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REST in Practice

Hypermedia and Systems Architecture

by Jim Webber, Savas Parastatidis, Ian Robinson ...

Why don't typical enterprise projects go as smoothly as projects you develop for the Web? Does the REST architectural style really present a viable alternative for building distributed systems and enterprise-class applications?In this insightful book, three SOA experts provide a down-to-earth explanation of REST and demonstrate how you can develop simple and elegant distributed hypermedia systems ... Read more

$23.09 USD

Why don't typical enterprise projects go as smoothly as projects you develop for the Web? Does the REST architectural style really present a viable alternative for building distributed systems and enterprise-class applications?In this insightful book, three SOA experts provide a down-to-earth explanation of REST and demonstrate how you can develop simple and elegant distributed hypermedia systems
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SwiftUI for Masterminds 3rd Edition 2022

How to take advantage of Swift and SwiftUI to create insanely great apps for iPhones, iPads, and Macs

by J.D Gauchat ...

Learn how to create apps for iOS 16 and macOS Ventura with Swift 5.7 and the SwiftUI framework.SwiftUI for Masterminds is a complete course on how to create professional applications for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. After reading this book, you will know how to program in Swift, how to design user interfaces, and how to combine traditional frameworks with the advanced features provided by ... Read more

$9.45 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to create apps for iOS 16 and macOS Ventura with Swift 5.7 and the SwiftUI framework.SwiftUI for Masterminds is a complete course on how to create professional applications for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. After reading this book, you will know how to program in Swift, how to design user interfaces, and how to combine traditional frameworks with the advanced features provided by
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Engineering Ontologies and Ontologies for Engineering

by João Paulo A. Almeida, Giancarlo Guizzardi ...

This volume celebrates the career of Prof. Ricardo de Almeida Falbo on the occasion of his formal retirement. The volume includes reflections from collaborators and former students, casting light on his academic work and contributions.The chapters show how Falbo's original contributions have influenced a number of developments in the application of Software Engineering practices to Ontology ... Read more

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This volume celebrates the career of Prof. Ricardo de Almeida Falbo on the occasion of his formal retirement. The volume includes reflections from collaborators and former students, casting light on his academic work and contributions.The chapters show how Falbo's original contributions have influenced a number of developments in the application of Software Engineering practices to Ontology
... Read more
Ingeniería y Arquitectura del Software

by Alicia Durango, Ángel Arias ...

Este libro es una guía de ayuda para aquellas personas que son ingenieros informáticos y desarrollan su carrera en el área del software. La principal responsabilidad del ingeniero es la de concebir el diseño que posibilite al software ser construido de modo que satisfaga los requisitos de calidad impuestos por las partes implicadas. Para que el proceso de diseño arquitectural tenga éxito, es ... Read more

$8.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Este libro es una guía de ayuda para aquellas personas que son ingenieros informáticos y desarrollan su carrera en el área del software. La principal responsabilidad del ingeniero es la de concebir el diseño que posibilite al software ser construido de modo que satisfaga los requisitos de calidad impuestos por las partes implicadas. Para que el proceso de diseño arquitectural tenga éxito, es
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Scaling Software Agility

Best Practices for Large Enterprises

by Dean Leffingwell ...

Series series Agile Software Development Series
“Companies have been implementing large agile projects for a number of years, but the ‘stigma’ of ‘agile only works for small projects’ continues to be a frequent barrier for newcomers and a rallying cry for agile critics. What has been missing from the agile literature is a solid, practical book on the specifics of developing large projects in an agile way. Dean Leffingwell’s book Scaling ... Read more

$41.39 USD

“Companies have been implementing large agile projects for a number of years, but the ‘stigma’ of ‘agile only works for small projects’ continues to be a frequent barrier for newcomers and a rallying cry for agile critics. What has been missing from the agile literature is a solid, practical book on the specifics of developing large projects in an agile way. Dean Leffingwell’s book Scaling
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Programming: Understand Fundamentals Of Programming

by Herbert Turmelle ...

Computer programming is the process of designing and building an executable computer program to accomplish a specific computing result or to perform a specific task.Below is a preview of what you’ll learn:-The importance of learning computer programming-Program structure-Variable declaration-Looping structures-Programming syntax-Algorithms in programming-Data structures-Hierarchy of programming ... Read more

$4.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Computer programming is the process of designing and building an executable computer program to accomplish a specific computing result or to perform a specific task.Below is a preview of what you’ll learn:-The importance of learning computer programming-Program structure-Variable declaration-Looping structures-Programming syntax-Algorithms in programming-Data structures-Hierarchy of programming
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Beautiful Testing

Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software

by Adam Goucher, Tim Riley ...

