Get to grips with the most popular Python packages that make data analysis possible About This Book ? Explore the tools you need to become a data analyst ? Discover practical examples to help you grasp data processing concepts ? Walk through hierarchical indexing and grouping for data analysis Who This Book Is For Hands-On Data Analysis with NumPy and Pandas is for you if you are a Python developer and want to take your first steps into the world of data analysis. No previous experience of data analysis is required to enjoy this book. What You Will Learn ? Understand how to install and manage Anaconda ? Read, sort, and map data using NumPy and pandas ? Find out how to create and slice data arrays using NumPy ? Discover how to subset your DataFrames using pandas ? Handle missing data in a pandas DataFrame ? Explore hierarchical indexing and plotting with pandas In Detail Python, a multi-paradigm programming language, has become the language of choice for data scientists for visualization, data analysis, and machine learning. Hands-On Data Analysis with NumPy and Pandas starts by guiding you in setting up the right environment for data analysis with Python, along with helping you install the correct Python distribution. In addition to this, you will work with the Jupyter notebook and set up a database. Once you have covered Jupyter, you will dig deep into Python’s NumPy package, a powerful extension with advanced mathematical functions. You will then move on to creating NumPy arrays and employing different array methods and functions. You will explore Python’s pandas extension which will help you get to grips with data mining and learn to subset your data. Last but not the least you will grasp how to manage your datasets by sorting and ranking them. By the end of this book, you will have learned to index and group your data for sophisticated data analysis and manipulation. Style and approach A step-by-step approach, taking you through the different concepts and features of Data Analysis using Python libraries and tools.

Get up and running with the fundamentals of Amazon Alexa and build exciting IoT projects About This Book ? Gain hands-on experience of working with Amazon Echo and Alexa ? Build exciting IoT projects using Amazon Echo ? Learn about voice-enabled smart devices Who This Book Is For Alexa Skills Projects is for individuals who want to have a deep understanding of the underlying technology that drives Amazon Echo and Alexa, and how it can be integrated with the Internet of Things to develop hands-on projects. What You Will Learn ? Understand how Amazon Echo is already being used in various domains ? Discover how an Alexa Skill is architected ? Get a clear understanding of how some of the most popular Alexa Skills work ? Design Alexa Skills for specific purposes and interact with Amazon Echo to execute them ? Gain experience of programming for Amazon Echo ? Explore future applications of Amazon Echo and other voice-activated devices In Detail Amazon Echo is a smart speaker developed by Amazon, which connects to Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service and is entirely controlled by voice commands. Amazon Echo is currently being used for a variety of purposes such as home automation, asking generic queries, and even ordering a cab or pizza. Alexa Skills Projects starts with a basic introduction to Amazon Alexa and Echo. You will then deep dive into Alexa Programming concepts such as Intents, Slots, Lambdas and maintaining your skill’s state using DynamoDB. You will get a clear understanding of how some of the most popular Alexa Skills work, and gain experience of working with real-world Amazon Echo applications. In the concluding chapters, you will explore the future of voice-enabled applications and their coverage with respect to the Internet of Things. By the end of the book, you will have learned to design Alexa Skills for specific purposes and interact with Amazon Echo to execute these skills. Style and approach A practical guide filled with real world examples that will help you understand the process of creating Alexa Skills from scratch and it's real world applications.

Discover techniques and tools for building serverless applications with AWS Lambda About This Book ? Learn to write, run, and deploy Lambda functions in the AWS cloud ? Make the most of AWS Lambda functions to build scalable and cost-efficient systems ? A practical guide to developing serverless services and applications in Node.js, Java, Python, and C# Who This Book Is For This book is primarily for IT architects and developers who want to build scalable systems and deploy serverless applications with AWS Lambda. No prior knowledge of AWS is necessary. What You Will Learn ? Understand the fundamental concepts of AWS Lambda ? Get to grips with the Serverless Framework and how to create a serverless project ? Testing and debugging Lambda functions ? Create a stateful, serverless backend with DynamoDB ? Program AWS Lambda with Java, Python, and C# ? Program a lambda function with Node.js In Detail AWS Lambda is a part of AWS that lets you run your code without provisioning or managing servers. This enables you to deploy applications and backend services that operate with no upfront cost. This book gets you up to speed on how to build scalable systems and deploy serverless applications with AWS Lambda. The book starts with the fundamental concepts of AWS Lambda, and then teaches you how to combine your applications with other AWS services, such as AmazonAPI Gateway and DynamoDB. This book will also give a quick walk through on how to use the Serverless Framework to build larger applications that can structure code or autogenerate boilerplate code that can be used to get started quickly for increased productivity. Toward the end of the book, you will learn how to write, run, and test Lambda functions using Node.js, Java, Python, and C#. Style and approach This book will provide clear instructions that introduce the viewer to programming AWS Lambda with Node.js, Java, Python, and C#. Moreover, readers will learn how to deploy and test Lambda functions, and how to set up and use the serverless framework.

