A practical guide to deploying digital forensic techniques in response to cyber security incidents About This Book ? Learn incident response fundamentals and create an effective incident response framework ? Master forensics investigation utilizing digital investigative techniques ? Contains real-life scenarios that effectively use threat intelligence and modeling techniques Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at Information Security professionals, forensics practitioners, and students with knowledge and experience in the use of software applications and basic command-line experience. It will also help professionals who are new to the incident response/digital forensics role within their organization. What You Will Learn ? Create and deploy incident response capabilities within your organization ? Build a solid foundation for acquiring and handling suitable evidence for later analysis ? Analyze collected evidence and determine the root cause of a security incident ? Learn to integrate digital forensic techniques and procedures into the overall incident response process ? Integrate threat intelligence in digital evidence analysis ? Prepare written documentation for use internally or with external parties such as regulators or law enforcement agencies In Detail Digital Forensics and Incident Response will guide you through the entire spectrum of tasks associated with incident response, starting with preparatory activities associated with creating an incident response plan and creating a digital forensics capability within your own organization. You will then begin a detailed examination of digital forensic techniques including acquiring evidence, examining volatile memory, hard drive assessment, and network-based evidence. You will also explore the role that threat intelligence plays in the incident response process. Finally, a detailed section on preparing reports will help you prepare a written report for use either internally or in a courtroom. By the end of the book, you will have mastered forensic techniques and incident response and you will have a solid foundation on which to increase your ability to investigate such incidents in your organization. Style and approach The book covers practical scenarios and examples in an enterprise setting to give you an understanding of how digital forensics integrates with the overall response to cyber security incidents. You will also learn the proper use of tools and techniques to investigate common cyber security incidents such as malware infestation, memory analysis, disk analysis, and network analysis.

A practical approach to conquering the complexities of Microservices using the Python tooling ecosystem About This Book ? A very useful guide for Python developers who are shifting to the new microservices-based development ? A concise, up-to-date guide to building efficient and lightweight microservices in Python using Flask, Tox, and other tools ? Learn to use Docker containers, CoreOS, and Amazon Web Services to deploy your services Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who have basic knowledge of Python, the command line, and HTTP-based application principles, and those who want to learn how to build, test, scale, and manage Python 3 microservices. No prior experience of writing microservices in Python is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Explore what microservices are and how to design them ? Use Python 3, Flask, Tox, and other tools to build your services using best practices ? Learn how to use a TDD approach ? Discover how to document your microservices ? Configure and package your code in the best way ? Interact with other services ? Secure, monitor, and scale your services ? Deploy your services in Docker containers, CoreOS, and Amazon Web Services In Detail We often deploy our web applications into the cloud, and our code needs to interact with many third-party services. An efficient way to build applications to do this is through microservices architecture. But, in practice, it's hard to get this right due to the complexity of all the pieces interacting with each other. This book will teach you how to overcome these issues and craft applications that are built as small standard units, using all the proven best practices and avoiding the usual traps. It's a practical book: you’ll build everything using Python 3 and its amazing tooling ecosystem. You will understand the principles of TDD and apply them. You will use Flask, Tox, and other tools to build your services using best practices. You will learn how to secure connections between services, and how to * Nginx using Lua to build web application firewall features such as rate limiting. You will also familiarize yourself with Docker’s role in microservices, and use Docker containers, CoreOS, and Amazon Web Services to deploy your services. This book will take you on a journey, ending with the creation of a complete Python application based on microservices. By the end of the book, you will be well versed with the fundamentals of building, designing, testing, and deploying your Python microservices. Style and approach This book is an linear, easy-to-follow guide on how to best design, write, test, and deploy your microservices. It includes real-world examples that will help Python developers create their own Python microservice using the most efficient methods.

Learn to create plugins for WordPress 4.x to deliver custom projects or share with the community through detailed step-by-step recipes and code examples About This Book ? Learn how to change and extend WordPress to perform virtually any task ? Explore the plugin API through approachable examples and detailed explanations ? Mold WordPress to your project’s needs or transform it to benefit the entire community Who This Book Is For If you are a WordPress user, developer, or a site integrator with basic knowledge of PHP and an interest to create new plugins to address your personal needs, client needs, or share with the community, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Discover how to register user callbacks with WordPress, forming the basis of plugin creation ? Explore the creation of administration pages and adding new content management sections through custom post types and custom database tables ? Improve your plugins by customizing the post and page editors, categories and user profiles, and creating visitor-facing forms ? Make your pages dynamic using Java*, AJAX and adding new widgets to the platform ? Learn how to add support for plugin translation and distribute your work to the WordPress community In Detail WordPress is a popular, powerful, and open Content Management System. Learning how to extend its capabilities allows you to unleash its full potential, whether you're an administrator trying to find the right extension, a developer with a great idea to enhance the platform for the community, or a website developer working to fulfill a client's needs. This book shows readers how to navigate WordPress' vast set of API functions to create high-quality plugins with easy-to-configure administration interfaces. With new recipes and materials updated for the latest versions of WordPress 4.x, this second edition teaches you how to create plugins of varying complexity ranging from a few lines of code to complex extensions that provide intricate new capabilities. You'll start by using the basic mechanisms provided in WordPress to create plugins and execute custom user code. You will then see how to design administration panels, enhance the post editor with custom fields, store custom data, and modify site behavior based on the value of custom fields. You'll safely incorporate dynamic elements on web pages using *ing languages, and build new widgets that users will be able to add to WordPress sidebars and widget areas. By the end of this book, you will be able to create WordPress plugins to perform any task you can imagine. Style and approach This cookbook will take you through the creation of your first simple plugin to adding entirely new sections and widgets in the administration interface, so you can learn how to change and extend WordPress to perform virtually any task. Each topic is illustrated through realistic examples showing how to solve common problems, followed by detailed explanations of all concepts used

