Bøker utgitt av Packt Publishing

Build efficient data lakes that can scale to virtually unlimited size using AWS GlueKey Features:Learn to work with AWS Glue to overcome typical implementation challenges in data lakesCreate and manage serverless ETL pipelines that can scale to manage big dataWritten by AWS Glue community members, this practical guide shows you how to implement AWS Glue in no timeBook Description:Organizations these days have gravitated toward services such as AWS Glue that undertake undifferentiated heavy lifting and provide serverless Spark, enabling you to create and manage data lakes in a serverless fashion. This guide shows you how AWS Glue can be used to solve real-world problems along with helping you learn about data processing, data integration, and building data lakes.Beginning with AWS Glue basics, this book teaches you how to perform various aspects of data analysis such as ad hoc queries, data visualization, and real-time analysis using this service. It also provides a walk-through of CI/CD for AWS Glue and how to shift left on quality using automated regression tests. You'll find out how data security aspects such as access control, encryption, auditing, and networking are implemented, as well as getting to grips with useful techniques such as picking the right file format, compression, partitioning, and bucketing. As you advance, you'll discover AWS Glue features such as crawlers, Lake Formation, governed tables, lineage, DataBrew, Glue Studio, and custom connectors. The concluding chapters help you to understand various performance tuning, troubleshooting, and monitoring options.By the end of this AWS book, you'll be able to create, manage, troubleshoot, and deploy ETL pipelines using AWS Glue.What You Will Learn:Apply various AWS Glue features to manage and create data lakesUse Glue DataBrew and Glue Studio for data preparationOptimize data layout in cloud storage to accelerate analytics workloadsManage metadata including database, table, and schema definitionsSecure your data during access control, encryption, auditing, and networkingMonitor AWS Glue jobs to detect delays and loss of dataIntegrate Spark ML and SageMaker with AWS Glue to create machine learning modelsWho this book is for:This book is for ETL developers, data engineers, and data analysts who want to understand how AWS Glue can help you solve your business problems. Basic knowledge of AWS data services is assumed.

Enhance your applications' performance using best practices for benchmarking, application profiling, asynchronous programming, designing responsive UIs, gRPC communication, and distributed applicationsKey Features:- Make the best use of performance enhancements in C# 10.0 and .NET 6- Boost application performance by identifying hardware bottlenecks and common performance pitfalls- Get to grips with best practices and techniques for improving the scalability of distributed systemsBook Description:Writing high-performance code while building an application is crucial, and over the years, Microsoft has focused on delivering various performance-related improvements within the .NET ecosystem. This book will help you understand the aspects involved in designing responsive, resilient, and high-performance applications with the new version of C# and .NET.You will start by understanding the foundation of high-performance code and the latest performance-related improvements in C# 10.0 and .NET 6. Next, you'll learn how to use tracing and diagnostics to track down performance issues and the cause of memory leaks. The chapters that follow then show you how to enhance the performance of your networked applications and various ways to improve directory tasks, file tasks, and more. Later, you'll go on to improve data querying performance and write responsive user interfaces. You'll also discover how you can use cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure to build scalable distributed solutions. Finally, you'll explore various ways to process code synchronously, asynchronously, and in parallel to reduce the time it takes to process a series of tasks.By the end of this C# programming book, you'll have the confidence you need to build highly resilient, high-performance applications that meet your customer's demands.What You Will Learn:- Use correct types and collections to enhance application performance- Profile, benchmark, and identify performance issues with the codebase- Explore how to best perform queries on LINQ to improve an application's performance- Effectively utilize a number of CPUs and cores through asynchronous programming- Build responsive user interfaces with WinForms, WPF, MAUI, and WinUI- Benchmark ADO.NET, Entity Framework Core, and Dapper for data access- Implement CQRS and event sourcing and build and deploy microservicesWho this book is for:This book is for software engineers, professional software developers, performance engineers, and application profilers looking to improve the speed of their code or take their skills to the next level to gain a competitive advantage. You should be a proficient C# programmer who can already put the language to good use and is also comfortable using Microsoft Visual Studio 2022Table of Contents- Introducing C# 10.0 and .NET 6- Implementing C# Interoperability- Predefined Data Types and Memory Allocations- Memory Management- Application Profiling and Tracing- The .NET Collections- LINQ Performance- File and Stream I/O- Enhancing the Performance of Networked Applications- Setting Up Our Database Project- Benchmarking Relational Data Access Frameworks- Responsive User Interfaces- Distributed Systems- Multi-Threaded Programming- Parallel Programming- Asynchronous Programming