Explore the various packages in Julia that support image processing and build neural networks for video processing and object tracking. About This Book ? Build a full-fledged image processing application using JuliaImages ? Perform basic to advanced image and video stream processing with Julia's APIs ? Understand and optimize various features of OpenCV with easy examples Who This Book Is For Hands-On Computer Vision with Julia is for Julia developers who are interested in learning how to perform image processing and want to explore the field of computer vision. Basic knowledge of Julia will help you understand the concepts more effectively. What You Will Learn ? Analyze image metadata and identify critical data using JuliaImages ? Apply filters and improve image quality and color schemes ? Extract 2D features for image comparison using JuliaFeatures ? Cluster and classify images with KNN/SVM machine learning algorithms ? Recognize text in an image using the Tesseract library ? Use OpenCV to recognize specific objects or faces in images and videos ? Build neural network and classify images with MXNet In Detail Hands-On Computer Vision with Julia is a thorough guide for developers who want to get started with building computer vision applications using Julia. Julia is well suited to image processing because it’s easy to use and lets you write easy-to-compile and efficient machine code. This book begins by introducing you to Julia's image processing libraries such as Images.jl and ImageCore.jl. You’ll get to grips with analyzing and transforming images using JuliaImages; some of the techniques discussed include enhancing and adjusting images. As you make your way through the chapters, you’ll learn how to classify images, cluster them, and apply neural networks to solve computer vision problems. In the concluding chapters, you will explore OpenCV applications to perform real-time computer vision analysis, for example, face detection and object tracking. You will also understand Julia's interaction with Tesseract to perform optical character recognition and build an application that brings together all the techniques we introduced previously to consolidate the concepts learned. By end of the book, you will have understood how to utilize various Julia packages and a few open source libraries such as Tesseract and OpenCV to solve computer vision problems with ease. Style and approach Readers will be taken through various packages that support image processing in Julia, and will also tap into open-source libraries such as Open CV and Tesseract to find the optimum solution to problems encountered in computer vision.

This book takes you on a fantastic journey to discover the attributes of big data using Apache Hive. About This Book ? Grasp the skills needed to write efficient Hive queries to analyze the Big Data ? Discover how Hive can coexist and work with other tools within the Hadoop ecosystem ? Uses practical, example-oriented scenarios to cover all the newly released features of Apache Hive 2.3.3 Who This Book Is For If you are a data analyst, developer, or simply someone who wants to quickly get started with Hive to explore and analyze Big Data in Hadoop, this is the book for you. Since Hive is an SQL-like language, some previous experience with SQL will be useful to get the most out of this book. What You Will Learn ? Create and set up the Hive environment ? Discover how to use Hive's definition language to describe data ? Discover interesting data by joining and filtering datasets in Hive ? Transform data by using Hive sorting, ordering, and functions ? Aggregate and sample data in different ways ? Boost Hive query performance and enhance data security in Hive ? Customize Hive to your needs by using user-defined functions and integrate it with other tools In Detail In this book, we prepare you for your journey into big data by frstly introducing you to backgrounds in the big data domain, alongwith the process of setting up and getting familiar with your Hive working environment. Next, the book guides you through discovering and transforming the values of big data with the help of examples. It also hones your skills in using the Hive language in an effcient manner. Toward the end, the book focuses on advanced topics, such as performance, security, and extensions in Hive, which will guide you on exciting adventures on this worthwhile big data journey. By the end of the book, you will be familiar with Hive and able to work effeciently to find solutions to big data problems Style and approach This book takes on a practical approach which will get you familiarized with Apache Hive and how to use it to efficiently to find solutions to your big data problems. This book covers crucial topics like performance, and data security in order to help you make the most of the Hive working environment.