Unleash the data processing and analytics capability of Apache Spark with the language of choice: Java About This Book ? Perform big data processing with Spark—without having to learn Scala! ? Use the Spark Java API to implement efficient enterprise-grade applications for data processing and analytics ? Go beyond mainstream data processing by adding querying capability, Machine Learning, and graph processing using Spark Who This Book Is For If you are a Java developer interested in learning to use the popular Apache Spark framework, this book is the resource you need to get started. Apache Spark developers who are looking to build enterprise-grade applications in Java will also find this book very useful. What You Will Learn ? Process data using different file formats such as XML, JSON, CSV, and plain and delimited text, using the Spark core Library. ? Perform analytics on data from various data sources such as Kafka, and Flume using Spark Streaming Library ? Learn SQL schema creation and the analysis of structured data using various SQL functions including Windowing functions in the Spark SQL Library ? Explore Spark Mlib APIs while implementing Machine Learning techniques to solve real-world problems ? Get to know Spark GraphX so you understand various graph-based analytics that can be performed with Spark In Detail Apache Spark is the buzzword in the big data industry right now, especially with the increasing need for real-time streaming and data processing. While Spark is built on Scala, the Spark Java API exposes all the Spark features available in the Scala version for Java developers. This book will show you how you can implement various functionalities of the Apache Spark framework in Java, without stepping out of your comfort zone. The book starts with an introduction to the Apache Spark 2.x ecosystem, followed by explaining how to install and configure Spark, and refreshes the Java concepts that will be useful to you when consuming Apache Spark's APIs. You will explore RDD and its associated common Action and Transformation Java APIs, set up a production-like clustered environment, and work with Spark SQL. Moving on, you will perform near-real-time processing with Spark streaming, Machine Learning analytics with Spark MLlib, and graph processing with GraphX, all using various Java packages. By the end of the book, you will have a solid foundation in implementing components in the Spark framework in Java to build fast, real-time applications. Style and approach This practical guide teaches readers the fundamentals of the Apache Spark framework and how to implement components using the Java language. It is a unique blend of theory and practical examples, and is written in a way that will gradually build your knowledge of Apache Spark.

Your one-stop guide to the common patterns and practices, showing you how to apply these using the Go programming language About This Book ? This short, concise, and practical guide is packed with real-world examples of building microservices with Go ? It is easy to read and will benefit smaller teams who want to extend the functionality of their existing systems ? Using this practical approach will save your money in terms of maintaining a monolithic architecture and demonstrate capabilities in ease of use Who This Book Is For You should have a working knowledge of programming in Go, including writing and compiling basic applications. However, no knowledge of RESTful architecture, microservices, or web services is expected. If you are looking to apply techniques to your own projects, taking your first steps into microservice architecture, this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Plan a microservice architecture and design a microservice ? Write a microservice with a RESTful API and a database ? Understand the common idioms and common patterns in microservices architecture ? Leverage tools and automation that helps microservices become horizontally scalable ? Get a grounding in containerization with Docker and Docker-Compose, which will greatly accelerate your development lifecycle ? Manage and secure Microservices at scale with monitoring, logging, service discovery, and automation ? Test microservices and integrate API tests in Go In Detail Microservice architecture is sweeping the world as the de facto pattern to build web-based applications. Golang is a language particularly well suited to building them. Its strong community, encouragement of idiomatic style, and statically-linked binary artifacts make integrating it with other technologies and managing microservices at scale consistent and intuitive. This book will teach you the common patterns and practices, showing you how to apply these using the Go programming language. It will teach you the fundamental concepts of architectural design and RESTful communication, and show you patterns that provide manageable code that is supportable in development and at scale in production. We will provide you with examples on how to put these concepts and patterns into practice with Go. Whether you are planning a new application or working in an existing monolith, this book will explain and illustrate with practical examples how teams of all sizes can start solving problems with microservices. It will help you understand Docker and Docker-Compose and how it can be used to isolate microservice dependencies and build environments. We finish off by showing you various techniques to monitor, test, and secure your microservices. By the end, you will know the benefits of system resilience of a microservice and the advantages of Go stack. Style and approach The step-by-step tutorial focuses on building microservices. Each chapter expands upon the previous one, teaching you the main skills and techniques required to be a successful microservice practitioner.

