Find bottlenecks, identify the proper algorithm to use, optimize performance, and create really efficient Rust applications About This Book ? Understand common performance pitfalls and improve the performance of your applications. ? Get to grips with parallel programming and multithreading with Rust. ? Learn metaprogramming in Rust. Who This Book Is For This book is for Rust developers keen to improve the speed of their code or simply to take their skills to the next level. What You Will Learn ? Master tips and tricks to make your code faster. ? Learn how to identify bottlenecks in your Rust applications ? Discover how to profile your Rust software. ? Understand the type system to create compile-time optimizations. ? Master the borrow checker . ? Learn metaprogramming in Rust to avoid boilerplate code. ? Discover multithreading and work stealing in Rust. ? Understand asynchronous programming in Rust. In Detail At times, it is difficult to get the best performance out of Rust. This book teaches you to optimize the speed of your Rust code to the level of languages such as C/C++. You'll understand and fix common pitfalls, learn how to improve your productivity by using metaprogramming, and speed up your code by concurrently executing parts of it safely and easily. You will master the features of the language which will make you stand out and use them to really improve the efficiency of your algorithms The book begins with a gentle introduction to help you identify bottlenecks when programming in Rust. We highlight common performance pitfalls, along with strategies to detect and resolve these issues early. We move on to mastering Rust's type system, which will enable us to create impressive optimizations in both performance and safety at compile time. You will then learn how to effectively manage memory in Rust, mastering the borrow checker. We move on to measuring performance and you will see how this affects the way you write code. Moving ahead, you will perform metaprogramming in Rust to boost the performance of your code and your productivity. You will finally learn parallel programming in Rust, which enables efficient and faster execution by using multithreading and asynchronous programming. Style and approach You'll embark on a learning journey that will teach about you deep-core concepts in the Rust language. Learning those concepts—such as understanding the borrow checker—will make you competent to write more efficient Rust code. To learn those core concepts, you'll perform practical work and see for yourself how specific patterns improve the performance of your code.

Leverage the power of Tensorflow to design deep learning systems for a variety of real-world scenarios About This Book ? Build efficient deep learning pipelines using the popular Tensorflow framework ? Train neural networks such as ConvNets, generative models, and LSTMs ? Includes projects related to Computer Vision, stock prediction, chatbots and more Who This Book Is For This book is for data scientists, machine learning developers as well as deep learning practitioners, who want to build interesting deep learning projects that leverage the power of Tensorflow. Some understanding of machine learning and deep learning, and familiarity with the TensorFlow framework is all you need to get started with this book. What You Will Learn ? Set up the TensorFlow environment for deep learning ? Construct your own ConvNets for effective image processing ? Use LSTMs for image caption generation ? Forecast stock prediction accurately with an LSTM architecture ? Learn what semantic matching is by detecting duplicate Quora questions ? Set up an AWS instance with TensorFlow to train GANs ? Train and set up a chatbot to understand and interpret human input ? Build an AI capable of playing a video game by itself –and win it! In Detail TensorFlow is one of the most popular frameworks used for machine learning and, more recently, deep learning. It provides a fast and efficient framework for training different kinds of deep learning models, with very high accuracy. This book is your guide to master deep learning with TensorFlow with the help of 10 real-world projects. TensorFlow Deep Learning Projects starts with setting up the right TensorFlow environment for deep learning. Learn to train different types of deep learning models using TensorFlow, including Convolutional Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks, LSTMs, and Generative Adversarial Networks. While doing so, you will build end-to-end deep learning solutions to tackle different real-world problems in image processing, recommendation systems, stock prediction, and building chatbots, to name a few. You will also develop systems that perform machine translation, and use reinforcement learning techniques to play games. By the end of this book, you will have mastered all the concepts of deep learning and their implementation with TensorFlow, and will be able to build and train your own deep learning models with TensorFlow confidently. Style and approach This book contains 10 unique, end-to-end projects covering all aspects of deep learning and their implementations with TensorFlow. Each project will equip you with a unique skillset in training efficient deep learning models, and empower you to implement your own projects more confidently