Successful software depends as much on scrupulous testing as it does on solid architecture or elegant code. But testing is not a routine process, it's a constant exploration of methods and an evolution of good ideas.Beautiful Testing offers 23 essays from 27 leading testers and developers that illustrate the qualities and techniques that make testing an art. Through personal anecdotes, you'll ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Successful software depends as much on scrupulous testing as it does on solid architecture or elegant code. But testing is not a routine process, it's a constant exploration of methods and an evolution of good ideas.Beautiful Testing offers 23 essays from 27 leading testers and developers that illustrate the qualities and techniques that make testing an art. Through personal anecdotes, you'll
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The Productive Programmer

by Neal Ford ...

Anyone who develops software for a living needs a proven way to produce it better, faster, and cheaper. The Productive Programmer offers critical timesaving and productivity tools that you can adopt right away, no matter what platform you use. Master developer Neal Ford not only offers advice on the mechanics of productivity-how to work smarter, spurn interruptions, get the most out your computer, ... Read more

$23.09 USD

Anyone who develops software for a living needs a proven way to produce it better, faster, and cheaper. The Productive Programmer offers critical timesaving and productivity tools that you can adopt right away, no matter what platform you use. Master developer Neal Ford not only offers advice on the mechanics of productivity-how to work smarter, spurn interruptions, get the most out your computer,
... Read more
The Rules of Programming

How to Write Better Code

by Chris Zimmerman ...

This philosophy-of-programming guide presents a unique and entertaining take on how to think about programming. A collection of 21 pragmatic rules, each presented in a standalone chapter, captures the essential wisdom that every freshly minted programmer needs to know and provides thought-provoking insights for more seasoned programmers.Author Chris Zimmerman, cofounder of the video game studio ... Read more

$28.99 USD

This philosophy-of-programming guide presents a unique and entertaining take on how to think about programming. A collection of 21 pragmatic rules, each presented in a standalone chapter, captures the essential wisdom that every freshly minted programmer needs to know and provides thought-provoking insights for more seasoned programmers.Author Chris Zimmerman, cofounder of the video game studio
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UML 2.0 in a Nutshell

A Desktop Quick Reference

by Dan Pilone, Neil Pitman ...

System developers have used modeling languages for decades to specify, visualize, construct, and document systems. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is one of those languages. UML makes it possible for team members to collaborate by providing a common language that applies to a multitude of different systems. Essentially, it enables you to communicate solutions in a consistent, tool-supported ... Read more

$23.99 USD

System developers have used modeling languages for decades to specify, visualize, construct, and document systems. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is one of those languages. UML makes it possible for team members to collaborate by providing a common language that applies to a multitude of different systems. Essentially, it enables you to communicate solutions in a consistent, tool-supported
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Escape Velocity

Better Metrics for Agile Teams

by Doc Norton ...

Velocity is the most commonly used metric in agile software delivery. It is also perhaps the least effective metrics in agile software delivery. In "Escape Velocity", Doc Norton walks the reader through common issues with metrics and how to avoid them, altermative metrics that not only help agile teams perform better, but enable them to continuously improve, and techniques for forecasting that ... Read more

$15.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Velocity is the most commonly used metric in agile software delivery. It is also perhaps the least effective metrics in agile software delivery. In "Escape Velocity", Doc Norton walks the reader through common issues with metrics and how to avoid them, altermative metrics that not only help agile teams perform better, but enable them to continuously improve, and techniques for forecasting that
... Read more
Learning TypeScript

Enhance Your Web Development Skills Using Type-Safe JavaScript

by Josh Goldberg ...

TypeScript has conquered the world of JavaScript. Identified in developer surveys as one of the world's fastest growing and most popular languages, TypeScript is widely used in consumer and business companies across the world and is frequently credited for helping massive web applications scale. But what exactly is TypeScript? How and why does it work, and how can we use it?This practical book ... Read more

$34.59 USD

TypeScript has conquered the world of JavaScript. Identified in developer surveys as one of the world's fastest growing and most popular languages, TypeScript is widely used in consumer and business companies across the world and is frequently credited for helping massive web applications scale. But what exactly is TypeScript? How and why does it work, and how can we use it?This practical book
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Mastering Unit Testing Using Mockito and JUnit

by Sujoy Acharya ...

