Build robust microservice-based applications that are distributed, fault tolerant, and always available About This Book ? Learn to build message-driven services for effective communication ? Design microservices API using Reactive programming design patterns ? Deploy, scale and monitor microservices for consistent high performance Who This Book Is For This book is for JavaScript developers seeking to utilize their Node.js and Typescript skills to build microservices and move away from the monolithic architecture. Prior knowledge of TypeScript and Node.js is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Get acquainted with the fundamentals behind microservices. ? Explore the behavioral changes needed for moving from monolithic to microservices. ? Dive into reactive programming, Typescript and Node.js to learn its fundamentals in microservices ? Understand and design a service gateway and service registry for your microservices. ? Maintain the state of microservice and handle dependencies. ? Perfect your microservice with unit testing and Integration testing ? Develop a microservice, secure it, deploy it, and then scale it In Detail In the last few years or so, microservices have achieved the rock star status and right now are one of the most tangible solutions in enterprises to make quick, effective, and scalable applications. The apparent rise of Typescript and long evolution from ES5 to ES6 has seen lots of big companies move to ES6 stack. If you want to learn how to leverage the power of microservices to build robust architecture using reactive programming and Typescript in Node.js, then this book is for you. Typescript Microservices is an end-to-end guide that shows you the implementation of microservices from scratch; right from starting the project to hardening and securing your services. We will begin with a brief introduction to microservices before learning to break your monolith applications into microservices. From here, you will learn reactive programming patterns and how to build APIs for microservices. The next set of topics will take you through the microservice architecture with TypeScript and communication between services. Further, you will learn to test and deploy your TypeScript microservices using the latest tools and implement continuous integration. Finally, you will learn to secure and harden your microservice. By the end of the book, you will be able to build production-ready, scalable, and maintainable microservices using Node.js and Typescript. Style and approach This book will be a step by step easy to follow guide with focused examples for building microservices with Typescript.

Explore the support Rust offers for creating functional applications in Rust. Learn about various design patterns, implementing concurrency, metaprogramming, and so on in the process About This Book ? Learn generics, organization, and design patterns in functional programming ? Modularize your applications and make them highly reusable and testable using functional design patterns ? Get familiar with complex concepts such as metaprogramming, concurrency, and immutability Who This Book Is For This book is for Rust developers who are comfortable with the language and now want to improve their coding abilities by learning advanced functional techniques to enhance their skillset and create robust and testable apps. What You Will Learn ? How Rust supports the use of basic functional programming principles ? Use functional programming to handle concurrency with elegance ? Read and interpret complex type signatures for types and functions ? Implement powerful abstractions using meta programming in Rust ? Create quality code formulaically using Rust's functional design patterns ? Master Rust's complex ownership mechanisms particularly for mutability In Detail Functional programming allows developers to divide programs into smaller, reusable components that ease the creation, testing, and maintenance of software as a whole. Combined with the power of Rust, you can develop robust and scalable applications that fulfill modern day software requirements. This book will help you discover all the Rust features that can be used to build software in a functional way. We begin with a brief comparison of the functional and object-oriented approach to different problems and patterns. We then quickly look at the patterns of control flow, data the abstractions of these unique to functional programming. The next part covers how to create functional apps in Rust; mutability and ownership, which are exclusive to Rust, are also discussed. Pure functions are examined next and you'll master closures, their various types, and currying. We also look at implementing concurrency through functional design principles and metaprogramming using macros. Finally, we look at best practices for debugging and optimization. By the end of the book, you will be familiar with the functional approach of programming and will be able to use these techniques on a daily basis. Style and approach Step-by-step guide covering advanced concepts and building functional applications in Rust

A guide to product management exploring the best practices: identifying the impact-driven product, planning for success, setting up and measuring time-bound metrics, and developing a lean product roadmap. About This Book ? Identifying Impact-Driven Products ? Investing in Key Business Outcomes ? Value mapping to maintain a lean product backlog ? Utilizing time-bound product metrics ? Eliminating process waste Who This Book Is For If you are leading a team that is building a new product, then this book is for you. The book is targeted at product managers, functional leads in enterprises, business sponsors venturing into new product offerings, product development teams, and start-up founders. What You Will Learn ? How do you execute ideas that matter? ? How can you define the right success metrics? ? How can you plan for product success? ? How do you capture qualitative and quantitative insights about the product? ? How do you know whether your product aligns to desired business goals? ? What processes are slowing you down? In Detail Lean Product Management is about finding the smartest way to build an Impact Driven Product that can deliver value to customers and meet business outcomes when operating under internal and external constraints. Author, Mangalam Nandakumar, is a product management expert, with over 17 years of experience in the field. Businesses today are competing to innovate. Cost is no longer the constraint, execution is. It is essential for any business to harness whatever competitive advantage they can, and it is absolutely vital to deliver the best customer experience possible. The opportunities for creating impact are there, but product managers have to improvise on their strategy every day in order to capitalize on them. This is the Agile battleground, where you need to stay Lean and be able to respond to abstract feedback from an ever shifting market. This is where Lean Product Management will help you thrive. Lean Product Management is an essential guide for product managers, and to anyone embarking on a new product development. Mangalam Nandakumar will help you to align your product strategy with business outcomes and customer impact. She introduces the concept of investing in Key Business Outcomes as part of the product strategy in order to provide an objective metric about which product idea and strategy to pursue. You will learn how to create impactful end-to-end product experiences by engaging stakeholders and reacting to external feedback. Style and approach The first few chapters of Lean Product Management address how to arrive at a product road map. It guides you through the process of getting stakeholder buy-in, prioritizing Key Business Outcomes and identifying the Impact-Driven Product, and arriving at a Cost-Impact matrix through value mapping. The next few chapters address how to define time-bound success metrics. It guides you through the process of creating an end-to-end product experience, capturing qualitative and quantitative insights to track product performance and alignment to short and long term product strategy. The last set of chapters of the book address process bottlenecks that hold teams back from building products right and how to eliminate process waste.

