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Build Your Own Robot introduces you to the exciting world of robotics. Your robot isn't just theory. Beginning in chapter 2 you'll write code to make your robot move and respond to touch sensors. The book gives accessible advice on available hardware and free open source software that makes creating a robot fun and affordable.

From the back cover Learn Concurrent Programming with Go teaches you how to boost the performance of your systems through the power of concurrent programming. It demystifies concurrency, explaining complex topics using simple language, easy-to-follow visuals, and relevant examples you'll face every day as a developer. You'll get an under-the-hood understanding of concurrency by building common concurrency tools like readers/writer locks, semaphores, and thread pools. By the time you're done reading, you'll be effortlessly coding concurrent applications in Go. You'll also have a great foundation to apply your new concurrency skills in almost any other language. About the reader For programmers who already know the basics of Go or another C-style language. No experience in concurrent programming required.

From the back cover Azure Security is a practical guide to the native security services of Microsoft Azure. You'll learn how to use Azure tools to improve your systems security and get an insider's perspective on establishing a DevSecOps program using the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Insightful analogies and hands-on examples help demystify tricky security concepts, while clever exercises help reinforce what you've learned. About the reader For software and security engineers building and securing Azure applications.

From the back cover This exciting second edition of Web Design Playground is fully updated with new technologies and thoughtful approaches for building modern websites. Discover timeless HTML and CSS techniques, and dive into their cool new tags and features, including Flexbox and CSS Grid. Four serious projects put your skills to the test and give you useful, real-world pages for your portfolio. Don't worry about setting up your own servers and domain names--the book comes with a free online "playground" to experiment with and get creative. You can concentrate on core skills like page layout and adding images and video, as well as learning typography, responsive design, and the other modern web design techniques. Before you know it, you'll be ready to create gorgeous pages that reflect your creativity and style. About the reader If you can use a browser, you're ready to create web pages!

Machine Learning Algorithms in Depth dives deep into the 'how' and the 'why' of machine learning algorithms. For each category of an algorithm, you will go from math-first principles to hands-on implementation in Python. You will explore dozens of examples from across all the fields of machine learning, including finance, computer vision, NLP, and more. Each example is accompanied by worked-out derivations and details as well as insightful code samples and graphics. By the time you're done reading, you will know how major algorithms work under the hood -- and be a better machine learning practitioner. About the reader For intermediate machine learning practitioners familiar with linear algebra, probability, and basic calculus.

Edge Computing Technology and Applications introduces all aspects of edge computing. Illustrations and graphics help make complex topics easy to understand. If you're a business decision maker, you'll welcome the jargon-free explanations of key concepts. Technical pros will appreciate the big-picture coverage of the central technologies of edge computing. You'll find essential coverage of the edge's systems and architectures, as well as how to prevent embarrassing and crippling cyber attacks. Throughout, the book's real-world use cases cut through the hype and reveal how edge computing is being effectively used in industry. about the reader For technology leaders and managers looking to rapidly get up to speed with edge computing.

Demand Forecasting Best Practices is a handbook of techniques for effective demand planning for products of all types. You will learn how to optimise your data, metrics, processes, models, and even people to make better decisions and deliver value to your supply chains. Discover pro tips from author Nicolas Vandeput's global career in supply chain consultancy and dodge the common mistakes you might not know you are making. Illustrations, clear explanations, and relevant real-world examples make each concept easy to understand and easy to follow. About the reader For anyone who wants to improve their demand planning process, including demand planners, S&OP managers, supply chain leaders, and data scientists.

Regular Expression Puzzles and AI Coding Assistants is the perfect starting point for programmers of any experience level who want to understand the capabilities -- and the limitations -- of these exciting new tools. Author David Mertz presents 24 challenging regex puzzles, their traditional human-made solutions, and the fascinating answers given by popular AI assistants. Alongside these eye-opening puzzles, you will learn how to write prompts, integrate AI-generated coding suggestions, and interact with the assistant to get the results you want. By the end of the book, you will have a clear understanding of where AI assistants can reliably write code for you and where you will still need a human touch. Plus, you will learn a lot about regular expressions! About the reader Code examples use simple Python and Regular Expressions. No experience with AI coding tools is required.

