Create real-time applications using Node.js 10, Docker, MySQL, MongoDB, and Socket.IO with this practical guide and go beyond the developer's laptop to cover live deployment, including HTTPS and hardened security. About This Book ? Learn server-side JavaScript coding through the most up-to-date book on Node.js ? Explore the latest JavaScript features, and EcmaScript modules ? Walk through different stages of developing robust applications using Node.js 10 Who This Book Is For This book is for anybody looking for an alternative to the "P" languages (Perl, PHP, and Python), or anyone looking for a new paradigm of server-side application development. You should have at least a rudimentary understanding of JavaScript and web application development. What You Will Learn ? Install and use Node.js 10 for both development and deployment ? Use the Express 4.16 application framework ? Work with REST service development using the Restify framework ? Use data storage engines such as MySQL, SQLITE3, and MongoDB ? Use User authentication methods with OAuth2 ? Perform Real-time communication with the front-end using Socket.IO ? Implement Docker microservices in development, testing and deployment ? Perform unit testing with Mocha 5.x, and functional testing with Puppeteer 1.1.x ? Work with HTTPS using Let’s Encrypt, and application security with Helmet In Detail Node.js is a server-side JavaScript platform using an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model allowing users to build fast and scalable data-intensive applications running in real time. This book gives you an excellent starting point, bringing you straight to the heart of developing web applications with Node.js. You will progress from a rudimentary knowledge of JavaScript and server-side development to being able to create, maintain, deploy and test your own Node.js application.You will understand the importance of transitioning to functions that return Promise objects, and the difference between fs, fs/promises and fs-extra. With this book you'll learn how to use the HTTP Server and Client objects, data storage with both SQL and MongoDB databases, real-time applications with Socket.IO, mobile-first theming with Bootstrap, microservice deployment with Docker, authenticating against third-party services using OAuth, and use some well known tools to beef up security of Express 4.16 applications. Style and approach Benefit from an easy, step-by-step approach that really works.

Accelerating Business and Mission Success with Cloud Computing. About This Book ? A step-by-step guide that will practically guide you through implementing Cloud computing services effectively and efficiently. ? Learn to choose the most ideal Cloud service model, and adopt appropriate Cloud design considerations for your organization. ? Leverage Cloud computing methodologies to successfully develop a cost-effective Cloud environment successfully. Who This Book Is For If you are an IT Administrator, Cloud Architect, or a Solution Architect keen to benefit from cloud adoption for your organization, then this book is for you. Small business owners, managers, or consultants will also find this book useful. No prior knowledge of Cloud computing is needed. What You Will Learn ? Manage changes in the digital transformation and cloud transition process ? Design and build architectures that support specific business cases ? Design, modify, and aggregate baseline cloud architectures ? Familiarize yourself with cloud application security and cloud computing security threats ? Design and architect small, medium, and large cloud computing solutions In Detail Cloud adoption is a core component of digital transformation. Scaling the IT environment, making it resilient, and reducing costs are what organizations want. Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions presents and explains critical Cloud solution design considerations and technology decisions required to choose and deploy the right Cloud service and deployment models, based on your business and technology service requirements. This book starts with the fundamentals of cloud computing and its architectural concepts. It then walks you through Cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), deployment models (public, private, community, and hybrid) and implementation options (Enterprise, MSP, and CSP) to explain and describe the key considerations and challenges organizations face during cloud migration. Later, this book delves into how to leverage DevOps, Cloud-Native, and Serverless architectures in your Cloud environment and presents industry best practices for scaling your Cloud environment. Finally, this book addresses (in depth) managing essential cloud technology service components such as data storage, security controls, and disaster recovery. By the end of this book, you will have mastered all the design considerations and operational trades required to adopt Cloud services, no matter which cloud service provider you choose. Style and approach This book will teach you how to architect effective and organizationally aligned Cloud computing solutions by addressing Cloud computing fundamentals, Cloud architecture considerations, Cloud technology service selection, and Cloud computing security controls.