Build web applications with MongoDB, ExpressJS, React, and Node About This Book ? Build applications with the MERN stack ? Work with each component of the MERN stack ? Become confident with MERN and ready for more! Who This Book Is For The book is for JavaScript developers who want to get stated with the MERN Stack. What You Will Learn ? Get started with the MERN stack ? Install Node.js and configure MongoDB ? Build RESTful APIs with Express.js and Mongoose ? Build real-time applications with Socket.IO ? Manage synchronous and asynchronous data flows with Redux ? Build web applications with React In Detail The MERN stack is a collection of great tools—MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node—that provide a strong base for a developer to build easily maintainable web applications. With each of them a JavaScript or JavaScript-based technology, having a shared programming language means it takes less time to develop web applications. This book focuses on providing key tasks that can help you get started, learn, understand, and build full-stack web applications. It walks you through the process of installing all the requirements and project setup to build client-side React web applications, managing synchronous and asynchronous data flows with Redux, and building real-time web applications with Socket.IO, RESTful APIs, and other concepts. This book gives you practical and clear hands-on experience so you can begin building a full-stack MERN web application. Quick Start Guides are focused, shorter titles that provide a faster paced introduction to a technology. They are for people who don't need all the detail at this point in their learning curve. The presentation has been streamlined to concentrate on the things you really need to know. Style and approach This guide shows you how to use your JavaScript knowledge to build web applications that use the MERN stack in both client-side and in server-side environments.

Implement successful private clouds with OpenStack About This Book ? Gain hands-on experience in designing a private cloud for all infrastructures ? Create a robust virtual environment for your organization ? Design, implement and deploy an OpenStack-based cloud based on the Queens release Who This Book Is For OpenStack for Architects is for Cloud architects who are responsible to design and implement a private cloud with OpenStack. System engineers and enterprise architects will also find this book useful. Basic understanding of core OpenStack services, as well as some working experience of concepts, is recommended. What You Will Learn ? Learn the overall structure of an OpenStack deployment ? Craft an OpenStack deployment process which fits within your organization ? Apply Agile Development methodologies to engineer and operate OpenStack clouds ? Build a product roadmap for Infrastructure as a Service based on OpenStack ? Make use of containers to increase the manageability and resiliency of applications running in and on OpenStack. ? Use enterprise security guidelines for your OpenStack deployment In Detail Over the past six years, hundreds of organizations have successfully implemented Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms based on OpenStack. The huge amount of investment from these organizations, including industry giants such as IBM and HP, as well as open source leaders, such as Red Hat, Canonical, and SUSE, has led analysts to label OpenStack as the most important open source technology since the Linux operating system. Due to its ambitious scope, OpenStack is a complex and fast-evolving open source project that requires a diverse skill set to design and implement it. OpenStack for Architects leads you through the major decision points that you'll face while architecting an OpenStack private cloud for your organization. This book will address the recent changes made in the latest OpenStack release i.e Queens, and will also deal with advanced concepts such as containerization, NVF, and security. At each point, the authors offer you advice based on the experience they've gained from designing and leading successful OpenStack projects in a wide range of industries. Each chapter also includes lab material that gives you a chance to install and configure the technologies used to build production-quality OpenStack clouds. Most importantly, the book focuses on ensuring that your OpenStack project meets the needs of your organization, which will guarantee a successful rollout. Style and approach This is practical, hands-on guide to implementing OpenStack clouds, where each topic is illustrated with real-world examples and then the technical points are proven in the lab. Conceptual chapters are written in discussion style to convey important concepts quickly and present decision points for choosing options.

