A complete guide on course development and delivery using Moodle 3.x About This Book ? Get the best out of the latest Moodle 3 framework to ensure successful learning ? Gain experience in creating different kinds of courses ? Create your first Moodle VR app using the Moodle VR toolset Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone who wants to get the best out of Moodle. As a beginner, this is a thorough guide for you to understand how the software works, with great ideas for getting off to a good start with your first course. Some experience of working with e-learning systems will be beneficial. Experienced Moodle users will find powerful insights into developing successful and educational courses. What You Will Learn ? Know what Moodle does and how it supports your teaching strategies ? Install Moodle on your computer and navigate your way around it ? Understand all of Moodle's learning features ? Monitor how learners interact with your site using site statistics ? Add multimedia content to your site ? Allow students to enroll themselves or invite other students to join a course In Detail Moodle is a learning platform or Course Management System (CMS) that is easy to install and use, but the real challenge is in developing a learning process that leverages its power and maps the learning objectives to content and assessments for an integrated and effective course. Moodle 3 E-Learning Course Development guides you through meeting that challenge in a practical way. This latest edition will show you how to add static learning material, assessments, and social features such as forum-based instructional strategy, a chat module, and forums to your courses so that students reach their learning potential. Whether you want to support traditional class teaching or lecturing, or provide complete online and distance e-learning courses, this book will prove to be a powerful resource throughout your use of Moodle. You’ll learn how to create and integrate third-party plugins and widgets in your Moodle app, implement site permissions and user accounts, and ensure the security of content and test papers. Further on, you’ll implement PHP scripts that will help you create customized UIs for your app. You’ll also understand how to create your first Moodle VR e-learning app using the latest VR learning experience that Moodle 3 has to offer. By the end of this book, you will have explored the decisions, design considerations, and thought processes that go into developing a successful course. Style and approach Packed with clear step-by-step instructions, plenty of screenshots, and thorough explanations, this book guides you through the many features and options that you have to choose from when using Moodle 3.

Learn to design and develop safe and reliable embedded systems About This Book ? Identify and overcome challenges in embedded environments ? Understand the steps required to increase the security of IoT solutions ? Build safety-critical and memory-safe parallel and distributed embedded systems Who This Book Is For If you’re a software developer or designer wanting to learn about embedded programming, this is the book for you. You’ll also find this book useful if you’re a less experienced embedded programmer willing to expand your knowledge. What You Will Learn ? Participate in the design and definition phase of an embedded product ? Get to grips with writing code for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers ? Build an embedded development lab and optimize the workflow ? Write memory-safe code ? Understand the architecture behind the communication interfaces ? Understand the design and development patterns for connected and distributed devices in the IoT ? Master multitask parallel execution patterns and real-time operating systems In Detail Embedded systems are self-contained devices with a dedicated purpose. We come across a variety of fields of applications for embedded systems in industries such as automotive, telecommunications, healthcare and consumer electronics, just to name a few. Embedded Systems Architecture begins with a bird's eye view of embedded development and how it differs from the other systems that you may be familiar with. You will first be guided to set up an optimal development environment, then move on to software tools and methodologies to improve the work flow. You will explore the boot-up mechanisms and the memory management strategies typical of a real-time embedded system. Through the analysis of the programming interface of the reference microcontroller, you'll look at the implementation of the features and the device drivers. Next, you'll learn about the techniques used to reduce power consumption. Then you will be introduced to the technologies, protocols and security aspects related to integrating the system into IoT solutions. By the end of the book, you will have explored various aspects of embedded architecture, including task synchronization in a multi-threading environment, and the safety models adopted by modern real-time operating systems. Style and approach Software developers and designers with experience in different fields, and who want to learn about embedded programming, will benefit from this book. Junior and less experienced embedded programmers willing to expand their knowledge in the field will also find it useful.

A series of practical recipes to simplify the Git learning experience and increase your productivity when using Git version control Key Features *Explore practical recipes to use Git’s most advanced features *Learn how Git references its objects and how history is recorded *Use reflog and git fsck to recover lost information Book Description Git is one of the most popular tools for versioning. Git Version Control Cookbook builds on the success of the previous edition and provides you with an up-to-date guide to solving problems related to versioning. You’ll start by learning about the Git data model and how it stores files and looks at commits. By using simple commands, you’ll learn how to navigate through the database. Once you have accustomed yourself to the basics, you’ll explore techniques to configure Git with comprehensive examples and configuration targets. You’ll gain insights into improving your understanding of branches and recovery from mistakes — right from committing to a wrong branch to recovering lost commits or files. You’ll then move on to discovering the features that Git rebase has to offer and use regular Git merge on other branches. You’ll explore Git notes and learn how to utilize the update, list, and search commands. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to extract metadata from repositories and automate your daily tasks using Git hooks. You’ll then study in detail repository maintenance, patching, and offline sharing. By the end of the book, you’ll have grasped various tips and tricks for everyday usage, while increasing your knowledge of Git providers, integrations, and clients. What you will learn *Understand the Git data model and use commands to navigate the database *Find out how you can recover lost commits or files *Force a rebase on some branches and use regular Git to merge on the rest *Master the techniques required to extract metadata from repositories *Explore Git notes and learn about the various features that it offers *See how to decode different subcommands Who this book is for The Git Version Control Cookbook is for you if you are a developer or Build Release manager looking for a full-fledged practical guide that will take your Git knowledge to the next level. Basic knowledge of GNU tools and shell or bash scripting is needed.