Leverage the analytical power of SAS to perform financial analysis efficiently About This Book ? Leverage the power of SAS to analyze financial data with ease ? Find hidden patterns in your data, predict future trends, and optimize risk management ? Learn why leading banks and financial institutions rely on SAS for financial analysis Who This Book Is For Financial data analysts and data scientists who want to use SAS to process and analyze financial data and find hidden patterns and trends from it will find this book useful. Prior exposure to SAS will be helpful but is not mandatory. Some basic understanding of the financial concepts is required. What You Will Learn ? Understand time series data and its relevance in the financial industry ? Build a time series forecasting model in SAS using advanced modeling theories ? Develop models in SAS and infer using regression and Markov chains ? Forecast in?ation by building an econometric model in SAS for your financial planning ? Manage customer loyalty by creating a survival model in SAS using various groupings ? Understand similarity analysis and clustering in SAS using time series data In Detail SAS is a groundbreaking tool for advanced predictive and statistical analytics used by top banks and financial corporations to establish insights from their financial data. SAS for Finance offers you the opportunity to leverage the power of SAS analytics in redefining your data. Packed with real-world examples from leading financial institutions, the author discusses statistical models using time series data to resolve business issues. This book shows you how to exploit the capabilities of this high-powered package to create clean, accurate financial models. You can easily assess the pros and cons of models to suit your unique business needs. By the end of this book, you will be able to leverage the true power of SAS to design and develop accurate analytical models to gain deeper insights into your financial data. Style and approach A comprehensive guide filled with use-cases will ensure that you have a very good conceptual and practical understanding of using SAS in the finance domain.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quickly learn and employ practical recipes for developing real-world, cross-platform applications using Delphi. Key Features *Get to grips with Delphi to build and deploy various cross-platform applications *Design and deploy real-world apps by implementing a single source codebase *Build robust and optimized GUI applications with ease Book Description Delphi is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) that supports rapid application development on different platforms, saving you the pain of wandering amid GUI widget details or having to tackle inter-platform incompatibilities. Delphi Cookbook begins with the basics of Delphi and gets you acquainted with JSON format strings, XSLT transformations, Unicode encodings, and various types of streams. You’ll then move on to more advanced topics such as developing higher-order functions and using enumerators and run-time type information (RTTI). As you make your way through the chapters, you’ll understand Delphi RTL functions, use FireMonkey in a VCL application, and cover topics such as multithreading, using aparallel programming library and deploying Delphi on a server. You’ll take a look at the new feature of WebBroker Apache modules, join the mobile revolution with FireMonkey, and learn to build data-driven mobile user interfaces using the FireDAC database access framework. This book will also show you how to integrate your apps with Internet of Things (IoT). By the end of the book, you will have become proficient in Delphi by exploring its different aspects such as building cross-platforms and mobile applications, designing server-side programs, and integrating these programs with IoT. What you will learn * Develop visually stunning applications using FireMonkey *Deploy LiveBinding effectively with the right object-oriented programming (OOP) approach *Create RESTful web services that run on Linux or Windows *Build mobile apps that read data from a remote server efficiently *Call platform native API on Android and iOS for an unpublished API *Manage software customization by making better use of an extended RTTI *Integrate your application with IOT Who this book is for Delphi Cookbook is for intermediate developers with a basic knowledge of Delphi who want to discover and understand all the development possibilities offered by it.

Mastering material for dealing with DBA certification exams About This Book ? Prepare yourself for the IBM C2090-600 certification exam ? Cover over 50 Db2 procedures including database design, performance, and security ? Work through over 150 Q&As to gain confidence on each topic Who This Book Is For The IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide is an excellent choice for database administrators, architects, and application developers who are keen to obtain certification in Db2. Basic understanding of Db2 is expected in order to get the most out of this guide. What You Will Learn ? Configure and manage Db2 servers, instances, and databases ? Implement Db2 BLU Acceleration and a DB2 pureScale environment ? Create, manage, and alter Db2 database objects ? Use the partitioning capabilities available within Db2 ? Enforce constraint checking with the SET INTEGRITY command ? Utilize the Db2 problem determination (db2pd) and dsmtop tools ? Configure and manage HADR ? Understand how to encrypt data in transit and at rest In Detail IBM Db2 is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that helps you store, analyze, and retrieve data efficiently. This comprehensive book is designed to help you master all aspects of IBM Db2 database administration and prepare you to take and pass IBM's Certification Exams C2090-600. Building on years of extensive experience, the authors take you through all areas covered by the test. The book delves deep into each certification topic: Db2 server management, physical design, business rules implementation, activity monitoring, utilities, high availability, and security. IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide provides you with more than 150 practice questions and answers, simulating real certification examination questions. Each chapter includes an extensive set of practice questions along with carefully explained answers. This book will not just prepare you for the C2090-600 exam but also help you troubleshoot day-to-day database administration challenges. Style and approach A comprehensive certification preparation guide for the C2090-600 exam, covering all the topics in greater detail and with sample questions and answers at the end of each chapter.