Implementing the ArcGIS Pro technique to design accurate, user friendly maps and making appropriate cartographic decisions About This Book ? Build visually stunning and useful maps; ? Understand the cartographic workflows and the decisions you must take before creating the map; ? Learn to create appropriate map elements and layout designs ? Use the ArcGIS Online's Smart Mapping technique to create clear webmaps Who This Book Is For If you are a GIS analyst or a Map designer who would like to create and design a map with ArcGIS Pro then this book is for you. A basic GIS knowledge is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Using ArcGIS Pro to create visually stunning maps and make confident cartographic decisions ? Leverage precise layout grids that will organize and guide the placement of map elements ? Make appropriate decisions about color and symbols ? Critically evaluate and choose the perfect projection for your data ? Create clear webmaps that focus the reader’s attention using ArcGIS Online’s Smart Mapping capabilities In Detail ArcGIS Pro is a geographic information system for working with maps and geographic information. This book will help you create visually stunning maps that increase the legibility of the stories being mapped and introduce visual and design concepts into a traditionally scientific, data-driven process. The book begins by outlining the steps of gathering data from authoritative sources and lays out the workflow of creating a great map. Once the plan is in place you will learn how to organize the Contents Pane in ArcGIS Pro and identify the steps involved in streamlining the production process. Then you will learn Cartographic Design techniques using ArcGIS Pro's feature set to organize the page structure and create a custom set of color swatches. You will be then exposed to the techniques required to ensure your data is clear and legible no matter the size or scale of your map. The later chapters will help you understand the various projection systems, trade-offs between them, and the proper applications of them to make sure your maps are accurate and visually appealing. Finally, you will be introduced to the ArcGIS Online ecosystem and how ArcGIS Pro can utilize it within the application. You will learn Smart Mapping, a new feature of ArcGIS Online that will help you to make maps that are visually stunning and useful. By the end of this book, you will feel more confident in making appropriate cartographic decisions. Style and approach The book takes a pragmatic approach, showing various methods to create visually stunning maps.

Build maintainable websites with elegant Django design patterns and modern best practices About This Book ? Explore aspects of Django from Models and Views to testing and deployment ? Understand the nuances of web development such as browser attack and data design ? Walk through various asynchronous tools such as Celery and Channels Who This Book Is For This book is for you whether you’re new to Django or just want to learn its best practices. You do not have to be an expert in Django or Python. No prior knowledge of patterns is expected for reading this book but it would be helpful. What You Will Learn ? Make use of common design patterns to help you write better code ? Implement best practices and idioms in this rapidly evolving framework ? Deal with legacy code and debugging ? Use asynchronous tools such as Celery, Channels, and asyncio ? Use patterns while designing API interfaces with the Django REST Framework ? Reduce the maintenance burden with well-tested, cleaner code ? Host, deploy, and secure your Django projects In Detail Building secure and maintainable web applications requires comprehensive knowledge. The second edition of this book not only sheds light on Django, but also encapsulates years of experience in the form of design patterns and best practices. Rather than sticking to GoF design patterns, the book looks at higher-level patterns. Using the latest version of Django and Python, you’ll learn about Channels and asyncio while building a solid conceptual background. The book compares design choices to help you make everyday decisions faster in a rapidly changing environment. You’ll first learn about various architectural patterns, many of which are used to build Django. You’ll start with building a fun superhero project by gathering the requirements, creating mockups, and setting up the project. Through project-guided examples, you’ll explore the Model, View, templates, workflows, and code reusability techniques. In addition to this, you’ll learn practical Python coding techniques in Django that’ll enable you to tackle problems related to complex topics such as legacy coding, data modeling, and code reusability. You’ll discover API design principles and best practices, and understand the need for asynchronous workflows. During this journey, you’ll study popular Python code testing techniques in Django, various web security threats and their countermeasures, and the monitoring and performance of your application. Style and approach This comprehensive project-driven guide will enhance your skill set by taking you through the well-known design patterns and industry-standard best practices in Django web development.

Solve all your Ionic-related issues through dedicated recipes that will help you get the best out of Ionic. Working with Ionic components to find out the best way to share data between them effectively. About This Book ? Leverage Ionic 3.9 and its exciting new features to create cutting-edge, real-time apps ? Work through simple recipes to address your problems directly and solve them effectively ? Get examples at each step to guide you on your learning curve with Angular Who This Book Is For This book targets JavaScript developers. No previous knowledge of Ionic is necessary, but prior knowledge of web development techniques would be useful. What You Will Learn ? Help readers to jump-start Ionic apps ? Explore essential features of Ionic with examples ? Learn how to use native device functionalities ? Make the best use of the REST API to handle back-end services ? Work with Cordova to support native functionalities on both iOS and Android. ? Master advanced topics in app development such as deep linking and lazy loading In Detail Ionic is the preferred choice for JavaScript developers to develop real-time hybrid applications. This book will get you started with Ionic 3.9 and help you create Angular 5 components that interact with templates. You will work with Ionic components and find out how to share data efficiently between them. You'll discover how to make the best use of the REST API to handle back-end services and then move on to animating your application to make it look pretty. You then learn to add in a local push notification in order to test the app. Then you'll work with Cordova to support native functionalities on both iOS and Android. From there, you'll get to grips with using the default themes for each platform and customizing your own. We then take you through the advanced Ionic features like lazy loading, deep linking, localizing ionic apps etc. Finally, you'll see how best to deploy your app to different platforms. This book will solve all your Ionic-related issues through dedicated recipes that will help you get the best out of Ionic. Style and approach The book's recipe-based approach will help you get the best out of Ionic 3.9