Develop a solid understanding of the important command-line tools and utilities in Linux About This Book ? Delve into the fundamentals of Linux ? Explore and work with virtualization, command lines, and Bash shell scripts ? Use special file permission flags such as setuid and setgid Who This Book Is For Fundamentals of Linux is for individuals looking to work as a Linux system administrator. What You Will Learn ? Explore basic and advanced command-line concepts ? Install Linux, work with VirtualBox, and install CentOS 7 in VirtualBox ? Work with the command line efficiently and learn how to navigate through the Linux filesystem ? Create file and user group permissions and edit files ? Use Sticky bit to secure your Linux filesystem ? Define and remove ACL from Linux files In Detail Linux is a Unix-like operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. Fundamentals of Linux will help you learn all the essentials of the Linux command line required to get you started. The book will start by teaching you how to work with virtualization software and install CentOS 7 Linux as a VM. Then, you will get to grips with the workings of various command line operations, such as cursor movement, commands, options, and arguments. As you make your way through the chapters, the book will not only focus on the most essential Linux commands but also give an introduction to Bash shell scripting. Finally, you will explore advanced topics, such as networking and troubleshooting your system, and you will get familiar with the advanced file permissions: ACL, setuid, and setgid. Fundamentals of Linux includes real-world tasks, use cases, and problems that, as a system administrator, you might encounter in your day-to-day activities. Style and approach A step-by-step guide filled with real-world examples that will cover the fundamentals of Linux

A practical guide to administer, monitor and replicate your PostgreSQL 10 database About This Book ? Get to grips with the capabilities of PostgreSQL 10 to administer your database more efficiently ? Monitor, tune, secure and protect your database for optimal performance ? A step-by-step, recipe-based guide to help you tackle any problem in PostgreSQL 10 administration with ease Who This Book Is For This book is for database administrators, data architects, developers, or anyone with an interest in planning for, or running, live production databases using PostgreSQL. It is most suited to those looking for hands-on solutions to any problem associated with PostgreSQL administration. What You Will Learn ? Get to grips with the newly released PostgreSQL 10 features to improve database performance and reliability ? Manage open source PostgreSQL versions 10 on various platforms. ? Explore best practices for planning and designing live databases ? Select and implement robust backup and recovery techniques in PostgreSQL 10 ? Explore concise and clear guidance on replication and high availability ? Discover advanced technical tips for experienced users In Detail PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source database management system with an enviable reputation for high performance and stability. With many new features in its arsenal, PostgreSQL 10 allows users to scale up their PostgreSQL infrastructure. This book takes a step-by-step, recipe-based approach to effective PostgreSQL administration. Throughout this book, you will be introduced to these new features such as logical replication, native table partitioning, additional query parallelism, and much more. You will learn how to tackle a variety of problems that are basically the pain points for any database administrator - from creating tables to managing views, from improving performance to securing your database. More importantly, the book pays special attention to topics such as monitoring roles, backup, and recovery of your PostgreSQL 10 database, ensuring high availability, concurrency, and replication. By the end of this book, you will know everything you need to know to be the go-to PostgreSQL expert in your organization. Style and approach The book is a step by step guide with example-driven recipes, focused on the new features of the latest PostgreSQL version10. This book will serve as a specific guide to understand and leverage useful PostgreSQL functionalities to create better and more efficient databases.

Leverage Office 365 to increase your organization's efficiency About This Book ? Perform common to advanced-level management and administrative tasks for your organization with Office 365 ? Become an Office 365 generalist who can work with the entire stack—not just specific products ? An advanced-level guide that will teach you to implement enterprise-level services into your organization, no matter the size of the business Who This Book Is For This book targets architects, sys admins, engineers, and administrators who are working with Office 365 and are responsible for configuring, implementing, and managing Office 365 in their organization. A prior knowledge of Office 365 and Exchange servers is mandatory. What You Will Learn ? Get an understanding of the vast Office 365 feature set ? Learn how workloads and applications interact and integrate with each other ? Connect PowerShell to various Office 365 services and perform tasks ? Learn to manage Skype for Business Online ? Get support and monitor Office 365 service health ? Manage and administer identities and groups efficiently In Detail In today's world, every organization aims to migrate to the cloud to become more efficient by making full use of the latest technologies. Office 365 is your one-stop solution to making your organization reliable, scalable, and fast. The book will start with an overview of Office 365 components, and help you learn how to use the administration portal, and perform basic administration. Then this book covers common management tasks such as managing users, admin roles, groups, securing Office 365, and enforcing compliance. In the next set of chapters, you will learn topics such as managing Skype for Business Online, Yammer, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams. In the final section of the book, you will learn how to perform reporting and monitor Office 365 service health. By the end of this book, you will be able to implement enterprise-level services with Office 365 based on your organization's needs. Style and approach A practical guide that offers a simple way to easily understand and access common administration tasks, without getting lost in the plethora of online resources, support pages, blog posts, and videos.