Build powerful cross-platform desktop applications with web technologies such as Node, NW.JS, Electron, and React About This Book ? Build different cross-platform HTML5 desktop applications right from planning, designing, and deployment to enhancement, testing, and delivery ? Forget the pain of cross-platform compatibility and build efficient apps that can be easily deployed on different platforms. ? Build simple to advanced HTML5 desktop apps, by integrating them with other popular frameworks and libraries such as Electron, Node.JS, Nw.js, React, Redux, and TypeScript Who This Book Is For This book has been written for developers interested in creating desktop applications with HTML5. The first part requires essential web-master skills (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript). The second demands minimal experience with React. And finally for the third it would be helpful to have a basic knowledge of React, Redux, and TypeScript. What You Will Learn ? Plan, design, and develop different cross-platform desktop apps ? Application architecture with React and local state ? Application architecture with React and Redux store ? Code design with TypeScript interfaces and specialized types ? CSS and component libraries such as Photonkit, Material UI, and React MDL ? HTML5 APIs such as desktop notifications, WebSockets, WebRTC, and others ? Desktop environment integration APIs of NW.js and Electron ? Package and distribute for NW.JS and Electron In Detail Building and maintaining cross-platform desktop applications with native languages isn’t a trivial task. Since it’s hard to simulate on a foreign platform, packaging and distribution can be quite platform-specific and testing cross-platform apps is pretty complicated.In such scenarios, web technologies such as HTML5 and JavaScript can be your lifesaver. HTML5 desktop applications can be distributed across different platforms (Window, MacOS, and Linux) without any modifications to the code. The book starts with a walk-through on building a simple file explorer from scratch powered by NW.JS. So you will practice the most exciting features of bleeding edge CSS and JavaScript. In addition you will learn to use the desktop environment integration API, source code protection, packaging, and auto-updating with NW.JS. As the second application you will build a chat-system example implemented with Electron and React. While developing the chat app, you will get Photonkit. Next, you will create a screen capturer with NW.JS, React, and Redux. Finally, you will examine an RSS-reader built with TypeScript, React, Redux, and Electron. Generic UI components will be reused from the React MDL library. By the end of the book, you will have built four desktop apps. You will have covered everything from planning, designing, and development to the enhancement, testing, and delivery of these apps. Style and approach Filled with real world examples, this book teaches you to build cross-platform desktop apps right from scratch using a step-by-step approach.

Build scalable, efficient, and highly available web apps using AWS About This Book ? Get an in-depth understanding of the serverless model ? Build a complete serverless web application end to end ? Learn how to use the Serverless Framework to improve your productivity Who This Book Is For If you’re looking to learn more about scalable and cost-efficient architectures, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of Node.js skills or familiarity with cloud services is required. For other topics, we cover the basics. What You Will Learn ? Get a grasp of the pros and cons of going serverless and its use cases ? Discover how you can use the building blocks of AWS to your advantage ? Set up the environment and create a basic app with the Serverless Framework ? Host static files on S3 and CloudFront with HTTPS support ? Build a sample application with a frontend using React as an SPA ? Develop the Node.js backend to handle requests and connect to a SimpleDB database ? Secure your applications with authentication and authorization ? Implement the publish-subscribe pattern to handle notifications in a serverless application ? Create tests, define the workflow for deployment, and monitor your app In Detail This book will equip you with the knowledge needed to build your own serverless apps by showing you how to set up different services while making your application scalable, highly available, and efficient. We begin by giving you an idea of what it means to go serverless, exploring the pros and cons of the serverless model and its use cases. Next, you will be introduced to the AWS services that will be used throughout the book, how to estimate costs, and how to set up and use the Serverless Framework. From here, you will start to build an entire serverless project of an online store, beginning with a React SPA frontend hosted on AWS followed by a serverless backend with API Gateway and Lambda functions. You will also learn to access data from a SimpleDB database, secure the application with authentication and authorization, and implement serverless notifications for browsers using AWS IoT. This book will describe how to monitor the performance, efficiency, and errors of your apps and conclude by teaching you how to test and deploy your applications. Style and approach This book takes a step-by-step approach on how to use the Serverless Framework and AWS services to build Serverless Applications. It will give you a hands-on feeling, allowing you to practice while reading. It provides a brief introduction of concepts while keeping the focus on the practical skills required to develop applications.

Over 60 high-quality recipes covering debugging, security, performance, microservices, web frameworks, databases, deployment and more; rewritten for Node 4, 6, and 8. About This Book ? Security between Node.js and browser applications explained and applied in depth ? Cutting edge techniques and tools for measuring and improving performance ? Contemporary techniques to create developer-ergonomic, readily-scalable production systems Who This Book Is For If you have good knowledge of JavaScript and want to build fast, efficient, scalable client-server solutions, then this book is for you. Some experience with Node.js is assumed to get the most out of this book. If working from a beginner level Node Cookbook 2nd Edition is recommended as a primer for Node Cookbook 3rd Edition. What You Will Learn ? Rapidly become proficient at debugging Node.js programs ? Write and publish your own Node.js modules ? Become deeply acquainted with Node.js core API’s ? Use web frameworks such as Express, Hapi and Koa for accelerated web application development ? Apply Node.js streams for low-footprint infinite-capacity data processing ? Fast-track performance knowledge and optimization abilities ? Compare and contrast various persistence strategies, including database integrations with MongoDB, MySQL/MariaDB, Postgres, Redis, and LevelDB ? Grasp and apply critically essential security concepts ? Understand how to use Node with best-of-breed deployment technologies: Docker, Kubernetes and AWS In Detail The principles of asynchronous event-driven programming are perfect for today's web, where efficient real-time applications and scalability are at the forefront. Server-side JavaScript has been here since the 90s but Node got it right. This edition is a complete rewrite of the original, and is targeted against Node 4, 6, and 8. It shows you how to build fast, efficient, and scalable client-server solutions using the latest versions of Node. Beginning with adopting debugging tips and tricks of the trade and learning how to write your own modules, then covering the fundamentals of streams in Node.js, you will go on to discover I/O control, implementation of various web protocols, you’ll work up to integrating with cross-section of databases such as MongoDB, MySQL/MariaDB, Postgres, Redis, and LevelDB and building web application with Express, Hapi and Koa. You will then learn about security essentials in Node.js and the advanced optimization tools and techniques By the end of the book you should have acquired a level of proficiency that allows you to confidently build a full production-ready and scalable Node.js system. Style and approach This recipe-based practical guide presents each topic with step-by-step instructions on how you can create fast and efficient server side applications using the latest features and capabilities in Node 8 whilst also supporting usage with Node 4 and 6.