Use Akka to solve the big problems of distributed systemsfrom multithreading and concurrency, to handling scalability and failure.In Akka in Action, Second Edition you will learn how to:Create basic programs with AkkaWork with clusters to build robust, fault tolerant programsCreate and maintain distributed state with strong consistency guaranteesBuild microservices with AkkaUtilize concurrency and parallelismTest Akka softwareAkka in Action, Second Edition teaches you to use the latest version of Akka to solve common problems of distributed systems. Akka contributor Francisco Lï¿¿pez-Sancho demonstrates Akkas complex concepts through real-world use cases, including clustering, sharding, persistence, and deploying to Kubernetes. Discover the power of the Actor model, and how to leverage most of the Akka modules to create microservices that are reliable and fault tolerant.about the technologyAkka is a toolkit of libraries that make it easy to implement distributed applications in Scala and Java. Akkas Actor model avoids many of the complexities of multithreading, while making systems elastic and resilient, and provides strong consistency.

Cyber Threat Hunting teaches you how to identify potential breaches of your security. You will learn by exploring real-life scenarios drawn from author Nadhem AlFardan's twenty years in information security. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will build a practical hunting framework and discover good practices for optimising and improving expeditions. You will learn to employ advanced techniques that draw on machine learning and statistical analysis to help spot anomalies. Best of all, this practical book comes with downloadable datasets and scenario templates to practice and hone your threat-hunting techniques. About the reader For security, network, and systems professionals familiar with security tools and Python.

A Pythonic Adventure listens in on the conversations between two aspiring Python programmers. The book's dialogue helps young programmers understand complex concepts much more easily. Characters ask questions, make mistakes, and offer different solutions -- just like in real life. Readers will develop fun and engaging Python applications, including a coffee shop app for taking orders and a LEGO minifigure exchange program. Best of all, A Pythonic Adventure dives deeper than other beginner books. Inside are important skills for any new software developer, such as how to plan an application, what to expect from users, and how to test code and check for errors. By the time they are done reading, young learners will not only know how to write code, they will know how to think about problems like professional developers! About the reader For programmers aged 10+, and older friends and mentors who are interested in teaching programming.

Haskell Bookcamp builds your skills with production-quality Haskell code by creating interesting projects. As you work through each application, you will master Haskell basics and functional programming and dip into the language's advanced features. Haskell's abstract concepts can be confusing--so you will learn them from the ground up with real-world examples rather than tedious academic exercises. Learn how to structure real-world applications, work with the Haskell toolchain effectively and what to look out for when writing critical sections in the programme's logic. Best of all, each project in this book is fully extensible and customisable, so you can keep tinkering with your favourites! About the reader For readers who know how to program in an object-orientated language.

Open up How Computers Make Books, and you will learn how computers use math and computer science to lay out and produce a book. Explore text, fonts, and means of putting ink onto the page. Dive into the history of typesetting and printing and see how that history informs today's technology for both physical books and eBooks. You will learn the importance of both mathematical calculation and artistic taste and how only a combination of the two leads to beautiful books. By the time you are done reading, you will have a better understanding of how computer science can solve problems and the complex technology that went into every book you own. About the reader This book is for everyone--from those clueless but curious about computer science to tech professionals interested in the ingenious solutions created to solve the big problems of printing.

about the book ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to creating web applications with ASP.NET Core 7.0. You'll quickly progress from HTTP concepts to advanced framework customization. Illustrations and annotated code make learning visual and easy, while hands-on examples demonstrate logins, dependency injection, security, and more. This updated edition covers the latest features and new paradigms of ASP.NET Core 7, such as minimal APIs and minimal hosting. About the reader For intermediate C# developers.

