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Java 9 Regular Expressions
by Anubhava SrivastavaSolve real world problems using Regex in Java. About This Book • Discover regular expressions and how they work • Implement regular expressions with Java to your code base • Learn to use regular expressions in emails, URLs, paths, and IP addresses Who This Book Is For This book is for Java developers who would like to understand and use regular expressions. A basic knowledge of Java is assumed. What You Will Learn • Understand the semantics, rules, and core concepts of writing Java code involving regular expressions • Learn about the java.util.Regex package using the Pattern class, Matcher class, code snippets, and more • Match and capture text in regex and use back-references to the captured groups • Explore Regex using Java String methods and regex capabilities in the Java Scanner API • Use zero-width assertions and lookarounds in regex • Test and optimize a poorly performing regex and various other performance tips In Detail Regular expressions are a powerful tool in the programmer's toolbox and allow pattern matching. They are also used for manipulating text and data. This book will provide you with the know-how (and practical examples) to solve real-world problems using regex in Java. You will begin by discovering what regular expressions are and how they work with Java. This easy-to-follow guide is a great place from which to familiarize yourself with the core concepts of regular expressions and to master its implementation with the features of Java 9. You will learn how to match, extract, and transform text by matching specific words, characters, and patterns. You will learn when and where to apply the methods for finding patterns in digits, letters, Unicode characters, and string literals. Going forward, you will learn to use zero-length assertions and lookarounds, parsing the source code, and processing the log files. Finally, you will master tips, tricks, and best practices in regex with Java. Style and approach This book will take readers through this learning journey using simple, easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions and hands-on examples at every stage.
MEAN Cookbook
by Nicholas McclayOver 50 recipes to create full-stack high-performance web applications using pure JavaScript and the MEAN stack. About This Book • Architect a fully functional stand-alone web application, including the web server, database, and front-end web application • Improve the performance and maintainability of your MEAN stack application with tips for configuration and optimization • Highlights MEAN Stack best practices when working with your application Who This Book Is For If you are a JavaScript developer who wants to create high-performing, modern web applications with the MEAN stack, this is the book for you. Web developers familiar with some parts of the MEAN stack will find this a comprehensive guide to fleshing out the other technologies and skills they need to build all JavaScript web applications. Developers interested in transitioning from other web application stacks to an all-JavaScript environment will find a wealth of information about how to work in a MEAN stack environment. To get the most from this book, you should have a general understanding of web servers and web applications. You are expected to have a basic understanding of running JavaScript, both in a web browser and outside it, using Node.js and the NPM package manager. What You Will Learn • Bootstrap a new MEAN stack web application using Node.js and Express • Build a single-page application (SPA) with Angular and Angular-CLI • Improve browser performance by optimizing your web application resources using Webpack • Model complex JSON object relationships in MongoDB using Mongoose • Debug all the layers of a MEAN stack application, including working with source maps • Build Restful APIs using Express.js and JSON Web Token (JWT) for user authentication • Use automated testing to improve the reliability and quality of your MEAN stack application In Detail The MEAN Stack is a framework for web application development using JavaScript-based technologies; MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js. If you want to expand your understanding of using JavaScript to produce a fully functional standalone web application, including the web server, user interface, and database, then this book can help guide you through that transition. This book begins by configuring the frontend of the MEAN stack web application using the Angular JavaScript framework. We then implement common user interface enhancements before moving on to configuring the server layer of our MEAN stack web application using Express for our backend APIs. You will learn to configure the database layer of your MEAN stack web application using MongoDB and the Mongoose framework, including modeling relationships between documents. You will explore advanced topics such as optimizing your web application using WebPack as well as the use of automated testing with the Mocha and Chai frameworks. By the end of the book, you should have acquired a level of proficiency that allows you to confidently build a full production-ready and scalable MEAN stack application. Style and Approach This book is a guide of MEAN Stack specific solutions to common web application problems and includes in-depth guides for each layer of the application stack. Readers looking to upgrade their MEAN Stack web application will find recipes within to help them transition.
Mobile Test Automation with Appium
by Nishant VermaAutomate your mobile app testing About This Book • How to automate testing with Appium • Apply techniques for creating comprehensive tests • How to test on physical devices or emulators Who This Book Is For Are you a mobile developer or a software tester who wishes to use Appium for your test automation? If so, then this is the right book for you .You must have basic Java programming knowledge. You don't need to have prior knowledge of Appium. What You Will Learn • Discover Appium and how to set up an automation framework for mobile testing • Understand desired capabilities and learn to find element locators • Learn to automate gestures and synchronize tests using Appium • Take an incremental approach to implement page object pattern • Learn to run Appium tests on emulators or physical devices • Set up Jenkins to run mobile automation tests by easy to learn steps • Discover tips and tricks to record video of test execution, inter app automation concepts • Learn to run Appium tests in parallel on multiple devices simultaneously In Detail Appium is an open source test automation framework for mobile applications. It allows you to test all three types of mobile applications: native, hybrid, and mobile web. It allows you to run the automated tests on actual devices, emulators, and simulators. Today, when every mobile app is made on at least two platforms, iOS and Android, you need a tool that allows you to test across platforms. Having two different frameworks for the same app increases the cost of the product and time to maintain it as well. Appium helps save this cost. With mobile app growth exploding, mobile app automation is mainstream now. In this book, author Nishant Verma provides you with a firm grounding in the concepts of Appium while diving into how to set up appium & Cucumber-jvm test automation framework, implement page object design pattern, automate gestures, test execution on emulators and physical devices, and implement continuous integration with Jenkins. The mobile app we have referenced in this book is Quikr because of its relatively lower learning curve to understand the application. It's a local classifieds shopping app. Style and approach This book takes a practical, step-by-step approach to testing and automating individual apps such as native, hybrid, and mobile web apps using different examples.