Break through the practice of writing tedious code with shell scripts About This Book ? Learn to impeccably build shell scripts and develop advanced applications ? Create smart solutions by writing and debugging scripts ? A step-by-step tutorial to automate routine tasks by developing scripts Who This Book Is For Learning Linux Shell Scripting is ideal for those who are proficient at working with Linux and want to learn about shell scripting to improve their efficiency and practical skills. What You Will Learn ? Familiarize yourself with the various text filtering tools available in Linux ? Understand expressions and variables and how to use them practically ? Automate decision-making and save a lot of time and effort of revisiting code ? Get to grips with advanced functionality such as using traps, dialogs to develop screens & Database administration such as MySQL or Oracle ? Start up a system and customize a Linux system ? Taking backup of local or remote data or important files. ? Use existing other language scripts such as Python, Perl & Ruby in Shell Scripts In Detail Linux is the most powerful and universally adopted OS. Shell is a program that gives the user direct interaction with the operating system. Scripts are collections of commands that are stored in a file. The shell reads this file and acts on commands as if they were typed on the keyboard. Learning Linux Shell Scripting covers Bash, GNU Bourne Again Shell, preparing you to work in the exciting world of Linux shell scripting. CentOS is a popular rpm-based stable and secured Linux distribution. Therefore, we have used CentOS distribution instead of Ubuntu distribution. Linux Shell Scripting is independent of Linux distributions, but we have covered both types of distros. We start with an introduction to the Shell environment and basic commands used. Next, we explore process management in Linux OS, real-world essentials such as debugging and perform Shell arithmetic fluently. You'll then take a step ahead and learn new and advanced topics in Shell scripting, such as decision making, starting up a system, and customizing a Linux environment. You will also learn about grep, stream editor, and AWK, which are very powerful text filters and editors. Finally, you'll get to grips with taking backup, using other language scripts in Shell Scripts as well as automating database administration tasks for MySQL and Oracle. By the end of this book, you will be able to confidently use your own shell scripts in the real world. Style and approach This practical book will go from the very basics of shell scripting to complex, customized automation. The idea behind this book is to be as practical as possible and give you the look and feel of what real-world scripting is like.

Develop a fully functional dynamic Android application using the latest features of Firebase About This Book ? Explore all the latest tools in Firebase—Firebase Firestore, ML-Kit, and Firebase Predictions ? Master Firebase cloud messaging, remote configuration, and work with a real-time database ? Make your app a global success with the help of Google Analytics and AdMob Who This Book Is For Mastering Firebase for Android Development is for individualslooking to extend their skills with Firebase and build faster, scalable, and real-time mobile applications. Basic understanding of Android programming is necessary. In all, this in-depth guide is an accessible pathway to mastering Firebase. What You Will Learn ? Learn about Firebase push notifications and write backend functionalities ? Identify the root cause of an application crash and diagnose and fix bugs ? Store different Multipurpose Internet MailExtension(MIME) type files ? Explore web hosting and connect the Firebase functions to the host website ? Send push notifications and understand the deep integration of analytics tools and cohorts ? Market and monetize your application using Firebase Adwords and Admob ? Build a secure authentication framework while enhancing the sign-in and on-boarding experience for end users In Detail Firebase offers a wide spectrum of tools and services to help you develop high-quality apps in a short period of time. It also allows you to build web and mobile apps quickly without managing the infrastructure.Mastering Firebase for Android Development takes you through the complete toolchain of Firebase,including the latest tools announced in Google IO 2018 such as Firebase ML-Kit, FireStore, and Firebase Predictions. The book begins by teaching you to configure your development environment with Firebase and set up a different structure for a Firebase real-time database. As you make your way through the chapters, you’ll establish the authentication feature in Android and explore email and phone authentication for managing the on-boarding of users. You’ll be taken through topics on Firebase crash reporting, Firebase functions, Firebase Cloud, Firebase Hosting, and Cloud Messaging for push notifications and explore other key areas in depth. In the concluding chapters, you will learn to use Firebase Test Lab to test your application before using Firebase Performance Monitoring to trace performance setbacks. By the end of the book, you will be well equipped with the Firebase ecosystem, which will help you find solutions to your common application development challenges. Style and approach A step by step guide taking you through the different features of Firebase

