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Foundations of Robotics

A Multidisciplinary Approach with Python and ROS

Edited by Damith Herath, David St-Onge ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
This open access book introduces key concepts in robotics in an easy to understand language using an engaging project-based approach. It covers contemporary topics in robotics, providing an accessible entry point to fundamentals in all the major domains. A section is dedicated to introducing programming concepts using Python, which has become a language of choice in robotics and AI. The book also ... Read more

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This open access book introduces key concepts in robotics in an easy to understand language using an engaging project-based approach. It covers contemporary topics in robotics, providing an accessible entry point to fundamentals in all the major domains. A section is dedicated to introducing programming concepts using Python, which has become a language of choice in robotics and AI. The book also
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

Master the World's Most-Used Programming Language

by David Flanagan ...

For web developers and other programmers interested in using JavaScript, this bestselling book provides the most comprehensive JavaScript material on the market. The seventh edition represents a significant update, with new information for ECMAScript 2020, and new chapters on language-specific features.JavaScript: The Definitive Guide is ideal for experienced programmers who want to learn the ... Read more

$48.99 USD

For web developers and other programmers interested in using JavaScript, this bestselling book provides the most comprehensive JavaScript material on the market. The seventh edition represents a significant update, with new information for ECMAScript 2020, and new chapters on language-specific features.JavaScript: The Definitive Guide is ideal for experienced programmers who want to learn the
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What Would Google Do?

Reverse-Engineering the Fastest Growing Company in the History of the World

by Jeff Jarvis ...

“Eye-opening, thought-provoking, and enlightening.”—USA Today“An indispensable guide to the business logic of the networked era.”—Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody“A stimulating exercise in thinking really, really big.”—San Jose Mercury NewsWhat Would Google Do? is an indispensable manual for survival and success in today’s internet-driven marketplace. By “reverse engineering the fastest ... Read more

$6.99 USD

“Eye-opening, thought-provoking, and enlightening.”—USA Today“An indispensable guide to the business logic of the networked era.”—Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody“A stimulating exercise in thinking really, really big.”—San Jose Mercury NewsWhat Would Google Do? is an indispensable manual for survival and success in today’s internet-driven marketplace. By “reverse engineering the fastest
... Read more
A Quick Guide to c# with Unity

Quick Guides, #1

by Patrick Felicia ...

Series Book 1 - Quick Guides
Why this book can help you to get started fast with C# in UnityIt can be intimidating to start with Unity, and while several books can provide comprehensive information, you may, like many other readers, just want to focus on a particular topic and get started fast.This book is part of a series entitled "A Quick Guide To", and does just this. In this book series, you have the opportunity to get ... Read more

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Why this book can help you to get started fast with C# in UnityIt can be intimidating to start with Unity, and while several books can provide comprehensive information, you may, like many other readers, just want to focus on a particular topic and get started fast.This book is part of a series entitled "A Quick Guide To", and does just this. In this book series, you have the opportunity to get
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Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 3rd Edition

by Al Sweigart ...

The bestselling introduction to Python programming, revised to include the latest Python features, improved explanations, and new chapters about databases and sound files.If you’ve ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do this work for you?In this fully revised third edition ... Read more

$31.99 USD

The bestselling introduction to Python programming, revised to include the latest Python features, improved explanations, and new chapters about databases and sound files.If you’ve ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do this work for you?In this fully revised third edition
... Read more
JavaScript: The Good Parts

The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford ...

Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a subset of JavaScript that's more reliable, readable, and maintainable than the language as a whole-a subset you can use to create truly extensible and ... Read more

$17.29 USD

Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a subset of JavaScript that's more reliable, readable, and maintainable than the language as a whole-a subset you can use to create truly extensible and
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Tidy First?

A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

by Kent Beck ...

