Computing & IT

Are you ready to take your programming to the next level?If you are unfamiliar with programming and are looking for an open-source electronic interface, then Arduino could be just the place to start!

Gain the skills to maximize your photography investmentAdding a Nikon D780 to your collection means you're ready to get professional results from your photography. Don't start shooting photos without first gathering the tips and tricks needed to get those high-end results. Long time pro photographer Doug Sahlin shares his deep knowledge of photography principals and shows how to apply them using a Nikon D780. Get quick answers to your "what does this button do" questions before diving into how to gain full control of exposure using this pro-level camera.Inside...* Explore the Nikon D780 body* Get to know the settings options* See results from auto modes* Take control of exposure* Look into lens options* Add a flash to the mix* Apply your skills for better results

Deep learning is changing everything. This machine-learning method has already surpassed traditional computer vision techniques, and the same is happening with NLP. If you're looking to bring deep learning into your domain, this practical book will bring you up to speed on key concepts using Facebook's PyTorch framework.Once author Ian Pointer helps you set up PyTorch on a cloud-based environment, you'll learn how use the framework to create neural architectures for performing operations on images, sound, text, and other types of data. By the end of the book, you'll be able to create neural networks and train them on multiple types of data.Learn how to deploy deep learning models to productionExplore PyTorch use cases in companies other than FacebookLearn how to apply transfer learning to imagesApply cutting-edge NLP techniques using a model trained on Wikipedia

When you depend on users to perform specific actionslike buying tickets, playing a game, or riding public transitwell-placed words are most effective. But how do you choose the right words? And how do you know if they work? With this practical book, youll learn how to write strategically for UX, using tools to build foundational pieces for UI text and UX voice strategy.UX content strategist Torrey Podmajersky provides strategies for converting, engaging, supporting, and re-attracting users. Youll use frameworks and patterns for content, methods to measure the contents effectiveness, and processes to create the collaboration necessary for success. Youll also structure your voice throughout so that the brand is easily recognizable to its audience.Learn how UX content works with the software development lifecycleUse a framework to align the UX content with product principlesExplore content-first design to root UX text in conversationLearn how UX text patterns work with different voicesProduce text thats purposeful, concise, conversational, and clear

Quantum computers are poised to kick-start a new computing revolutionand you can join in right away. If youre in software engineering, computer graphics, data science, or just an intrigued computerphile, this book provides a hands-on programmers guide to understanding quantum computing. Rather than labor through math and theory, youll work directly with examples that demonstrate this technologys unique capabilities.Quantum computing specialists Eric Johnston, Nic Harrigan, and Mercedes Gimeno-Segovia show you how to build the skills, tools, and intuition required to write quantum programs at the center of applications. Youll understand what quantum computers can do and learn how to identify the types of problems they can solve.This book includes three multichapter sections:Programming for a QPUExplore core concepts for programming quantum processing units, including how to describe and manipulate qubits and how to perform quantum teleportation.QPU PrimitivesLearn algorithmic primitives and techniques, including amplitude amplification, the Quantum Fourier Transform, and phase estimation.QPU ApplicationsInvestigate how QPU primitives are used to build existing applications, including quantum search techniques and Shors factoring algorithm.

Implement an effective and compliant information security management system using IT governance best practice.

Your fully updated guide to search engine optimization Packed with tips, tricks, and secrets, SEO For Dummies shows you how to create and maintain a website that ranks at the top of search engines and drives high-volume traffic.

Virtual Reality is the most effective device ever invented for researching what a human being actually is - and how we think and feel. Now Virtual Reality is a reality: those big headsets that make people look ridiculous, even while they radiate startled delight at whatever it is they're experiencing in there;

The industry favorite Linux guide, updated for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and the cloud Linux Bible, 9th Edition is the ultimate hands-on Linux user guide, whether you're a true beginner or a more advanced user navigating recent changes.

A two-book set for web designers and front-end developers This two-book set combines the titles HTML & CSS: Designing and Building Web Sites and JavaScript & jQuery: Interactive Front-End Development.

Learn to easily build gadgets, gizmos, robots, and more using Arduino Written by Arduino expert Jeremy Blum, this unique book uses the popular Arduino microcontroller platform as an instrument to teach you about topics in electrical engineering, programming, and human-computer interaction.

A state-of-the-art method for introducing new information technology systems into an organization, illustrated by case studies drawn from a ten-year research project.

Demonstrates how software practitioners can realize the benefits of refactoring. This book shows you where opportunities for refactoring typically can be found, and how to go about reworking a bad design into a good one. It provides a catalog of more than seventy proven refactorings with helpful pointers that teach you when to apply them.

Kevin Mitnick, the world's most celebrated hacker, now devotes his life to helping businesses and governments combat data thieves, cybervandals, and other malicious computer intruders. In The Art of Intrusion, Mitnick offers hair-raising stories of real-life computer break-ins, and shows how the victims could have prevented them.

Presents a catalog of simple solutions to commonly occurring design problems. These 23 patterns allow designers to create more reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions themselves. The authors begin by describing what patterns are, and how they can help you design object-oriented software.

