Create classic data structures and algorithms such as depth-first search and breadth-first search, learn recursion, as well as create and use a heap data structure using JavaScript About This Book ? Implement common data structures and the associated algorithms along with the context in which they are used ? Master existing JavaScript data structures such as arrays, sets, and maps, and learn how to implement new ones such as stacks, linked lists, trees, and graphs in ES 8 ? Develop abstract data types to make JavaScript a more flexible and powerful programming language Who This Book Is For If you’re a JavaScript developer who wants to dive deep into JavaScript and write complex programs using JavaScript data structures and algorithms, this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Declare, initialize, add, and remove items from arrays, stacks, and queues ? Create and use linked lists, doubly linked lists, and circular linked lists ? Store unique elements with hash tables, dictionaries, and sets ? Explore the use of binary trees and binary search trees ? Sort data structures using algorithms such as bubble sort, selection sort, insertion sort, merge sort, and quick sort ? Search elements in data structures using sequential sort and binary search In Detail A data structure is a particular way of organizing data in a computer to utilize resources efficiently. Data structures and algorithms are the base of every solution to any programming problem. With this book, you will learn to write complex and powerful code using the latest ES 2017 features. Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms begins by covering the basics of JavaScript and introduces you to ECMAScript 2017, before gradually moving on to the most important data structures such as arrays, queues, stacks, and linked lists. You will gain in-depth knowledge of how hash tables and set data structures function as well as how trees and hash maps can be used to search files in an HD or represent a database. This book serves as a route to take you deeper into JavaScript. You’ll also get a greater understanding of why and how graphs, one of the most complex data structures, are largely used in GPS navigation systems in social networks. Toward the end of the book, you’ll discover how all the theories presented in this book can be applied to solve real-world problems while working on your own computer networks and Facebook searches. Style and approach Easy to follow guide which will cover the most used data structures and sorting/searching algorithms known in the computer science world along with examples to help the readers understand each chapter thoroughly.

Learn to build a high-performance functional prototype of a voting web application from scratch using Elixir and Phoenix About This Book ? Build a strong foundation in Functional-Programming techniques while learning to build compelling web applications ? Understand the Elixir Concurrency and parallelization model to build high-performing blazingly fast applications ? Learn to test, debug and deploy your web applications using Phoenix framework Who This Book Is For This book is for people with a basic knowledge of Elixir, who want to start building web applications. Prior experience with web technologies is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Learn Phoenix Framework fundamentals and v1.3's new application structure ? Build real-time applications with channels and presence ? Utilize GenServers and other OTP fundamentals to keep an application stable ? Track users as they sign in and out of chat with Phoenix’s built-in presence functionality ? Write your own database interaction code that is safe, bug-free, and easy to work with ? Explore testing and debugging methodologies to understand a real software development lifecycle for a Phoenix application ? Deploy and run your Phoenix application in production In Detail Phoenix is a modern web development framework that is used to build API’s and web applications. It is built on Elixir and runs on Erlang VM which makes it much faster than other options. With Elixir and Phoenix, you build your application the right way, ready to scale and ready for the increasing demands of real-time web applications. This book covers the basics of the Phoenix web framework, showing you how to build a community voting application, and is divided into three parts. In the first part, you will be introduced to Phoenix and Elixir and understand the core terminologies that are used to describe them. You will also learn to build controller pages, store and retrieve data, add users to your app pages and protect your database. In the second section you will be able to reinforce your knowledge of architecting real time applications in phoenix and not only debug these applications but also diagnose issues in them. In the third and final section you will have the complete understanding of deploying and running the phoenix application and should be comfortable to make your first application release By the end of this book, you'll have a strong grasp of all of the core fundamentals of the Phoenix framework, and will have built a full production-ready web application from scratch. Style and approach Covers the basics of the Phoenix web framework by building a complete real-time application and showing the new structure changes introduced in Phoenix v1.3