Flask: Building Python Web Services
by Gareth Dwyer Shalabh Aggarwal Jack Stouffer<P><P>Unleash the full potential of the Flask web framework by creating small to large and powerful web applications <P><P>About This Book <P><P>Create your own world-class applications and master the art of Flask by unravelling its enigma through this journey <P><P>Packed with recipes containing lots of sample applications to help you understand the intricacies of Flask web programming <P><P>Work with scalable Flask application structures to create complex web apps <P><P>Who This Book Is For <P><P>This learning path is ideal developers who know the basics of Python and want to learn how to use the Flask framework to build powerful web solutions in Python. <P><P>What You Will Learn <P><P>Build three web applications from the ground up using the powerful Python micro framework, Flask. <P><P>Extend your applications to build advanced functionality, such as a user account control system using Flask-Login <P><P>Learn about web application security and defend against common attacks, such as SQL injection and XSS <P><P>Integrate with technologies like Redis, Sentry, MongoDB and so on <P><P>Build applications with integrations to most of the login mechanisms available <P><P>Don't just stop at development. Learn about deployment and post-deployment <P><P>Use SQLAlchemy to programmatically query a database <P><P>Develop a custom Flask extension <P><P>In Detail <P><P>Are you a fan of Python? Want to use it to create powerful web applications? Then Flask is the perfect choice for you. This course will take you through the intricacies of the Flask Microframework, covering all it's components and elements and how to integrate it with useful third party libraries. Dive deep into what Flask has to offer and then you will create multiple Python apps from scratch on your own. <P><P>The first module will introduce you to web development using Flask to building fully functional web applications. Hands-on and pragmatic, this tutorial goes right to the crux of Flask by showing you how to build challenging real-world applications. <P><P>The second module introduces you to a number of recipes that will help you understand the power of Flask and its extensions. Start by seeing the different configurations that a Flask application can make use of. By the end of this module, you will have gained all the knowledge required to write Flask applications in the best possible way, and scale them with best practices. <P><P>The final module will walk you through advanced Flask topics while providing practical examples of for all your lessons learned. The module closes with a discussion of the different platforms that are available to deploy a Flask app on, the pros and cons of each one, and how to deploy on each one. <P><P>This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: <P><P>Flask By-Example: Gareth Dwyer <P><P>Flask Framework Cookbook: Shalabh Aggarwal <P><P>Mastering Flask: Jack Stouffer <P><P>Style and approach <P><P>Filled with practical examples and recipes, this course is a great combination of example-driven learning complemented by exciting techniques to build powerful Python web applications with the Flask framework
Mastering the C++17 STL
by Arthur O'DwyerThis book breaks down the C++ STL, teaching you how to extract its gems and apply them to your programming. About This Book • Boost your productivity as a C++ developer with the latest features of C++17 • Develop high-quality, fast, and portable applications with the varied features of the STL • Migrate from older versions (C++11, C++14) to C++17 Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who would like to master the C++ STL and make full use of its components. Prior C++ knowledge is assumed. What You Will Learn • Make your own iterator types, allocators, and thread pools. • Master every standard container and every standard algorithm. • Improve your code by replacing new/delete with smart pointers. • Understand the difference between monomorphic algorithms, polymorphic algorithms, and generic algorithms. • Learn the meaning and applications of vocabulary type, product type and sum type. In Detail Modern C++ has come a long way since 2011. The latest update, C++17, has just been ratified and several implementations are on the way. This book is your guide to the C++ standard library, including the very latest C++17 features. The book starts by exploring the C++ Standard Template Library in depth. You will learn the key differences between classical polymorphism and generic programming, the foundation of the STL. You will also learn how to use the various algorithms and containers in the STL to suit your programming needs. The next module delves into the tools of modern C++. Here you will learn about algebraic types such as std::optional, vocabulary types such as std::function, smart pointers, and synchronization primitives such as std::atomic and std::mutex. In the final module, you will learn about C++'s support for regular expressions and file I/O. By the end of the book you will be proficient in using the C++17 standard library to implement real programs, and you'll have gained a solid understanding of the library's own internals. Style and approach This book takes a concise but comprehensive approach to explaining and applying the C++ STL, one feature at a time.
Frank Kane's Taming Big Data with Apache Spark and Python
by Frank KaneFrank Kane's hands-on Spark training course, based on his bestselling Taming Big Data with Apache Spark and Python video, now available in a book. Understand and analyze large data sets using Spark on a single system or on a cluster. About This Book • Understand how Spark can be distributed across computing clusters • Develop and run Spark jobs efficiently using Python • A hands-on tutorial by Frank Kane with over 15 real-world examples teaching you Big Data processing with Spark Who This Book Is For If you are a data scientist or data analyst who wants to learn Big Data processing using Apache Spark and Python, this book is for you. If you have some programming experience in Python, and want to learn how to process large amounts of data using Apache Spark, Frank Kane's Taming Big Data with Apache Spark and Python will also help you. What You Will Learn • Find out how you can identify Big Data problems as Spark problems • Install and run Apache Spark on your computer or on a cluster • Analyze large data sets across many CPUs using Spark's Resilient Distributed Datasets • Implement machine learning on Spark using the MLlib library • Process continuous streams of data in real time using the Spark streaming module • Perform complex network analysis using Spark's GraphX library • Use Amazon's Elastic MapReduce service to run your Spark jobs on a cluster In Detail Frank Kane's Taming Big Data with Apache Spark and Python is your companion to learning Apache Spark in a hands-on manner. Frank will start you off by teaching you how to set up Spark on a single system or on a cluster, and you'll soon move on to analyzing large data sets using Spark RDD, and developing and running effective Spark jobs quickly using Python. Apache Spark has emerged as the next big thing in the Big Data domain – quickly rising from an ascending technology to an established superstar in just a matter of years. Spark allows you to quickly extract actionable insights from large amounts of data, on a real-time basis, making it an essential tool in many modern businesses. Frank has packed this book with over 15 interactive, fun-filled examples relevant to the real world, and he will empower you to understand the Spark ecosystem and implement production-grade real-time Spark projects with ease. Style and approach Frank Kane's Taming Big Data with Apache Spark and Python is a hands-on tutorial with over 15 real-world examples carefully explained by Frank in a step-by-step manner. The examples vary in complexity, and you can move through them at your own pace.