Leverage the power of the popular Jupyter notebooks to simplify your data science tasks without any hassle About This Book ? Create and share interactive documents with live code, text and visualizations ? Integrate popular programming languages such as Python, R, Julia, Scala with Jupyter ? Develop your widgets and interactive dashboards with these innovative recipes Who This Book Is For This cookbook is for data science professionals, developers, technical data analysts, and programmers who want to execute technical coding, visualize output, and do scientific computing in one tool. Prior understanding of data science concepts will be helpful, but not mandatory, to use this book. What You Will Learn ? Install Jupyter and configure engines for Python, R, Scala and more ? Access and retrieve data on Jupyter Notebooks ? Create interactive visualizations and dashboards for different scenarios ? Convert and share your dynamic codes using HTML, JavaScript, Docker, and more ? Create custom user data interactions using various Jupyter widgets ? Manage user authentication and file permissions ? Interact with Big Data to perform numerical computing and statistical modeling ? Get familiar with Jupyter's next-gen user interface - JupyterLab In Detail Jupyter has garnered a strong interest in the data science community of late, as it makes common data processing and analysis tasks much simpler. This book is for data science professionals who want to master various tasks related to Jupyter to create efficient, easy-to-share, scientific applications. The book starts with recipes on installing and running the Jupyter Notebook system on various platforms and configuring the various packages that can be used with it. You will then see how you can implement different programming languages and frameworks, such as Python, R, Julia, JavaScript, Scala, and Spark on your Jupyter Notebook. This book contains intuitive recipes on building interactive widgets to manipulate and visualize data in real time, sharing your code, creating a multi-user environment, and organizing your notebook. You will then get hands-on experience with Jupyter Labs, microservices, and deploying them on the web. By the end of this book, you will have taken your knowledge of Jupyter to the next level to perform all key tasks associated with it. Style and approach The recipes in this book are highly practical and very easy to follow, and include tips and tricks that will help you crack any problem that you might come across while getting the most out of your Jupyter notebook.

Exploit the features of TypeScript to easily create your very own web applications About This Book ? Develop modular, scalable, maintainable, and adaptable web applications by taking advantage of TypeScript ? Walk through the fundamentals of TypeScript with the help of practical examples ? Enhance your web development skills using TypeScript 2.x Who This Book Is For If you are a developer aiming to learn TypeScript to build attractive web applications, this book is for you. No prior knowledge of TypeScript is required. However, a basic understanding of JavaScript would be an added advantage. What You Will Learn ? Understand TypeScript in depth, including its runtime and advanced type system features ? Master the core principles of the object-oriented programming and functional programming paradigms with TypeScript ? Save time using automation tools such as Gulp, Webpack, ts-node, and npm scripts ? Develop robust, modular, scalable, maintainable, and adaptable applications with testing frameworks such as Mocha, Chai, and Sinon.JS ? Put your TypeScript skills to practice by developing full-stack web applications with Node.js, React and Angular ? Use the APIs of the TypeScript compiler to build custom code analysis tool In Detail TypeScript is an open source and cross-platform statically typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript and runs in any browser or host. This book is a step-by-step guide that will take you through the use and benefits of TypeScript with the help of practical examples. You will start off by understanding the basics as well as the new features of TypeScript 2.x. Then, you will learn how to work with functions and asynchronous programming APIs. You will continue by learning how to resolve runtime issues and how to implement TypeScript applications using the Object-oriented programming (OOP) and functional programming (FP) paradigms. Later, you will automate your development workflow with the help of tools such as Webpack. Towards the end of this book, you will delve into some real-world scenarios by implementing some full-stack TypeScript applications with Node.js, React and Angular as well as how to optimize and test them. Finally, you will be introduced to the internal APIs of the TypeScript compiler, and you will learn how to create custom code analysis tools. Style and approach This is a step-by-step guide that covers the fundamentals of TypeScript with practical examples.

Improve information security by learning Social Engineering. About This Book ? Learn to implement information security using social engineering ? Get hands-on experience of using different tools such as Kali Linux, the Social Engineering toolkit and so on ? Practical approach towards learning social engineering, for IT security Who This Book Is For This book targets security professionals, security analysts, penetration testers, or any stakeholder working with information security who wants to learn how to use social engineering techniques. Prior knowledge of Kali Linux is an added advantage What You Will Learn ? Learn to implement information security using social engineering ? Learn social engineering for IT security ? Understand the role of social media in social engineering ? Get acquainted with Practical Human hacking skills ? Learn to think like a social engineer ? Learn to beat a social engineer In Detail This book will provide you with a holistic understanding of social engineering. It will help you to avoid and combat social engineering attacks by giving you a detailed insight into how a social engineer operates. Learn Social Engineering starts by giving you a grounding in the different types of social engineering attacks,and the damages they cause. It then sets up the lab environment to use different toolS and then perform social engineering steps such as information gathering. The book covers topics from baiting, phishing, and spear phishing, to pretexting and scareware. By the end of the book, you will be in a position to protect yourself and your systems from social engineering threats and attacks. All in all, the book covers social engineering from A to Z , along with excerpts from many world wide known security experts. Style and approach A step-by-step practical guide that will get you well acquainted with Social Engineering. You’ll be able to get started with it in a matter of minutes with the help of different tools such as the Social Engineering toolkit , Kali Linux and so on.