Over 50 recipes to help you quickly and efficiently build applications with Swift 4 and Xcode 9 About This Book ? Write robust and efficient code and avoid common pitfalls using Swift 4 ? Get a comprehensive coverage of the tools and techniques needed to create multi-platform apps with Swift 4 ? Packed with easy-to-follow recipes, this book will help you develop code using the latest version of Swift Who This Book Is For If you are looking for a book to help you learn about the diverse features offered by Swift 4 along with tips and tricks to efficiently code and build applications, then this book is for you. Basic knowledge of Swift or general programming concepts will be beneficial. What You Will Learn ? Explore basic to advanced concepts in Swift 4 Programming ? Unleash advanced features of Apple's Xcode 9 IDE and Swift Playgrounds ? Learn about the conditional statements, loops, and how to handle errors in Swift ? Define flexible classes and structs using Generics, and learn about the advanced operators, and create custom operators ? Explore functionalities outside of the standard libraries of Swift ? Import your own custom functionality into Swift Playgrounds ? Run Swift on Linux and investigate server-side programming with the server side framework Vapor In Detail Swift 4 is an exciting, multi-platform, general-purpose programming language. Being open source, modern and easy to use has made Swift one of the fastest growing programming languages. If you interested in exploring it, then this book is what you need. The book begins with an introduction to the basic building blocks of Swift 4, its syntax and the functionalities of Swift constructs. Then, introduces you to Apple's Xcode 9 IDE and Swift Playgrounds, which provide an ideal platform to write, execute, and debug the codes thus initiating your development process. Next, you'll learn to bundle variables into tuples, set order to your data with an array, store key-value pairs with dictionaries and you'll learn how to use the property observers. Later, explore the decision-making and control structures in Swift and learn how to handle errors in Swift 4. Then you'll, examine the advanced features of Swift, generics and operators, and then explore the functionalities outside of the standard library, provided by frameworks such as Foundation and UIKit. Also, you'll explore advanced features of Swift Playgrounds. At the end of the book, you'll learn server-side programming aspect of Swift 4 and see how to run Swift on Linux and then investigate Vapor, one of the most popular server-side frameworks for Swift. Style and approach Each recipe addresses a specific problem, with a detailed discussion that explains the solution and offers insight into how it works.

Design and create beautiful solutions using modern development tools for SharePoint Online About This Book ? Get the best out of the latest Sharepoint Framework and leverage the Sharepoint RESTful and JSOM APIs. ? Develop efficient client side applications with JavaScript injection and Sharepoint Addins. ? Get the best tips and tricks on designing your website flawlessly. Who This Book Is For This book targets current SharePoint developers, as well as people starting their journey on SharePoint development. The reader must have basic web development programming knowledge, including JavaScript and CSS. The reader should have familiarity using and managing SharePoint-based collaboration sites. What You Will Learn ? Understand what the SharePoint Framework is ? Create modern solutions using the new tools, approaches and frameworks ? Learn how to use Visual Studio Code for effective SharePoint development ? Package and deploy your code, using automation as needed ? Work with content and data stored in SharePoint ? Benefit from third party frameworks without having to build your own frameworks ? Debug and troubleshoot your code with ease ? Configure security in your application In Detail SharePoint is one of Microsoft's best known web platforms. A loyal audience of developers, IT Pros and power users use it to build line of business solutions. The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is a great new option for developing SharePoint solutions. Many developers are creating full-trust based solutions or add-in solutions, while also figuring out where and how SPFx fits in the big picture. This book shows you how design, build, deploy and manage SPFx based solutions for SharePoint Online and SharePoint 2016. The book starts by getting you familiar with the basic capabilities of SPFx. After that, we will walk through the tool-chain on how to best create production-ready solutions that can be easily deployed manually or fully automated throughout your target Office 365 tenants. We describe how to configure and use Visual Studio Code, the de facto development environment for SPFx-based solutions. Next, we provide guidance and a solid approach to packaging and deploying your code. We also present a straightforward approach to troubleshooting and debugging your code an environment where business applications run on the client side instead of the server side. Style and approach The approach will be that of a practical tutorial which will take you through every topic using code samples and working examples.