Architectural Patterns: Uncover essential patterns in the most indispensable realm of enterprise architecture
by Pethuru Raj Chelliah Harihara Subramanian J Anupama Murali Dr Kayarvizhy NKey Features Use patterns to tackle communication, integration, application structure, and more Implement modern design patterns such as microservices to build resilient and highly available applications Choose between the MVP, MVC, and MVVM patterns depending on the application being built Book Description Enterprise Architecture (EA) is typically an aggregate of the business, application, data, and infrastructure architectures of any forward-looking enterprise. Due to constant changes and rising complexities in the business and technology landscapes, producing sophisticated architectures is on the rise. Architectural patterns are gaining a lot of attention these days. The book is divided in three modules. You'll learn about the patterns associated with object-oriented, component-based, client-server, and cloud architectures. The second module covers Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) patterns and how they are architected using various tools and patterns. You will come across patterns for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), Resource-Oriented Architecture (ROA), big data analytics architecture, and Microservices Architecture (MSA). The final module talks about advanced topics such as Docker containers, high performance, and reliable application architectures. The key takeaways include understanding what architectures are, why they're used, and how and where architecture, design, and integration patterns are being leveraged to build better and bigger systems. What you will learn Understand how several architectural and design patterns work to systematically develop multitier web, mobile, embedded, and cloud applications Learn object-oriented and component-based software engineering principles and patterns Explore the frameworks corresponding to various architectural patterns Implement domain-driven, test-driven, and behavior-driven methodologies Deploy key platforms and tools effectively to enable EA design and solutioning Implement various patterns designed for the cloud paradigm
Mastering UI Development with Unity: An in-depth guide to developing engaging user interfaces with Unity 5, Unity 2017, and Unity 2018
by Ashley GodboldMaster Game UI system by creating captivating user interface components with Unity 5 through Unity 2018 and C#. Learn about UI texts, images, world space UI, mobile-specific UI and much more.Key FeaturesDevelop a game UI with both technical and aesthetic considerationsUse all the UI elements provided by Unity's UI systemStep-by-step examples of creating user interface components in the top game genresBook DescriptionA functional UI is an important component for player interaction in every type of video game. Along with imparting crucial statistical information to the player, the UI is also the window through which the player engages with the world established by the game. Unity's tools give you the opportunity to create complex and attractive UIs to make your game stand out.This book helps you realize the full potential of Unity's powerful tools to create the best UI for your games by walking you through the creation of myriad user interface components. Learn how to create visually engaging heads-up-displays, pause menus, health bars, circular progress bars, animated menus, and more. This book not only teaches how to lay out visual elements, but also how to program these features and implement them across multiple games of varying genres.While working through the examples provided, you will learn how to develop a UI that scales to multiple screen resolutions, so your game can be released on multiple platforms with minimal changes. What you will learnDesign principles and patterns for laying out elements in your UITechniques that allow your UI to scale appropriately in different resolutionsHow to use automatic layouts to streamline your UI building processProperties of the Event System and how to appropriately hook events to your UI elementsAccess the components and properties of UI elements via code Implement all of Unity's built-in UI elements as well as those provided by TextMeshPro Develop key UI components that are popularly used in multiple game genresAdd visual flare to user interfaces with the use of animation and particle effectsCreate a UI that displays in the Screen Space as well as World SpaceWho this book is forThis book is for anyone keen to improve their games via a great user interface with Unity's UI system. If you're looking for a book that explains how to develop specific user interfaces or that thoroughly explains how each of the individual Unity components work, this book is for you.
Domain-Driven Design in PHP
by Carlos Buenosvinos Christian Soronellas Keyvan AkbaryReal examples written in PHP showcasing DDD Architectural Styles, Tactical Design, and Bounded Context Integration About This Book • Focuses on practical code rather than theory • Full of real-world examples that you can apply to your own projects • Shows how to build PHP apps using DDD principles Who This Book Is For This book is for PHP developers who want to apply a DDD mindset to their code. You should have a good understanding of PHP and some knowledge of DDD. This book doesn't dwell on the theory, but instead gives you the code that you need. What You Will Learn • Correctly design all design elements of Domain-Driven Design with PHP • Learn all tactical patterns to achieve a fully worked-out Domain-Driven Design • Apply hexagonal architecture within your application • Integrate bounded contexts in your applications • Use REST and Messaging approaches In Detail Domain-Driven Design (DDD) has arrived in the PHP community, but for all the talk, there is very little real code. Without being in a training session and with no PHP real examples, learning DDD can be challenging. This book changes all that. It details how to implement tactical DDD patterns and gives full examples of topics such as integrating Bounded Contexts with REST, and DDD messaging strategies. In this book, the authors show you, with tons of details and examples, how to properly design Entities, Value Objects, Services, Domain Events, Aggregates, Factories, Repositories, Services, and Application Services with PHP. They show how to apply Hexagonal Architecture within your application whether you use an open source framework or your own. Style and approach This highly practical book shows developers how to apply domain-driven design principles to PHP. It is full of solid code examples to work through.