Creativity is essential to being a successful programmer. Each chapter in The Creative Programmer introduces you to a new theme of creativity that is derived from scientifically sound research. Discover the importance of communication, how constraints can make you more creative, methods to improve your critical thinking, and more. Short stories, examples, and exercises will help you understand each new idea and clearly demonstrate how you can apply them to programming. You will even be able to track your progress against a scientifically validated Creative Programming Problem Solving Test! Along the way, you will enjoy examples and stories that show what makes creative technical geniuses tick. About the reader For programmers of all experience and skill levels.

Microservices in .NET, Second Edition teaches you to build and deploy microservices using ASP.NET and Azure services.Summary In Microservices in .NET, Second Edition you will learn how to:     Build scalable microservices that are reliable in production     Optimize microservices for continuous delivery     Design event-based collaboration between microservices     Deploy microservices to Kubernetes     Set up Kubernetes in Azure Microservices in .NET, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to building microservice applications using the .NET stack. After a crystal-clear introduction to the microservices architectural style, it teaches you practical microservices development skills using ASP.NET. This second edition of the bestselling original has been revised with up-to-date tools for the .NET ecosystem, and more new coverage of scoping microservices and deploying to Kubernetes. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Microservice architectures connect independent components that must work together as a system. Integrating new technologies like Docker and Kubernetes with Microsoft’s familiar ASP.NET framework and Azure cloud platform enables .NET developers to create and manage microservices efficiently. About the book Microservices in .NET, Second Edition teaches you to build and deploy microservices using ASP.NET and Azure services. It lays out microservice architecture simply, and then guides you through several real-world projects, such as building an ecommerce shopping cart. In this fully revised edition, you’ll learn about scoping microservices, deploying to Kubernetes, and operations concerns like monitoring, logging, and security. What's inside     Optimize microservices for continuous delivery     Design event-based collaboration between microservices     Deploy microservices to Kubernetes     Set up Kubernetes in Azure About the reader For C# developers. No experience with microservices required. About the author Christian Horsdal is an independent consultant with more than 20 years of experience building projects from large-scale microservice systems to tiny embedded systems. Table of Contents PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH MICROSERVICES 1 Microservices at a glance 2 A basic shopping cart microservice 3 Deploying a microservice to Kubernetes PART 2 BUILDING MICROSERVICES 4 Identifying and scoping microservices 5 Microservice collaboration 6 Data ownership and data storage 7 Designing for robustness 8 Writing tests for microservices PART 3 HANDLING CROSS-CUTTING CONCERNS: BUILDING A REUSABLE MICROSERVICE PLATFORM 9 Cross-cutting concerns: Monitoring and logging 10 Securing microservice-to-microservice communication 11 Building a reusable microservice platform PART 4 BUILDING APPLICATIONS 12 Creating applications over microservices

Spring Microservices in Action, Second Edition teaches you to build microservice-based applications using Java and Spring.Summary By dividing large applications into separate self-contained units, Microservices are a great step toward reducing complexity and increasing flexibility. Spring Microservices in Action, Second Edition teaches you how to build microservice-based applications using Java and the Spring platform. This second edition is fully updated for the latest version of Spring, with expanded coverage of API routing with Spring Cloud Gateway, logging with the ELK stack, metrics with Prometheus and Grafana, security with the Hashicorp Vault, and modern deployment practices with Kubernetes and Istio. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Building and deploying microservices can be easy in Spring! Libraries like Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Spring Cloud Gateway reduce the boilerplate code in REST-based services. They provide an effective toolbox to get your microservices up and running on both public and private clouds. About the book Spring Microservices in Action, Second Edition teaches you to build microservice-based applications using Java and Spring. You’ll start by creating basic services, then move to efficient logging and monitoring. Learn to refactor Java applications with Spring’s intuitive tooling, and master API management with Spring Cloud Gateway. You’ll even deploy Spring Cloud applications with AWS and Kubernetes. What's inside     Microservice design principles and best practices     Configuration with Spring Cloud Config and Hashicorp Vault     Client-side resiliency with Resilience4j, and Spring Cloud Load Balancer     Metrics monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana     Distributed tracing with Spring Cloud Sleuth, Zipkin, and ELK Stack About the reader For experienced Java and Spring developers. About the author John Carnell is a senior cloud engineer with 20 years of Java experience. Illary Huaylupo Sánchez is a software engineer with over 13 years of experience. Table of Contents 1 Welcome to the cloud, Spring 2 Exploring the microservices world with Spring Cloud 3 Building microservices with Spring Boot 4 Welcome to Docker 5 Controlling your configuration with the Spring Cloud Configuration Server 6 On service discovery 7 When bad things happen: Resiliency patterns with Spring Cloud and Resilience4j 8 Service routing with Spring Cloud Gateway 9 Securing your microservices 10 Event-driven architecture with Spring Cloud Stream 11 Distributed tracing with Spring Cloud Sleuth and Zipkin 12 Deploying your microservices