WSO2 Made Simple – dive deep into the core concepts of WSO2 to overcome the challenges faced while using the Enterprise Integrator About This Book ? Design, create, and publish services in the WSO2 technology ? Integrate the WSO2 Enterprise Integrator with other components and servers ? Log and test deployed services Who This Book Is For If you are a Java solutions architect or developer and are keen to understand how to build enterprise applications with WSO2, this book is for you. No prior knowledge of WSO2 is expected. What You Will Learn ? Configure WSO2 Enterprise Integrator server in a production environment ? Create SOAP Proxies and REST APIs ? Interact with WSO2 Message Broker ? Write services using the new language: Ballerina ? Schedule automatic tasks for the services you create ? Manage log messages depending on the log level of the system ? Integrate with social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Yammer ? Test SOAP Services using the Tryit feature and SoapUI tool ? Work with Quality of Services In Detail WSO2 Enterprise Integrator brings together the most powerful servers provided by the WSO2 company for your SOA infrastructure. As an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), WSO2 Enterprise Integrator provides greater flexibility and agility to meet growing enterprise demands, whereas, as a Data Services Server (DSS), it provides an easy-to-use platform for integrating data stores, creating composite views across different data sources, and hosting data services. Using real-world scenarios, this book helps you build a solid foundation in developing enterprise applications with powerful data integration capabilities using the WSO2 servers. The book gets you started by brushing up your knowledge about SOA architecture and how it can be implemented through WSO2. It will help build your expertise with the core concepts of ESB such as building proxies, sequences, endpoints, and how to work with these in WSO2. Going further, you will also get well-acquainted with DSS data service concepts such as configuring data services, tasks, events, testing, and much more. The book will also cover API management techniques. Along with ESB and DSS, you will also learn about business process servers, the rules server and other components that together provide the control and robustness your enterprise applications will need. With practical use cases, the book covers typical daily scenarios you will come across while using these servers to give you hands-on experience. Style and approach The book is a complete guide and helps you get the right start—from understanding SOA architectures to getting valuable experience with two important integration servers such as ESB and DSS. It will include some real-world practical scenarios to help you master the best practices followed right across the industry and overcome the challenges you're likely to face on a daily basis.

Discover practical solutions for a wide range of real-world network programming tasks About This Book ? Solve real-world tasks in the area of network programming, system/networking administration, network monitoring, and more. ? Familiarize yourself with the fundamentals and functionalities of SDN ? Improve your skills to become the next-gen network engineer by learning the various facets of Python programming Who This Book Is For This book is for network engineers, system/network administrators, network programmers, and even web application developers who want to solve everyday network-related problems. If you are a novice, you will develop an understanding of the concepts as you progress with this book. What You Will Learn ? Develop TCP/IP networking client/server applications ? Administer local machines' IPv4/IPv6 network interfaces ? Write multi-purpose efficient web clients for HTTP and HTTPS protocols ? Perform remote system administration tasks over Telnet and SSH connections ? Interact with popular websites via web services such as XML-RPC, SOAP, and REST APIs ? Monitor and analyze major common network security vulnerabilities ? Develop Software-Defined Networks with Ryu, OpenDaylight, Floodlight, ONOS, and POX Controllers ? Emulate simple and complex networks with Mininet and its extensions for network and systems emulations ? Learn to configure and build network systems and Virtual Network Functions (VNF) in heterogeneous deployment environments ? Explore various Python modules to program the Internet In Detail Python Network Programming Cookbook - Second Edition highlights the major aspects of network programming in Python, starting from writing simple networking clients to developing and deploying complex Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) systems. It creates the building blocks for many practical web and networking applications that rely on various networking protocols. It presents the power and beauty of Python to solve numerous real-world tasks in the area of network programming, network and system administration, network monitoring, and web-application development. In this edition, you will also be introduced to network modelling to build your own cloud network. You will learn about the concepts and fundamentals of SDN and then extend your network with Mininet. Next, you’ll find recipes on Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and open and proprietary SDN approaches and frameworks. You will also learn to configure the Linux Foundation networking ecosystem and deploy and automate your networks with Python in the cloud and the Internet scale. By the end of this book, you will be able to analyze your network security vulnerabilities using advanced network packet capture and analysis techniques. Style and approach This book follows a practical approach and covers major aspects of network programming in Python. It provides hands-on recipes combined with short and concise explanations on code snippets. This book will serve as a supplementary material to develop hands-on skills in any academic course on network programming. This book further elaborates network softwarization, including Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), and orchestration. We learn to configure and deploy enterprise network platforms, develop applications on top of them with Python.

Apply Functional Programming techniques to C++ to build highly modular, testable, and reusable code About This Book ? Modularize your applications and make them highly reusable and testable ? Get familiar with complex concepts such as metaprogramming, concurrency, and immutability ? A highly practical guide to building functional code in C++ filled with lots of examples and real-world use cases Who This Book Is For This book is for C++ developers comfortable with OOP who are interested in learning how to apply the functional paradigm to create robust and testable apps. What You Will Learn ? Get to know the difference between imperative and functional approaches ? See the use of first-class functions and pure functions in a functional style ? Discover various techniques to apply immutable state to avoid side effects ? Design a recursive algorithm effectively ? Create faster programs using lazy evaluation ? Structure code using design patterns to make the design process easier ? Use concurrency techniques to develop responsive software ? Learn how to use the C++ Standard Template Library and metaprogramming in a functional way to improve code optimization 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 C++, you can develop robust and scalable applications that fulfill modern day software requirements. This book will help you discover all the C++ 17 features that can be applied to build software in a functional way. The book is divided into three modules—the first introduces the fundamentals of functional programming and how it is supported by modern C++. The second module explains how to efficiently implement C++ features such as pure functions and immutable states to build robust applications. The last module describes how to achieve concurrency and apply design patterns to enhance your application’s performance. Here, you will also learn to optimize code using metaprogramming in a functional way. 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 This book uses a module-based approach, where each module will cover important aspects of functional programming in C++ and will help you develop efficient and robust applications through gaining a practical understanding.