Tidying up messy software is a must. And that means breaking up the code to make it more readable, and using guard clauses and helping functions to make it understandable. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings in your code.Instead of trying to master tidying all at once, this book ... Read more

$24.49 USD

Tidying up messy software is a must. And that means breaking up the code to make it more readable, and using guard clauses and helping functions to make it understandable. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings in your code.Instead of trying to master tidying all at once, this book
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Crafting Interpreters

by Robert Nystrom ...

Despite using them every day, most software engineers know little about how programming languages are designed and implemented. For many, their only experience with that corner of computer science was a terrifying "compilers" class that they suffered through in undergrad and tried to blot from their memory as soon as they had scribbled their last NFA to DFA conversion on the final exam.That ... Read more

$39.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Despite using them every day, most software engineers know little about how programming languages are designed and implemented. For many, their only experience with that corner of computer science was a terrifying "compilers" class that they suffered through in undergrad and tried to blot from their memory as soon as they had scribbled their last NFA to DFA conversion on the final exam.That
... Read more
Coders

The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

by Clive Thompson ...

Hello, world.Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Self-driving cars roaming the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of code--and coders are the ones who built it for us. From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, in a book that ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Hello, world.Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Self-driving cars roaming the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of code--and coders are the ones who built it for us. From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, in a book that
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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

by Jon Erickson ...

Hacking is the art of creative problem solving, whether that means finding an unconventional solution to a difficult problem or exploiting holes in sloppy programming. Many people call themselves hackers, but few have the strong technical foundation needed to really push the envelope.Rather than merely showing how to run existing exploits, author Jon Erickson explains how arcane hacking techniques ... Read more

$34.99 USD

Hacking is the art of creative problem solving, whether that means finding an unconventional solution to a difficult problem or exploiting holes in sloppy programming. Many people call themselves hackers, but few have the strong technical foundation needed to really push the envelope.Rather than merely showing how to run existing exploits, author Jon Erickson explains how arcane hacking techniques
... Read more
Managing Humans

Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
Read hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Lopp’s perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The Third Edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the ... Read more

$28.49 USD

Read hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Lopp’s perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The Third Edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the
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Clean Architecture

A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design

by Robert Martin ...

Series series Robert C. Martin Series
Practical Software Architecture Solutions from the Legendary Robert C. Martin (“Uncle Bob”)By applying universal rules of software architecture, you can dramatically improve developer productivity throughout the life of any software system. Now, building upon the success of his best-selling books Clean Code and The Clean Coder, legendary software craftsman Robert C. Martin (“Uncle Bob”) reveals ... Read more

$33.29 USD

Practical Software Architecture Solutions from the Legendary Robert C. Martin (“Uncle Bob”)By applying universal rules of software architecture, you can dramatically improve developer productivity throughout the life of any software system. Now, building upon the success of his best-selling books Clean Code and The Clean Coder, legendary software craftsman Robert C. Martin (“Uncle Bob”) reveals
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Peopleware

Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister ...

Few books in computing have had as profound an influence on software management as Peopleware. The unique insight of this longtime best seller is that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. They’re not easy issues; but solve them, and you’ll maximize your chances of success.“Peopleware has long been one of my two favorite books on software engineering. Its underlying ... Read more

$37.79 USD

Few books in computing have had as profound an influence on software management as Peopleware. The unique insight of this longtime best seller is that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. They’re not easy issues; but solve them, and you’ll maximize your chances of success.“Peopleware has long been one of my two favorite books on software engineering. Its underlying
... Read more
Crisis Engineering

Time-Tested Tools for Turning Chaos into Clarity

by Marina Nitze, Matthew Weaver, Mikey Dickerson ...

Learn how to successfully emerge from complex crisis conditions with this practical, comprehensive guide."A book I wish I’d had in difficult times.” —General Stanley McChrystal, US Army (Ret) & Co-Founder and CEO, McChrystal GroupWhen the system breaks, what do you do? You're in the middle of a meltdown. The platform is down, the phones are ringing, the headlines are brutal, and your team is ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Learn how to successfully emerge from complex crisis conditions with this practical, comprehensive guide."A book I wish I’d had in difficult times.” —General Stanley McChrystal, US Army (Ret) & Co-Founder and CEO, McChrystal GroupWhen the system breaks, what do you do? You're in the middle of a meltdown. The platform is down, the phones are ringing, the headlines are brutal, and your team is
... Read more
Poirot's Early Cases

by Agatha Christie ...