Create Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning apps for multiple platforms with TensorFlow About This Book ? Build TensorFlow-powered AI applications for mobile and embedded devices ? Learn modern AI topics such as computer vision, NLP, and deep reinforcement learning ? Get practical insights and exclusive working code not available in the TensorFlow documentation Who This Book Is For If you're an iOS/Android developer interested in building and retraining others' TensorFlow models and running them in your mobile apps, or if you're a TensorFlow developer and want to run your new and amazing TensorFlow models on mobile devices, this book is for you. You'll also benefit from this book if you're interested in TensorFlow Lite, Core ML, or TensorFlow on Raspberry Pi. What You Will Learn ? Classify images with transfer learning ? Detect objects and their locations ? Transform pictures with amazing art styles ? Understand simple speech commands ? Describe images in natural language ? Recognize drawing with Convolutional Neural Network and Long Short-Term Memory ? Predict stock price with Recurrent Neural Network in TensorFlow and Keras ? Generate and enhance images with generative adversarial networks ? Build AlphaZero-like mobile game app in TensorFlow and Keras ? Use TensorFlow Lite and Core ML on mobile ? Develop TensorFlow apps on Raspberry Pi that can move, see, listen, speak, and learn In Detail As a developer, you always need to keep an eye out and be ready for what will be trending soon, while also focusing on what's trending currently. So, what's better than learning about the integration of the best of both worlds, the present and the future? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely regarded as the next big thing after mobile, and Google's TensorFlow is the leading open source machine learning framework, the hottest branch of AI. This book covers more than 10 complete iOS, Android, and Raspberry Pi apps powered by TensorFlow and built from scratch, running all kinds of cool TensorFlow models offline on-device: from computer vision, speech and language processing to generative adversarial networks and AlphaZero-like deep reinforcement learning. You’ll learn how to use or retrain existing TensorFlow models, build your own models, and develop intelligent mobile apps running those TensorFlow models. You'll learn how to quickly build such apps with step-by-step tutorials and how to avoid many pitfalls in the process with lots of hard-earned troubleshooting tips. Style and approach This book takes a practical, project-based approach to teach specifics of mobile development with TensorFlow. Using a reader-friendly approach, this book will provide detailed instructions and also discuss the broader context covered within.

Get more from your network by securing its infrastructure and increasing its effectiveness About This Book ? Learn to choose the best network scanning toolset for your system ? Implement different concepts of network scanning such as port scanning and OS detection ? Adapt a practical approach to securing your network Who This Book Is For If you are a security professional who is responsible for securing an organization's infrastructure, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Achieve an effective security posture to design security architectures ? Learn vital security aspects before moving to the Cloud ? Launch secure applications with Web Application Security and SQL Injection ? Explore the basics of threat detection/response/ mitigation with important use cases ? Learn all about integration principles for PKI and tips to secure it ? Design a WAN infrastructure and ensure security over a public WAN In Detail Network scanning is the process of assessing a network to identify an active host network; same methods can be used by an attacker or network administrator for security assessment. This procedure plays a vital role in risk assessment programs or while preparing a security plan for your organization. Practical Network Scanning starts with the concept of network scanning and how organizations can benefit from it. Then, going forward, we delve into the different scanning steps, such as service detection, firewall detection, TCP/IP port detection, and OS detection. We also implement these concepts using a few of the most prominent tools on the market, such as Nessus and Nmap. In the concluding chapters, we prepare a complete vulnerability assessment plan for your organization. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience in performing network scanning using different tools and in choosing the best tools for your system. Style and approach A practical guide that offers a simple way to easily understand network security concepts and apply them to strengthen your network.

