusable puppet modules for yourself and for the community How to use numerous tools around Puppet such as rspec-puppet, Geppetto, and PuppetDB Advanced Puppet Features such as Hiera and Mcollective Who this book is for System administrators who need to quickly get into the details of configuration management with Puppet. You don't need previous Puppet experience, but it will help if you've had some experience with configuration management. For errata to this book, please visit the authors' error github at: https://github. com/pro-puppet/pro-puppet-errata Table of Contents Getting Started with Puppet Building Hosts with Puppet Working with Environments Scaling Puppet Externalizing Puppet Configuration Exporting and Storing Configuration Puppet Consoles Tools and Integration Reporting with Puppet Extending Facter and Puppet MCollective Hiera: Separating Data From Code
Pro Python
by Marty Alchin J. Burton BrowningYou've learned the basics of Python, but how do you take your skills to the next stage? Even if you know enough to be productive, there are a number of features that can take you to the next level in Python. Pro Python, Second Edition explores concepts and features normally left to experimentation, allowing you to be even more productive and creative. In addition to pure code concerns, Pro Python develops your programming techniques and approaches, which will help make you a better Python programmer. This book will improve not only your code but also your understanding and interaction with the many established Python communities. This book takes your Python knowledge and coding skills to the next level. It shows you how to write clean, innovative code that will be respected by your peers. With this book, make your code do more with introspection and meta-programming. And learn and later use the nuts and bolts of an application, tier-by-tier as a complex case study along the way. For more information, including a link to the source code referenced in the book, please visit http: //propython. com/.
Pro Python 3: Features and Tools for Professional Development
by Marty Alchin J. Burton BrowningRefine your programming techniques and approaches to become a more productive and creative Python programmer. This book explores the concepts and features that will improve not only your code but also your understanding of the Python community with insights and details about the Python philosophy.Pro Python 3, Third Edition gives you the tools to write clean, innovative code. It starts with a review of some core Python principles, which are illustrated by various concepts and examples later in the book. The first half of the book explores aspects of functions, classes, protocols, and strings, describing techniques which may not be common knowledge, but which together form a solid foundation. Later chapters cover documentation, testing, and app distribution. Along the way, you’ll develop a complex Python framework that incorporates ideas learned throughout the book.Updates in this edition include the role of iterators in Python 3, web scraping with Scrapy and BeautifulSoup, using Requests to call web pages without strings, new tools for distribution and installation, and much more. By the end of the book you'll be ready to deploy uncommon features that can take your skills to the next level in Python.What You’ll LearnImplement programs with various types of Python functionsWork with classes and object-oriented programmingUse strings from the standard library and third-party librariesHarvest web site data with PythonAutomate unit testing by writing a test suiteReview imaging, random number generation, and NumPy scientific extensionsUnderstand The Zen of Python documentation to help you decide the best way to distribute your codeWho This Book Is ForIntermediate programmers familiar with Python who are looking to move to an advanced level. You should have written at least a simple Python application, and be comfortable with a basic object-oriented approach, using the interactive interpreter, and writing control structures.
Pro Python Best Practices
by Kristian RotherLearn software engineering and coding best practices to write Python code right and error free. In this book you'll see how to properly debug, organize, test, and maintain your code, all of which leads to better, more efficient coding. Software engineering is difficult. Programs of any substantial length are inherently prone to errors of all kinds. The development cycle is full of traps unknown to the apprentice developer. Yet, in Python textbooks little attention is paid to this aspect of getting your code to run. At most, there is a chapter on debugging or unit testing in your average basic Python book. However, the proportion of time spent on getting your code to run is much higher in the real world. Pro Python Best Practices aims to solve this problem. What You'll Learn Learn common debugging techniques that help you find and eliminate errors Gain techniques to detect bugs more easily Learn techniques to keep your project under control Who This Book Is For Experienced Python coders from web development, big data, and more.