Become familiar with ICND1 (100-105) exam objectives, and learn how to get ready for the exam About This Book ? A step by step guide that will build you skills from basic concepts to completely understanding network communication ? Comprehensive coverage to help you implement the knowledge you've gained in real-world scenarios ? Take practice questions and mock tests to check how prepared you are for the CCENT exam Who This Book Is For If you are a Network Administrator, Network Technician, Networking professional, or would simply like to prepare for your CCENT certification, then this book is for you. Some basic understanding of networks and how they work would be helpful. Sufficient information will be provided to those new to this field. What You Will Learn ? Get to grips with the computer network concepts ? Understand computer network components and learn to create a computer network ? Understand switching and learn how to configure a switch ? Understand routing and learn how to configure a router ? Understand network services and the maintenance process ? Learn how to troubleshoot networking issues ? Become familiar with, and learn how to prepare for, the ICND1 100-105 exam In Detail CCENT is the entry-level certification for those looking to venture into the networking world. This guide will help you stay up-to date with your networking skills. This book starts with the basics and will take you through everything essential to pass the certification exam. It extensively covers IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, IP data networks, switching and routing, network security, and much more—all in some detail. This guide will provide real-world examples with a bunch of hands-on labs to give you immense expertise in important networking tasks, with a practical approach. Each chapter consists of practice questions to help you take up a challenge from what you have procured. This book ends with mock tests with several examples to help you confidently pass the certification. This Certification Guide consists of everything you need to know in order to pass the ICND 1 100-105 Exam, thus obtaining a CCENT certification. However, practicing with real switches and routers or a switch or router simulator will help you succeed. Style and approach This book is for everyone! It will help beginners who are taking their first steps into the world of computer networks. At the same time, this book can be used by intermediate and advanced network administrators to recap computer network concepts. It will be a handy certification guide for anyone who is studying and preparing to take the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (100-105) exam, thus obtaining CCENT certification, which will be a handy professional asset.

A developer's field-guide to designing scalable services using Kubernetes About This Book ? Develop and run your software using containers within a Kubernetes environment ? Get hands-on experience of using Kubernetes with DevOps concepts such as continuous integration, benchmark testing, monitoring, and so on ? Pragmatic example-based approach showing how to use Kubernetes in the development process Who This Book Is For If you are a full-stack or back-end software developers interested, curious, or being asked to test as well as run the code you're creating, you can leverage Kubernetes to make that process simpler and consistent regardless of where you deploy. If you're looking for developer focused examples in NodeJS and Python for how to build, test, deploy, and run your code with Kubernetes, this is perfect for you. What You Will Learn ? Build your software into containers ? Deploy and debug software running in containers within Kubernetes ? Declare and add configuration through Kubernetes ? Define how your application fits together, using internal and external services ? Add feedback to your code to help Kubernetes manage your services ? Monitor and measure your services through integration testing and in production deployments In Detail Kubernetes is documented and typically approached from the perspective of someone running software that has already been built. Kubernetes may also be used to enhance the development process, enabling more consistent testing and analysis of code to help developers verify not only its correctness, but also its efficiency. This book introduces key Kubernetes concepts, coupled with examples of how to deploy and use them with a bit of Node.js and Python example code, so that you can quickly replicate and use that knowledge. You will begin by setting up Kubernetes to help you develop and package your code. We walk you through the setup and installation process before working with Kubernetes in the development environment. We then delve into concepts such as automating your build process, autonomic computing, debugging, and integration testing. This book covers all the concepts required for a developer to work with Kubernetes. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to use Kubernetes in development ecosystems. Style and approach This book will cover examples using NodeJS and Python that walk you through building containers, defining your deployments, deploying, debugging, testing, and generally interacting with your code running on Kubernetes. The examples are focused on common development needs, and include pragmatic advice and the explanations behind that advice.

React 16 Tooling covers the most important tools, utilities, and libraries that every React developer needs to know - in detail. About This Book ? Each chapter presents meta-development solutions to help React developers ? The tools used are presented in a practical, solution-oriented approach with no fluff ? The chapters are arranged in a logical order that mirrors a typical React development workflow, but you are free to tweak the approaches discussed to fit your own unique style Who This Book Is For This book is for React developers of any skill level who want to make their lives easier. It helps to have some familiarity with React, but if you are an experienced web developer looking at React, then this book will show you how to build a resilient toolset around you before you begin. What You Will Learn ? Bootstrap a React application using create-react-app ? Isolate React component development using Storybook ? Write effective unit tests for your React components using Jest ? Ensure that your component code is to standard using ESLint ? Use browser extensions and built-in component instrumentation to debug React applications ? Enable type safety in React components with Flowtype ? Deploy React applications inside a Docker container as part of a larger application stack In Detail React 16 Tooling covers the most important tools, utilities, and libraries that every React developer needs to know - in detail. As React has grown, the amazing toolset around it has also grown, adding features and enhancing the development workflow. Each of these essential tools is presented in a practical manner and in a logical order mirroring the development workflow. These tools will make your development life simpler and happier, enabling you to create better and more performant apps. Adam starts with a hand-picked selection of the best tools for the React 16 ecosystem. For starters, there's the create-react-app utility that's officially supported by the React team. Not only does this tool bootstrap your React project for you, it also provides a consistent and stable framework to build upon. The premise is that when you don't have to think about meta development work, more focus goes into the product itself. Other React tools follow this same approach to automating and improving your development life. Jest makes unit testing quicker. Flow makes catching errors easier. Docker containers make deployment in a stack simpler. Storybook makes developing components straightforward. ESLint makes writing standardized code faster. The React DevTools plugin makes debugging a cinch. React 16 Tooling clears away the barriers so you can focus on developing the good parts. In this book, we'll look at each of these powerful tools in detail, showing you how to build the perfect React ecosystem to develop your apps within. Style and approach This book covers React tools that help developers with the most relevant challenges they face today. Each chapter begins by defining the challenge faced by developers and why the tool is required, then shows how to fix the problem using React tooling.