Extend your skills with Odoo 12 to build resourceful and open source business applications Key Features *Explore Odoo 12 capabilities to develop business applications *Program business logic and manipulate data to implement specific business rules in your applications *Integrate Python APIs for building customizable and scalable business logic Book Description Odoo is one of the best platforms for open source ERP and CRM. Its latest version, Odoo 12, brings with it new features and updates in Python packages to develop more customizable applications with additional cloud capabilities. The book begins by covering the development essentials for building business applications. You will start your journey by learning how to install and configure Odoo, and then transition from having no specific knowledge of Odoo to being ready for application development. You will develop your first Odoo application and understand topics such as models and views. Odoo 12 Development Essentials will also guide you in using server APIs to add business logic, helping you lay a solid foundation for advanced topics. As you progress through the chapters, you will be equipped to build and customize your applications and explore the new features in Odoo 12, such as cloud integration, to scale your business applications. You will get insights into building business logic and integrating various APIs into your application. By the end of the book, you will be able to build a business application from scratch by using the latest version of Odoo. What you will learn *Manage Odoo server instances *Create a new Odoo application from scratch using the most frequently used elements *Develop new models and use inheritance to extend existing models *Use ORM methods in the Odoo server and from external clients *Create Kanban views using QWeb effectively *Build custom web and website CMS pages *Use external APIs to integrate Odoo with external applications *Add automated tests and techniques to debug module business logic Who this book is for If you are a developer familiar with Python and MVC design and want to build business applications using Odoo, this book is for you.

Learn to work with XRP and build applications on Ripple's blockchain Key Features *Learn to use Ripple’s decentralized system for transfering digital assets globally *A simpilfied and shortened learning curve to understand the Ripple innovation and Blockchain *Takes a hands-on approach to work with XRP – Ripple’s native currency Book Description This book starts by giving you an understanding of the basics of blockchain and the Ripple protocol. You will then get some hands-on experience of working with XRP. You will learn how to set up a Ripple wallet and see how seamlessly you can transfer money abroad. You will learn about different types of wallets through which you can store and transact XRP, along with the security precautions you need to take to keep your money safe. Since Ripple is currency agnostic, it can enable the transfer of value in USD, EUR, and any other currency. You can even transfer digital assets using Ripple. You will see how you can pay an international merchant with their own native currency and how Ripple can exchange it on the ?y. Once you understand the applications of Ripple, you will learn how to create a conditionally-held escrow using the Ripple API, and how to send and cash checks. Finally, you will also understand the common misconceptions people have about Ripple and discover the potential risks you must consider before making investment decisions. By the end of this book, you will have a solid foundation for working with Ripple's blockchain. Using it, you will be able to solve problems caused by traditional systems in your respective industry. What you will learn *Understand the fundamentals of blockchain and Ripple *Learn how to choose a Ripple wallet *Set up a Ripple wallet to send and receive XRP *Learn how to protect your XRP *Understand the applications of Ripple *Learn how to work with the Ripple API *Learn how to build applications on check and escrow features of Ripple Who this book is for This book is for anyone interested in getting their hands on Ripple technology and learn where it can be used to gain competitive advantages in their respective fields. For most parts of the book, you need not have any pre-requisite knowledge. However, you need to have basic background of JavaScript to write an escrow.