Demystify quantum computing by learning the math it is built onKey Features:- Build a solid mathematical foundation to get started with developing powerful quantum solutions- Understand linear algebra, calculus, matrices, complex numbers, vector spaces, and other concepts essential for quantum computing- Learn the math needed to understand how quantum algorithms functionBook Description:Quantum computing is an exciting subject that offers hope to solve the world's most complex problems at a quicker pace. It is being used quite widely in different spheres of technology, including cybersecurity, finance, and many more, but its concepts, such as superposition, are often misunderstood because engineers may not know the math to understand them. This book will teach the requisite math concepts in an intuitive way and connect them to principles in quantum computing.Starting with the most basic of concepts, 2D vectors that are just line segments in space, you'll move on to tackle matrix multiplication using an instinctive method. Linearity is the major theme throughout the book and since quantum mechanics is a linear theory, you'll see how they go hand in hand. As you advance, you'll understand intrinsically what a vector is and how to transform vectors with matrices and operators. You'll also see how complex numbers make their voices heard and understand the probability behind it all.It's all here, in writing you can understand. This is not a stuffy math book with definitions, axioms, theorems, and so on. This book meets you where you're at and guides you to where you need to be for quantum computing. Already know some of this stuff? No problem! The book is componentized, so you can learn just the parts you want. And with tons of exercises and their answers, you'll get all the practice you need.What You Will Learn:- Operate on vectors (qubits) with matrices (gates)- Define linear combinations and linear independence- Understand vector spaces and their basis sets- Rotate, reflect, and project vectors with matrices- Realize the connection between complex numbers and the Bloch sphere- Determine whether a matrix is invertible and find its eigenvalues- Probabilistically determine the measurement of a qubit- Tie it all together with bra-ket notationWho this book is for:If you want to learn quantum computing but are unsure of the math involved, this book is for you. If you've taken high school math, you'll easily understand the topics covered. And even if you haven't, the book will give you a refresher on topics such as trigonometry, matrices, and vectors. This book will help you gain the confidence to fully understand quantum computation without losing you in the process!Table of Contents- Superposition with Euclid- The Matrix- Foundations- Vector Spaces- Using Matrices to Transform Space- Complex Numbers- Eigenstuff- Our Space in the Universe- Advanced Concepts- Appendix 1 - Bra-ket Notation- Appendix 2 - Sigma Notation- Appendix 3 - Trigonometry- Appendix 4 - Probability- Appendix 5 - References

Build your own designs using vector shapes and apply design principles when creating projects in Adobe Illustrator with the help of this full-color guideKey Features:Apply industry trends and methods and move from concept to completion of designsManipulate tools within the software to make your creative process smootherMaster the technique of using tools such as the Shaper Tool, Shape Builder Tool, and the Live Paint BucketBook Description:Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based art tool for visual creatives. It is an industry-standard tool that helps you take a design from concept to completion, including the process of peer collaboration and client feedback.Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, you'll begin to build confidence as you master the methods of successful illustrators in the industry by exploring crucial tools and techniques of Adobe Illustrator. You'll learn how to create objects using different tools and methods while assigning varied attributes and appearances. Throughout the book, you'll strengthen your skills in developing structures for maintaining organization as your illustration grows.By the end of this Adobe Illustrator book, you'll have gained the confidence you need to not only create content in the desired format and for the right audience but also build eye-catching vector art based on solid design principles.What You Will Learn:Master a wide variety of methods for developing objectsControl files using layers and groupsEnhance content using data-supported infographicsUse multiple artboards for better efficiency and asset managementUnderstand the use of layers and objects in IllustratorBuild professional systems for final presentation to clientsWho this book is for:This book is for creative illustrators with basic to intermediate-level experience with vector-based software who want to take their existing skills to the next level. Prior knowledge of vector-based illustration concepts will help you get the most out of this Adobe Illustrator software book and produce impressive results.

Build a complete game from start to finish using Flutter and Flame while getting acquainted with each building block in game design along the wayKey Features:- Begin your Flutter game development journey with step-by-step instructions and best practices- Understand the Flame game engine and its essential elements for making games, sprite animation, tilemaps, and audio- Build enjoyable games with Flutter that can be played across different platformsBook Description:With its powerful tools and quick implementation capabilities, Flutter provides a new way to build scalable cross-platform apps. In this book, you'll learn how to build on your knowledge and use Flutter as the foundation for creating games.This game development book takes a hands-on approach to building a complete game from scratch. You'll see how to get started with the Flame library and build a simple animated example to test Flame. You'll then discover how to organize and load images and audio in your Flutter game. As you advance, you'll gain insights into the game loop and set it up for fast and efficient processing. The book also guides you in using Tiled to create maps, add sprites to the maps that the player can interact with, and see how to use tilemap collision to create paths for a player to walk on. Finally, you'll learn how to make enemies more intelligent with artificial intelligence (AI).By the end of the book, you'll have gained the confidence to build fun multiplatform games with Flutter.What You Will Learn:- Discover the Flame engine and how to use it in game programming in Flutter- Organize the graphics and sounds used in your game- Animate a sprite in your games and detect when the player collides with tiles- Run the game as a web page and desktop app- Expand our player control with key navigation- Build your first game and make your enemies more intelligent with AI for gamesWho this book is for:If you are a Flutter developer looking to apply your Flutter programming skills to games development, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of Dart will assist with understanding the concepts covered.Table of Contents- Getting Started with Flutter Games- Working with the Flame Engine- Building a Game Design- Drawing and Animating Graphics- Moving the Graphics with Input- Playing Sound Effects and Music- Designing Your Own Levels- Scaling the game for web and desktop- Implementing Advanced Graphics Effects- Making Intelligent Enemies With AI- Finishing the Game- Appendix: Answers