Roslyn Cookbook
by Manish VasaniUse Roslyn as a service to write powerful extensions and tools and use them in Visual Studio to improve code quality and maintain your source code more effectively. About This Book • Use Roslyn extensions and tools in Visual Studio to enforce "house rules" on code and fix security and performance vulnerabilities in your code. • Write Roslyn extensions using the Roslyn service API to help developers enforce conventions and design idioms. • Improve developer productivity by using Roslyn-based agile development features in Visual Studio, such as live unit testing, C# interactive and scripting. • Contribute to the C# language and compiler tool chain to analyze and edit code. Who This Book Is For .NET Developers and architects, who are interested in taking full advantage of the Roslyn based extensions and tools to improve the development processes, will find this book useful. Roslyn contributors, i.e. the producers and C# community developers, will also find this book useful What You Will Learn • Write extensions to analyze source code and report warnings and errors. • Edit C# source code to fix compiler/analyzer diagnostics or refactor source code. • Improve code maintenance and readability by using analyzers and code fixes. • Catch security and performance issues by using PUMA scan analyzers and FxCop analyzers. • Perform Live Unit tests in Visual Studio. • Use C# interactive and scripting in Visual Studio. • Design a new C# language feature and implement various compiler phases for a new language feature. • Write command line tools to analyze and edit C# code. In Detail Open-sourcing the C# and Visual Basic compilers is one of the most appreciated things by the .NET community, especially as it exposes rich code analysis APIs to analyze and edit code. If you want to use Roslyn API to write powerful extensions and contribute to the C# developer tool chain, then this book is for you. Additionally, if you are just a .NET developer and want to use this rich Roslyn-based functionality in Visual Studio to improve the code quality and maintenance of your code base, then this book is also for you. This book is divided into the following broad modules: 1. Writing and consuming analyzers/fixers (Chapters 1 - 5): You will learn to write different categories of Roslyn analyzers and harness and configure analyzers in your C# projects to catch quality, security and performance issues. Moving ahead, you will learn how to improve code maintenance and readability by using code fixes and refactorings and also learn how to write them. 2. Using Roslyn-based agile development features (Chapters 6 and 7): You will learn how to improve developer productivity in Visual Studio by using features such as live unit testing, C# interactive and scripting. 3. Contributing to the C# language and compiler tool chain (Chapters 8 - 10): You will see the power of open-sourcing the Roslyn compiler via the simple steps this book provides; thus, you will contribute a completely new C# language feature and implement it in the Roslyn compiler codebase. Finally, you will write simple command line tools based on the Roslyn service API to analyze and edit C# code. Style and approach This book takes a recipe-based approach, teaching you how to perform various hacks with the Compiler API in your hands.
Elasticsearch: A Complete Guide
by Bharvi Dixit<P><P>End-to-end Search and Analytics <P><P>About This Book <P><P>Solve your data analytics problems with the Elastic Stack <P><P>Improve your user search experience with Elasticsearch and develop your own Elasticsearch plugins <P><P>Design your index, configure it, and distribute it — you'll also learn how it works <P><P>Who This Book Is For <P><P>This course is for anyone who wants to build efficient search and analytics applications. Some development experience is expected. <P><P>What You Will Learn <P><P>Install and configure Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana <P><P>Write CRUDE operations and other search functionalities using the Elasticsearch Python and Java Clients <P><P>Build analytics using aggregations <P><P>Set up and scale Elasticsearch clusters using best practices <P><P>Master document relationships and geospatial data <P><P>Build your own data pipeline using Elastic Stack <P><P>Choose the appropriate amount of shards and replicas for your deployment <P><P>Become familiar with the Elasticsearch APIs <P><P>In Detail <P><P>Elasticsearch is a modern, fast, distributed, scalable, fault tolerant, open source search and analytics engine. It provides a new level of control over how you can index and search even huge sets of data. This course will take you from the basics of Elasticsearch to using Elasticsearch in the Elastic Stack and in production. <P><P>You'll start with the very basics: Elasticsearch terminology, installation, and configuring Elasticsearch. After this, you'll take a look at analytics and indexing, search, and querying. You'll learn how to create maps and visualizations. You'll also be briefed on cluster scaling, search and bulk operations, backups, and security. <P><P>Then you'll be ready to get into Elasticsearch's internal functionalities including caches, Apache Lucene library, and its monitoring capabilities. You'll learn about the practical usage of Elasticsearch configuration parameters and how to use the monitoring API. You'll discover how to improve the user search experience, index distribution, segment statistics, merging, and more. <P><P>Once you have mastered this, you'll dive into end-to-end visualize-analyze-log techniques with Elastic Stack (also known as the ELK stack). You'll explore Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana and see how to make them work together to build fresh insights and business metrics out of data. You'll be able to use Elasticsearch with other de facto components in order to get the most out of Elasticsearch. By the end of this course, you'll have developed a full-fledged data pipeline. <P><P>This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: <P><P>Elasticsearch Essentials <P><P>Mastering Elasticsearch, Second Edition <P><P>Learning ELK Stack <P><P>Style and approach <P><P>This course aims to create a smooth learning path that will teach you how to effectively use Elasticsearch with other de facto components and get the most out of Elasticsearch. Through this comprehensive course, you'll learn the basics of Elasticsearch and progress to using Elasticsearch in the Elastic stack and in production.
Go Web Development Cookbook: Build full-stack web applications with Go
by Arpit Aggarwal86 recipes on how to build fast, scalable, and powerful web services and applications with GoKey FeaturesBecome proficient in RESTful web servicesBuild scalable, high-performant web applications in GoGet acquainted with Go frameworks for web developmentBook DescriptionGo is an open source programming language that is designed to scale and support concurrency at the language level. This gives you the liberty to write large concurrent web applications with ease. From creating web application to deploying them on Amazon Cloud Services, this book will be your one-stop guide to learn web development in Go. The Go Web Development Cookbook teaches you how to create REST services, write microservices, and deploy Go Docker containers. Whether you are new to programming or a professional developer, this book will help get you up to speed with web development in Go. We will focus on writing modular code in Go; in-depth informative examples build the base, one step at a time. You will learn how to create a server, work with static files, SQL, NoSQL databases, and Beego. You will also learn how to create and secure REST services, and create and deploy Go web application and Go Docker containers on Amazon Cloud Services. By the end of the book, you will be able to apply the skills you've gained in Go to create and explore web applications in any domain.What you will learn Create a simple HTTP and TCP web server and understand how it works Explore record in a MySQL and MongoDB database Write and consume RESTful web service in Go Invent microservices in Go using Micro – a microservice toolkit Create and Deploy the Beego application with Nginx Deploy Go web application and Docker containers on an AWS EC2 instanceWho this book is forThis book is for Go developers interested in learning how to use Go to build powerful web applications. A background in web development is expected.
VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture: Automate and orchestrate your Software-Defined Data Center on AWS
by Ajit Pratap KundanEnhance your virtualization skills by mastering storage and network virtualization with automation across different CloudsKey FeaturesMigrate and build your applications in Hybrid Cloud with VMware Cross Cloud components and servicesGain in-depth configuration insights of VMware Cross Cloud architectureLearn to migrate applications from VMware to AWS and IBM CloudBook DescriptionOver the past two decades, VMware vSphere has been known as the most trusted andreliable virtualization platform. VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture shows you how to design and configure Cross Cloud Architecture by using VMware Cloud Foundation and vRealize Suite with various use cases across private, public, and hybrid Cloud. This book takes you through everything from a basic understanding of virtualization to advanced aspects of storage and network virtualization, clustering, automation, and management.This book will be your guide to designing all aspects of Cloud.We start with the challenges faced by a traditional data center, define problem statements for you, and then brief you on respective solutions. Moving on, all kinds of virtualization and Cloud offerings from AWS and IBM Soft Layer are introduced and discussed in detail. Then, you'll learn how to design IT infrastructures for new and existing applications with a combination of Cloud Foundation, vRealize Suite, and vSphere enabled with VSAN and NSX. Furthermore, you'll learn how to design and configure high availability, disaster recovery, and apply an appropriate compliance matrix.Toward the end of the book, you will learn how to calculate the TCO/ROI, along withthe VMware products packaging and licensing in detail.What you will learnInstall and configure the Cloud foundation with Cross-Cloud servicesConfigure vSphere high availability with the vCenter redundancy setupArchitect and configure VMware with AWS CloudDeploy VMware components in IBM Soft LayerExtend your DR setup with VMware to consume DRaaSDesign and configure software-defined networkingImplement compliance regulations to fix violationsWho this book is forThis book is for administrators, Cloud architects and network engineers who want to globalize their infrastructure using VMware and AWS services. An initial setup of workloads and data center is beneficial.
Modern R Programming Cookbook
by Jaynal AbedinRecipes for emerging developers in R programming and data scientists to simplify their R programming capabilities About This Book • Develop strategies to speed up your R code • Tackle programming problems and explore both functional and object-oriented programming techniques • Learn how to address the core problems of programming in R with the most popular R packages for common tasks Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who would like to enhance the R programming skills. Basic knowledge of R programming is assumed. What You Will Learn • Install R and its various IDE for a given platform along with installing libraries from different repositories and version control • Learn about basic data structures in R and how to work with them • Write customized R functions and handle recursions, exceptions in R environments • Create the data processing task as a step by step computer program and execute using dplyr • Extract and process unstructured text data • Interact with database management system to develop statistical applications • Formulate and implement parallel processing in R In Detail R is a powerful tool for statistics, graphics, and statistical programming. It is used by tens of thousands of people daily to perform serious statistical analyses. It is a free, open source system whose implementation is the collective accomplishment of many intelligent, hard-working people. There are more than 2,000 available add-ons, and R is a serious rival to all commercial statistical packages. The objective of this book is to show how to work with different programming aspects of R. The emerging R developers and data science could have very good programming knowledge but might have limited understanding about R syntax and semantics. Our book will be a platform develop practical solution out of real world problem in scalable fashion and with very good understanding. You will work with various versions of R libraries that are essential for scalable data science solutions. You will learn to work with Input / Output issues when working with relatively larger dataset. At the end of this book readers will also learn how to work with databases from within R and also what and how meta programming helps in developing applications. Style and approach This book will be a companion for R programmer and emerging developers in R programming areas. This book will contain recipes related to advanced R programming which will enable users to solve complex problems efficiently.
R: Recipes for Analysis, Visualization and Machine Learning
by Atmajitsinh Gohil Shanthi Viswanathan Viswa Viswanathan Yu-Wei ChiuGet savvy with R language and actualize projects aimed at analysis, visualization and machine learning About This Book * Proficiently analyze data and apply machine learning techniques * Generate visualizations, develop interactive visualizations and applications to understand various data exploratory functions in R * Construct a predictive model by using a variety of machine learning packages Who This Book Is For This Learning Path is ideal for those who have been exposed to R, but have not used it extensively yet. It covers the basics of using R and is written for new and intermediate R users interested in learning. This Learning Path also provides in-depth insights into professional techniques for analysis, visualization, and machine learning with R - it will help you increase your R expertise, regardless of your level of experience. What You Will Learn * Get data into your R environment and prepare it for analysis * Perform exploratory data analyses and generate meaningful visualizations of the data * Generate various plots in R using the basic R plotting techniques * Create presentations and learn the basics of creating apps in R for your audience * Create and inspect the transaction dataset, performing association analysis with the Apriori algorithm * Visualize associations in various graph formats and find frequent itemset using the ECLAT algorithm * Build, tune, and evaluate predictive models with different machine learning packages * Incorporate R and Hadoop to solve machine learning problems on big data In Detail The R language is a powerful, open source, functional programming language. At its core, R is a statistical programming language that provides impressive tools to analyze data and create high-level graphics. This Learning Path is chock-full of recipes. Literally! It aims to excite you with awesome projects focused on analysis, visualization, and machine learning. We'll start off with data analysis - this will show you ways to use R to generate professional analysis reports. We'll then move on to visualizing our data - this provides you with all the guidance needed to get comfortable with data visualization with R. Finally, we'll move into the world of machine learning - this introduces you to data classification, regression, clustering, association rule mining, and dimension reduction. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: * R Data Analysis Cookbook by Viswa Viswanathan and Shanthi Viswanathan * R Data Visualization Cookbook by Atmajitsinh Gohil * Machine Learning with R Cookbook by Yu-Wei, Chiu (David Chiu) Style and approach This course creates a smooth learning path that will teach you how to analyze data and create stunning visualizations. The step-by-step instructions provided for each recipe in this comprehensive Learning Path will show you how to create machine learning projects with R.