Master Game UI system by creating captivating user interface components with Unity 5 through Unity 2018 and C#. Learn about UI texts, images, world space UI, mobile-specific UI and much more. About This Book ? Develop a game UI with both technical and aesthetic considerations ? Use all the UI elements provided by Unity's UI system ? Step-by-step examples of creating user interface components in the top game genres Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone keen to improve their games via a great user interface with Unity's UI system. If you're looking for a book that explains how to develop specific user interfaces or that thoroughly explains how each of the individual Unity components work, this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Design principles and patterns for laying out elements in your UI ? Techniques that allow your UI to scale appropriately in different resolutions ? How to use automatic layouts to streamline your UI building process ? Properties of the Event System and how to appropriately hook events to your UI elements ? Access the components and properties of UI elements via code ? Implement all of Unity's built-in UI elements as well as those provided by TextMeshPro ? Develop key UI components that are popularly used in multiple game genres ? Add visual flare to user interfaces with the use of animation and particle effects ? Create a UI that displays in the Screen Space as well as World Space In Detail A functional UI is an important component for player interaction in every type of video game. Along with imparting crucial statistical information to the player, the UI is also the window through which the player engages with the world established by the game. Unity's tools give you the opportunity to create complex and attractive UIs to make your game stand out. This book helps you realize the full potential of Unity's powerful tools to create the best UI for your games by walking you through the creation of myriad user interface components. Learn how to create visually engaging heads-up-displays, pause menus, health bars, circular progress bars, animated menus, and more. This book not only teaches how to lay out visual elements, but also how to program these features and implement them across multiple games of varying genres. While working through the examples provided, you will learn how to develop a UI that scales to multiple screen resolutions, so your game can be released on multiple platforms with minimal changes. Style and approach The book walks you through the process of creating many different user interface components, by describing each UI component and property thoroughly and then providing step-by-step examples of its implementation. You will not only learn how to lay out visual elements, but you will also learn how to program for these features and hook them in to your game. The examples provided in the book can be reused for many other products.

Unleash Google's Cloud Platform to build, train and optimize machine learning models About This Book ? Get well versed in GCP pre-existing services to build your own smart models ? A comprehensive guide covering aspects from data processing, analyzing to building and training ML models ? A practical approach to produce your trained ML models and port them to your mobile for easy access Who This Book Is For This book is for data scientists, machine learning developers and AI developers who want to learn Google Cloud Platform services to build machine learning applications. Since the interaction with the Google ML platform is mostly done via the command line, the reader is supposed to have some familiarity with the bash shell and Python scripting. Some understanding of machine learning and data science concepts will be handy What You Will Learn ? Use Google Cloud Platform to build data-based applications for dashboards, web, and mobile ? Create, train and optimize deep learning models for various data science problems on big data ? Learn how to leverage BigQuery to explore big datasets ? Use Google’s pre-trained TensorFlow models for NLP, image, video and much more ? Create models and architectures for Time series, Reinforcement Learning, and generative models ? Create, evaluate, and optimize TensorFlow and Keras models for a wide range of applications In Detail Google Cloud Machine Learning Engine combines the services of Google Cloud Platform with the power and flexibility of TensorFlow. With this book, you will not only learn to build and train different complexities of machine learning models at scale but also host them in the cloud to make predictions. This book is focused on making the most of the Google Machine Learning Platform for large datasets and complex problems. You will learn from scratch how to create powerful machine learning based applications for a wide variety of problems by leveraging different data services from the Google Cloud Platform. Applications include NLP, Speech to text, Reinforcement learning, Time series, recommender systems, image classification, video content inference and many other. We will implement a wide variety of deep learning use cases and also make extensive use of data related services comprising the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem such as Firebase, Storage APIs, Datalab and so forth. This will enable you to integrate Machine Learning and data processing features into your web and mobile applications. By the end of this book, you will know the main difficulties that you may encounter and get appropriate strategies to overcome these difficulties and build efficient systems. Style and approach An easy-to-follow step by step guide which will help you get to the grips with real-world applications of Google Cloud Machine Learning.

Get familiar with the building blocks of IoT solutions using off–the-shelf IoT platforms. About This Book ? Work with various trending IoT platforms such as AWS IoT, Azure IoT, Google IoT, IBM Watson IoT, and Kaa IoT ? Gain hands-on knowledge working with Cloud-based IoT platforms, IoT Analytics, and so on. ? A practical guide that will help you build IoT strategies for your organization Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at IoT architects and engineers, or any stakeholders working with IoT solutions in an organization. This book will also help decision makers and professionals from small- and medium-sized enterprises build an IoT strategy for their venture. What You Will Learn ? Connect a Temperature and Humidity sensor and see how these two can be managed from various platforms ? Explore the core components of AWS IoT such as AWS Kinesis and AWS IoTRules Engine ? Build a simple analysis dashboard using Azure IoT and Power BI ? Understand the fundamentals of Google IoT and use Google core APIs to build your own dashboard ? Get started and work with the IBM Watson IoT platform ? Integrate Cassandra and Zeppelin with Kaa IoT dashboard ? Review some Machine Learning and AI and get to know more about their implementation in the IoT domain. In Detail There is a lot of work that is being done in the IoT domain and according to Forbes the global IoT market will grow from $157B in 2016 to $457B by 2020. This is an amazing market both in terms technology advancement as well as money. In this book, we will be covering five popular IoT platforms, namely, AWS IoT, Microsoft Azure IoT, Google IoT Core, IBM Watson IoT, and Kaa IoT middleware. You are going to build solutions that will use a Raspberry Pi 3, a DHT11 Temperature and humidity sensor, and a dashboard to visualize the sensor data in real-time. Furthermore, you will also explore various components of each of the platforms that are needed to achieve the desired solution. Besides building solutions, you will look at how Machine Learning and IoT go hand in hand and later design a simple predictive web service based on this concept. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to implement an IoT strategy best-fit for your organization Style and approach An informative guide that will help you design and implement an IoT Strategy best-fit for your organization