Dive deeper into neural networks and get your models trained, optimized with this quick reference guide About This Book ? A quick reference to all important deep learning concepts and their implementations ? Essential tips, tricks, and hacks to train a variety of deep learning models such as CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, and more ? Supplemented with essential mathematics and theory, every chapter provides best practices and safe choices for training and fine-tuning your models in Keras and Tensorflow. Who This Book Is For If you are a Data Scientist or a Machine Learning expert, then this book is a very useful read in training your advanced machine learning and deep learning models. You can also refer this book if you are stuck in-between the neural network modeling and need immediate assistance in getting accomplishing the task smoothly. Some prior knowledge of Python and tight hold on the basics of machine learning is required. What You Will Learn ? Solve regression and classification challenges with TensorFlow and Keras ? Learn to use Tensor Board for monitoring neural networks and its training ? Optimize hyperparameters and safe choices/best practices ? Build CNN's, RNN's, and LSTM's and using word embedding from scratch ? Build and train seq2seq models for machine translation and chat applications. ? Understanding Deep Q networks and how to use one to solve an autonomous agent problem. ? Explore Deep Q Network and address autonomous agent challenges. In Detail Deep learning has become an essential necessity to enter the world of artificial intelligence. With this book deep learning techniques will become more accessible, practical, and relevant to practicing data scientists. It moves deep learning from academia to the real world through practical examples. You will learn how Tensor Board is used to monitor the training of deep neural networks and solve binary classification problems using deep learning. Readers will then learn to optimize hyperparameters in their deep learning models. The book then takes the readers through the practical implementation of training CNN's, RNN's, and LSTM's with word embeddings and seq2seq models from scratch. Later the book explores advanced topics such as Deep Q Network to solve an autonomous agent problem and how to use two adversarial networks to generate artificial images that appear real. For implementation purposes, we look at popular Python-based deep learning frameworks such as Keras and Tensorflow, Each chapter provides best practices and safe choices to help readers make the right decision while training deep neural networks. By the end of this book, you will be able to solve real-world problems quickly with deep neural networks. Style and approach An easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to help you get to grips with real-world applications of training deep neural networks.

Become an expert Vue developer by understanding the design patterns and component architecture of Vue.js to write clean and maintainable code. About This Book ? Craft highly modular applications by exploring the design patterns and component architecture of Vue.js ? Enforce a Flux-like application architecture in your Vue.js applications with Vuex ? Easy-to-follow examples that can be used to create reusable code and extensible designs Who This Book Is For This book targets Vue Developers who care about framework design principles and utilize commonly found design patterns in developing web applications. What You Will Learn ? Understand the theory and patterns of Vue.js ? Build scalable and modular Vue.js applications ? Take advantage of Vuex for reactive state management. ? Create Single Page Applications with vue-router. ? Use Nuxt for FAST server side rendered Vue applications. ? Convert your application to a Progressive Web App (PWA) and add ServiceWorkers, offline support, and more ? Build your app with Vue.js by following up with best practices and explore the common anti-patterns to avoid In Detail The book starts by comparing Vue.js with other frameworks and setting up the development environment for your application, and gradually move on to writing and styling clean, maintainable, and reusable components that can be used across your application. Further on, you'll look at common UI patterns, Vue form submission, and various modifiers such as lazy binding, number typecasting, and string trimming to create better UIs. You will also explore best practices for integrating HTTP into Vue.js applications to create an application with dynamic data. Routing is a vitally important part of any SPA, so you will focus on the Vue router and explore routing a user between multiple pages. Next, you'll also explore state management with Vuex, write testable code for your application, and create performant, server-side rendered applications with Nuxt. Towards the end, we'll look at common antipatterns to avoid, to save you from a lot of trial and error and development headaches. By the end of this book, you'll be well on your way to becoming an expert Vue developer who can leverage design patterns to efficiently architect the design of your application and write clean and maintainable code. Style and approach This easy-to-follow practical guide will help you develop efficient Vue.js apps by following best practices and using common design patterns.