Svelte and Sapper in Action teaches you to design and build fast, elegant web applications. You’ll start immediately by creating an engaging Travel Packing app as you learn to create Svelte components and develop great UX. You’ll master Svelte’s unique state management model, use Sapper for simplified page routing, and take on modern best practices like code splitting, offline support, and server-rendered views.Summary Imagine web apps with fast browser load times that also offer amazing developer productivity and require less code to create. That’s what Svelte and Sapper deliver! Svelte pushes a lot of the work a frontend framework would handle to the compile step, so your app components come out as tight, well-organized JavaScript modules. Sapper is a lightweight web framework that minimizes application size through server-rendering front pages and only loading the JavaScript you need. The end result is more efficient apps with great UX and simplified state management. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Many web frameworks load hundreds of “just-in-case” code lines that clutter and slow your apps. Svelte, an innovative, developer-friendly tool, instead compiles applications to very small bundles for lightning-fast load times that do more with less code. Pairing Svelte with the Sapper framework adds features for flexible and simple page routing, server-side rendering, static site development, and more. About the book Svelte and Sapper in Action teaches you to design and build fast, elegant web applications. You’ll start immediately by creating an engaging Travel Packing app as you learn to create Svelte components and develop great UX. You’ll master Svelte’s unique state management model, use Sapper for simplified page routing, and take on modern best practices like code splitting, offline support, and server-rendered views. What's inside - Creating Svelte components - Using stores for shared data - Configuring page routing - Debugging, testing, and deploying Svelte apps - Using Sapper for dynamic and static sites About the reader For web developers familiar with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. About the author Mark Volkmann is a partner at Object Computing, where he has provided software consulting and training since 1996. Table of Contents PART 1 - GETTING STARTED 1 Meet the players 2 Your first Svelte app PART 2 - DEEPER INTO SVELTE 3 Creating components 4 Block structures 5 Component communication 6 Stores 7 DOM interactions 8 Lifecycle functions 9 Client-side routing 10 Animation 11 Debugging 12 Testing 13 Deploying 14 Advanced Svelte PART 3 - DEEPER INTO SAPPER 15 Your first Sapper app 16 Sapper applications 17 Sapper server routes 18 Exporting static sties with Sapper 19 Sapper offline support PART 4 - BEYOND SVELTE AND SAPPER 20 Preprocessors 21 Svelte Native

Serverless Architectures on AWS, Second Edition teaches you how to design, secure, and manage serverless backend APIs for web and mobile applications on the AWS platform. You''ll get going quickly with this book''s relevant real-world examples, code listings, diagrams, and clearly-described architectures that you can readily apply to your own work. You''ll master serverless systems using AWS Lambda and the myriad other services on the AWS platform.This new edition has been fully updated to reflect the newest serverless design best practices and changes to AWS. It features two entirely new chapters dedicated to DevOps, monitoring, and microservices, as well as working with DynamoDB, GraphQL and Kinesis.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