Mastering Embedded Linux Programming - Second Edition
by Chris SimmondsMaster the techniques needed to build great, efficient embedded devices on Linux About This Book • Discover how to build and configure reliable embedded Linux devices • This book has been updated to include Linux 4.9 and Yocto Project 2.2 (Morty) • This comprehensive guide covers the remote update of devices in the field and power management Who This Book Is For If you are an engineer who wishes to understand and use Linux in embedded devices, this book is for you. It is also for Linux developers and system programmers who are familiar with embedded systems and want to learn and program the best in class devices. It is appropriate for students studying embedded techniques, for developers implementing embedded Linux devices, and engineers supporting existing Linux devices. What You Will Learn • Evaluate the Board Support Packages offered by most manufacturers of a system on chip or embedded module • Use Buildroot and the Yocto Project to create embedded Linux systems quickly and efficiently • Update IoT devices in the field without compromising security • Reduce the power budget of devices to make batteries last longer • Interact with the hardware without having to write kernel device drivers • Debug devices remotely using GDB, and see how to measure the performance of the systems using powerful tools such as perk, ftrace, and valgrind • Find out how to configure Linux as a real-time operating system In Detail Embedded Linux runs many of the devices we use every day, from smart TVs to WiFi routers, test equipment to industrial controllers - all of them have Linux at their heart. Linux is a core technology in the implementation of the inter-connected world of the Internet of Things. The comprehensive guide shows you the technologies and techniques required to build Linux into embedded systems. You will begin by learning about the fundamental elements that underpin all embedded Linux projects: the toolchain, the bootloader, the kernel, and the root filesystem. You'll see how to create each of these elements from scratch, and how to automate the process using Buildroot and the Yocto Project. Moving on, you'll find out how to implement an effective storage strategy for flash memory chips, and how to install updates to the device remotely once it is deployed. You'll also get to know the key aspects of writing code for embedded Linux, such as how to access hardware from applications, the implications of writing multi-threaded code, and techniques to manage memory in an efficient way. The final chapters show you how to debug your code, both in applications and in the Linux kernel, and how to profile the system so that you can look out for performance bottlenecks. By the end of the book, you will have a complete overview of the steps required to create a successful embedded Linux system. Style and approach This book is an easy-to-follow and pragmatic guide with in-depth analysis of the implementation of embedded devices. It follows the life cycle of a project from inception through to completion, at each stage giving both the theory that underlies the topic and practical step-by-step walkthroughs of an example implementation.
Learning Azure Functions
by Mitesh Soni Manisha YadavThis book will start with the basics of Azure Functions. You will learn the steps to set up the environment and the tools that we will be using in the further chapters. Once you have a better understanding of this, we will be creating our first hello world function app. Later you will be introduced to triggers, how they are used to activate a function, and how binding can be used to output results of a function.You will also explore the steps to create an assembly with complex functionality that can be used by functions. Next, this book will teach you to scale your functions and use them to process data, integrate systems, and build simple APIs and microservices. Finally, this book will cover some diagnostic techniques with Azure App services and best practices of working with Azure Functions. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the techniques of scaling your Azure functions and making the most of serverless architecture.
Mastering Java EE Development with WildFly
by Luca StancapianoYour one stop solution to create highly scalable enterprise grade Java applications with WildFly. About This Book • Master Java EE development with the latest WildFly 10 application server. • Integrate with JSF and JMS and use efficient load balancing techniques to create real-time apps • Integrate your backend JavaScript code seamlessly into Java applications Who This Book Is For If you are a Java developer with at least basic knowledge of Java EE, then this book is for you. No previous knowledge of WildFly is required. What You Will Learn • Configure the development environment along with native and cloud installation of WildFly • Write a DB schema and the relative entities and how to use the relationships between the entities • Analyze with examples all the java annotations to manage the EJB and the configuration to get better performances • Write different REST services through the EJB • Implement Web sockets 1.0 and know why and when use the web sockets • Work with Active MQ and write JMS clients to manage the authentication and authorization in the clients • Configure the mail server through the wildfly console • Learn how and when to use a new feature JAX-RS 2.0, which is the asynchronous call through REST • Use the new JSF features of Wildfly 10 such as Mojarra 2.2, JSF 2.2, Richfaces 4.5 In Detail Packed with rich assets and APIs, Wildfly 10 allows you to create state-of-the-art Java applications. This book will help you take your understanding of Java EE to the next level by creating distributed Java applications using Wildfly. The book begins by showing how to get started with a native installation of WildFly and it ends with a cloud installation. After setting up the development environment, you will implement and work with different WildFly features, such as implementing JavaServer Pages. You will also learn how you can use clustering so that your apps can handle a high volume of data traffic. You will also work with enterprise JavaBeans, solve issues related to failover, and implement Java Message Service integration. Moving ahead, you will be working with Java Naming and Directory Interface, Java Transaction API, and use ActiveMQ for message relay and message querying. This book will also show you how you can use your existing backend JavaScript code in your application. By the end of the book, you'll have gained the knowledge to implement the latest Wildfly features in your Java applications. Style and approach Each part of this book shows you how to use different features of WildFly 10 to create enterprise grade Java applications as easily as possible.
Dart: Scalable Application Development
by Davy Mitchell Ivo Balbaert Sergey AkopkokhyantsMaster the art of designing web client and server with Google's bold and productive language – Dart About This Book • Create robust applications with unit tests, documentation, and diagnostic logging • Master the core Dart language, type system, and key development tools • Connect to existing web services, process JSON, and create your own framework for the data display • Use mixins, reflections, annotations, and other metadata programming techniques to create powerful app Who This Book Is For If you are familiar with web development and are looking to learn, or even just evaluate, Dart as a multipurpose language, this learning path is for you. No familiarity with the Dart language is assumed. For beginners, it will serve as a guide to rapidly accelerate from a novice level to the master level; for intermediate to advanced developers it will quickly fill in the gaps on Dart and can explore a range of application types and powerful packages that are demonstrated in a practical manner. What You Will Learn • Handle form data and encryption • Set up your Dart environment to achieve the highest productivity • Run and debug the Dart server and web applications and compile them in JavaScript • Work with PostgreSQL—an industry standard relational database system • Create robust applications with unit tests, documentation, and diagnostic logging • Develop command-line applications, and explore the key data structures and libraries • Detect and use HTML5 features that will help you deliver rich, cross-platform content • Demonstrate the power of Polymer web components for binding data and structuring your web pages In Detail Designed to create next generation apps, Google's Dart offers a much more robust framework and also supersedes JavaScript in several aspects. Familiar yet innovative, compact yet scalable, it blows away the accumulated JavaScript legacy limitations. Dart was designed for great tool-ability and developer productivity, allowing you to create better application faster than before. Google chose it for their billion dollar advertising business and you have its power for your projects too. The first module will introduce you the Dart language starting from its conception to its current form, and where it headed is through engaging substantial practical projects. You will be taken through building typical applications and exploring the exciting new technologies of HTML5. The second module will show you how to add internalization support to your web applications and how i18n and i10n access can be embedded into your code to design applications that can be localized easily. You will be shown how to organize client-to-server communication and how different HTML5 features can be used in Dart. Finally, this module will show you how you can store data locally, break the storage limit, and prevent security issues in your web application. The third module is a pragmatic guide that will increase your expertise in writing all kinds of applications, including web apps, scripts, and server-side apps. It provides rich insights on how to extend your Dart programming skills. Altogether, this course provides you the power to create powerful applications with Dart, without worrying about your knowledge leading to you having to make compromises to the end product! This Learning Path has been curated from three Packt products: • Dart By Example By Davy Mitchell • Mastering Dart By Sergey Akopkokhyants • Dart Cookbook By Ivo Balbaert Style and approach This is an enticing learning path that starts from the very basics to gradually pick up pace as the story unfolds. Each topic is explained with the help of recipes that solves a real-world problem involving hands-on work thus giving you a deep insight into the world of DART.