Learn how to solve real life problems using different methods like logic regression, random forests and SVM’s with TensorFlow. About This Book ? Understand predictive analytics along with its challenges and best practices ? Embedded with assessments that will help you revise the concepts you have learned in this book Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at developers, data analysts, machine learning practitioners, and deep learning enthusiasts who want to build powerful, robust, and accurate predictive models with the power of TensorFlow. What You Will Learn ? Learn TensorFlow features in a real-life problem, followed by detailed TensorFlow installation and configuration ? Explore computation graphs, data, and programming models also get an insight into an example of implementing linear regression model for predictive analytics ? Solve the Titanic survival problem using logistic regression, random forests, and SVMs for predictive analytics ? Dig deeper into predictive analytics and find out how to take advantage of it to cluster records belonging to the certain group or class for a dataset of unsupervised observations ? Learn several examples of how to apply reinforcement learning algorithms for developing predictive models on real-life datasets In Detail Predictive analytics discovers hidden patterns from structured and unstructured data for automated decision making in business intelligence. Predictive decisions are becoming a huge trend worldwide, catering to wide industry sectors by predicting which decisions are more likely to give maximum results. TensorFlow, Google’s brainchild, is immensely popular and extensively used for predictive analysis. This book is a quick learning guide on all the three types of machine learning, that is, supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning with TensorFlow. This book will teach you predictive analytics for high-dimensional and sequence data. In particular, you will learn the linear regression model for regression analysis. You will also learn how to use regression for predicting continuous values. You will learn supervised learning algorithms for predictive analytics. You will explore unsupervised learning and clustering using K-meansYou will then learn how to predict neighborhoods using K-means, and then, see another example of clustering audio clips based on their audio features. This book is ideal for developers, data analysts, machine learning practitioners, and deep learning enthusiasts who want to build powerful, robust, and accurate predictive models with the power of TensorFlow. This book is embedded with useful assessments that will help you revise the concepts you have learned in this book. Style and approach This is a fast-paced guide that provides a quick learning solution to all the three types of machine learning, that is, supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning with TensorFlow Note: This book is a blend of text and quizzes, all packaged up keeping your journey in mind. It includes content from the following Packt product: ? Predictive Analytics with TensorFlow by Md. Rezaul Karim

Master the capabilities of Qlik Sense to design and deploy solutions that address all the Business Intelligence needs of your organization About This Book ? Create compelling dashboards and visualizations with your data by leveraging Qlik Sense's self-service model ? Perform data loading and model efficient solutions with faster performance and better governance ? Master Qlik Sense’s APIs and develop powerful mashups and fantastic extensions for visualizations and other components that run across all platforms Who This Book Is For This book is for Business Intelligence professionals and Data Analysts who want to become experts in using Qlik Sense. If you have extensively used QlikView in the past and are looking to transition to Qlik Sense, this book will also help you. A fundamental understanding of how Qlik Sense works and its features is all you need to get started with this book. What You Will Learn ? Understand the importance of self-service analytics and the IKEA-effect ? Explore all the available data modeling techniques and create efficient and optimized data models ? Master security rules and translate permission requirements into security rule logic ? Familiarize yourself with different types of Master Key Item(MKI) and know how and when to use MKI. ? Script and write sophisticated ETL code within Qlik Sense to facilitate all data modeling and data loading techniques ? Get an extensive overview of which APIs are available in Qlik Sense and how to take advantage of a technology with an API ? Develop basic mashup HTML pages and deploy successful mashup projects In Detail Qlik Sense is a powerful, self-servicing Business Intelligence tool for data discovery, analytics and visualization. It allows you to create personalized Business Intelligence solutions from raw data and get actionable insights from it. This book is your one-stop guide to mastering Qlik Sense, catering to all your organizational BI needs. You'll see how you can seamlessly navigate through tons of data from multiple sources and take advantage of the various APIs available in Qlik and its components for guided analytics. You'll also learn how to embed visualizations into your existing BI solutions and extend the capabilities of Qlik Sense to create new visualizations and dashboards that work across all platforms. We also cover other advanced concepts such as porting your Qlik View applications to Qlik Sense,and working with Qlik Cloud. Finally, you'll implement enterprise-wide security and access control for resources and data sources through practical examples. With the knowledge gained from this book, you'll have become the go-to expert in your organization when it comes to designing BI solutions using Qlik Sense. Style and approach This book provides in-depth knowledge on complex visualization processes. This guide will take you straight to complex implementation techniques. While covering the concepts, the use cases will help you understand how they work and how to utilize them.