Leverage Office 365 to increase your organization's efficiency by managing users, domains, licenses, and much more in your organization with most powerful subscription software. About This Book ? Get acquainted with the basics of Office 365 ? Configure and manage workloads efficiently using Office 365 ? A comprehensive guide covering every aspect of planning, and managing this multifaceted collaboration system. Who This Book Is For If you are working as a system administration or an IT professional and are keen to learn the fundamentals of Office 365, then this book is for you. No prior knowledge of office 365 is necessary. What You Will Learn ? Learn how to implement Office 365 from scratch and how to use best practices to be a successful Office 365 professional ? Understand Microsoft productivity services to take your organization or business to the next level by increasing productivity. ? Learn how workloads and applications interact and integrate with each other ? Learn to manage Skype for Business Online ? Get support and monitor service health with Office 365 ? Manage and administer identities and groups efficiently In Detail Office 365 is suite of advanced collaboration tools used by many well known organizations and their system administrators. This book starts with an introduction to Office 365 and its basic fundamentals. Then we move towards workload management and deployment. You will delve into identities, authentications, and managing office 365. We also cover concepts such as collaboration with Microsoft teams and tools such as Delve and Skype for collaboration. Towards the end of the book, you'll master monitoring and security concepts. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience working with Office 365 and its collaboration tools and services Style and approach A practical guide that offers a simple way to easily understand Office 365—a complete reference for planning, configuring, and maintaining Office 365.

Explore and master the most important algorithms for solving complex machine learning problems. About This Book ? Discover high-performing machine learning algorithms and understand how they work in depth. ? One-stop solution to mastering supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised machine learning algorithms and their implementation. ? Master concepts related to algorithm tuning, parameter optimization, and more Who This Book Is For This book is an ideal and relevant source of content for data science professionals who want to delve into complex machine learning algorithms, calibrate models, and improve the predictions of the trained model. A basic knowledge of machine learning is preferred to get the best out of this guide. What You Will Learn ? Explore how a ML model can be trained, optimized, and evaluated ? Understand how to create and learn static and dynamic probabilistic models ? Successfully cluster high-dimensional data and evaluate model accuracy ? Discover how artificial neural networks work and how to train, optimize, and validate them ? Work with Autoencoders and Generative Adversarial Networks ? Apply label spreading and propagation to large datasets ? Explore the most important Reinforcement Learning techniques In Detail Machine learning is a subset of AI that aims to make modern-day computer systems smarter and more intelligent. The real power of machine learning resides in its algorithms, which make even the most difficult things capable of being handled by machines. However, with the advancement in the technology and requirements of data, machines will have to be smarter than they are today to meet the overwhelming data needs; mastering these algorithms and using them optimally is the need of the hour. Mastering Machine Learning Algorithms is your complete guide to quickly getting to grips with popular machine learning algorithms. You will be introduced to the most widely used algorithms in supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised machine learning, and will learn how to use them in the best possible manner. Ranging from Bayesian models to the MCMC algorithm to Hidden Markov models, this book will teach you how to extract features from your dataset and perform dimensionality reduction by making use of Python-based libraries such as scikit-learn. You will also learn how to use Keras and TensorFlow to train effective neural networks. If you are looking for a single resource to study, implement, and solve end-to-end machine learning problems and use-cases, this is the book you need. Style and approach A hands-on guide filled with real-world examples of popular algorithms used for data science and machine learning

Unleash the power of MERN stack by building diverse web applications using React, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB About This Book ? Create dynamic web applications with the MERN stack ? Leverage the power of React in building interactive and complex user interfaces ? Unlock the potential of Node, Express, and MongoDB to build modern full-stack applications Who This Book Is For Full-Stack React Web Development Projects is for JavaScript developers who have some experience with React, but no previous experience with full-stack development involving Node, Express, and MongoDB, and who want practical guidelines to start building different types of real-world web applications with this stack. What You Will Learn ? Set up your development environment and develop a MERN application ? Implement user authentication and authorization using JSON Web Tokens ? Build a social media application by extending the basic MERN application ? Create an online marketplace application with shopping cart and Stripe payments ? Develop a media streaming application using MongoDB GridFS ? Implement server-side rendering with data to improve SEO ? Set up and use React 360 to develop user interfaces with VR capabilities ? Learn industry best practices to make MERN stack applications reliable and scalable In Detail The benefits of using a full JavaScript stack for web development are undeniable, especially when robust and widely adopted technologies such as React, Node, and Express and are available. Combining the power of React with industry-tested, server-side technologies, such as Node, Express, and MongoDB, creates a diverse array of possibilities when developing real-world web applications. This book guides you through preparing the development environment for MERN stack-based web development, to creating a basic skeleton application and extending it to build four different web applications. These applications include a social media, an online marketplace, a media streaming, and a web-based game application with virtual reality features. While learning to set up the stack and developing a diverse range of applications with this book, you will grasp the inner workings of the MERN stack, extend its capabilities for complex features, and gain actionable knowledge of how to prepare MERN-based applications to meet the growing demands of real-world web applications. Style and approach This book provides practical guidelines on setting up and building MERN stack based applications, while providing further explanations on key concepts and implementations.