Build Supercomputers with Raspberry Pi 3
by Carlos R. MorrisonA step-by-step guide that will enhance your skills in creating powerful systems to solve complex issues About This Book • Carlos R. Morrison from NASA will teach you to build a supercomputer with Raspberry Pi 3 • Deepen your understanding of setting up host nodes, configuring networks, and automating mountable drives • Learn various math, physics, and engineering applications to solve complex problems Who This Book Is For This book targets hobbyists and enthusiasts who want to explore building supercomputers with microcomputers. Researchers will also find this book useful. Prior programming knowledge is necessary; knowledge of supercomputers is not. What You Will Learn • Understand the concept of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) • Understand node networking. • Configure nodes so that they can communicate with each other via the network switch • Build a Raspberry Pi3 supercomputer. • Test the supercluster • Use the supercomputer to calculate MPI p codes. • Learn various practical supercomputer applications In Detail Author Carlos R. Morrison (Staff Scientist, NASA) will empower the uninitiated reader to quickly assemble and operate a Pi3 supercomputer in the shortest possible time. The lifeblood of a supercomputer, the MPI code, is introduced early, and sample MPI code provides additional practice opportunities for you to test the effectiveness of your creation. You will learn how to configure various nodes and switches so that they can effectively communicate with each other. By the end of this book, you will have successfully built a supercomputer and the various applications related to it. Style and approach A progressive guide that will start off with serial coding and MPI concepts, moving towards configuring a complete supercluster, and solving real world problems
C# 7 and .NET Core Cookbook
by Dirk StraussQuick solutions to common programming problems with the latest features of C# 7.0, .NET Core 1.1, and Visual Studio 2017 About This Book • Easy-to-follow recipes to get you up-and-running with the new features of C# 7 and .NET Core 1.1 • Practical solutions to assist you with microservices and serverless computing in C# • Explore the new Visual Studio environment and write more secure code in it Who This Book Is For The book will appeal to C# and .NET developers who have a basic familiarity with C# and the Visual Studio 2015 environment What You Will Learn • Writing better and less code to achieve the same result as in previous versions of C# • Working with analyzers in Visual Studio • Working with files, streams, and serialization • Writing high-performant code in C# and understanding multi-threading • Demystifying the Rx library using Reactive extensions • Exploring .Net Core 1.1 and ASP.NET MVC • Securing your applications and learning new debugging techniques • Designing and building a microservice architecture • Using Azure and AWS for serverless computing with C# In Detail C# has recently been open-sourced and C# 7 comes with a host of new features for building powerful, cross-platform applications. This book will be your solution to some common programming problems that you come across with C# and will also help you get started with .NET Core 1.1. Through a recipe-based approach, this book will help you overcome common programming challenges and get your applications ready to face the modern world. We start by running you through new features in C# 7, such as tuples, pattern matching, and so on, giving you hands-on experience with them. Moving forward, you will work with generics and the OOP features in C#. You will then move on to more advanced topics, such as reactive extensions, Regex, code analyzers, and asynchronous programming. This book will also cover new, cross-platform .NET Core 1.1 features and teach you how to utilize .NET Core on macOS. Then, we will explore microservices as well as serverless computing and how these benefit modern developers. Finally, you will learn what you can do with Visual Studio 2017 to put mobile application development across multiple platforms within the reach of any developer. Style and approach A unique recipe-based guide that will help you gain a solid understanding of the new concepts in C# 7.0 and Visual Studio 2017
The Node Craftsman Book
by Manuel KiesslingBecome a Node.js craftsman. About This Book • This book will help readers to dive deeper into software development with Node.js and JavaScript • Takes a craftsman approach to Node.js and object-orientation and test-driven development • Crafts many of the small details of Node.js and through to fully-fledged web applications with REST Who This Book Is For This book is written to help you if you're working with Node.js already, but you want to move your craft to the next level with Node.js, so some working knowledge of Node.js is of course already assumed, so that we can look at the work of crafting applications with Node. What You Will Learn • How to connect to databases like MongoDB and MySQL from your Node.js application • How to unit tests and end-to-end tests for your code • When and how to leverage migrations for setting up a continuous deployment workflow • Detailed insight into how the Node Package Manager, NPM works • How object-orientation actually works in JavaScript • Ways to keep your code fast and efficient using asynchronous and non-blocking operations • How to use and create event emitters • How to use REST frameworks to write full-fledged web applications • How to integrate Node.js with Angular In Detail The Node Craftsman Book helps JavaScript programmers with basic Node.js knowledge to now thoroughly master Node.js and JavaScript. This book dives you deeper into the craft of software development with Node.js and JavaScript, incuding object-orientation, test-driven development, database handling, web frameworks, and much more. The Node Craftsman Book shows you how to work with Node.js and how to think deeply about how you build your Node projects. You'll master how to build a complete Node.js application across six crafting milestones, and you'll learn many specific skills to achieve that mastery. These skills include how to work with the Node Package Manager in depth, how to connect your Node applications to databases, and how to write unit tests and end-to-end tests for your code. You'll experience the full Node.js development picture, and learn how to craft and control your Node.js applications - right through to fully-fledged web applications using REST, and integration with Angular applications. Style and approach This book builds on your early knowledge and experience of Node.js and takes a craftsman approach to understanding the whole picture more deeply and shaping your Node applications to perform the way a craftsman would want. So, we take a thoughtful and broad thinking and coding approach to work with Node.js in this book.