A practical and easy-to-follow, yet comprehensive, guide to learning advanced JUnit testing. Each topic is explained and placed in context, and for the more inquisitive, there are more details of the concepts used. This book is for you if you are a developer with some experience in Java application development as well as a basic knowledge of JUnit testing. But for those whose skill set is void of ... Read more

$26.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A practical and easy-to-follow, yet comprehensive, guide to learning advanced JUnit testing. Each topic is explained and placed in context, and for the more inquisitive, there are more details of the concepts used. This book is for you if you are a developer with some experience in Java application development as well as a basic knowledge of JUnit testing. But for those whose skill set is void of
... Read more
Pro JavaFX 8

A Definitive Guide to Building Desktop, Mobile, and Embedded Java Clients

by James Weaver, Weiqi Gao, Stephen Chin, Dean Iverson, Johan Vos ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
In Pro JavaFX 8 expert authors show you how to use the JavaFX platform to create rich-client Java applications. You'll discover how you can use this powerful Java-based UI platform, which is capable of handling large-scale data-driven business applications for PC as well as now mobile and embedded devices.Covering the JavaFX API, development tools, and best practices, this book provides code ... Read more

$44.99 USD

In Pro JavaFX 8 expert authors show you how to use the JavaFX platform to create rich-client Java applications. You'll discover how you can use this powerful Java-based UI platform, which is capable of handling large-scale data-driven business applications for PC as well as now mobile and embedded devices.Covering the JavaFX API, development tools, and best practices, this book provides code
... Read more
Functional Programming in Scala, Second Edition

by Michael Pilquist, Paul Chiusano, Rúnar Bjarnasson ...

This international bestseller has been revised with new exercises, annotations, and full coverage of Scala 3.In Functional Programming in Scala, Second Edition you will learn how to:Recognize and write purely functional codeWork with errors without using exceptionsWork with state and concurrencyInteract with functional structures that define common behaviorsWrite code that performs I/O without ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This international bestseller has been revised with new exercises, annotations, and full coverage of Scala 3.In Functional Programming in Scala, Second Edition you will learn how to:Recognize and write purely functional codeWork with errors without using exceptionsWork with state and concurrencyInteract with functional structures that define common behaviorsWrite code that performs I/O without
... Read more
Perl Best Practices

Standards and Styles for Developing Maintainable Code

by Damian Conway ...

Many programmers code by instinct, relying on convenient habits or a "style" they picked up early on. They aren't conscious of all the choices they make, like how they format their source, the names they use for variables, or the kinds of loops they use. They're focused entirely on problems they're solving, solutions they're creating, and algorithms they're implementing. So they write code in the ... Read more

$23.09 USD

Many programmers code by instinct, relying on convenient habits or a "style" they picked up early on. They aren't conscious of all the choices they make, like how they format their source, the names they use for variables, or the kinds of loops they use. They're focused entirely on problems they're solving, solutions they're creating, and algorithms they're implementing. So they write code in the
... Read more
The Ghidra Book

The Definitive Guide

by Chris Eagle, Kara Nance ...

A guide to using the Ghidra software reverse engineering tool suite.The result of more than a decade of research and development within the NSA, the Ghidra platform was developed to address some of the agency's most challenging reverse-engineering problems. With the open-source release of this formerly restricted tool suite, one of the world's most capable disassemblers and intuitive decompilers ... Read more

$35.99 USD

A guide to using the Ghidra software reverse engineering tool suite.The result of more than a decade of research and development within the NSA, the Ghidra platform was developed to address some of the agency's most challenging reverse-engineering problems. With the open-source release of this formerly restricted tool suite, one of the world's most capable disassemblers and intuitive decompilers
... Read more
Practical Monitoring

Effective Strategies for the Real World

by Mike Julian ...

Do you have a nagging feeling that your monitoring needs improvement, but you just aren’t sure where to start or how to do it? Are you plagued by constant, meaningless alerts? Does your monitoring system routinely miss real problems? This is the book for you.Mike Julian lays out a practical approach to designing and implementing effective monitoring—from your enterprise application down to the ... Read more

$18.79 USD

Do you have a nagging feeling that your monitoring needs improvement, but you just aren’t sure where to start or how to do it? Are you plagued by constant, meaningless alerts? Does your monitoring system routinely miss real problems? This is the book for you.Mike Julian lays out a practical approach to designing and implementing effective monitoring—from your enterprise application down to the
... Read more
Programming Scala

by Dean Wampler ...