Discover how to rapidly prototype SEO-friendly web applications with Angular Universal About This Book : ? Rapidly build an application that's optimized for search performance ? Develop service workers to make your application truly progressive ? Automatically update metadata and load in content from external APIs Who This Book Is For : This book is ideal for experienced front-end developers who are looking to quickly work through an intelligent example that demonstrates all the key features of server-side development with Angular. You'll need some prior exposure to Angular, as we skim over the basics and get straight to work. What You Will Learn : ? Use the official tools provided by Angular to build an SEO-friendly application ? Create a dynamic web application that maps to current Angular best practices ? Manage your Angular applications with Angular CLI ? Implement server-side rendering for your future web application projects ? Configure service workers to automatically update your application in the background In Detail : Equip yourself with the skills required to create modern, progressive web applications that load quickly and efficiently. This fast-paced guide to server-side Angular leads you through an example application that uses Angular Universal to render application pages on the server, rather than the client. You'll learn how to serve your users views that load instantly, while reaping all the SEO benefits of improved page indexing. With differences of just 200 milliseconds in performance having a measurable impact on your users, it's more important than ever to get server-side right. Style and approach : With this book, you'll be equipped to create modern, SEO-friendly web apps with best practices using Angular CLI. This book focuses on creating a progressive web app using Angular that is optimized for search engines.

A recipe-based guide to programming your Raspberry Pi 3 using Python About This Book : ? Leverage the power of Raspberry Pi 3 using Python programming ? Create 3D games, build neural network modules, and interface with your own circuits ? Packed with clear, step-by-step recipes to walk you through the capabilities of Raspberry Pi Who This Book Is For : This book is for anyone who wants to master the skills of Python programming using Raspberry Pi 3. Prior knowledge of Python will be an added advantage. What You Will Learn : ? Learn to set up and run Raspberry Pi 3 ? Build text classifiers and perform automation using Python ? Predict sentiments in words and create games and graphics ? Detect edges and contours in images ? Build human face detection and recognition system ? Use Python to drive hardware ? Sense and display real-world data ? Build a neural network module for optical character recognition ? Build movie recommendations system In Detail : Raspberry Pi 3 Cookbook for Python Programmers – Third Edition begins by guiding you through setting up Raspberry Pi 3, performing tasks using Python 3.6, and introducing the first steps to interface with electronics. As you work through each chapter, you will build your skills and apply them as you progress. You will learn how to build text classifiers, predict sentiments in words, develop applications using the popular Tkinter library, and create games by controlling graphics on your screen. You will harness the power of a built in graphics processor using Pi3D to generate your own high-quality 3D graphics and environments. You will understand how to connect Raspberry Pi’s hardware pins directly to control electronics, from switching on LEDs and responding to push buttons to driving motors and servos. Get to grips with monitoring sensors to gather real-life data, using it to control other devices, and viewing the results over the internet. You will apply what you have learned by creating your own Pi-Rover or Pi-Hexipod robots. You will also learn about sentiment analysis, face recognition techniques, and building neural network modules for optical character recognition. Finally, you will learn to build movie recommendations system on Raspberry Pi 3. Style and approach : Written in a cookbook style, this book contains a series of recipes on various topics. It is an easy-to-follow step-by-step guide with examples of feature integration suitable for any search application.

A practical guide for building effective enterprise solutions with Java EE 8 About This Book ? Recipes to get you up-and-running with Java EE 8 application development ? Learn how to apply the major Java EE 8 APIs and specifications ? Implement microservices and Reactive programming with Java EE 8 Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who want to become proficient with Java EE 8 for their enterprise application development. Basic knowledge of Java is assumed What You Will Learn ? Actionable information on the new features of Java EE 8 ? Using the most important APIs with real and working code ? Building server side applications, web services, and web applications ? Deploying and managing your application using the most important Java EE servers ? Building and deploying microservices using Java EE 8 ? Building Reactive application by joining Java EE APIs and core Java features ? Moving your application to the cloud using containers ? Practical ways to improve your projects and career through community involvement In Detail Java EE is a collection of technologies and APIs to support Enterprise Application development. The choice of what to use and when can be dauntingly complex for any developer. This book will help you master this. Packed with easy to follow recipes, this is your guide to becoming productive with Java EE 8. You will begin by seeing the latest features of Java EE 8, including major Java EE 8 APIs and specifications such as JSF 2.3, and CDI 2.0, and what they mean for you. You will use the new features of Java EE 8 to implement web-based services for your client applications. You will then learn to process the Model and Streaming APIs using JSON-P and JSON-B and will learn to use the Java Lambdas support offered in JSON-P. There are more recipes to fine-tune your RESTful development, and you will learn about the Reactive enhancements offered by the JAX-RS 2.1 specification. Later on, you will learn about the role of multithreading in your enterprise applications and how to integrate them for transaction handling. This is followed by implementing microservices with Java EE and the advancements made by Java EE for cloud computing. The final set of recipes shows you how take advantage of the latest security features and authenticate your enterprise application. At the end of the book, the Appendix shows you how knowledge sharing can change your career and your life. Style and approach Task based learning guide to help ease application development with Java EE.