Over 80 effective recipes to help you solve real-world Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations development problems About This Book ? Learn all about the enhanced functionalities of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations and master development best practices ? Develop powerful projects using new tools and features ? Work through easy-to-understand recipes with step-by-step instructions and useful screenshots Who This Book Is For If you are a Dynamics AX developer primarily focused on delivering time-proven applications, then this book is for you. This book is also ideal for people who want to raise their programming skills above the beginner level, and at the same time learn the functional aspects of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. Some X++ coding experience is expected. What You Will Learn ? Explore data manipulation concepts in Dynamics 365 for Operations ? Build *s to assist data migration processes ? Organize data in Dynamics 365 for Operations forms ? Make custom lookups using AOT forms and dynamically generate them from X++ code ? Create a custom electronic payment format and process a vendor payment using it ? Integrate your application with Microsoft Office Suite and other external systems using various approaches ? Export and import business data for further distribution or analysis ? Improve your development efficiency and performance In Detail Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations has a lot to offer developers. It allows them to customize and tailor their implementations to meet their organization’s needs. This Development Cookbook will help you manage your company or customer ERP information and operations efficiently. We start off by exploring the concept of data manipulation in Dynamics 365 for Operations. This will also help you build *s to assist data migration, and show you how to organize data in forms. You will learn how to create custom lookups using Application Object Tree forms and generate them dynamically. We will also show you how you can enhance your application by using advanced form controls, and integrate your system with other external systems. We will help you * and enhance your user interface using UI elements. This book will help you look at application development from a business process perspective, and develop enhanced ERP solutions by learning and implementing the best practices and techniques. Style and approach The book follows a practical recipe-based approach, focusing on real-world scenarios and giving you all the information you need to build a strong Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations implementation.

Master the intricacies of Apache Storm and develop real-time stream processing applications with ease About This Book ? Exploit the various real-time processing functionalities offered by Apache Storm such as parallelism, data partitioning, and more ? Integrate Storm with other Big Data technologies like Hadoop, HBase, and Apache Kafka ? An easy-to-understand guide to effortlessly create distributed applications with Storm Who This Book Is For If you are a Java developer who wants to enter into the world of real-time stream processing applications using Apache Storm, then this book is for you. No previous experience in Storm is required as this book starts from the basics. After finishing this book, you will be able to develop not-so-complex Storm applications. What You Will Learn ? Understand the core concepts of Apache Storm and real-time processing ? Follow the steps to deploy multiple nodes of Storm Cluster ? Create Trident topologies to support various message-processing semantics ? Make your cluster sharing effective using Storm scheduling ? Integrate Apache Storm with other Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, HBase, Kafka, and more ? Monitor the health of your Storm cluster In Detail Apache Storm is a real-time Big Data processing framework that processes large amounts of data reliably, guaranteeing that every message will be processed. Storm allows you to scale your data as it grows, making it an excellent platform to solve your big data problems. This extensive guide will help you understand right from the basics to the advanced topics of Storm. The book begins with a detailed introduction to real-time processing and where Storm fits in to solve these problems. You’ll get an understanding of deploying Storm on clusters by writing a basic Storm Hello World example. Next we’ll introduce you to Trident and you’ll get a clear understanding of how you can develop and deploy a trident topology. We cover topics such as monitoring, Storm Parallelism, scheduler and log processing, in a very easy to understand manner. You will also learn how to integrate Storm with other well-known Big Data technologies such as HBase, Redis, Kafka, and Hadoop to realize the full potential of Storm. With real-world examples and clear explanations, this book will ensure you will have a thorough mastery of Apache Storm. You will be able to use this knowledge to develop efficient, distributed real-time applications to cater to your business needs. Style and approach This easy-to-follow guide is full of examples and real-world applications to help you get an in-depth understanding of Apache Storm. This book covers the basics thoroughly and also delves into the intermediate and slightly advanced concepts of application development with Apache Storm.

Design and administer fast, reliable enterprise messaging systems with Apache Kafka About This Book ? Build efficient real-time streaming applications in Apache Kafka to process data streams of data ? Master the core Kafka APIs to set up Apache Kafka clusters and start writing message producers and consumers ? A comprehensive guide to help you get a solid grasp of the Apache Kafka concepts in Apache Kafka with pracitcalpractical examples Who This Book Is For If you want to learn how to use Apache Kafka and the different tools in the Kafka ecosystem in the easiest possible manner, this book is for you. Some programming experience with Java is required to get the most out of this book What You Will Learn ? Learn the basics of Apache Kafka from scratch ? Use the basic building blocks of a streaming application ? Design effective streaming applications with Kafka using Spark, Storm &, and Heron ? Understand the importance of a low -latency , high- throughput, and fault-tolerant messaging system ? Make effective capacity planning while deploying your Kafka Application ? Understand and implement the best security practices In Detail Apache Kafka is a popular distributed streaming platform that acts as a messaging queue or an enterprise messaging system. It lets you publish and subscribe to a stream of records, and process them in a fault-tolerant way as they occur. This book is a comprehensive guide to designing and architecting enterprise-grade streaming applications using Apache Kafka and other big data tools. It includes best practices for building such applications, and tackles some common challenges such as how to use Kafka efficiently and handle high data volumes with ease. This book first takes you through understanding the type messaging system and then provides a thorough introduction to Apache Kafka and its internal details. The second part of the book takes you through designing streaming application using various frameworks and tools such as Apache Spark, Apache Storm, and more. Once you grasp the basics, we will take you through more advanced concepts in Apache Kafka such as capacity planning and security. By the end of this book, you will have all the information you need to be comfortable with using Apache Kafka, and to design efficient streaming data applications with it. Style and approach A step-by –step, comprehensive guide filled with practical and real- world examples