The easiest way to learn Lua programming Key Features *The easiest way to learn Lua coding *Use the Lua standard libraries and debug Lua code *Embed Lua as a scripting language using the Lua C API Book Description Lua is a small, powerful and extendable scripting/programming language that can be used for learning to program, and writing games and applications, or as an embedded scripting language. There are many popular commercial projects that allow you to modify or extend them through Lua scripting, and this book will get you ready for that. This book is the easiest way to learn Lua. It introduces you to the basics of Lua and helps you to understand the problems it solves. You will work with the basic language features, the libraries Lua provides, and powerful topics such as object-oriented programming. Every aspect of programming in Lua, variables, data types, functions, tables, arrays and objects, is covered in sufficient detail for you to get started. You will also find out about Lua's module system and how to interface with the operating system. After reading this book, you will be ready to use Lua as a programming language to write code that can interface with the operating system, automate tasks, make playable games, and much more. This book is a solid starting point for those who want to learn Lua in order to move onto other technologies such as Love2D or Roblox. A quick start guide is a focused, shorter title that provides a faster paced introduction to a technology. It is designed for people who don't need all the details at this point in their learning curve. This presentation has been streamlined to concentrate on the things you really need to know. What you will learn *Understand the basics of programming the Lua language *Understand how to use tables, the data structure that makes Lua so powerful *Understand object-oriented programming in Lua using metatables *Understand standard LUA libraries for math, file io, and more *Manipulate string data using Lua *Understand how to debug Lua applications quickly and effciently *Understand how to embed Lua into applications with the Lua C API Who this book is for This book is for developers who want to get up and running with Lua. This book is ideal for programmers who want to learn to embed Lua in their own applications, as well as for beginner programmers who have never coded before.

Leverage the power of Elixir programming language to solve practical problems associated with scalability, concurrency, fault tolerance, and high availability. Key Features *Enhance your Elixir programming skills using its powerful tools and abstractions *Discover how to develop a full-fledged file server *Understand how to use Phoenix to create a web interface for your application. Book Description Running concurrent, fault-tolerant applications that scale is a very demanding responsibility. After learning the abstractions that Elixir gives us, developers are able to build such applications with inconceivable low effort. There is a big gap between playing around with Elixir and running it in production, serving live requests. This book will help you fll this gap by going into detail on several aspects of how Elixir works and showing concrete examples of how to apply the concepts learned to a fully fledged application. In this book, you will learn how to build a rock-solid application, beginning by using Mix to create a new project. Then you will learn how the use of Erlang's OTP, along with the Elixir abstractions that run on top of it (such as GenServer and GenStage), that allow you to build applications that are easy to parallelize and distribute. You will also master supervisors (and supervision trees), and comprehend how they are the basis for building fault-tolerant applications. Then you will use Phoenix to create a web interface for your application. Upon fnishing implementation, you will learn how to take your application to the cloud, using Kubernetes to automatically deploy, scale, and manage it. Last, but not least, you will keep your peace of mind by learning how to thoroughly test and then monitor your application. What you will learn *Use Elixir tools, including IEx and Mix *Find out how an Elixir project is structured and how to create umbrella applications *Discover the power of supervision trees, the basis for fault-tolerance *Create a Domain-Specifc Language (DSL) that abstracts complexity *Create a blazing-fast web interface for your application with Phoenix *Set up an automatic deployment process for the cloud *Monitor your application and be warned if anything unexpected happens Who this book is for Mastering Elixir is for you if you have experience in Elixir programming and want to take it to the next level. This Elixir book shows you how to build, deploy, and maintain robust applications, allowing you to go from tinkering with Elixir on side projects to using it in a live environment. However, no prior knowledge of Elixir is required to enjoy the complex topics covered in the book.