Develop consistent web apps with Vuex by easily centralizing the state of your application About This Book ? Uncover the hidden features of Vuex to build applications that are powerful, consistent, and maintainable ? Enforce a Flux-like application architecture in your Vue application ? Test your Vuex elements and Vue components using Karma/Jasmine testing framework Who This Book Is For If you are a JavaScript developer, working on Vue.js and want to extend your web development skills to develop and maintain bigger applications using state management, then this book is for you. No knowledge of Vuex is required. What You Will Learn ? Moving from classical MVC to a Flux-like architecture ? Implementing predictable centralized state management in your applications using Vuex ? Using ECMAScript 6 features for developing a real application ? Using webpack in conjunction with Vue single file components ? Testing your Vue/Vuex applications using Karma/Jasmine and inject-loader ? Simple and effective Test Driven Development ? Extending your application with Vuex plugins In Detail State management preserves the state of controls in a user interface. Vuex is a state management tool for Vue.js that makes the architecture easier to understand, maintain and evolve. This book is the easiest way to get started with Vuex to improve your Vue.js application architecture and overall user experience. Our book begins by explaining the problem that Vuex solves, and how it helps your applications. You will learn about the Vuex core concepts, including the Vuex store, changing application state, carrying out asynchronous operations and persisting state changes, all with an eye to scalability. You will learn how to test Vuex elements and Vue components with the Karma and Jasmine testing frameworks. You will see this in the context of a testing first approach, following the fundamentals of Test Driven Development. TDD will help you to identify which components need testing and how to test them. You will build a full Vuex application by creating the application components and services, and persist the state. Vuex comes with a plugin system that allows programmers to extend Vuex features. You will learn about some of the most powerful plugins, and make use of the built-in logger plugin. You write a custom Google Analytics plugin to send actions to its analytics API, and an Undo/Redo plugin. Style and approach Learn the core concepts and get started using?Vuex as a centralized state management system in your Vue.js applications.

Mastering advanced features of Java and implement them to build amazing projects About This Book ? Take advantage of Java's new modularity features to write real-world applications that solve a variety of problems ? Explore the major concepts introduced with Java 9, including modular programming, HTTP 2.0, API changes, and more ? Get to grips with tools, techniques and best practices to enhance application development Who This Book Is For This learning path is for Java developers who are looking to move a level up and learn how to build robust applications in the latest version of Java. What You Will Learn ? Package Java applications as modules using the Java Platform Module System ? Implement process management in Java using the all-new process handling API ? Integrate your applications with third-party services in the cloud ? Interact with mail servers, using JavaMail to build an application that filters spam messages ? Use JavaFX to build rich GUI-based applications, which are an essential element of application development ? Leverage the possibilities provided by the newly introduced Java shell ? Test your application's effectiveness with the JVM harness ? See how Java 9 provides support for the HTTP 2.0 standard In Detail Java 9 and its new features add to the richness of the language; Java is one of the languages most used by developers to build robust software applications. Java 9 comes with a special emphasis on modularity with its integration with Jigsaw. This course is your one-stop guide to mastering the language. You'll be provided with an overview and explanation of the new features introduced in Java 9 and the importance of the new APIs and enhancements. Some new features of Java 9 are ground-breaking; if you are an experienced programmer, you will be able to make your enterprise applications leaner by learning these new features. You'll be provided with practical guidance in applying your newly acquired knowledge of Java 9 and further information on future developments of the Java platform. This course will improve your productivity, making your applications faster. Next, you'll go on to implement everything you've learned by building 10 cool projects. You will learn to build an email filter that separates spam messages from all your inboxes, a social media aggregator app that will help you efficiently track various feeds, and a microservice for a client/server note application, to name just a few. By the end of this course, you will be well acquainted with Java 9 features and able to build your own applications and projects. This Learning Path contains the best content from the following two recently published Packt products: ? Mastering Java 9 ? Java 9 Programming Blueprints Style and approach This practical guide is filled with real-world examples. Its projects will help you get acquainted with concepts in depth.