Many of the most dynamic public companies, from Alibaba to Facebook to Visa, and the most valuable start-ups, such as Airbnb and Uber, are matchmakers that connect one group of customers with another group of customers. Economists call matchmakers multisided platforms because they provide physical or virtual platforms for multiple groups to get together. Dating sites connect people with potential matches, for example, and ride-sharing apps do the same for drivers and riders. Although matchmakers have been around for millennia, theyre becoming more and more popularand profitabledue to dramatic advances in technology, and a lot of companies that have managed to crack the code of this business model have become todays power brokers.Dont let the flashy successes fool you, though. Starting a matchmaker is one of the toughest business challenges, and almost everyone who tries to build one, fails.In Matchmakers, David Evans and Richard Schmalensee, two economists who were among the first to analyze multisided platforms and discover their principles, and whove consulted for some of the most successful platform businesses in the world, explain how matchmakers work best in practice, why they do what they do, and how entrepreneurs can improve their chances for success.Whether youre an entrepreneur, an investor, a consumer, or an executive, your future will involve more and more multisided platforms, and Matchmakersrich with stories from platform winners and losersis the one book youll need in order to navigate this appealing but confusing world.

Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every programmer should know, no matter what language you use. With the 97 short and extremely useful tips for programmers in this book, you'll expand your skills by adopting new approaches to old problems, learning appropriate best practices, and honing your craft through sound advice.With contributions from some of the most experienced and respected practitioners in the industry--including Michael Feathers, Pete Goodliffe, Diomidis Spinellis, Cay Horstmann, Verity Stob, and many more--this book contains practical knowledge and principles that you can apply to all kinds of projects.A few of the 97 things you should know:"e;Code in the Language of the Domain"e; by Dan North"e;Write Tests for People"e; by Gerard Meszaros"e;Convenience Is Not an -ility"e; by Gregor Hohpe"e;Know Your IDE"e; by Heinz Kabutz"e;A Message to the Future"e; by Linda Rising"e;The Boy Scout Rule"e; by Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob)"e;Beware the Share"e; by Udi Dahan

Learn the data skills necessary for turning large sequencing datasets into reproducible and robust biological findings. With this practical guide, youll learn how to use freely available open source tools to extract meaning from large complex biological data sets.At no other point in human history has our ability to understand lifes complexities been so dependent on our skills to work with and analyze data. This intermediate-level book teaches the general computational and data skills you need to analyze biological data. If you have experience with a scripting language like Python, youre ready to get started.Go from handling small problems with messy scripts to tackling large problems with clever methods and toolsProcess bioinformatics data with powerful Unix pipelines and data toolsLearn how to use exploratory data analysis techniques in the R languageUse efficient methods to work with genomic range data and range operationsWork with common genomics data file formats like FASTA, FASTQ, SAM, and BAMManage your bioinformatics project with the Git version control systemTackle tedious data processing tasks with with Bash scripts and Makefiles

Interested in developing embedded systems? Since they dont tolerate inefficiency, these systems require a disciplined approach to programming. This easy-to-read guide helps you cultivate a host of good development practices, based on classic software design patterns and new patterns unique to embedded programming. Learn how to build system architecture for processors, not operating systems, and discover specific techniques for dealing with hardware difficulties and manufacturing requirements.Written by an expert whos created embedded systems ranging from urban surveillance and DNA scanners to childrens toys, this book is ideal for intermediate and experienced programmers, no matter what platform you use.Optimize your system to reduce cost and increase performanceDevelop an architecture that makes your software robust in resource-constrained environmentsExplore sensors, motors, and other I/O devicesDo more with less: reduce RAM consumption, code space, processor cycles, and power consumptionLearn how to update embedded code directly in the processorDiscover how to implement complex mathematics on small processorsUnderstand what interviewers look for when you apply for an embedded systems job"e;Making Embedded Systems is the book for a C programmer who wants to enter the fun (and lucrative) world of embedded systems. Its very well writtenentertaining, evenand filled with clear illustrations."e;Jack Ganssle, author and embedded system expert.

"e;The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you're willing to risk the consequences. "e; --from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul GrahamWe are living in the computer age, in a world increasingly designed and engineered by computer programmers and software designers, by people who call themselves hackers. Who are these people, what motivates them, and why should you care?Consider these facts: Everything around us is turning into computers. Your typewriter is gone, replaced by a computer. Your phone has turned into a computer. So has your camera. Soon your TV will. Your car was not only designed on computers, but has more processing power in it than a room-sized mainframe did in 1970. Letters, encyclopedias, newspapers, and even your local store are being replaced by the Internet.Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham, explains this world and the motivations of the people who occupy it. In clear, thoughtful prose that draws on illuminating historical examples, Graham takes readers on an unflinching exploration into what he calls "e;an intellectual Wild West."e;The ideas discussed in this book will have a powerful and lasting impact on how we think, how we work, how we develop technology, and how we live. Topics include the importance of beauty in software design, how to make wealth, heresy and free speech, the programming language renaissance, the open-source movement, digital design, internet startups, and more.

Improve your understanding of Scrum through the proven experience and collected wisdom of experts around the world. Based on real-life experiences, the 97 essays in this unique book provide a wealth of knowledge and expertise from established practitioners who have dealt with specific problems and challenges with Scrum.Youll find out more about the rules and roles of this framework, as well as tactics, strategies, specific patterns to use with Scrum, and stories from the trenches. Youll also gain insights on how to apply, tune, and tweak Scrum for your work. This guide is an ideal resource for people new to Scrum and those who want to assess and improve their understanding of this framework."e;Scrum Is Simple. Just Use It As Is.,"e; Ken Schwaber"e;The 'Standing Meeting,'"e; Bob WarfieldSpecialization Is for Insects, James O. Coplien"e;Scrum Events Are Rituals to Ensure Good Harvest,"e; Jasper LamersServant Leadership Starts from Within, Bob Galen"e;Agile Is More than Sprinting,"e; James W. Grenning