Geometry Management, Event Handling, and more About This Book ? A Practical, guide to learn the application of Python and GUI programming with tkinter ? Create multiple cross-platform real-world projects by integrating host of third party libraries and tools ? Learn to build beautiful and highly interactive user interfaces, targeting multiple devices. Who This Book Is For This book is for a beginner to intermediate-level Pythonists who want to build modern, cross-platform GUI applications with the amazingly powerful Tkinter. Prior knowledge of Tkinter is required. What You Will Learn ? A Practical, guide to help you learn the application of Python and GUI programming with Tkinter ? Create multiple, cross-platform, real-world projects by integrating a host of third-party libraries and tools ? Learn to build beautiful and highly interactive user interfaces, targeting multiple devices. In Detail Tkinter is the built-in GUI package that comes with standard Python distributions. It is a cross-platform package, which means you build once and deploy everywhere. It is simple to use and intuitive in nature, making it suitable for programmers and non-programmers alike. This book will help you master the art of GUI programming. It delivers the bigger picture of GUI programming by building real-world, productive, and fun applications such as a text editor, drum machine, game of chess, audio player, drawing application, piano tutor, chat application, screen saver, port scanner, and much more. In every project, you will build on the skills acquired in the previous project and gain more expertise. You will learn to write multithreaded programs, network programs, database-driven programs, asyncio based programming and more. You will also get to know the modern best practices involved in writing GUI apps. With its rich source of sample code, you can build upon the knowledge gained with this book and use it in your own projects in the discipline of your choice. Style and approach An easy-to-follow guide, full of hands-on examples of real-world GUI programs. The first chapter is a must-read as it explains most of the things you need to get started with writing GUI programs with Tkinter. Each subsequent chapter is a stand-alone project that discusses some aspects of GUI programming in detail. These chapters can be read sequentially or randomly, depending on the reader's experience with Python.

Learn how to use Unity 2018 by creating your very own 3D game while developing your essential skills About This Book ? Learn to create immersive 3D games and Virtual Reality experiences with Unity 2018 ? Build custom scripts to make your game characters interactive ? Explore and implement AritificiaI Intelligence techniques to bring your game to life Who This Book Is For If you are an aspiring game developer interested in learning Unity 2018 and becoming familiar with its core features, then this book is for you. No prior knowledge of Unity is required. What You Will Learn ? Set up your Unity development environment and navigate its tools ? Import and use custom assets and asset packages to add characters to your game ? Build a 3D game world with a custom terrain, water, sky, mountains, and trees ? Animate game characters, using animation controllers, and scripting ? Apply audio and particle effects to the game ? Create intuitive game menus and interface elements ? Customize your game with sound effects, shadows, lighting effects, and rendering options ? Debug code and provide smooth error handling In Detail The Unity game engine has revolutionized the gaming industry with its complete set of intuitive tools and rapid workflows, which can be used to create interactive 3D content. With Unity, you can scaffold your way from the basics and make make stunning interactive games. This book will guide you through the entire process of creating a 3D game, from downloading the Unity game engine to publishing your game. It not only gives you a strong foundation, but puts you on the path to game development. Beginning with an overview of the Unity engine and its interface, you will walk through the process of creating a game environment and learn how to use built-in assets, as well as assets created with third-party 3D modeling tools such as Blender. Moving on, you will create custom scripts to control non-player character behaviors and gameplay. You will master exciting concepts such as Heads-Up-Displays, mini-maps, game navigation, sound effects, and lighting effects. Next, you’ll learn how to create your first VR experience, right from setting up the project to image effects. You'll be familiarized with all the tools that Unity has to offer to create your own immersive VR experiences. Each section is a stepping stone toward the completion of the final game. By the end of the book, you'll have learned advanced topics such as cross-platform considerations which enable your games to run on multiple platforms. Style and approach A step-by-step guide giving you the perfect start to developing 3D games with Unity 2018

Boost your accounting and financial skills with Microsoft Dynamics 365 About This Book ? Make real-time data-driven decisions for your enterprise with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise edition ? Configure and set up the Microsoft Dynamics 365 financial module via highly useful tips and tricks ? Administer customer relations and plan enterprise resources with this systematic guide Who This Book Is For This book is for application consultants, solution architects, controllers, CFOs, pre-sales and other professionals who are involved in a Microsoft Dynamics 365 for finance and operation implementation. Basic knowledge of financial terms, concepts, and terminologies is required. What You Will Learn ? Examine the business logic behind the financial functionalities of Microsoft Dynamics 365 FFO ? Set up and configure the core modules of financial management ? Grasp the key control points of financial management ? Explore intercompany and consolidation in Microsoft Dynamics 365 FFO ? Understand multi-currency sales, tax mechanisms, and budgeting capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics 365 FFO ? Get to grips with month/year-end period close functionality ? Understand the account payable and receivable module ? Use Microsoft Dynamics 365 to create financial reports In Detail Microsoft Dynamics 365 for finance and operations is a rapidly growing application and is widely used in enterprise organizations. Because of its ability to maximize business productivity, it is a fast-growing business application package in the ERP market. We will start by looking into ERP concepts, implementation needs, and interface design, giving you basic knowledge of financial management aspects and explaining key concepts along the way. To begin with, you'll be taken through the general ledger and financial dimension functions. You'll later learn about the sales tax mechanism and multi-currency in Microsoft Dynamics 365. We tackle each topic with focused examples and explanations on topics such as payable/receivable accounts, forecasting, cash and bank management, budgeting planning/control, and fixed assets. Finally, we walk you through intercompany, consolidation, costing basics, and financial reporting. By the end of this book, your finance team will have a much richer understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for finance and operations and its powerful capabilities. Style and approach This book is a step-by-step guide focusing on implementing Dynamics 365 financial management for your organization.