Practical recipes to implement cost-effective and scalable cloud solutions for your organization About This Book ? Implement Google Cloud services in your organization ? Leverage Google Cloud components to secure your organization’s data ? A recipe-based guide that promises hands-on experience in deploying a highly scalable and available environment Who This Book Is For This book is for IT professionals, engineers, and developers looking at implementing Google Cloud in their organizations. Administrators and architects planning to make their organization more efficient with Google Cloud will also find this book useful. Basic understanding of Cloud services and the Google Cloud platform is necessary. What You Will Learn ? Host a Python application on Google Compute Engine ? Host an application using Google Cloud Functions ? Migrate a MySQL DB to Cloud Spanner ? Configure a network for a highly available application on GCP ? Learn simple image processing using Storage and Cloud Functions ? Automate security checks using Policy Scanner ? Understand tools for monitoring a production environment in GCP ? Learn to manage multiple projects using service accounts In Detail Google Cloud Platform is a cloud computing platform that offers products and services to host applications using state-of-the art infrastructure and technology. You can build and host applications and websites, store data, and analyze data on Google's scalable infrastructure. This book follows a recipe-based approach, giving you hands-on experience to make the most of Google Cloud services. This book starts with practical recipes that explain how to utilize Google Cloud's common services. Then, you'll see how to make full use of Google Cloud components such as networking, security, management, and developer tools. Next, we'll deep dive into implementing core Google Cloud services into your organization, with practical recipes on App Engine, Compute Engine microservices with Cloud Functions, virtual networks, and Cloud Storage. Later, we'll provide recipes on implementing authentication and security, Cloud APIs, command-line management, deployment management, and the Cloud SDK. Finally, we'll cover administration troubleshooting tasks with the Compute and Container Engines and we'll show how to monitor your organization's efficiency with best practices. By the end of this book, you'll have a complete understanding of how to implement Google Cloud services in your organization with ease. Style and approach This book will quickly get you started with using Google Cloud Services.

Explore new and more sophisticated tools that reduce your marketing analytics efforts and give you precise results Key Features * Study new techniques for marketing analytics * Explore uses of machine learning to power your marketing analyses * Work through each stage of data analytics with the help of multiple examples and exercises Book Description Data Science for Marketing Analytics covers every stage of data analytics, from working with a raw dataset to segmenting a population and modeling different parts of the population based on the segments. The book starts by teaching you how to use Python libraries, such as pandas and Matplotlib, to read data from Python, manipulate it, and create plots, using both categorical and continuous variables. Then, you'll learn how to segment a population into groups and use different clustering techniques to evaluate customer segmentation. As you make your way through the chapters, you'll explore ways to evaluate and select the best segmentation approach, and go on to create a linear regression model on customer value data to predict lifetime value. In the concluding chapters, you'll gain an understanding of regression techniques and tools for evaluating regression models, and explore ways to predict customer choice using classification algorithms. Finally, you'll apply these techniques to create a churn model for modeling customer product choices. By the end of this book, you will be able to build your own marketing reporting and interactive dashboard solutions. What you will learn * Analyze and visualize data in Python using pandas and Matplotlib * Study clustering techniques, such as hierarchical and k-means clustering * Create customer segments based on manipulated data * Predict customer lifetime value using linear regression * Use classification algorithms to understand customer choice * Optimize classification algorithms to extract maximal information Who this book is for Data Science for Marketing Analytics is designed for developers and marketing analysts looking to use new, more sophisticated tools in their marketing analytics efforts. It'll help if you have prior experience of coding in Python and knowledge of high school level mathematics. Some experience with databases, Excel, statistics, or Tableau is useful but not necessary.

Enhance your programming skills to build exciting robotic projects Key Features * Build an intelligent robot that can detect and avoid obstacles and respond to voice commands * Detect and track objects and faces using OpenCV * Control your robot with a GUI button designed using Qt5 Book Description C++ is one of the most popular legacy programming languages for robotics, and a combination of C++ and robotics hardware is used in many leading industries. This book will bridge the gap between Raspberry Pi and C/C++ programming and enable you to develop applications for Raspberry Pi. To follow along with the projects covered in the book, you can implement C programs in Raspberry Pi with the wiringPi library. With this book, you’ll develop a fully functional car robot and write programs to move it in different directions. You’ll then create an obstacle - avoiding robot using an ultrasonic sensor. Furthermore, you’ll find out how to control the robot wirelessly using your PC/Mac. This book will also help you work with object detection and tracking using OpenCV, and guide you through exploring face detection techniques. Finally, you will create an Android app and control the robot wirelessly with an Android smartphone. By the end of this book, you will have gained experience in developing a robot using Raspberry Pi and C/C++ programming. What you will learn * Install software in Raspberry Pi compatible with C++ programming * Program the Raspberry Pi in C++ to run a motor * Control RPi-powered robot wirelessly with your laptop or PC * Program an RPi camera using OpenCV Control a Raspberry Pi robot with voice commands * Implement face and object detection with Raspberry Pi Who this book is for This book is for developers, programmers, and robotics enthusiasts interested in leveraging C++ to build exciting robotics applications. Prior knowledge of C++ is necessary to understand the projects covered in this book.