Bring the power of Microsoft Azure Hybrid Cloud technology to your datacenter. About This Book ? Build and deploy software-defined infrastructures and deliver Azure-based IaaS and Paas services in your datacenter ? Use Azure Stack to leverage your current infrastructure with Microsoft Hybrid Cloud and get the best of both worlds ? Unlock greater levels of performance and flexibility and save your organization money, time, and resources Who This Book Is For The book is for administrators and architects who are planning to implement or administer a hybrid cloud infrastructure using Microsoft Cloud Technology. This book is ideal for those who are looking forward to implement and run a hybrid cloud infrastructure with PaaS, SaaS and IaaS services. What You Will Learn ? Gain a clear understanding of Azure Stack design ? Set up storage, network and compute services in Azure Stack ? Implement and run a hybrid cloud infrastructure with PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS services ? Get an overview of the automation options in Azure Stack ? Integrate Azure public services such as multi-factor authentication and Azure AD with Azure Stack ? Learn about the services available in the future In Detail Azure Stack is all about creating fewer gaps between on-premise and public cloud application deployment. Azure Stack is the next logical evolution of Microsoft Cloud Services to create a true Hybrid Cloud-ready application. This book provides an introduction to Microsoft Azure Stack and the Cloud First Approach. Starting with an introduction to Microsoft Azure Stack Architecture, the book will help you plan and deploy your Microsoft Azure Stack. Next, you will learn about the Network and Storage option in Microsoft Azure Stack and you'll create your own private cloud solution. Finally, you will understand how to integrate Public Cloud Services with Microsoft Azure Stack and extend it using the 3rd Party Resource Provider. After reading the book, you will have a good understanding of an end-to-end process for designing, implementing, offering, and supporting cloud solutions for enterprises or service providers. Style and approach This book is a practical guide to help you unlock a hybrid cloud stack using Azure Stack. Using a straight forward and easy to implement approach, this book guides you through the basic planning for a hybrid cloud stack, describes the infrastructure technologies Azure Stack is based on, and explains how to deploy and administer an Azure Stack-based infrastructure.

Extract patterns and knowledge from your data in easy way using MATLAB About This Book ? Get your first steps into machine learning with the help of this easy-to-follow guide ? Learn regression, clustering, classification, predictive analytics, artificial neural networks and more with MATLAB ? Understand how your data works and identify hidden layers in the data with the power of machine learning. Who This Book Is For This book is for data analysts, data scientists, students, or anyone who is looking to get started with machine learning and want to build efficient data processing and predicting applications. A mathematical and statistical background will really help in following this book well. What You Will Learn ? Learn the introductory concepts of machine learning. ? Discover different ways to transform data using SAS XPORT, import and export tools, ? Explore the different types of regression techniques such as simple & multiple linear regression, ordinary least squares estimation, correlations and how to apply them to your data. ? Discover the basics of classification methods and how to implement Naive Bayes algorithm and Decision Trees in the Matlab environment. ? Uncover how to use clustering methods like hierarchical clustering to grouping data using the similarity measures. ? Know how to perform data fitting, pattern recognition, and clustering analysis with the help of MATLAB Neural Network Toolbox. ? Learn feature selection and extraction for dimensionality reduction leading to improved performance. In Detail MATLAB is the language of choice for many researchers and mathematics experts for machine learning. This book will help you build a foundation in machine learning using MATLAB for beginners. You’ll start by getting your system ready with t he MATLAB environment for machine learning and you’ll see how to easily interact with the Matlab workspace. We’ll then move on to data cleansing, mining and analyzing various data types in machine learning and you’ll see how to display data values on a plot. Next, you’ll get to know about the different types of regression techniques and how to apply them to your data using the MATLAB functions. You’ll understand the basic concepts of neural networks and perform data fitting, pattern recognition, and clustering analysis. Finally, you’ll explore feature selection and extraction techniques for dimensionality reduction for performance improvement. At the end of the book, you will learn to put it all together into real-world cases covering major machine learning algorithms and be comfortable in performing machine learning with MATLAB. Style and approach The book takes a very comprehensive approach to enhance your understanding of machine learning using MATLAB. Sufficient real-world examples and use cases are included in the book to help you grasp the concepts quickly and apply them easily in your day-to-day work.