Series Book 0 - Hercule Poirot
Poirot's Early Cases is a short story collection written by the master of mystery herself, Agatha Christie. In the collection, Christie charts some of the cases from Hercule Poirot's early career, before he was internationally renowned as a detective.Poirot's Early Cases features:The Affair at the Victory BallThe Adventure of the Clapham CookThe Cornish MysteryThe Adventure of Johnnie WaverlyThe ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Poirot's Early Cases is a short story collection written by the master of mystery herself, Agatha Christie. In the collection, Christie charts some of the cases from Hercule Poirot's early career, before he was internationally renowned as a detective.Poirot's Early Cases features:The Affair at the Victory BallThe Adventure of the Clapham CookThe Cornish MysteryThe Adventure of Johnnie WaverlyThe
... Read more
(Part 1) Absolute Beginner: Java 4 Selenium WebDriver: Come Learn How To Program For Automation Testing

by Rex Jones ...

Are You Interested in Selenium WebDriver?This is one of the best Java books specifically for SeleniumNote: Book available on your tablet, phone, PDF, PC, Mac, and paperback (Black/White & Color). You will find details of downloading the PDF document inside the book.Why You Will Like Part 1 – Java 4 Selenium WebDriver?Part 1 – Java 4 Selenium WebDriver contains valuable information for... ... Read more

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Are You Interested in Selenium WebDriver?This is one of the best Java books specifically for SeleniumNote: Book available on your tablet, phone, PDF, PC, Mac, and paperback (Black/White & Color). You will find details of downloading the PDF document inside the book.Why You Will Like Part 1 – Java 4 Selenium WebDriver?Part 1 – Java 4 Selenium WebDriver contains valuable information for...
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Terraform: Up and Running

Writing Infrastructure as Code

by Yevgeniy Brikman ...

Terraform has become a key player in the DevOps world for defining, launching, and managing infrastructure as code (IaC) across a variety of cloud and virtualization platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and more. This hands-on third edition, expanded and thoroughly updated for version 1.0 and beyond, shows you the fastest way to get up and running with Terraform.Gruntwork cofounder ... Read more

$41.09 USD

Terraform has become a key player in the DevOps world for defining, launching, and managing infrastructure as code (IaC) across a variety of cloud and virtualization platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and more. This hands-on third edition, expanded and thoroughly updated for version 1.0 and beyond, shows you the fastest way to get up and running with Terraform.Gruntwork cofounder
... Read more
Python

Beginner's Guide to Programming Code with Python

by Charlie Masterson ...

Series Book 1 - Python Computer Programming
Learn Python programming today and begin your path towards Python programming mastery!In this Definitive Python Guide, you’re about to discover...How to program code in Python through learning the core essentials that every Python programmer must know. Python is a very popular programming language, and there are a great many books on the market concerning it. We cut to the chase and tell you why ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn Python programming today and begin your path towards Python programming mastery!In this Definitive Python Guide, you’re about to discover...How to program code in Python through learning the core essentials that every Python programmer must know. Python is a very popular programming language, and there are a great many books on the market concerning it. We cut to the chase and tell you why
... Read more
A Quick Guide to Card Games with Unity

Quick Guides, #5

by Patrick Felicia ...

Series Book 5 - Quick Guides
Why this book can help you to get started fast with Card Games and UnityIt can be intimidating to start with Unity, and while several books can provide comprehensive information, you may, like many other readers, just want to focus on a specific topic and get started fast.This book is part of a series entitled "Quick Guides", and does just this. In this book series, you have the opportunity to get ... Read more

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Why this book can help you to get started fast with Card Games and UnityIt can be intimidating to start with Unity, and while several books can provide comprehensive information, you may, like many other readers, just want to focus on a specific topic and get started fast.This book is part of a series entitled "Quick Guides", and does just this. In this book series, you have the opportunity to get
... Read more
The Past, Present, and Future of JavaScript

by Axel Rauschmayer ...