Secure public and private cloud workloads with this comprehensive learning guide. About This Book ? Take your cloud security functions to the next level by automation ? Learn to automate your security functions on AWS and OpenStack ? Practical approach towards securing your workloads efficiently Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at DevOps Engineers, Security professionals, or any stakeholders responsible for securing cloud workloads. Prior experience with AWS or OpenStack will be an advantage. What You Will Learn ? Define security for public and private cloud services ? Address the security concerns of your cloud ? Understand Identity and Access Management ? Get acquainted with cloud storage and network security ? Improve and optimize public and private cloud security ? Automate cloud security ? Understand the security compliance requirements of your cloud In Detail Security issues are still a major concern for all IT organizations. For many enterprises, the move to cloud computing has raised concerns for security, but when applications are architected with focus on security, cloud platforms can be made just as secure as on-premises platforms. Cloud instances can be kept secure by employing security automation that helps make your data meet your organization's security policy. This book starts with the basics of why cloud security is important and how automation can be the most effective way of controlling cloud security. You will then delve deeper into the AWS cloud environment and its security services by dealing with security functions such as Identity and Access Management and will also learn how these services can be automated. Moving forward, you will come across aspects such as cloud storage and data security, automating cloud deployments, and so on. Then, you'll work with OpenStack security modules and learn how private cloud security functions can be automated for better time- and cost-effectiveness. Toward the end of the book, you will gain an understanding of the security compliance requirements for your Cloud. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience of automating your cloud security and governance. Style and approach This book follows a step-by-step, practical approach to help automate and secure your cloud account structure in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenStack environment.

Learn, by example, the fundamentals of data analysis as well as several intermediate to advanced methods and techniques ranging from classification and regression to Bayesian methods and MCMC, which can be put to immediate use. About This Book ? Analyze your data using R – the most powerful statistical programming language ? Learn how to implement applied statistics using practical use-cases ? Use popular R packages to work with unstructured and structured data Who This Book Is For Budding data scientists and data analysts who are new to the concept of data analysis, or who want to build efficient analytical models in R will find this book to be useful. No prior exposure to data analysis is needed, although a fundamental understanding of the R programming language is required to get the best out of this book. What You Will Learn ? Gain a thorough understanding of statistical reasoning and sampling theory ? Employ hypothesis testing to draw inferences from your data ? Learn Bayesian methods for estimating parameters ? Train regression, classification, and time series models ? Handle missing data gracefully using multiple imputation ? Identify and manage problematic data points ? Learn how to scale your analyses to larger data with Rcpp, data.table, dplyr, and parallelization ? Put best practices into effect to make your job easier and facilitate reproducibility In Detail Frequently the tool of choice for academics, R has spread deep into the private sector and can be found in the production pipelines at some of the most advanced and successful enterprises. The power and domain-specificity of R allows the user to express complex analytics easily, quickly, and succinctly. Starting with the basics of R and statistical reasoning, this book dives into advanced predictive analytics, showing how to apply those techniques to real-world data though with real-world examples. Packed with engaging problems and exercises, this book begins with a review of R and its syntax with packages like Rcpp, ggplot2, and dplyr. From there, get to grips with the fundamentals of applied statistics and build on this knowledge to perform sophisticated and powerful analytics. Solve the difficulties relating to performing data analysis in practice and find solutions to working with messy data, large data, communicating results, and facilitating reproducibility. This book is engineered to be an invaluable resource through many stages of anyone’s career as a data analyst. Style and approach An easy-to-follow step by step guide which will help you get to grips with real world application of Data Analysis with R