Develop robust, Scala-powered projects with the help of machine learning libraries such as SparkML to harvest meaningful insight Key Features *Gain hands-on experience in building data science projects with Scala *Exploit powerful functionalities of machine learning libraries *Use machine learning algorithms and decision tree models for enterprise apps Book Description Scala, together with the Spark Framework, forms a rich and powerful data processing ecosystem. Modern Scala Projects is a journey into the depths of this ecosystem. The machine learning (ML) projects presented in this book enable you to create practical, robust data analytics solutions, with an emphasis on automating data workflows with the Spark ML pipeline API. This book showcases or carefully cherry-picks from Scala’s functional libraries and other constructs to help readers roll out their own scalable data processing frameworks. The projects in this book enable data practitioners across all industries gain insights into data that will help organizations have strategic and competitive advantage. Modern Scala Projects focuses on the application of supervisory learning ML techniques that classify data and make predictions. You'll begin with working on a project to predict a class of flower by implementing a simple machine learning model. Next, you'll create a cancer diagnosis classification pipeline, followed by projects delving into stock price prediction, spam filtering, fraud detection, and a recommendation engine. By the end of this book, you will be able to build efficient data science projects that fulfil your software requirements. What you will learn *Create pipelines to extract data or analytics and visualizations *Automate your process pipeline with jobs that are reproducible *Extract intelligent data efficiently from large, disparate datasets *Automate the extraction, transformation, and loading of data *Develop tools that collate, model, and analyze data *Maintain the integrity of data as data flows become more complex *Develop tools that predict outcomes based on “pattern discovery” *Build really fast and accurate machine-learning models in Scala Who this book is for Modern Scala Projects is for Scala developers who would like to gain some hands-on experience with some interesting real-world projects. Prior programming experience with Scala is necessary.

Install, Configure and Setup different connections with pfSense Key Features *Build firewall and routing solutions with PfSense. *Learn how to create captive portals, how to connect Pfsense to your https environment and so on. *Practical approach towards building firewall solutions for your organization Book Description As computer networks become ubiquitous, it has become increasingly important to both secure and optimize our networks. pfSense, an open-source router/firewall, provides an easy, cost-effective way of achieving this – and this book explains how to install and configure pfSense in such a way that even a networking beginner can successfully deploy and use pfSense. This book begins by covering networking fundamentals, deployment scenarios, and hardware sizing guidelines, as well as how to install pfSense. The book then covers configuration of basic services such as DHCP, DNS, and captive portal and VLAN configuration. Careful consideration is given to the core firewall functionality of pfSense, and how to set up firewall rules and traffic shaping. Finally, the book covers the basics of VPNs, multi-WAN setups, routing and bridging, and how to perform diagnostics and troubleshooting on a network. What you will learn *Install pfSense *Configure additional interfaces, and enable and configure DHCP *Understand Captive portal *Understand firewalls and NAT, and traffic shaping *Learn in detail about VPNs *Understand Multi-WAN *Learn about routing and bridging in detail *Understand the basics of diagnostics and troubleshooting networks Who this book is for This book is towards any network security professionals who want to get introduced to the world of firewalls and network configurations using Pfsense. No knowledge of PfSense is required

Discover how you can migrate a traditional on-premise SQL server database to a cloud-based solution with Microsoft Azure. Built with database administrators in mind, this book emulates different scenarios you might come across while working with large, complex SQL database migrations and provides solutions for effectively managing the migrated databases. Key Features *Implement backup, restore, and recovery of Azure SQL databases *Create shards and elastic pools to scale Azure SQL databases *Automate common management tasks with PowerShell *Implement over 40 practical activities and exercises across 24 topics to reinforce your learning Book Description As the cloud version of SQL Server, Azure SQL Database differs in key ways when it comes to management, maintenance, and administration. It’s important to know how to administer SQL Database to fully benefit from all of the features and functionality that it provides. This book addresses important aspects of an Azure SQL Database instance such as migration, backup restorations, pricing policies, security, scalability, monitoring, performance optimization, high availability, and disaster recovery. It is a complete guide for database administrators, and ideal for those who are planning to migrate from on premise SQL Server database to an Azure SQL Server database. What you will learn *Learn how to provision a new database or migrate an existing on-premise solution *Understand how to backup, restore, secure, and scale your own Azure SQL Database *Optimize the performance by monitoring and tuning your cloud-based SQL instance *Implement high availability and disaster recovery procedures with SQL Database *Develop a roadmap for your own scalable cloud solution with Azure SQL Database Who this book is for This book is ideal for database administrators, database developers, or application developers who are interested in developing or migrating existing applications with Azure SQL Database. Prior experience of working with an on-premise SQL Server deployment and brief knowledge of PowerShell and C# are recommended prerequisites.

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