Develop your NLP skills from scratch! This revised bestseller now includes coverage of  the latest Python packages, Transformers, the HuggingFace packages, and chatbot frameworks.Natural Language Processing in Action has helped thousands of data scientists build machines that understand human language. In this new and revised edition, you’ll discover state-of-the art NLP models like BERT and HuggingFace transformers, popular open-source frameworks for chatbots, and more. As you go, you’ll create projects that can detect fake news, filter spam, and even answer your questions, all built with Python and its ecosystem of data tools. Natural Language Processing in Action, Second Edition is your guide to building software that can read and interpret human language. This new edition is updated to include the latest Python packages and comes with full coverage of cutting-edge models like BERT, GPT-J and HuggingFace transformers. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

Grokking Concurrency is a friendly guide for any developer, perplexed about concurrency. It focuses on the fundamentals, explaining concurrent programming and asynchrony in a math and jargon-free way. Fun illustrations and diagrams make complex concepts easy to understand. The book presents the most important concurrency features with examples in the accessible Python language. No matter what language you use, you'll learn best practices for implementing concurrency. About the reader For readers who know the basics of programming. Examples are in Python.

Tiny C# Projects is ideal forprogrammers experienced in object-oriented programming and will help you hone and master your C# skills through eleven tiny projects that guide you through core C# concepts and techniques. Dive into projects that teach advanced development techniques like security measures, working with APIs, and developing readable code.

Statistics Slam Dunk: Statistical analysis with R on real NBA data is an interesting and engaging how-to guide for statistical analysis using R. It is packed with practical statistical techniques, each demonstrated using real-world data taken from NBA games. In each chapter, you will discover a new (and sometimes surprising!) insight into basketball, with careful step-by-step instructions on how to generate those revelations. You will get practical experience cleaning, manipulating, exploring, testing, and otherwise analysing data with base R functions and useful R packages. R's visualisation capabilities shine through in the book's 300 visualizations, and almost 30 plots and charts including Pareto charts and Sankey diagrams. Much more than a beginner's guide, this book explores advanced analytics techniques and data wrangling packages. You will find yourself returning again and again to use this book as a handy reference! About the reader Requires a beginning knowledge of basic statistics concepts. No advanced knowledge of statistics, machine learning, R - or basketball - required.

In gRPC Microservices in Go, you will learn to design and build production-grade microservices implementations the right way, using Go and gRPC. Learn best practices for designing APIs, implementing cloud-native microservices, and even how to run your development process with DevOps culture. Chapter by chapter, you'll set up the microservices architecture for a complete eCommerce web application. Use-case diagrams and illustrations help you understand how microservices architectures are properly constructed, and demystify the theory behind the practical techniques. About the reader For software developers who know the basics of Go.

Acing the System Design Interview teaches you how to effectively demonstrate your system design expertise in an interview environment. In this in-depth guide, author Zhiyong Tan shares what he has learned on both sides of the interview table. The book's serious technical overviews cover everything there is to know about system design - from the frameworks for functional partitioning, to different API paradigms. You will learn how to quickly assess a question, identify an advantageous approach, and then clearly articulate it to an interviewer. A structured approach to preparing for your interview, handy note-taking techniques, and self-evaluation templates help you prep and assess how you did, and therefore improve your future performance. Along the way, you will also learn appropriate questions to ask your interviewer and methods to take good interview notes. About the reader For software engineers, software architects, and engineering managers looking to advance their careers.

.NET MAUI in Action teaches you to build cross-platform applications with the skills you already have as a .NET developer. There's no platform-specific knowledge needed to get started; you'll learn everything you need about Android, iOS, and more through the book's hands-on guidance. You'll dive straight into creating apps and rapidly progress from "Aloha World" to To-Do list apps, a movie recommender app, and eventually a full-stack solution using enterprise architecture patterns. You'll also learn how to use GitHub Actions to deploy robust, testable, and maintainable apps. Learn how to deliver a consistent look and feel for your apps across platforms while tailoring your user experience to relevant devices. Throughout, you'll use the built-in controls of .NET MAUI and learn how to develop your own custom solutions. You'll soon be confidently delivering complex apps without mastering platform-specific skill sets. About the reader For experienced .NET developers.