Fast track your development skills to build resourceful, open-source business applications with Odoo 11 About This Book ? Discover the latest technical capabilities in Odoo 11 while you build your own app ? Program business logic and manipulate data to implement specific business rules in your applications ? Implement automated tests to add modules and techniques and debug module business logic Who This Book Is For Odoo 11 Development Essentials caters to developers who are familiar with Python and MVC design and now want to build effective business applications using Odoo. What You Will Learn ? Install Odoo from source ? Manage Odoo server instances ? Create a new Odoo application from scratch covering the most frequently used elements ? Develop new models and use inheritance to extend/modify existing models ? Use ORM methods, both in the Odoo server and from external clients ? Create Kanban views using QWeb effectively ? Develop custom web and website CMS pages ? Use external API to integrate Odoo with external applications In Detail Odoo continues to gain worldwide momentum as the best platform for open source ERP installations. Now, with Odoo 11, you have access to an improved GUI, performance optimization, integrated in-app purchase features, and a fast-growing community to help transform and modernize your business. With this practical guide, you will cover all the new features that Odoo 11 has to offer to build and customize business applications, focusing on the publicly available community edition. We begin with setting up a development environment, and as you make your way through the chapters, you will learn to build feature-rich business applications. With the aim of jump-starting your Odoo proficiency level, from no specific knowledge to application development readiness, you will develop your first Odoo application. We then move on to topics such as models and views, and understand how to use server APIs to add business logic, helping to lay a solid foundation for advanced topics. The book concludes with Odoo interactions and how to use the Odoo API from other programs, all of which will enable you to efficiently integrate applications with other external systems. Style and Approach This fast-paced tutorial explains topics with the help of practical examples to help you understand each chapter efficiently.

Learn to evaluate and compare data encryption methods and attack cryptographic systems About This Book ? Explore popular and important cryptographic methods ? Compare cryptographic modes and understand their limitations ? Learn to perform attacks on cryptographic systems Who This Book Is For Hands-On Cryptography with Python is for security professionals who want to learn to encrypt and evaluate data, and compare different encryption methods. What You Will Learn ? Protect data with encryption and hashing ? Explore and compare various encryption methods ? Encrypt data using the Caesar Cipher technique ? Make hashes and crack them ? Learn how to use three NIST-recommended systems: AES, SHA, and RSA ? Understand common errors in encryption and exploit them In Detail Cryptography is essential for protecting sensitive information, but it is often performed inadequately or incorrectly. Hands-On Cryptography with Python starts by showing you how to encrypt and evaluate your data. The book will then walk you through various data encryption methods,such as obfuscation, hashing, and strong encryption, and will show how you can attack cryptographic systems. You will learn how to create hashes, crack them, and will understand why they are so different from each other. In the concluding chapters, you will use three NIST-recommended systems: the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA), and the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA). By the end of this book, you will be able to deal with common errors in encryption. Style and approach A practical guide that will help the readers to encrypt their data with ease

Combine the power of Apache Spark and Python to build effective big data applications About This Book ? Perform effective data processing, machine learning, and analytics using PySpark ? Overcome challenges in developing and deploying Spark solutions using Python ? Explore recipes for efficiently combining Python and Apache Spark to process data Who This Book Is For The PySpark Cookbook is for you if you are a Python developer looking for hands-on recipes for using the Apache Spark 2.x ecosystem in the best possible way. A thorough understanding of Python (and some familiarity with Spark) will help you get the best out of the book. What You Will Learn ? Configure a local instance of PySpark in a virtual environment ? Install and configure Jupyter in local and multi-node environments ? Create DataFrames from JSON and a dictionary using pyspark.sql ? Explore regression and clustering models available in the ML module ? Use DataFrames to transform data used for modeling ? Connect to PubNub and perform aggregations on streams In Detail Apache Spark is an open source framework for efficient cluster computing with a strong interface for data parallelism and fault tolerance. The PySpark Cookbook presents effective and time-saving recipes for leveraging the power of Python and putting it to use in the Spark ecosystem. You’ll start by learning the Apache Spark architecture and how to set up a Python environment for Spark. You’ll then get familiar with the modules available in PySpark and start using them effortlessly. In addition to this, you’ll discover how to abstract data with RDDs and DataFrames, and understand the streaming capabilities of PySpark. You’ll then move on to using ML and MLlib in order to solve any problems related to the machine learning capabilities of PySpark and use GraphFrames to solve graph-processing problems. Finally, you will explore how to deploy your applications to the cloud using the spark-submit command. By the end of this book, you will be able to use the Python API for Apache Spark to solve any problems associated with building data-intensive applications. Style and approach This book is a rich collection of recipes that will come in handy when you are working with PySpark Addressing your common and not-so-common pain points, this is a book that you must have on the shelf.