Get up to speed on Scala--the JVM, JavaScript, and natively compiled language that offers all the benefits of functional programming, a modern object model, and an advanced type system. Packed with code examples, this comprehensive book shows you how to be productive with the language and ecosystem right away. You'll learn why Scala is ideal for building today's highly scalable, data-centric ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Get up to speed on Scala--the JVM, JavaScript, and natively compiled language that offers all the benefits of functional programming, a modern object model, and an advanced type system. Packed with code examples, this comprehensive book shows you how to be productive with the language and ecosystem right away. You'll learn why Scala is ideal for building today's highly scalable, data-centric
... Read more
Web Application Security

Exploitation and Countermeasures for Modern Web Applications

by Andrew Hoffman ...

In the first edition of this critically acclaimed book, Andrew Hoffman defined the three pillars of application security: reconnaissance, offense, and defense. In this revised and updated second edition, he examines dozens of related topics, from the latest types of attacks and mitigations to threat modeling, the secure software development lifecycle (SSDL/SDLC), and more.Hoffman, senior staff ... Read more

$41.99 USD

In the first edition of this critically acclaimed book, Andrew Hoffman defined the three pillars of application security: reconnaissance, offense, and defense. In this revised and updated second edition, he examines dozens of related topics, from the latest types of attacks and mitigations to threat modeling, the secure software development lifecycle (SSDL/SDLC), and more.Hoffman, senior staff
... Read more
Beginning Programming with Python For Dummies

by John Paul Mueller ...

Create simple, easy programs in the popular Python languageBeginning Programming with Python For Dummies is the trusted way to learn the foundations of programming using the Python programming language. Python is one of the top-ranked languages, and there’s no better way to get started in computer programming than this friendly guide. You’ll learn the basics of coding and the process of creating ... Read more

$21.00 USD

Create simple, easy programs in the popular Python languageBeginning Programming with Python For Dummies is the trusted way to learn the foundations of programming using the Python programming language. Python is one of the top-ranked languages, and there’s no better way to get started in computer programming than this friendly guide. You’ll learn the basics of coding and the process of creating
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Solutions for Agile Governance in the Enterprise (SAGE): Agile Project, Program, and Portfolio Management for Development of Hardware and Software Products

by Kevn Thompson ...

"This book is an essential tool in filling the knowledge gaps we have in being Agile on complicated projects. The other way to fill these gaps is through expensive and painful trial and error. From now on, I'll recommend reading this book instead."Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat SoftwareSolutions for Agile Governance in the Enterprise (SAGE) is the essential guide to understanding, implementing, and ... Read more

$24.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"This book is an essential tool in filling the knowledge gaps we have in being Agile on complicated projects. The other way to fill these gaps is through expensive and painful trial and error. From now on, I'll recommend reading this book instead."Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat SoftwareSolutions for Agile Governance in the Enterprise (SAGE) is the essential guide to understanding, implementing, and
... Read more
Evidence Guided

Creating High Impact Products in the Face of Uncertainty

by Itamar Gilad ...

Research shows that most of what we build creates little or no value for our users and the business. To break away from this harsh reality, you need to adopt a different system, one that combines human judgment with evidence. Using evidence effectively flips the odds in our favor: it boosts outcomes and reduces waste; it improves decision-making, alignment, and empowerment, and reduces battles of ... Read more

$9.90 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Research shows that most of what we build creates little or no value for our users and the business. To break away from this harsh reality, you need to adopt a different system, one that combines human judgment with evidence. Using evidence effectively flips the odds in our favor: it boosts outcomes and reduces waste; it improves decision-making, alignment, and empowerment, and reduces battles of
... Read more
Beginning COBOL for Programmers

by Michael Coughlan ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Beginning COBOL for Programmers is a comprehensive, sophisticated tutorial and modular skills reference on the COBOL programming language for established programmers. This book is for you if you are a developer who would like to—or must—add COBOL to your repertoire. Perhaps you recognize the opportunities presented by the current COBOL skills crisis, or are working in a mission critical enterprise ... Read more

$80.09 USD

Beginning COBOL for Programmers is a comprehensive, sophisticated tutorial and modular skills reference on the COBOL programming language for established programmers. This book is for you if you are a developer who would like to—or must—add COBOL to your repertoire. Perhaps you recognize the opportunities presented by the current COBOL skills crisis, or are working in a mission critical enterprise
... Read more

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