Pro Python System Administration
by Rytis SileikaAs time goes on, system administrators are presented with increasingly complicated challenges. In the early days, a team of engineers might have had to look after one or two systems. These days, one engineer can administer hundreds or thousands of systems. System administrators are gradually replacing their tools with more advanced and flexible ones. One of the choices is Python. Structurally, Python is a modern, high-level language with a very clean syntax. Python comes with many built-in libraries that can make automation tasks easier. It also has extensive set of third-party libraries and a very active development community. This flexibility makes Python a good choice for a wide variety of tasks, from prototyping science applications to system maintenance and administration jobs. This book explains and shows how to apply Python scripting in practice. Unlike the majority of the Python books, it will show you how to approach and resolve real-world issues that most system administrators will come across in their careers. In this book, you will find several projects in the categories of network administration, web server administration, and monitoring and database management. In each project, we will define the problem, design the solution, and go through the more interesting implementation steps. Each project is accompanied with the source code of a fully working prototype, which you'll be able to use immediately or adapt to your requirements and environment. What you'll learn Solve real-world system administration problems using Python. Manage devices with SNMP and SOAP. Build a distributed monitoring system. Manage web applications and parse complex log files. Automatically monitor and manage MySQL databases. Who this book is for This book is primarily aimed at experienced system administrators whose day-to-day tasks involve looking after and managing small-to-medium-sized server estates. It will also be beneficial for system administrators who want to learn more about automation and want to apply their Python knowledge to solve various system administration problems. Python developers will also benefit from reading this book, especially if they are involved in developing automation and management tools. This book assumes that readers already use Python and are comfortable with the language. Most of the Linux distributions come with Python and various libraries (such as Django, PIL and SciPy) packaged and readily available, but basic knowledge of installing packages in a Linux/Unix environment is advised. Table of Contents Reading and Collecting Performance Data Using SNMP1 Managing Devices Using the SOAP API Creating a Web Application for IP Address Accountancy Integrating the IP Address Application with DHCP Maintaining a List of Virtual Hosts in an Apache Configuration File Gathering and Presenting Statistical Data from Apache Log Files Performing Complex Searches and Reporting on Application Log Files A Web Site Availability Check Script for Nagios Management and Monitoring Subsystem Remote Monitoring Agents Statistics Gathering and Reporting Automatic MySQL Database Performance Tuning Using Amazon EC2/S3 as a Data Warehouse Solution
Pro REST API Development with Node.js
by Fernando DoglioPro REST API Development with Node. js is your guide to managing and understanding the full capabilities of successful REST development. API design is a hot topic in the programming world, but not many resources exist for developers to really understand how you can leverage the advantages. This book will provide a brief background on REST and the tools it provides (well known and not so well known). Understand how there is more to REST than just JSON and URLs. You will then cover and compare the maintained modules currently available in the npm community, including Express, Restify, Vatican, and Swagger. Finally you will code an example API from start to finish, using a subset of the tools covered. The Node community is currently flooded with modules; some of them are published once and never updated again - cluttering the entire universe of packages. Pro REST API Development with Node. js shines light into that black hole of modules for the developers trying to create an API. Understand REST API development with Node. js using this book today. What you'll learn What REST really is and how you can use it to your advantage. How to use a variety of modules including JSON/Hal, Express, Restify, Vatican, and Swagger. How to build an example RESTful API from start to finish. How to troubleshoot any problems and move on with your API. Who this book is for This is book is designed for any Node. js developer who wants to fully understand REST API development. So often, the true capabilities of this method are not fully understood. This book will shed light on all aspects and make REST API development easy. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One: REST 101 Chapter Two: API Design Best Practices Chapter Three: Node. js and REST Chapter Four: Architecting a REST API Chapter Five: Working with Modules Chapter Six: Planning Your REST API Chapter Seven: Developing Your REST API Chapter Eight: Troubleshooting
Pro RESTful APIs
by Sanjay PatniDiscover the RESTful technologies, including REST, JSON, XML, JAX-RS web services, SOAP and more, for building today's microservices, big data applications, and web service applications. This book is based on a course the Oracle-based author is teaching for UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley which covers architecture, design best practices and coding labs. Pro RESTful APIs: Design gives you all the fundamentals from the top down: from the top (architecture) through the middle (design) to the bottom (coding). This book is a must have for any microservices or web services developer building applications and services. What You'll Learn Discover the key RESTful APIs, including REST, JSON, XML, JAX, SOAP and more Use these for web services and data exchange, especially in today's big data context Harness XML, JSON, REST, and JAX-RS in examples and case studies Apply best practices to your solutions' architecture Who This Book Is For Experienced web programmers and developers.
Pro RESTful APIs with Micronaut: Build Java-Based Microservices with REST, JSON, and XML
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