Unlock deeper insights into visualization in form of 2D and 3D graphs using Matplotlib 2.x About This Book ? Create and customize live graphs, by adding style, color, font to make appealing graphs. ? A complete guide with insightful use cases and examples to perform data visualizations with Matplotlib's extensive toolkits. ? Create timestamp data visualizations on 2D and 3D graphs in form of plots, histogram, bar charts, scatterplots and more. Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone interested in data visualization, to get insights from big data with Python and Matplotlib 2.x. With this book you will be able to extend your knowledge and learn how to use python code in order to visualize your data with Matplotlib. Basic knowledge of Python is expected. What You Will Learn ? Familiarize with the latest features in Matplotlib 2.x ? Create data visualizations on 2D and 3D charts in the form of bar charts, bubble charts, heat maps, histograms, scatter plots, stacked area charts, swarm plots and many more. ? Make clear and appealing figures for scientific publications. ? Create interactive charts and animation. ? Extend the functionalities of Matplotlib with third-party packages, such as Basemap, GeoPandas, Mplot3d, Pandas, Scikit-learn, and Seaborn. ? Design intuitive infographics for effective storytelling. In Detail Big data analytics are driving innovations in scientific research, digital marketing, policy-making and much more. Matplotlib offers simple but powerful plotting interface, versatile plot types and robust customization. Matplotlib 2.x By Example illustrates the methods and applications of various plot types through real world examples. It begins by giving readers the basic know-how on how to create and customize plots by Matplotlib. It further covers how to plot different types of economic data in the form of 2D and 3D graphs, which give insights from a deluge of data from public repositories, such as Quandl Finance. You will learn to visualize geographical data on maps and implement interactive charts. By the end of this book, you will become well versed with Matplotlib in your day-to-day work to perform advanced data visualization. This book will guide you to prepare high quality figures for manu*s and presentations. You will learn to create intuitive info-graphics and reshaping your message crisply understandable. Style and approach Step by step comprehensive guide filled with real world examples.

Learn NativeScript to build native mobile applications with Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript About This Book ? Power packed hands-on guide to help you become pro-efficient with NativeScript ? Harness the power of your web development skills with JavaScript and Angular to build cross-platform mobile apps ? Create highly maintainable and feature-rich apps with TypeScript and NativeScript APIs Who This Book Is For This book assumes you have a general understanding of TypeScript, have heard of NativeScript and know what it's about, and are familiar with Angular (2.0). You don't need to be an expert in any of these technologies, but having some sense of them before reading is recommended this book, which is ideal for intermediate to advanced users. What You Will Learn ? Bootstrap a NativeScript for Angular app ? Best practices for project organization ? Style your app with CSS/SASS ? Use Angular together with NativeScript to create cross-platform mobile apps ? Take advantage of powerful Angular features, such as Dependency Injection, Components, Directives, Pipes, and NgModules right within your NativeScript apps ?Gain insight into great project organization and best practices ?Use Objective C/Swift and Java APIs directly from TypeScript ?Use rich framework features and third-party plugins ?Style your app with CSS/SASS ?Integrate @ngrx/store + @ngrx/effects to help with state management ?Test your app with Karma and Appium In Detail NativeScript is an open source framework that is built by Progress in order to build truly native mobile apps with TypeScript, JavaScript or just Angular which is an open source framework built by Google that offers declarative templates, dependency injection, and fully featured modules to build rich applications. Angular’s versatile view handling architecture allows your views to be rendered as highly performant UI components native to iOS and Android mobile platforms. This decoupling of the view rendering layer in Angular combined with the power of native APIs with NativeScript have together created the powerful and exciting technology stack of NativeScript for Angular. This book focuses on the key concepts that you will need to know to build a NativeScript for Angular mobile app for iOS and Android. We’ll build a fun multitrack recording studio app, touching on powerful key concepts from both technologies that you may need to know when you start building an app of your own. The structure of the book takes the reader from a void to a deployed app on both the App Store and Google Play, serving as a reference guide and valuable tips/tricks handbook. By the end of this book, you’ll know majority of key concepts needed to build a successful NativeScript for Angular app. Style and approach This step-by-step advanced tutorial focuses on the key concepts you need to know to build a NativeScript for Angular mobile app for iOS and Android.

Use the power of BLE to create exciting IoT applications About This Book ? Build hands-on IoT projects using Bluetooth Low Energy and learn about Bluetooth 5 and its features. ? Build a health tracking system, and indoor navigation and warehouse weather monitoring projects using smart devices. ? Build on a theoretical foundation and create a practice-based understanding of Bluetooth Low Energy. Who This Book Is For If you're an application developer, a hardware enthusiast, or just curious about the Internet of Things and how to convert it into hands-on projects, then this book is for you. Having some knowledge of writing mobile applications will be advantageous. What You Will Learn ? Learn about the architecture and IoT uses of BLE, and in which domains it is being used the most ? Set up and learn about various development platforms (Android, iOS, Firebase, Raspberry Pi, Beacons, and GitHub) ? Create an Explorer App (Android/iOS) to diagnose a Fitness Tracker ? Design a Beacon with the Raspberry Pi and write an app to detect the Beacon ? Write a mobile app to periodically poll the BLE tracking sensor ? Compose an app to read data periodically from temperature and humidity sensors ? Explore more applications of BLE with IoT ? Design projects for both Android and iOS mobile platforms In Detail Bluetooth Low Energy, or Bluetooth Smart, is Wireless Personal Area networking aimed at smart devices and IoT applications. BLE has been increasingly adopted by application developers and IoT enthusiasts to establish connections between smart devices. This book initially covers all the required aspects of BLE, before you start working on IoT projects. In the initial stages of the book, you will learn about the basic aspects of Bluetooth Low Energy—such as discovering devices, services, and characteristics—that will be helpful for advanced-level projects. This book will guide you through building hands-on projects using BLE and IoT. These projects include tracking health data, using a mobile App, and making this data available for health practitioners; Indoor navigation; creating beacons using the Raspberry Pi; and warehouse weather Monitoring. This book also covers aspects of Bluetooth 5 (the latest release) and its effect on each of these projects. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience of using Bluetooth Low Energy to integrate with smart devices and IoT projects. Style and approach A practical guide that will help you promote yourself into an expert by building and exploring practical applications of Bluetooth Low Energy.