Books published by Packt Publishing Limited

This book will help you learn how to build a scalable end-to-end machine learning pipeline in Azure from experimentation and training to optimization and deployment. By the end of this book, you will learn to build complex distributed systems and scalable cloud infrastructure using powerful machine learning algorithms to compute insights.

Learning C# 8 covers in detail the most important building blocks of C# that will help you learn every aspect of C# programming with an easy learning curve. With extensive coverage of the topics explained with the real-world examples, you will gain an in-depth knowledge of practical details involved in software development using C#.

Computer forensics touches on a lot of skills - from answering legal or investigative questions to preparing for an investigation, evidence acquisition, and more. The goal of this book is to acquaint you with some of the forensic tools and techniques to successfully investigate cybercrimes, and become a proficient computer forensics investigator.

Deep learning enables efficient and accurate learning from data. Developers working with R will be able to put their knowledge to work with this practical guide to deep learning. The book provides a hands-on approach to implementation and associated methodologies that will have you up-and-running, and productive in no time.

The adoption of blockchain for the value chain, insurance, and healthcare domain is flourishing. However, one of the key challenges faced in blockchain development is securing them. The book will cover essential architectural considerations, system and network security, various operational configurations to Ethereum and Hyperledger fabric network.

Kali Linux is considered as a reliable source for penetration testing and digital forensics. This book will give readers hands-on experience in utilizing Kali Linux tools to implement all the pillars of digital forensics such as acquisition, extraction, analysis, and presentation.

C++ is an OOP language particularly well suited for low-level programming. This book will show the details of C++ programs in regards to the C++17 and C++20 standard. By the end of this book, you will be able to design,architect real-world, scalable C++ applications using efficient data structures and algorithms and functional programming concepts.

Practical recipes for building fast, robust, and secure web apps using Django 3 and PythonKey FeaturesExplore the latest version of Django, and learn effectively with the help of practical examplesFollow a task-based approach to develop professional web apps using Django and PythonDiscover recipes to enhance the security and performance of your appsBook DescriptionDjango is a web framework for perfectionists with deadlines, designed to help you build manageable medium and large web projects in a short time span. This fourth edition of the Django Web Development Cookbook is updated with Django 3's latest features to guide you effectively through the development process. This Django book starts by helping you create a virtual environment and project structure for building Python web apps. You'll learn how to build models, views, forms, and templates for your web apps and then integrate JavaScript in your Django apps to add more features. As you advance, you'll create responsive multilingual websites, ready to be shared on social networks. The book will take you through uploading and processing images, rendering data in HTML5, PDF, and Excel, using and creating APIs, and navigating different data types in Django. You'll become well-versed in security best practices and caching techniques to enhance your website's security and speed. This edition not only helps you work with the PostgreSQL database but also the MySQL database. You'll also discover advanced recipes for using Django with Docker and Ansible in development, staging, and production environments. By the end of this book, you will have become proficient in using Django's powerful features and will be equipped to create robust websites. What you will learnDiscover how to set the basic configurations to start any Django projectUnderstand full-stack web application development using DjangoBuild a database structure using reusable model mixinsImplement security, performance, and deployment features in your web appsImport data from local sources and external web services and export it to your appSecure web applications against malicious usage and find and fix common performance bottlenecksWho this book is forThis Django book is for Python web developers who want to build fast and secure web apps that can scale over time. You'll also find this book useful if you are looking to upgrade to the latest Django 3 framework. Prior experience of working with the Django framework is required.

OpenCV 4 with Python Blueprints demonstrates how to develop a series of intermediate to advanced projects using OpenCV and Python, rather than teaching the core concepts of OpenCV in theoretical lessons. and allow you to understand the foundations and approaches used in modern computer vision.

Database outages are costly and largely avoidable. That's why it's important to apply time-tested high availability techniques. This book will help you design and build an indestructible PostgreSQL 12 cluster that can remain online even in the direst circumstances. You will learn to monitor and automate your way to reassuring high availability.

Hardening a Linux system can make it much more difficult for an attacker to exploit it. This book will enable system administrators and network engineers to protect their Linux systems, and the sensitive data on those systems.