Leverage the power of ROS to build exciting collaborative robots. About This Book ? Delve into an open source, meta-operating system for your robot ? Get acquainted with tools and libraries for building and running code on multiple platforms ? Use Gazebo to model your robot and create a virtual environment Who This Book Is For If you’re a researcher or engineer with an interest in the problems, solutions, and future research issues that you may encounter in the development of robotic applications, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of C++ and Python programming with the GNU/Linux environment is strongly recommended to assist with understanding the key concepts covered in the book. What You Will Learn ? Explore advanced concepts, such as ROS pluginlib, nodelets, and actionlib ? Work with ROS visualization, profiling, and debugging tools ? Gain experience in robot modeling and simulation using Gazebo ? Understand the ROS Navigation Stack for mobile robots ? Configure a MoveIt! package for a manipulator robot ? Develop an autonomous navigation framework for MAV using ORB SLAM and MoveIt ? Integrate sensors, actuators, and robots into the ROS ecosystem ? Get acquainted with the ROS-Industrial package with hardware support, capabilities, and applications In Detail This book will leverage the power of ROS with an introduction to its core and advanced concepts through exciting recipes. You will get acquainted with the use of different synchronous and asynchronous communication methods, including messages, services, and actions. You will learn how to use the various debugging and visualization tools used in development and how to interface sensors and actuators with the ROS framework. Firstly, you will get to grips with ROS simulation frameworks, such as Gazebo and RotorS for modeling and simulating any physical robot and virtual environment. You will also cover mobile robotics, micro-aerial vehicles, and robotic arms, which are the leading branches of robotic applications. Robot Operating System Cookbook will also guide you in the development of an autonomous navigation framework for both mobile robots and micro-aerial vehicles. Finally, you will explore ROS-Industrial, an open source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS software to manufacturing industries. Style and approach The goal of this book is to provide an integrated overview of the concepts and techniques. ROS is not an operating system in the traditional sense of process management and scheduling; rather, it provides a structured communications layer above the host operating systems of a heterogeneous compute cluster.

Install and configure a pfSense router/firewall, and become a pfSense expert in the process. About This Book ? You can always do more to secure your software – so extend and customize your pfSense firewall ? Build a high availability security system that’s fault-tolerant – and capable of blocking potential threats ? Put the principles of better security into practice by implementing examples provided in the text Who This Book Is For This book is for those with at least an intermediate understanding of networking. Prior knowledge of pfSense would be helpful but is not required. Those who have the resources to set up a pfSense firewall, either in a real or virtual environment, will especially benefit, as they will be able to follow along with the examples in the book. What You Will Learn ? Configure pfSense services such as DHCP, Dynamic DNS, captive portal, DNS, NTP and SNMP ? Set up a managed switch to work with VLANs ? Use pfSense to allow, block and deny traffic, and to implement Network Address Translation (NAT) ? Make use of the traffic shaper to lower and raise the priority of certain types of traffic ? Set up and connect to a VPN tunnel with pfSense ? Incorporate redundancy and high availability by utilizing load balancing and the Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP) ? Explore diagnostic tools in pfSense to solve network problems In Detail pfSense has the same reliability and stability as even the most popular commercial firewall offerings on the market – but, like the very best open-source software, it doesn’t limit you. You’re in control – you can exploit and customize pfSense around your security needs. Mastering pfSense - Second Edition, covers features that have long been part of pfSense such as captive portal, VLANs, traffic shaping, VPNs, load balancing, Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP), multi-WAN, and routing. It also covers features that have been added with the release of 2.4, such as support for ZFS partitions and OpenVPN 2.4. This book takes into account the fact that, in order to support increased cryptographic loads, pfSense version 2.5 will require a CPU that supports AES-NI. The second edition of this book places more of an emphasis on the practical side of utilizing pfSense than the previous edition, and, as a result, more examples are provided which show in step-by-step fashion how to implement many features. Style and approach Practical guide to learn the advanced functionalities of pfSense with minimum fuss.

