Books published by Packt Publishing Limited

The AI revolution is here and it is embracing games. Game developers are being challenged to enlist cutting edge AI as part of their games. In this book, you will look at the journey of building capable AI using reinforcement learning algorithms and techniques. You will learn to solve complex tasks and build next-generation games using a ...

C# 8 and .NET Core 3 Projects Using Azure is a comprehensive project-based guide delivering 11 real-world enterprise applications. This will help you to learn and implement the concepts simultaneously and advance by building effective applications on ASP .NET Core and Azure that meet modern software requirements.

The Go Workshop takes you from being a novice Go programmer to a confident developer who can leverage the key features of the language to build real-world applications. This book helps you cut through excessive theory and delve into the practical features and techniques that are commonly applied to design performant, scalable applications.

Filled with practical examples and realistic exercises, The SQL Workshop will get you up to speed with the fundamentals of SQL. You'll learn how to use SQL queries and functions to create and manage relational databases, and apply your new skills to creatively solve real-world problems.

Cybersecurity - Attack and Defense Strategies, Second Edition is a completely revised new edition of the bestselling book that covers the very latest security threats and defense strategies, updated for 2020.

QuickBooks is a bookkeeping software for finance professionals to manage business accounting demands and reports. This book will help you build the perfect budget, simplify tax return preparation, manage inventory, track job costs, generate income statements and financial reports, and every other accounting-related task crossing your desk at work.

ASP .NET Core is a powerful framework to architect a powerful backend for scalable web applications. Combined with the solid front-end development capabilities of React, you will be reinforced to build a solid full-stack web. With this book, we will teach .NET developers how to harness the full potential of React using ASP.NET Core as the backbone.

RESTful Web Services with ASP.NET Core is a hands-on guide that will get you familiar with the ASP.NET Core ecosystem and help you in building scalable and maintainable web services with all the latest features. The book will prepare you with an advanced approach while building real-world applications in business and enterprise solutions.

Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide is a practical book full of exercises and examples that help you master Tableau Desktop and successfully pass the certification with ease. This book includes complete, up-to-date coverage of the exam so you can take them with confidence, fully equipped to pass the first time.

This book will help you to apply popular neuroevolution strategies to existing neural network designs to improve their performance. It covers practical examples in areas such as games, robotics, and simulation of natural processes, using real-world examples and data sets for your better understanding.

Amazon Web Services provides the tools and technologies to build and deploy modern cloud-native applications. This book will help you learn all the necessary skills to develop your own scalable and resilient serverless solutions. Get up to speed with code examples, pro tips, use cases, and then tie it all together using the Serverless Framework.

This practical guide helps you learn all the aspects of developing AR apps across 6 enterprise sectors (manufacturing, training, retail, marketing, automation, and tourism). By building projects, you will explore the capabilities of commercial AR frameworks such as ARKit, ARCore, and Vuforia, alone or with Unity in building enterprise AR solutions.

More than just a Python guide for beginners, The Python Workshop takes you through the full spectrum of basic to advanced topics, equipping you with the skills you need to get started with data science and more. Filled with practical step-by-step examples and interactive exercises, you'll learn by doing as you grow your new Python skillset.

Hands-On Parallel Programming with C# 8 and .NET Core 3 presents a smart way of learning and implementing parallel programming concepts. The book details threading and concurrency fundamentals that will help any C# developer build optimized applications.

The cloud is no longer just a buzzword, but a proven technology, and companies are moving there fast. One of the problems many teams face is how to move their legacy applications to the cloud. This book offers the perfect solution to strategize and plan your app modernization journey by taking advantage of the Azure ecosystem using the .NET ...

Hands-On Cloud Native Applications with Java and Quarkus is a complete end-to-end development guide which will help you get hands-on experience with building Kubernetes native applications in serverless environments. You will learn how to address a wider range of distributed application architectures with this fun to use a full-stack framework.

This book will help readers to apply deep learning algorithms in R using advanced examples. You will cover variants of neural network models such as ANN, CNN, RNN, LSTM, and more using expert techniques. Readers will make use of popular deep learning libraries such as Keras-R, Tensorflow-R, and more to implement AI models.

Networks are a collection of computers, servers, mobile devices or other computing devices connected with a view to sharing data. This book will help you get well-versed with the basic concepts of networking and will help you to pass Microsoft's MTA Networking Fundamentals Exam 98-366

This book is an expert-level guide to master the neural network variants using the Python ecosystem. You will gain the skills to build smarter, faster, and efficient deep learning systems with practical examples. By the end of this book, you will be up to date with the latest advances and current researches in the deep learning domain.

This book will help you understand how GANs architecture works using PyTorch. You will get familiar with the most flexible deep learning toolkit and use it to transform ideas into actual working codes. You will apply GAN models to areas like computer vision, multimedia and natural language processing using a sample-generation perspective.

Unity is a powerful game engine. However, producing a performant product requires additional knowledge. This book is a comprehensive introduction to optimization techniques and best practices. By the end of the book you will be able to apply all the major optimization techniques and be able to produce faster and high performant games.

Electron is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks for building cross-platform desktop applications. This project-based guide will help you explore the components of the Electron framework and its integration with other JS libraries to build real-world desktop apps with an increasing level of complexity.

Learn SOLIDWORKS 2020 is a practical guide, taking you from knowing nothing about 3D modeling to becoming a SOLIDWORKS professional. It starts with an introduction to parametric modeling, SOLIDWORKS interface and sketching and progresses toward advanced topics such as assemblies mates, complex mechanical 3D modeling and design tables.

This Learning Path is your comprehensive guide to learn all about Delphi programming. You'll begin with the basics, before going on to study various advanced concepts and techniques to build efficient, concurrent applications in Delphi.

This book includes the newly introduced features in PostgreSQL 12, and shows you how to build better PostgreSQL applications, and administer your database efficiently. You will master the advanced features of PostgreSQL and acquire the necessary skills to build secured and fault-tolerant database solutions.

This Learning Path teaches you all that you need to know to effectively deploy, manage, and monitor your virtual datacenter with VMware Sphere 6.7. With over 100 practical recipes, you'll learn several tricks and techniques to design a powerful virtual infrastructure based on vSphere 6.7.

The MS-101 exam is part of the Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert certification path in which users learn to evaluate, plan, migrate, deploy, and manage Microsoft 365 services. This book offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the MS-101 exam so you can take them with confidence, fully equipped to pass the first time.

With this book, you'll get familiar with the Kubernetes serverless frameworks and develop the skill to create serverless applications. You'll build out example applications and tackle intellectually stimulating programming challenges that will help prepare you for technical screenings and large, complex engineering problems.

This book will guide you from the basic functionality of Tableau 2019.x to complex deployment. It is full of useful recipes from industry experts, who will help you master your Tableau skills. The complexity of tasks increase gradually, all the way to mastering advanced functionality through bite-sized, detailed recipes.

The HTML and CSS Workshop equips you with the practical knowledge to create modern responsive websites. From mastering simple HTML markup and CSS tags, through to integrating media queries and animations to create a rich, engaging user experience, you'll build your skills with the help of hands-on examples and activities.