Get close and comfortable with Unity and build applications that run on HoloLens, Daydream, and Oculus Rift Key Features * Build fun augmented reality applications using ARKit, ARCore, and Vuforia * Explore virtual reality by developing more than 10 engaging projects * Learn how to integrate AR and VR concepts together in a single application Book Description Unity is the leading platform to develop mixed reality experiences because it provides a great pipeline for working with 3D assets. Using a practical and project-based approach, this Learning Path educates you about the specifics of AR and VR development using Unity 2018 and Unity 3D. You’ll learn to integrate, animate, and overlay 3D objects on your camera feed, before moving on to implement sensor-based AR applications. You’ll explore various concepts by creating an AR application using Vuforia for both macOS and Windows for Android and iOS devices. Next, you’ll learn how to develop VR applications that can be experienced with devices, such as Oculus and Vive. You’ll also explore various tools for VR development: gaze-based versus hand controller input, world space UI canvases, locomotion and teleportation, timeline animation, and multiplayer networking. You’ll learn the Unity 3D game engine via the interactive Unity Editor and C# programming. By the end of this Learning Path, you’ll be fully equipped to develop rich, interactive mixed reality experiences using Unity. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: * Unity Virtual Reality Projects - Second Edition by Jonathan Linowes * Unity 2018 Augmented Reality Projects by Jesse Glover What you will learn * Create 3D scenes to learn about world space and scale * Move around your scenes using locomotion and teleportation * Create filters or overlays that work with facial recognition software * Interact with virtual objects using eye gaze, hand controllers, and user input events * Design and build a VR storytelling animation with a soundtrack and timelines * Create social VR experiences with Unity networking Who this book is for If you are a game developer familiar with 3D computer graphics and interested in building your own AR and VR games or applications, then this Learning Path is for you. Any prior experience in Unity and C# will be an advantage. In all, this course teaches you the tools and techniques to develop engaging mixed reality applications.

Take your neural networks to a whole new level with the simplicity and modularity of Keras, the most commonly used high-level neural networks API. Key Features * Solve complex machine learning problems with precision * Evaluate, tweak, and improve your deep learning models and solutions * Use different types of neural networks to solve real-world problems Book Description Though designing neural networks is a sought-after skill, it is not easy to master. With Keras, you can apply complex machine learning algorithms with minimum code. Applied Deep Learning with Keras starts by taking you through the basics of machine learning and Python all the way to gaining an in-depth understanding of applying Keras to develop efficient deep learning solutions. To help you grasp the difference between machine and deep learning, the book guides you on how to build a logistic regression model, first with scikit-learn and then with Keras. You will delve into Keras and its many models by creating prediction models for various real-world scenarios, such as disease prediction and customer churning. You’ll gain knowledge on how to evaluate, optimize, and improve your models to achieve maximum information. Next, you’ll learn to evaluate your model by cross-validating it using Keras Wrapper and scikit-learn. Following this, you’ll proceed to understand how to apply L1, L2, and dropout regularization techniques to improve the accuracy of your model. To help maintain accuracy, you’ll get to grips with applying techniques including null accuracy, precision, and AUC-ROC score techniques for fine tuning your model. By the end of this book, you will have the skills you need to use Keras when building high-level deep neural networks. What you will learn * Understand the difference between single-layer and multi-layer neural network models * Use Keras to build simple logistic regression models, deep neural networks, recurrent neural networks, and convolutional neural networks * Apply L1, L2, and dropout regularization to improve the accuracy of your model * Implement cross-validate using Keras wrappers with scikit-learn * Understand the limitations of model accuracy Who this book is for If you have basic knowledge of data science and machine learning and want to develop your skills and learn about artificial neural networks and deep learning, you will find this book useful. Prior experience of Python programming and experience with statistics and logistic regression will help you get the most out of this book. Although not necessary, some familiarity with the scikit-learn library will be an added bonus.