Start building your very own mobile apps with this comprehensive introduction to Swift and object-oriented programming About This Book ? A complete beginner's guide to Swift programming language ? Understand core Swift programming concepts and techniques for creating popular iOS apps ? Start your journey toward building mobile app development with this practical guide Who This Book Is For This book is for beginners who are new to Swift or may have some preliminary knowledge of Objective-C. If you are interested in learning and mastering Swift in Apple’s ecosystem, namely mobile development, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Become a pro at iOS development by creating simple-to-complex iOS mobile applications ? Master Playgrounds, a unique and intuitive approach to teaching Xcode ? Tackle the basics, including variables, if clauses, functions, loops and structures, classes, and inheritance ? Model real-world objects in Swift and have an in-depth understanding of the data structures used, along with OOP concepts and protocols ? Use CocoaPods, an open source Swift package manager to ease your everyday developer requirements ? Develop a wide range of apps, from a simple weather app to an Instagram-like social app ? Get ahead in the industry by learning how to use third-party libraries efficiently in your apps In Detail Swift Language is now more powerful than ever; it has introduced new ways to solve old problems and has gone on to become one of the fastest growing popular languages. It is now a de-facto choice for iOS developers and it powers most of the newly released and popular apps. This practical guide will help you to begin your journey with Swift programming through learning how to build iOS apps. You will learn all about basic variables, if clauses, functions, loops, and other core concepts; then structures, classes, and inheritance will be discussed. Next, you’ll dive into developing a weather app that consumes data from the internet and presents information to the user. The final project is more complex, involving creating an Instagram like app that integrates different external libraries. The app also uses CocoaPods as its package dependency manager, to give you a cutting-edge tool to add to your skillset. By the end of the book, you will have learned how to model real-world apps in Swift. Style and approach This book has a very practical and hands-on approach towards teaching the user the new and advanced features of Swift.

Leverage Splunk's operational intelligence capabilities to unlock new hidden business insights and drive success About This Book ? Tackle any problems related to searching and analyzing your data with Splunk ? Get the latest information and business insights on Splunk 7.x ? Explore the all new machine learning toolkit in Splunk 7.x Who This Book Is For This book is intended for data professionals who are looking to leverage the Splunk Enterprise platform as a valuable operational intelligence tool. The recipes provided in this book will appeal to individuals from all facets of business, IT, security, product, marketing, and many more! Even the existing users of Splunk who want to upgrade and get up and running with Splunk 7.x will find this book to be of great value. What You Will Learn ? Learn how to use Splunk to gather, analyze, and report on data ? Create dashboards and visualizations that make data meaningful ? Build an intelligent application with extensive functionalities ? Enrich operational data with lookups and workflows ? Model and accelerate data and perform pivot-based reporting ? Apply ML algorithms for forecasting and anomaly detection ? Summarize data for long term trending, reporting, and analysis ? Integrate advanced JavaScript charts and leverage Splunk's API In Detail Splunk makes it easy for you to take control of your data, and with Splunk Operational Cookbook, you can be confident that you are taking advantage of the Big Data revolution and driving your business with the cutting edge of operational intelligence and business analytics. With more than 70 recipes that demonstrate all of Splunk’s features, not only will you find quick solutions to common problems, but you’ll also learn a wide range of strategies and uncover new ideas that will make you rethink what operational intelligence means to you and your organization. You’ll discover recipes on data processing, searching and reporting, dashboards, and visualizations to make data shareable, communicable, and most importantly meaningful. You’ll also find step-by-step demonstrations that walk you through building an operational intelligence application containing vital features essential to understanding data and to help you successfully integrate a data-driven way of thinking in your organization. Throughout the book, you’ll dive deeper into Splunk, explore data models and pivots to extend your intelligence capabilities, and perform advanced searching with machine learning to explore your data in even more sophisticated ways. Splunk is changing the business landscape, so make sure you’re taking advantage of it. Style and approach With more than 70 recipes that demonstrate all of Splunk’s features, not only will you find quick solutions to common problems, but you’ll also learn a wide range of strategies and uncover new ideas that will make you rethink what operational intelligence means to you and your organization.