Leverage the power of Python, Ansible and other network automation tools to make your network robust and more secure Key Features *Get introduced to the concept of network automation with relevant use cases *Apply Continuous Integration and DevOps to improve your network performance *Implement effective automation using tools such as Python, Ansible, and more Book Description Network automation is the use of IT controls to supervise and carry out everyday network management functions. It plays a key role in network virtualization technologies and network functions. The book starts by providing an introduction to network automation, and its applications, which include integrating DevOps tools to automate the network efficiently. It then guides you through different network automation tasks and covers various data digging and performing tasks such as ensuring golden state configurations using templates, interface parsing. This book also focuses on Intelligent Operations using Artificial Intelligence and troubleshooting using chatbots and voice commands. The book then moves on to the use of Python and the management of SSH keys for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, all followed by practical use cases. The book also covers the importance of Ansible for network automation, including best practices in automation; ways to test automated networks using tools such as Puppet, SaltStack, and Chef; and other important techniques. Through practical use-cases and examples, this book will acquaint you with the various aspects of network automation. It will give you the solid foundation you need to automate your own network without any hassle. What you will learn *Get started with the fundamental concepts of network automation *Perform intelligent data mining and remediation based on triggers *Understand how AIOps works in operations *Trigger automation through data factors *Improve your data center's robustness and security through data digging *Get access infrastructure through API Framework for chatbot and voice interactive troubleshootings *Set up communication with SSH-based devices using Netmiko Who this book is for If you are a network engineer or a DevOps professional looking for an extensive guide to help you automate and manage your network efficiently, then this book is for you. No prior experience with network automation is required to get started, however you will need some exposure to Python programming to get the most out of this book.

Learn how some Go-specific language features help to simplify building web scrapers along with common pitfalls and best practices regarding web scraping. Key Features * Use Go libraries like Goquery and Colly to scrape the web * Common pitfalls and best practices to effectively scrape and crawl * Learn how to scrape using the Go concurrency model Book Description Web scraping is the process of extracting information from the web using various tools that perform scraping and crawling. Go is emerging as the language of choice for scraping using a variety of libraries. This book will quickly explain to you, how to scrape data data from various websites using Go libraries such as Colly and Goquery. The book starts with an introduction to the use cases of building a web scraper and the main features of the Go programming language, along with setting up a Go environment. It then moves on to HTTP requests and responses and talks about how Go handles them. You will also learn about a number of basic web scraping etiquettes. You will be taught how to navigate through a website, using a breadth-first and then a depth-first search, as well as find and follow links. You will get to know about the ways to track history in order to avoid loops and to protect your web scraper using proxies. Finally the book will cover the Go concurrency model, and how to run scrapers in parallel, along with large-scale distributed web scraping. What you will learn * Implement Cache-Control to avoid unnecessary network calls * Coordinate concurrent scrapers * Design a custom, larger-scale scraping system * Scrape basic HTML pages with Colly and JavaScript pages with chromedp * Discover how to search using the "strings" and "regexp" packages * Set up a Go development environment * Retrieve information from an HTML document * Protect your web scraper from being blocked by using proxies * Control web browsers to scrape JavaScript sites Who this book is for Data scientists, and web developers with a basic knowledge of Golang wanting to collect web data and analyze them for effective reporting and visualization.

Discover the power of functional programming, lazy evaluation, monads, concurrency, and immutability to create succinct and expressive implementations Key Features * Get a solid understanding of how to apply functional programming concepts in TypeScript * Explore TypeScript runtime features such as event loop, closures, and Prototypes * Gain deeper knowledge on the pros and cons of TypeScript Book Description Functional programming is a powerful programming paradigm that can help you to write better code. However, learning functional programming can be complicated, and the existing literature is often too complex for beginners. This book is an approachable introduction to functional programming and reactive programming with TypeScript for readers without previous experience in functional programming with JavaScript, TypeScript , or any other programming language. The book will help you understand the pros, cons, and core principles of functional programming in TypeScript. It will explain higher order functions, referential transparency, functional composition, and monads with the help of effective code examples. Using TypeScript as a functional programming language, you’ll also be able to brush up on your knowledge of applying functional programming techniques, including currying, laziness, and immutability, to real-world scenarios. By the end of this book, you will be confident when it comes to using core functional and reactive programming techniques to help you build effective applications with TypeScript. What you will learn * Understand the pros and cons of functional programming * Delve into the principles, patterns, and best practices of functional and reactive programming * Use lazy evaluation to improve the performance of applications * Explore functional optics with Ramda * Gain insights into category theory functional data structures such as Functors and Monads * Use functions as values, so that they can be passed as arguments to other functions Who this book is for This book is designed for readers with no prior experience of functional programming with JavaScript, TypeScript or any other programming language. Some familiarity with TypeScript and web development is a must to grasp the concepts in the book easily.