Learn to design, develop, debug, and deploy technologies by harnessing the full power of Visual Studio 2022 by discovering its new features and exclusive techniquesKey Features:- Discover solutions to common problems faced while using Visual Studio 2022- Explore tips, tricks, and best practices and discover ways to overcome source-code challenges- Deep dive into Visual Studio's new features and unleash its potential to enhance your coding journeyBook Description:Visual Studio 2022 is the complete and ideal integrated development environment (IDE) for creating large, complex, and scalable applications. It is one of the most complete tools available for development, especially with Microsoft technologies.This book will teach you how to take advantage of the tools available with this IDE to write clean code faster. You'll begin by learning how to set up and start Visual Studio 2022 and how to use all the tools provided by this IDE. You will then explore key combinations, tips, and additional utilities that can help you to code faster and review your code constantly. Next, you will see how to compile, debug, and inspect your project to analyze its current behavior using Visual Studio. The book also shows you how to insert reusable blocks of code writing simple statements. Later, you will learn about visual aids and artificial intelligence that will help you improve productivity and understand what is going on in the project.By the end of this book, you will be able to set up your development environment using Visual Studio 2022, personalize the tools and layout, and use shortcuts and extensions to improve your productivity.What You Will Learn:- Understand what s new in Visual Studio 2022- Discover the various code tools to improve productivity- Explore the benefits of using .NET 6 in Visual Studio 2022- Perform compilation, debugging, and version control comfortably- Become well-versed with various shortcuts, tricks, tips, and tools to improve productivity within Visual Studio 2022- Implement remote and collaborative work with Visual Studio 2022Who this book is for:This book is for .NET software developers focusing on web development and web developers who want to learn about the new features, tools, and features available in Visual Studio 2022. Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript or frameworks such as React and Angular is assumed.Table of Contents- Getting Started with Visual Studio 2022- Configuring the IDE- Improvements in Visual Studio 2022- Creating Projects and Templates- Debugging and Compiling Your Projects- Adding Code Snippets- Coding Efficiently with AI and Code Views- Web Tools and Hot Reload- Styling and Clean up Tools- Publishing Projects- Implementing Git Integration- Sharing Code with Live Share- Working with Extensions in Visual Studio- Using Popular Extensions- Learning Keyboard Shortcuts

A Python web developer's guide to exploring the Django development lifecycle - beyond the basicsKey Features:Expert tips to help you use the right packages, tools, and libraries and understand their scope for your projectGain a thorough understanding of the essential components that comprise a large-scale Python web appLearn best practices for creating a project structure for better performanceBook Description:Django is a powerful framework but choosing the right add-ons that match the scale and scope of your enterprise projects can be tricky. This book will help you explore the multifarious options available for enterprise Django development. Countless organizations are already using Django and more migrating to it, unleashing the power of Python with many different packages and dependencies, including AI technologies.This practical guide will help you understand practices, blueprints, and design decisions to put Django to work the way you want it to. You'll learn various ways in which data can be rendered onto a page and discover the power of Django for large-scale production applications. Starting with the basics of getting an enterprise project up and running, you'll get to grips with maintaining the project throughout its lifecycle while learning what the Django application lifecycle is.By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to build and deploy a Django project to the web and implement various components into the site.What You Will Learn:Use Django to develop enterprise-level apps to help scale your businessUnderstand the steps and tools used to scale up a proof-of-concept project to production without going too deep into specific technologiesExplore core Django components and how to use them in different ways to suit your app's needsFind out how Django allows you to build RESTful APIsExtract, parse, and migrate data from an old database system to a new system with Django and PythonWrite and run a test using the built-in testing tools in DjangoWho this book is for:The book is for Django developers who want to learn the full-stack enterprise app development lifecycle. If you are a Python web developer looking to learn how to maintain a production website and explore Django beyond the basics, this book is for you. The book assumes intermediate-level knowledge of Python programming and the Django framework.