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.

A step-by-step guide to get you up and running with Azure Networking Services and help you build solutions that leverage effective design patterns About This Book ? Learn best practices for designing and implementing Azure Networking for Azure VMs ? Figure out the hidden secrets to designing a cost-effective environment ? Plan, design, and implement various connectivity scenarios in Azure Who This Book Is For This book is for developers, IT professionals, and database admins who have prior experience of working on Microsoft Azure and want to make the most out of Azure Networking Services. What You Will Learn ? Understand Azure networking and use the right networking service to fulfill your needs ? Design Azure Networks for Azure VMs according to best practices ? Span your environment with Azure networking solutions ? Learn to use Azure DNS ? Implement Azure Load Balancer for highly available environments ? Distribute user traffic across the world via the Azure Traffic Manager ? Control your application delivery with Azure Application Gateway In Detail Microsoft Azure networking is one of the most valuable and important offerings in Azure. No matter what solution you are building for the cloud, you'll find a compelling use for it. This book will get you up to speed quickly on Microsoft Azure Networking by teaching you how to use different networking services. By reading this book, you will develop a strong networking foundation for Azure virtual machines and for expanding your on-premise environment to Azure. Hands-On Networking with Azure starts with an introduction to Microsoft Azure networking and creating Azure Virtual Networks with subnets of different types within them. The book helps you understand the architecture of Azure networks. You will then learn the best practices for designing both Windows- and Linux-based Azure VM networks. You will also learn to expand your networks into Azure and how to use Azure DNS. Moreover, you will master best practices for dealing with Azure Load Balancer and the solutions they offer in different scenarios. Finally, we will demonstrate how the Azure Application Gateway works, offering various layer-7 load balancing capabilities for applications. By the end of this book, you will be able to architect your networking solutions for Azure. Style and approach This book provides in-depth insights into properly designing your environment and saving money on your running Azure Services. Using cutting-edge examples, you will learn to efficiently monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot Azure Networking

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.

Your one stop solution to implement a Cyber Defense Intelligence program in to your organisation. About This Book ? Intelligence processes and procedures for response mechanisms ? Master F3EAD to drive processes based on intelligence ? Threat modeling and intelligent frameworks ? Case studies and how to go about building intelligent teams Who This Book Is For This book targets incident managers, malware analysts, reverse engineers, digital forensics specialists, and intelligence analysts; experience in, or knowledge of, security operations, incident responses or investigations is desirable so you can make the most of the subjects presented. What You Will Learn ? Learn about the Observe-Orient-Decide-Act (OODA) loop and it's applicability to security ? Understand tactical view of Active defense concepts and their application in today's threat landscape ? Get acquainted with an operational view of the F3EAD process to drive decision making within an organization ? Create a Framework and Capability Maturity Model that integrates inputs and outputs from key functions in an information security organization ? Understand the idea of communicating with the Potential for Exploitability based on cyber intelligence In Detail Cyber intelligence is the missing link between your cyber defense operation teams, threat intelligence, and IT operations to provide your organization with a full spectrum of defensive capabilities. This book kicks off with the need for cyber intelligence and why it is required in terms of a defensive framework. Moving forward, the book provides a practical explanation of the F3EAD protocol with the help of examples. Furthermore, we learn how to go about threat models and intelligence products/frameworks and apply them to real-life scenarios. Based on the discussion with the prospective author I would also love to explore the induction of a tool to enhance the marketing feature and functionality of the book. By the end of this book, you will be able to boot up an intelligence program in your organization based on the operation and tactical/strategic spheres of Cyber defense intelligence. Style and approach A step-by-step practical guide that will help you master defensive frameworks to secure your system, and the F3EAD protocol to help you boot up an intelligence program in your organization.