Leverage the features and libraries of Python to administrate your environment efficiently. Key Features * Learn how to solve problems of system administrators and automate routine activities * Learn to handle regular expressions, network administration * Building GUI, web-scraping and database administration including data analytics Book Description Python has evolved over time and extended its features in relation to every possible IT operation. Python is simple to learn, yet has powerful libraries that can be used to build powerful Python scripts for solving real-world problems and automating administrators' routine activities. The objective of this book is to walk through a series of projects that will teach readers Python scripting with each project. This book will initially cover Python installation and quickly revise basic to advanced programming fundamentals. The book will then focus on the development process as a whole, from setup to planning to building different tools. It will include IT administrators' routine activities (text processing, regular expressions, file archiving, and encryption), network administration (socket programming, email handling, the remote controlling of devices using telnet/ssh, and protocols such as SNMP/DHCP), building graphical user interface, working with websites (Apache log file processing, SOAP and REST APIs communication, and web scraping), and database administration (MySQL and similar database data administration, data analytics, and reporting). By the end of this book, you will be able to use the latest features of Python and be able to build powerful tools that will solve challenging, real-world tasks What you will learn * Understand how to install Python and debug Python scripts * Understand and write scripts for automating testing and routine administrative activities * Understand how to write scripts for text processing, encryption, decryption, and archiving * Handle files, such as pdf, excel, csv, and txt files, and generate reports * Write scripts for remote network administration, including handling emails * Build interactive tools using a graphical user interface * Handle Apache log files, SOAP and REST APIs communication * Automate database administration and perform statistical analysis Who this book is for This book would be ideal for users with some basic understanding of Python programming and who are interested in scaling their programming skills to command line scripting and system administration. Prior knowledge of Python would be necessary.

Implement machine learning algorithms to build ensemble models using Keras, H2O, Scikit-Learn, Pandas and more Key Features * Apply popular machine learning algorithms using a recipe-based approach * Implement boosting, bagging, and stacking ensemble methods to improve machine learning models * Discover real-world ensemble applications and encounter complex challenges in Kaggle competitions Book Description Ensemble modeling is an approach used to improve the performance of machine learning models. It combines two or more similar or dissimilar machine learning algorithms to deliver superior intellectual powers. This book will help you to implement popular machine learning algorithms to cover different paradigms of ensemble machine learning such as boosting, bagging, and stacking. The Ensemble Machine Learning Cookbook will start by getting you acquainted with the basics of ensemble techniques and exploratory data analysis. You'll then learn to implement tasks related to statistical and machine learning algorithms to understand the ensemble of multiple heterogeneous algorithms. It will also ensure that you don't miss out on key topics, such as like resampling methods. As you progress, you’ll get a better understanding of bagging, boosting, stacking, and working with the Random Forest algorithm using real-world examples. The book will highlight how these ensemble methods use multiple models to improve machine learning results, as compared to a single model. In the concluding chapters, you'll delve into advanced ensemble models using neural networks, natural language processing, and more. You’ll also be able to implement models such as fraud detection, text categorization, and sentiment analysis. By the end of this book, you'll be able to harness ensemble techniques and the working mechanisms of machine learning algorithms to build intelligent models using individual recipes. What you will learn * Understand how to use machine learning algorithms for regression and classification problems * Implement ensemble techniques such as averaging, weighted averaging, and max-voting * Get to grips with advanced ensemble methods, such as bootstrapping, bagging, and stacking * Use Random Forest for tasks such as classification and regression * Implement an ensemble of homogeneous and heterogeneous machine learning algorithms * Learn and implement various boosting techniques, such as AdaBoost, Gradient Boosting Machine, and XGBoost Who this book is for This book is designed for data scientists, machine learning developers, and deep learning enthusiasts who want to delve into machine learning algorithms to build powerful ensemble models. Working knowledge of Python programming and basic statistics is a must to help you grasp the concepts in the book.