Mastering ASP.NET Core 2.0
by Ricardo PeresBecome an expert in the shiny new version of ASP.NET About This Book • Grasp the advanced concepts of MVC Core and start making professional-grade applications • Migrate from previous versions of ASP.NET MVC to ASP.NET Core • This book will take you on a journey through all the aspects of ASP.NET Core 2.0 Who This Book Is For If you are a developer who knows the basics of ASP.NET MVC and wants to build powerful applications, this book is for you. Basic C# experience and an understanding of HTML and CSS is assumed. What You Will Learn • Get to know the new features of ASP.NET Core 2.0 • Find out how to configure ASP.NET Core • Configure routes to access ASP.NET Core resources • Create controllers and action methods and see how to maintain the state • Create views to display contents • Implement and validate forms and retrieve information from them • Write reusable modules for ASP.NET Core • Deploy ASP.NET Core to other environments In Detail ASP.NET is an open source web framework that builds modern web apps and services. This book is your one-stop guide to the new features of ASP.NET Core 2.0, including web APIs and MVC. We begin with a brief overview of the basics, taking you through the MVC pattern, platforms, dependencies, and frameworks. We then move on to setting up and configuring the MVC environment before talking about routing and advanced routing options. Next, we'll look at model binding, controllers and actions, filters, user authentication, and testing. Moving on, you'll learn about all the aspects of syntax and processes when working with Razor. You'll be introduced to client-side development and will get to know about the security aspects of ASP.NET Core. We will also look at microservices with ASP.NET Core. Finally, you'll find out how to deploy ASP.NET Core to new environments such as Azure, AWS, and Docker. By the end of the book, you will be well versed with development in ASP.NET Core and will have a deep understanding of how to interact with the framework and work cross-platform. Style and approach Find out how to design modern, cross-platform, business oriented web applications that serve the client needs in the age of emerging .NET framework
Learning AWS.: Design, build, and deploy responsive applications using AWS Cloud components, 2nd Edition
by Aurobindo Sarkar Amit ShahDiscover techniques and tools for building serverless applications with AWS Key Features Get well-versed with building and deploying serverless APIs with microservices Learn to build distributed applications and microservices with AWS Step Functions A step-by-step guide that will get you up and running with building and managing applications on the AWS platform Book Description Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the most popular and widely-used cloud platform. Administering and deploying application on AWS makes the applications resilient and robust. The main focus of the book is to cover the basic concepts of cloud-based development followed by running solutions in AWS Cloud, which will help the solutions run at scale. This book not only guides you through the trade-offs and ideas behind efficient cloud applications, but is a comprehensive guide to getting the most out of AWS. In the first section, you will begin by looking at the key concepts of AWS, setting up your AWS account, and operating it. This guide also covers cloud service models, which will help you build highly scalable and secure applications on the AWS platform. We will then dive deep into concepts of cloud computing with S3 storage, RDS and EC2. Next, this book will walk you through VPC, building realtime serverless environments, and deploying serverless APIs with microservices. Finally, this book will teach you to monitor your applications, and automate your infrastructure and deploy with CloudFormation. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the various services that AWS provides and will be able to leverage AWS infrastructure to accelerate the development process. What you will learn Set up your AWS account and get started with the basic concepts of AWS Learn about AWS terminology and identity access management Acquaint yourself with important elements of the cloud with features such as computing, ELB, and VPC Back up your database and ensure high availability by having an understanding of database-related services in the AWS cloud Integrate AWS services with your application to meet and exceed non-functional requirements Create and automate infrastructure to design cost-effective, highly available applicationsWho this book is for If you are an I.T. professional or a system architect who wants to improve infrastructure using AWS, then this book is for you. It is also for programmers who are new to AWS and want to build highly efficient, scalable applications.
Natural Language Processing with Python Cookbook
by Krishna Bhavsar<P><P>Learn the tricks and tips that will help you design Text Analytics solutions <P><P>Key Features <P><P>Independent recipes that will teach you how to efficiently perform Natural Language Processing in Python <P><P>Use dictionaries to create your own named entities using this easy-to-follow guide <P><P>Learn how to implement NLTK for various scenarios with the help of example-rich recipes to take you beyond basic Natural Language Processing <P><P>Book Description <P><P>Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a field of computer science, artificial intelligence, and computational linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages; in particular, it's about programming computers to fruitfully process large natural language corpora. <P><P>This book includes unique recipes that will teach you various aspects of performing Natural Language Processing with NLTK the leading Python platform for the task. You will come across various recipes during the course, covering (among other topics) natural language understanding, Natural Language Processing, and syntactic analysis. You will learn how to understand language, plan sentences, and work around various ambiguities. You will learn how to efficiently use NLTK and implement text classification, identify parts of speech, tag words, and more. You will also learn how to analyze sentence structures and master lexical analysis, syntactic and semantic analysis, pragmatic analysis, and the application of deep learning techniques. <P><P>By the end of this book, you will have all the knowledge you need to implement Natural Language Processing with Python. <P><P>What You Will Learn <P><P>Explore corpus management using internal and external corpora <P><P>Learn WordNet usage and a couple of simple application assignments using WordNet <P><P>Operate on raw text <P><P>Learn to perform tokenization, stemming, lemmatization, and spelling corrections, stop words removals, and more <P><P>Understand regular expressions for pattern matching <P><P>Learn to use and write your own POS taggers and grammars <P><P>Learn to evaluate your own trained models <P><P>Explore Deep Learning techniques in NLP <P><P>Generate Text from Nietzsche's writing using LSTM <P><P>Utilize the BABI dataset and LSTM to model episodes