Understand Gang of Four, architectural, functional, and reactive design patterns and how to implement them on modern Java platforms, such as Java 12 and beyond Key Features * Learn OOP, functional, and reactive patterns for creating readable and maintainable code * Explore architectural patterns and practices for building scalable and reliable applications * Tackle all kinds of performance-related issues and streamline development using design patterns Book Description Java design patterns are reusable and proven solutions to software design problems. This book covers over 60 battle-tested design patterns used by developers to create functional, reusable, and flexible software. Hands-On Design Patterns with Java starts with an introduction to the Unified Modeling Language (UML), and delves into class and object diagrams with the help of detailed examples. You'll study concepts and approaches to object-oriented programming (OOP) and OOP design patterns to build robust applications. As you advance, you'll explore the categories of GOF design patterns, such as behavioral, creational, and structural, that help you improve code readability and enable large-scale reuse of software. You’ll also discover how to work effectively with microservices and serverless architectures by using cloud design patterns, each of which is thoroughly explained and accompanied by real-world programming solutions. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to speed up your software development process using the right design patterns, and you’ll be comfortable working on scalable and maintainable projects of any size. What you will learn * Understand the significance of design patterns for software engineering * Visualize software design with UML diagrams * Strengthen your understanding of OOP to create reusable software systems * Discover GOF design patterns to develop scalable applications * Examine programming challenges and the design patterns that solve them * Explore architectural patterns for microservices and cloud development Who this book is for If you are a developer who wants to learn how to write clear, concise, and effective code for building production-ready applications, this book is for you. Familiarity with the fundamentals of Java is assumed.

A definitive guide covering all the core concepts necessary to pass the Salesforce Administrator Certification exam Key Features * Understand critical design considerations for setting up Salesforce CRM * Facilitate and manage the transition from Salesforce Classic to Lightning Experience * Learn key functions of application security to manage user profiles and data Book Description Salesforce’s winter ’19 release offers a host of new features for CRM designed to meet your sales and marketing requirements. With this comprehensive guide to implementing Salesforce CRM, administrators of all levels can easily get a thorough understanding of the platform. This Salesforce handbook begins by guiding you in setting up users and security and then progresses to configuration, data management, and data analytics. You’ll discover process automation and approval mechanisms, while also exploring the functional areas of Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Salesforce Chatter. This book covers Salesforce CRM system administration in a practical way, and it’ll serve as an invaluable reference for both new administrators and experienced professionals. Furthermore, you’ll also delve into Salesforce mobile apps and mobile administration, along with Salesforce Adoption Manager. You’ll gain insights into Lightning Experience, Salesforce's new app, and learn how its modern design and sleek interface helps you to build customizable components. Finally, we'll see how the two versions compare and help manage the transition from Salesforce Classic to Lightning Experience.?? By the end of the book, you will have mastered the techniques to configure and control various user interface features in Salesforce CRM. What you will learn * Configure a variety of user interface features in Salesforce CRM * Understand the capabilities of the Salesforce CRM sharing model * Explore Einstein Analytics - Salesforce's new wave of advanced reporting * Get to grips with the Lightning Process Builder workflow * Set up user profiles, security, and login access mechanisms * Find out how Apex and Visualforce coding can be used in Salesforce CRM * Manage the transition from Salesforce Classic to Lightning Experience * Implement data manipulation features to apply best practices in data management Who this book is for This book is for administrators who want to develop and strengthen their Salesforce CRM skills in the areas of configuration and system management. Whether you are a new or experienced professional, this book will enhance your knowledge and understanding of Salesforce CRM features.

Learn how to write automated tests for Dynamics 365 Business Central and see how to implement it in your daily work Key Features * Leverage automated testing to advance over traditional manual testing methods * Write, design, and implement automated tests * Explore various testing frameworks and tools compatible with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Book Description Dynamics 365 Business Central is the new cloud-based SaaS ERP proposition from Microsoft. It’s not as simple as it used to be way back when it was called Navigator, Navision Financials, or Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision. Our development practices are becoming more formal, and with this, the call for test automation is pressing on us. This book will teach you to leverage testing tools available with Dynamics 365 Business Central to perform automated testing. We’ll begin with a quick introduction to automated testing, followed by an overview of test automation in Dynamics 365 Business Central. Then you’ll learn to design and build automated tests and we’ll go through some efficient methods to get from requirements to application and testing code. Lastly, you’ll learn to incorporate your own and Microsoft tests into your daily development practice. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to write your own automated tests for Dynamics 365 Business Central. What you will learn * Understand what automated tests are, and when and why to use them * Explore the five pillars of the Testability Framework of Business Central * Design and write automated tests for Business Central * Make use of standard automated tests and their helper libraries * Integrate automated tests into your development practice Who this book is for This book is for consultants, testers, developers, and development managers working with Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Business Central. Being a book on automated testing techniques, it also caters to both functional and technical development teams.