This book is a step by step guide to one-shot learning using Python-based libraries. It is designed to help you understand and design models that can learn information about your data from one, or only a few, training examples. You will also learn to apply these techniques with real-world examples and datasets for classification and regression.

Now in its third edition, this is the original book on OpenCV's Python bindings. Readers will learn a great range of techniques and algorithms, from the classics to the state-of-the-art, and from geometry to machine learning. All of this is in aid of solving practical computer vision problems in well-built applications.

SwiftUI is a powerful interface toolkit that lets you design and build iOS, iPadOS and macOS apps using declarative syntax. This beginner's guide explores all the fundamentals components of the framework and presents them to you in an easy-to-follow manner to get you started with building apps using SwiftUI and Swift programming.

Azure Sentinel is an intelligent security service from Azure where Microsoft's main focus on developing sentinel is to integrate and bring together cloud security and artificial intelligence into effect. Here readers will gain enough understanding to make the most of Azure services to secure their environment from modern cybersecurity threats.

With this book, you will learn to build ML.NET applications by exploring various machine learning models using C# code. You will cover basic to advanced level topics using step by step explanation and example-driven approach. You will learn about Integrating TensorFlow in ML.NET application to extend the capabilities of machine learning models.

Deep learning is rapidly becoming the most popular topic in the industry. This book introduces trending deep learning concepts and their use cases with an industrial and application-focused approach. You will cover a range of projects covering tasks such as mobile vision, facial recognition, smart AI assistant, augmented reality, and more.

This book provides practical knowledge about the main pillars of EDA including data cleaning, data preparation, data exploration, and data visualization. You can leverage the power of Python to understand, summarize and investigate your data in the best way possible. The book presents a unique approach to exploring hidden features in your data.

Starting with release 1.14, Kubernetes has production support for Windows Containers. This book is designed to help developers, architects and DevOps engineers working in the Windows ecosystem to deploy and orchestrate cloud applications using Windows Containers on Kubernetes.

A first-hand look into how quantum computing and Blockchain together are redefining industries, including fintech, healthcare, and research. Through a series of interviews with domain experts, Arun also explores the potential of these technologies to transform national and global governance and policies.

Cybersecurity Attacks: Red Team Strategies is a guide to building and maturing an internal red team program. It highlights the core strategies to measure and improve security awareness, breach detection, and response capabilities. In addition, we will dive into the technical details of tactics and techniques for red teamers of all skill levels.

Hands-On High Performance with Go is a complete resource with proven methodologies and techniques to help you diagnose and fix performance problems in your Go applications. With this book, you will be confident enough to solve the performance-related concerns in your enterprise applications

Service Mesh helps overcome the operational challenges of connecting, securing, controlling, and observing modern microservices deployment. This book shows you exactly how to use a Service Mesh architecture to manage and operationalize your microservices-based applications.

DAX is a library of functions and operators that can be combined to build formulas and expressions in Power BI Desktop, Azure Analysis Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, and Power Pivot in Excel. This book is a desk reference for people who want to leverage DAX's functionality and flexibility in BI and data analytics domains.

Kubernetes is one of the most popular, sophisticated, and fast-evolving container orchestrators. In this book, you'll learn the essentials and find out about the advanced administration and orchestration techniques in Kubernetes. Readers will also learn to manage containers using the latest version of Kubernetes with a recipe-based approach.

Developers are faced with ever-increasing pressure to build, modify, test, and deploy highly distributed applications in high cadence. Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker is a comprehensive introduction for those who are new to Docker containers that will have you up-to-speed in no time.

Cut through the noise and get real results with a step-by-step approach to understanding supervised learning algorithms

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement is the preferred choice of CRM for large businesses. This book is for users, administrators, and consultants who wish to implement Dynamics 365 CE for their businesses. This book will guide you through new features that Dynamics 365 CE has to offer and help you implement them for organizations and clients.

Microsoft has changed the technology so customers can now select, evaluate and implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 and other applications for their enterprise. This book will provide insights and relevant information around Dynamics 365 Apps, trial experience and implementation of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Apps

Swift gains traction not only amongst Apple developers but also as a server-side language. This practical guide, starting from explaining how Swift can be used in building microservices, takes you through building fully-functioning microservice from designing, API development to packaging and deploying in the cloud using Docker and AWS.