What’s next for JavaScript? Its phenomenal rise from a simple client-side scripting tool to a versatile and flexible programming language exceeded everyone’s expectations. Now, hopes and expectations for JavaScript’s future are considerable.In this insightful report, Dr. Axel Rauschmayer explains how the combination of several technologies and opportunities in the past 15 years turned JavaScript’s ... Read more

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What’s next for JavaScript? Its phenomenal rise from a simple client-side scripting tool to a versatile and flexible programming language exceeded everyone’s expectations. Now, hopes and expectations for JavaScript’s future are considerable.In this insightful report, Dr. Axel Rauschmayer explains how the combination of several technologies and opportunities in the past 15 years turned JavaScript’s
... Read more
Python for Data Analysis

Data Wrangling with pandas, NumPy, and Jupyter

by Wes McKinney ...

Get the definitive handbook for manipulating, processing, cleaning, and crunching datasets in Python. Updated for Python 3.10 and pandas 1.4, the third edition of this hands-on guide is packed with practical case studies that show you how to solve a broad set of data analysis problems effectively. You'll learn the latest versions of pandas, NumPy, and Jupyter in the process.Written by Wes McKinney ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Get the definitive handbook for manipulating, processing, cleaning, and crunching datasets in Python. Updated for Python 3.10 and pandas 1.4, the third edition of this hands-on guide is packed with practical case studies that show you how to solve a broad set of data analysis problems effectively. You'll learn the latest versions of pandas, NumPy, and Jupyter in the process.Written by Wes McKinney
... Read more
Building Android Applications for Beginners

by Steve Taylor ...

This book is aimed at people with little or no understanding of developing applications or any experience with Java or computer programming in general.Rather than immediately delving into details, the book focuses instead on constructing simple Android examples that can immediately be seen to work. As an example, some very simple but yet powerful graphics are developed, the image on the book's ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is aimed at people with little or no understanding of developing applications or any experience with Java or computer programming in general.Rather than immediately delving into details, the book focuses instead on constructing simple Android examples that can immediately be seen to work. As an example, some very simple but yet powerful graphics are developed, the image on the book's
... Read more
C# Programming Basics: Learn C# Coding for Beginners Book 1

C# Fundamentals, #1

by Chittaranjan Dhurat ...

Series Book 1 - C# Fundamentals
This book explains C# fundamentals with easy to understand examples and simple language.Level: Beginner to IntermediateAre you a beginner programmer and looking for learning C# basics?Then this is the perfect guide for you.What you will learn in this book?Data types in C#Variables and ConstantsOperators in C#Value type and Reference typeType conversation<... ... Read more

$0.99 USD

This book explains C# fundamentals with easy to understand examples and simple language.Level: Beginner to IntermediateAre you a beginner programmer and looking for learning C# basics?Then this is the perfect guide for you.What you will learn in this book?Data types in C#Variables and ConstantsOperators in C#Value type and Reference typeType conversation<...
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How Computers Really Work

A Hands-On Guide to the Inner Workings of the Machine

by Matthew Justice ...

An approachable, hands-on guide to understanding how computers work, from low-level circuits to high-level code.How Computers Really Work is a hands-on guide to the computing ecosystem: everything from circuits to memory and clock signals, machine code, programming languages, operating systems, and the internet.But you won't just read about these concepts, you'll test your knowledge with exercises ... Read more

$23.99 USD

An approachable, hands-on guide to understanding how computers work, from low-level circuits to high-level code.How Computers Really Work is a hands-on guide to the computing ecosystem: everything from circuits to memory and clock signals, machine code, programming languages, operating systems, and the internet.But you won't just read about these concepts, you'll test your knowledge with exercises
... Read more

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