Books published by Packt Publishing Limited

Blockchain technology is a combination of three popular concepts: cryptography, peer-to-peer networking, and game theory. This book is for anyone who wants to dive into blockchain from first principles and learn how decentralized applications and cryptocurrencies really work. Learn blockchain from first concepts to algorithms explained in Python.

Python is a powerful yet very simple programming language. This book covers topics such as text processing, network administration, building GUI, web-scraping as well as database administration including data analytics & reporting.

AWS certifications are becoming one of the must have certifications for any IT professional working on an AWS Cloud platform. This book will act as your one stop preparation guide to validate your technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on the AWS platform. Along with exam specific content this book will also deep dive ...

Microsoft Azure has numerous effective solutions but the biggest challenge that architects and administrators face is implementing these solutions appropriately. This Learning Path focuses on various scenarios that will help overcome the challenge of implementing Azure solutions while helping you prepare for the Microsoft Architect exam.

Functional programming is a very powerful programming paradigm that can help us to write better code. This book presents essential functional and reactive programming concepts in a simplified manner using Typescript.

Ceph is an open source storage solution that runs on commodity hardware and provides exabyte-level scalability. With this Learning Path, you can become an expert in the most advanced features of Ceph and design, implement, and manage a highly reliable storage system that has no single point of failure.

C# is one of the most widely used programming languages because of its features, such as easy learning curve, versatility, and support for modern paradigms. It is used for a variety of applications, such as desktop apps, background services, web applications, and mobile apps. Also, the .NET Core is open sourced and is compatible with Mac OS ...

If you want to develop complete Python web apps with Django, then this Learning Path is for you. You will walk through Python programming techniques, and them implement them for creating four professional Django projects, teaching you how to solve common problems and develop RESTful web services with Django and Python. You will learn how to ...

As an IT professional, it is important to keep up with cloud technologies and learn to manage those technologies. PowerShell is a critical tool that must be learned in order to effectively and more easily manage many Azure resources. This book is designed to teach you to leverage PowerShell to perform many day-to-day tasks in Microsoft Azure.

This book guides you through every aspect of iOS development. From Xcode and Swift, the building blocks of modern iOS development, you'll quickly gain a solid foundation to begin venturing deeper into your development journey.

Applied Deep Learning with Keras takes you from a basic knowledge of machine learning and Python to an expert understanding of applying Keras to develop efficient deep learning solutions. This book teaches you new techniques to handle neural networks, and in turn, broadens your options as a data scientist.

Applied Supervised Learning with Python provides you a rich understanding of machine learning, one of the most pursued topics in information science, and Python, one of the most popular scripting languages. Through this book, you'll learn Jupyter Notebooks, the technology used in academic and commercial circles with in-line code running support.

Software design is informed by proven patterns and approaches. Several software design patterns have been established and documented to inform the process. Java design patterns are proven solutions and approaches to programming problems. This book covers over 60 design patterns along with implementation details, using latest version of Java.

This book is an introduction to data mining and its practical demonstration of working with real-world data sets. With this book, you will be able to extract useful insights using common Python libraries. You will also learn key stages like data loading, cleaning, analysis, visualization to build an efficient data mining pipeline.

Salesforce CRM: The Definitive Admin Handbook is the complete guide to implementing Salesforce CRM. With this comprehensive guide to implementing Salesforce CRM, administrators of all levels can easily acquire deep knowledge of the platform. This book will show you how to get maximum benefit from this exciting product.

This book will help you to understand how to program advanced Smart Contracts and dApps. You will learn third-party integration tools of Blockchain applications. You will also gain practical understanding and will master the core Ethereum technologies by programming with real-world implementations, and best practices.

Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC shows you the basics, intermediate and advanced techniques in Adobe After Effects CC 2018. You will go through the primary interface and workflow of making your first animated projects. You will also work with 3D, effects, color correction and grading and much more. By the end, you will be ...

Unreal Engine is a powerful game development engine that provides rich functionalities to create 2D and 3D games. If you want to use AI to extend the play-life of your games and make them more challenging and fun, this book is for you. It will help you break down AI into simple concepts to give you a fundamental understanding of each of the topics.

If you have been burnt by unreliable JavaScript frameworks before, you will be amazed by the maturity of the Angular platform. Angular enables you to build fast, efficient, and real-world web apps. In this Learning Path, you'll learn Angular framework and to deliver high-quality and production-grade Angular apps from design to deployment.

Apache Spark is an in-memory, cluster-based data processing system that provides a wide range of functionalities such as big data processing, analytics, machine learning, and more.

This Learning Path is your complete guide to quickly getting to grips with popular machine learning algorithms. You'll be introduced to the most widely used algorithms in supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised machine learning, and learn how to use them in the best possible manner. Ranging from Bayesian models to the MCMC algorithm to ...

QlikView is one of the most flexible and powerful business intelligence platforms around, and if you want to transform data into insights, it is one of the best options you have at hand. Use this Learning Path, to explore the many features of QlikView to realize the potential of your data and present it as impactful and engaging visualizations.

Blockchain Developer's Guide will show you how to create distributed blockchain applications which do not depend on a central server or datacenter. Starting with the basic principles of blockchain architecture exploring cryptography, you will then study consensus protocols, initial coin offerings, crypto-mining, DApp deployment, Ethereum ...

Data mining, or parsing the data to extract useful insights, is a niche skill that can transform your career as a data scientist Python is a flexible programming language that is equipped with a strong suite of libraries and toolkits, and gives you the perfect platform to sift through your data and mine the insights you seek.

C++ is one of the most widely used programming languages. It is fast, flexible, and efficient which is used to solve many programming problems.

The Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference Guide gets you started with business intelligence by showing you how to install the Power BI toolset, design effective data models, and build basic dashboards and visualizations that make your data come to life.

This fast-paced book shows you how to use features of the latest version of Angular to rapidly build progressive web applications that are optimized for search performance. You'll be by learning about differences in client and server-side rendering. You'll then explore advanced features, like service workers. By the end of this book, you'll ...

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Fundamentals teaches you machine learning and neural networks from the ground up using real-world examples. After you complete this book, you will be excited to revamp your current projects or build new intelligent networks.

Microsoft Dynamics Business Central is a complete ERP software solution for all kinds of organizations. It is fast to implement and easy to configure and use. It also allows companies to grow the application by customizing the solution to meet specific requirements. This book details new features and functionalities available in Dynamics ...