Explore the fundamentals of Dynamics 365 Business Central and the Visual Studio Code development environment with the help of useful examples and case studies Key Features * Tailor your applications to best suit the needs of your business * Explore the latest features of Business Central with examples curated by industry experts * Integrate Business Central features in your applications with this comprehensive guide Book Description Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a full ERP business solution suite with a robust set of development tools to support customization and enhancement. These tools can be used to tailor Business Central's in-built applications to support complete management functions for finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. Using a case study approach, this book will introduce you to Dynamics 365 Business Central and Visual Studio Code development tools to help you become a productive Business Central developer. You'll also learn how to evaluate a product's development capabilities and manage Business Central-based development and implementation. You'll explore application structure, the construction of and uses for each object type, and how it all fits together to build apps that meet special business requirements. By the end of this book, you'll understand how to design and develop high-quality software using the Visual Studio Code development environment, the AL language paired with the improved editor, patterns, and features. What you will learn * Programming using the AL language in the Visual Studio Code development environment * Explore functional design and development using AL * How to build interactive pages and learn how to extract data for users * How to use best practices to design and develop modifications for new functionality integrated with the standard Business Central software * Become familiar with deploying the broad range of components available in a Business Central system * Create robust, viable systems to address specific business requirements Who this book is for If you want to learn about Dynamics 365 Business Central's powerful and extensive built-in development capabilities, this is the book for you. ERP consultants and managers of Business Central development will also find this book helpful. Although you aren't expected to have worked with Dynamics Business Central, basic understanding of programming and familiarity with business application software will help you understand the concepts covered in this book.

Over 70 recipes to effectively apply DevOps best practices and implement Agile, Git, CI-CD & Test automation using Azure DevOps Server (TFS) 2019 Key Features * Learn improving code quality using pull requests, branch policies, githooks and git branching design * Accelerate the deployment of high quality software by automating build and releases using CI-CD Pipelines. * Learn tried and tested techniques to automate database deployments, App Service & Function Deployments in Azure. Book Description Azure DevOps Server, previously known as Team Foundation Server (TFS), is a comprehensive on-premise DevOps toolset with a rich ecosystem of open source plugins. This book is your one stop guide to learn how to effectively use all of these Azure DevOps services to go from zero to DevOps. You will start by building high-quality scalable software targeting .NET, .NET core or Node.js applications. You will learn techniques that will help you to set up end-to-end traceability of your code changes from design through to release. Whether you are deploying software on-premise or in the cloud in App Service, Functions, or Azure VMs, this book will help you learn release management techniques to reduce release failures. Next, you will be able to secure application configuration by using Azure KeyVault. You will also learn how to create and release extensions to the Azure DevOps marketplace and reach million developer ecosystem for feedback. The working extension samples will allow you to iterate changes in your extensions easily and release updates to the marketplace quickly. By the end of this book, techniques provided in the book will help you break down the invisible silos between your software development teams. This will transform you from being a good software development team to an elite modern cross functional software development team. What you will learn * Set up a team project for an Agile delivery team, importing requirements from Excel * Plan,track, and monitor progress using self updating boards, Sprint and Kanban boards * Unlock the features of Git by using branch policies, Git pull requests, forks, and Git hooks * Build and release .NET core, SQL and Node.js applications using Azure Pipeline * Automate testing by integrating Microsoft and open source testing frameworks * Extend Azure DevOps Server to a million developer ecosystem Who this book is for This book is for anyone looking to succeed with DevOps. The techniques in this book apply to all roles of the software development lifecycle including developers, testers, architects, configuration analysts, site reliability engineers and release managers. If you are a new user you’ll learn how to get started; if you are an experienced user you’ll learn how to launch your project into a modern and mature DevOps enabled software development team.

Explore modern game programming and rendering techniques to build games using C++ programming language and its popular libraries Key Features * Learn how you can build basic 2D and complex 3D games with C++ * Understand shadows, texturing, lighting, and rendering in 3D game development using OpenGL * Uncover modern graphics programming techniques and GPU compute methods using the Vulkan API Book Description Although numerous languages are currently being used to develop games, C++ remains the standard for fabricating expert libraries and tool chains for game development. This book introduces you to the world of game development with C++. C++ Game Development By Example starts by touching upon the basic concepts of math, programming, and computer graphics and creating a simple side-scrolling action 2D game. You'll build a solid foundation by studying basic game concepts such as creating game loops, rendering 2D game scenes using SFML, 2D sprite creation and animation, and collision detection. The book will help you advance to creating a 3D physics puzzle game using modern OpenGL and the Bullet physics engine. You'll understand the graphics pipeline, which entails creating 3D objects using vertex and index buffers and rendering them to the scene using vertex and fragment shaders. Finally, you'll create a basic project using the Vulkan library that'll help you get to grips with creating swap chains, image views, render passes, and frame buffers for building high-performance graphics in your games. By the end of this book, you’ll be ready with 3 compelling projects created with SFML, the Vulkan API, and OpenGL, and you'll be able take your game and graphics programming skills to the next level. What you will learn * Understand shaders and how to write a basic vertex and fragment shader * Build a Visual Studio project and add SFML to it * Discover how to create sprite animations and a game character class * Add sound effects and background music to your game * Grasp how to integrate Vulkan into Visual Studio * Create shaders and convert them to the SPIR-V binary format Who this book is for If you’re a developer keen to learn game development with C++ or get up to date with game development, this book is for you. Some knowledge of C++ programming is assumed.