This step-by-step guide will teach you to continuously improve your mobile application development process About This Book ? Efficiently deliver continuous integration and deployment within all the stages of your application's lifecycle ? Learn to implement mobile DevOps with Xamarin and Visual Studio ? Deliver high quality and performing mobile applications Who This Book Is For If you are a programmer and developer who wants to increase the efficiency and scalability of your mobile application with the implementation of DevOps, then this book is for you. You need basic experience of the application process development. What You Will Learn ? Become fluent with the basic components of Mobile Devops ? Find out how to use code repositories and install Git on an EC2 server and manage users and groups ? Set up an Android device for development and install Visual Studio and Xamarin on Windows ? Create an Android project and UI for applications ? Add permissions to Android Manifest ? Write tests with Xamarin. UI and test using test cloud to check it on multiple devices ? Monitor and optimize the application using the Android monitoring tool ? Debug the mobile application and improve its efficiency In Detail Today's world is all about perfection, and there are hundreds of applications that are released each day out of which only a few succeed. Making sure that the app looks, performs, and behaves as expected is one of the biggest challenge developers face today. The main goal of this book is to teach developers to implement DevOps to build, test, and deliver. This book will teach you to implement Mobile DevOps at every stage of your application's lifecycle with Visual Studio and Xamarin Mobile Lifecycle solutions. Later, it will also show you how to leverage Mobile Center's continuous integration and automated testing to develop a high-quality applications. Next, you’ll see how to mobilize your on-premises data to the cloud and increase your productivity with code reuse. Finally, you’ll discover how to find and fix bugs beforehand, improving the efficiency of your application while it is being developed. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with Mobile DevOps techniques, delivering high quality and high performance mobile apps. Style and approach This clear, concise, and straightforward book will make you aware of mobile applications by showing you Devops fundamentals such as building, testing, and delivery. This book has been created to help you put new ideas into practice, and demonstrate precisely what's possible with mobile Devops.

Create next-generation Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality apps with the latest version of Google ARCore About This Book ? Harness the power of the Google’s new augmented reality (AR) platform ARCore to build cutting-edge Augmented reality apps ? Learn core concepts of Environmental Understanding, Immersive Computing, and Motion Tracking with ARCore ? Extend your application by combining ARCore with OpenGL, Machine Learning and more. Who This Book Is For This book is for web and mobile developers who have broad programming knowledge on Java or JavaScript or C# and want to develop Augmented Reality applications with Google ArCore. To follow this book no prior experience with AR development, 3D, or 3D math experience is needed. What You Will Learn ? Build and deploy your Augmented Reality app to the Android, Web, and Unity platforms ? Implement ARCore to identify and visualize objects as point clouds, planes, surfaces, and/or meshes ? Explore advanced concepts of environmental understanding using Google ARCore and OpenGL ES with Java ? Create light levels from ARCore and create a C# script to watch and propagate lighting changes in a scene ? Develop graphics shaders that react to changes in lighting and map the environment to place objects in Unity/C# ? Integrate motion tracking with the Web ARCore API and Google Street View to create a combined AR/VR experience In Detail Are you a mobile developer or web developer who wants to create immersive and cool Augmented Reality apps with the latest Google ARCore platform? If so, this book will help you jump right into developing with ARCore and will help you create a step by step AR app easily. This book will teach you how to implement the core features of ARCore starting from the fundamentals of 3D rendering to more advanced concepts such as lighting, shaders, Machine Learning, and others. We’ll begin with the basics of building a project on three platforms: web, Android, and Unity. Next, we’ll go through the ARCore concepts of motion tracking, environmental understanding, and light estimation. For each core concept, you’ll work on a practical project to use and extend the ARCore feature, from learning the basics of 3D rendering and lighting to exploring more advanced concepts. You’ll write custom shaders to light virtual objects in AR, then build a neural network to recognize the environment and explore even grander applications by using ARCore in mixed reality. At the end of the book, you’ll see how to implement motion tracking and environment learning, create animations and sounds, generate virtual characters, and simulate them on your screen. Style and approach Practical examples that will take you through the basics of ARcore and teach you how to build an app using it.

Over 100 recipes to analyze and troubleshoot network problems using Wireshark 2 About This Book ? Place Wireshark 2 in your network and configure it for effective network analysis ? Deep dive into the enhanced functionalities of Wireshark 2 and protect your network with ease ? A practical guide with exciting recipes on a widely used network protocol analyzer Who This Book Is For This book is for security professionals, network administrators, R&D, engineering and technical support, and communications managers who are using Wireshark for network analysis and troubleshooting. It requires a basic understanding of networking concepts, but does not require specific and detailed technical knowledge of protocols or vendor implementations. What You Will Learn ? Configure Wireshark 2 for effective network analysis and troubleshooting ? Set up various display and capture filters ? Understand networking layers, including IPv4 and IPv6 analysis ? Explore performance issues in TCP/IP ? Get to know about Wi-Fi testing and how to resolve problems related to wireless LANs ? Get information about network phenomena, events, and errors ? Locate faults in detecting security failures and breaches in networks In Detail This book contains practical recipes on troubleshooting a data communications network. This second version of the book focuses on Wireshark 2, which has already gained a lot of traction due to the enhanced features that it offers to users. The book expands on some of the subjects explored in the first version, including TCP performance, network security, Wireless LAN, and how to use Wireshark for cloud and virtual system monitoring. You will learn how to analyze end-to-end IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity failures for Unicast and Multicast traffic using Wireshark. It also includes Wireshark capture files so that you can practice what you’ve learned in the book. You will understand the normal operation of E-mail protocols and learn how to use Wireshark for basic analysis and troubleshooting. Using Wireshark, you will be able to resolve and troubleshoot common applications that are used in an enterprise network, like NetBIOS and SMB protocols. Finally, you will also be able to measure network parameters, check for network problems caused by them, and solve them effectively. By the end of this book, you’ll know how to analyze traffic, find patterns of various offending traffic, and secure your network from them. Style and approach This book consists of practical recipes on Wireshark 2 that target novices as well as intermediate Wireshark users. It goes deep into the technical issues, covers additional protocols, and many more real-live examples so that you are able to implement it in your daily life scenarios.

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.

Puppet 5 Beginner’s Guide, Third Edition is a practical guide that gets you up and running with the very latest features of Puppet 5. About This Book ? Develop skills to run Puppet 5 on single or multiple servers without hiccups ? Use Puppet to create and manage cloud resources such as Amazon EC2 instances ? Take full advantage of powerful new features of Puppet including loops, data types, Hiera integration, and container management Who This Book Is For Puppet 5 Beginner’s Guide, Third Edition is designed for those who are new to Puppet, including system administrators and developers who are looking to manage computer server systems for configuration management. No prior programming or system administration experience is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Understand the latest Puppet 5 features ? Install and set up Puppet and discover the latest and most advanced features ? Configure, build, and run containers in production using Puppet’s industry-leading Docker support ? Deploy configuration files and templates at super-fast speeds and manage user accounts and access control ? Automate your IT infrastructure ? Use the latest features in Puppet 5 onward and its official modules ? Manage clouds, containers, and orchestration ? Get to know the best practices to make Puppet more reliable and increase its performance In Detail Puppet 5 Beginner’s Guide, Third Edition gets you up and running with the very latest features of Puppet 5, including Docker containers, Hiera data, and Amazon AWS cloud orchestration. Go from beginner to confident Puppet user with a series of clear, practical examples to help you manage every aspect of your server setup. Whether you’re a developer, a system administrator, or you are simply curious about Puppet, you’ll learn Puppet skills that you can put into practice right away. With practical steps giving you the key concepts you need, this book teaches you how to install packages and config files, create users, set up scheduled jobs, provision cloud instances, build containers, and so much more. Every example in this book deals with something real and practical that you’re likely to need in your work, and you’ll see the complete Puppet code that makes it happen, along with step-by-step instructions for what to type and what output you’ll see. All the examples are available in a GitHub repo for you to download and adapt for your own server setup. Style and approach This tutorial is packed with quick step-by-step instructions that are immediately applicable for beginners. This is an easy-to-read guide, to learn Puppet from scratch, that explains simply and clearly all you need to know to use this essential IT power tool, while applying these solutions to real-world scenarios.