Apply functional Reactive programming for simple and scalable state management with MobX Key Features *The easiest way to learn MobX to enhance your client-side state-management *Understand how the concepts and components fit together *Work through different state management scenarios with MobX Book Description MobX is a simple and highly scalable state management library in JavaScript. Its abstractions can help you manage state in small to extremely large applications. However, if you are just starting out, it is essential to have a guide that can help you take the first steps. This book aims to be that guide that will equip you with the skills needed to use MobX and effectively handle the state management aspects of your application. You will first learn about observables, actions, and reactions: the core concepts of MobX. To see how MobX really shines and simplifies state management, you'll work through some real-world use cases. Building on these core concepts and use cases, you will learn about advanced MobX, its APIs, and libraries that extend MobX. By the end of this book, you will not only have a solid conceptual understanding of MobX, but also practical experience. You will gain the confidence to tackle many of the common state management problems in your own projects. What you will learn *Explore the fundamental concepts of MobX, such as observables, actions, and reactions *Use observables to track state and react to its changes with validations and visual feedback (via React Components) *Create a MobX observable from different data types *Define form data as an observable state and tackle sync and async form validations *Use the special APIs to directly manipulate observables, tracking its changes, and discovering the reasons behind a change *Tackle any state management issue you may have in your app by combining mobx-utils and mobx-state-tree *Explore the internals of the MobX reactive system by diving into its inner workings Who this book is for This book is for web developers who want to implement easy and scalable state management for their apps. Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is assumed

Create, build and deploy universal JavaScript applications using Next.js 6.0 Key Features *Work with the entire tool-chain for developing universal Javascript applications with Next.js *A straightforward guide to implementing server-side rendering *Use Next.js to build SEO-friendly and super fast websites Book Description Next.js is a powerful addition to the ever-growing and dynamic JavaScript world. Built on top of React, Webpack, and Babel, it is a minimalistic framework for server-rendered universal JavaScript applications. This book will show you the best practices for building sites using Next. js, enabling you to build SEO-friendly and superfast websites. This book will guide you from building a simple single page app to a scalable and reliable client-server infrastructure. You will explore code sharing between client and server, universal modules, and server-side rendering. The book will take you through the core Next.js concepts that everyone is talking about – hot reloading, code splitting, routing, server rendering, transpilation, CSS isolation, and more. You will learn ways of implementing them in order to create your own universal JavaScript application. You will walk through the building and deployment stages of your applications with the JSON API,customizing the confguration, error handling,data fetching, deploying to production, and authentication. What you will learn *Explore the benefts of server-side rendering with Next.js *Create and link JavaScript modules together by understanding code splitting and bundling *Create website pages and wire them together through website navigation *Extend your application with additional Webpack loaders and features, as well as custom Babel plugins and presets *Use GraphQL and Apollo frameworks with Next.js to fetch data and receive push notifcations *Design and implement core modules, such as logging and authentication, and then more complex solutions for access control and business rule management *Write tests and use online CI tools such as Travis, GitLab, and more *Build a Docker-based container for your app and deploy it to online services such as Heroku and Now.sh Who this book is for This book is for JavaScript developers who want to learn how to generate server-rendered applications.

The easiest way to learn Lua programming Key Features *The easiest way to learn Lua coding *Use the Lua standard libraries and debug Lua code *Embed Lua as a scripting language using the Lua C API Book Description Lua is a small, powerful and extendable scripting/programming language that can be used for learning to program, and writing games and applications, or as an embedded scripting language. There are many popular commercial projects that allow you to modify or extend them through Lua scripting, and this book will get you ready for that. This book is the easiest way to learn Lua. It introduces you to the basics of Lua and helps you to understand the problems it solves. You will work with the basic language features, the libraries Lua provides, and powerful topics such as object-oriented programming. Every aspect of programming in Lua, variables, data types, functions, tables, arrays and objects, is covered in sufficient detail for you to get started. You will also find out about Lua's module system and how to interface with the operating system. After reading this book, you will be ready to use Lua as a programming language to write code that can interface with the operating system, automate tasks, make playable games, and much more. This book is a solid starting point for those who want to learn Lua in order to move onto other technologies such as Love2D or Roblox. A quick start guide is a focused, shorter title that provides a faster paced introduction to a technology. It is designed for people who don't need all the details at this point in their learning curve. This presentation has been streamlined to concentrate on the things you really need to know. What you will learn *Understand the basics of programming the Lua language *Understand how to use tables, the data structure that makes Lua so powerful *Understand object-oriented programming in Lua using metatables *Understand standard LUA libraries for math, file io, and more *Manipulate string data using Lua *Understand how to debug Lua applications quickly and effciently *Understand how to embed Lua into applications with the Lua C API Who this book is for This book is for developers who want to get up and running with Lua. This book is ideal for programmers who want to learn to embed Lua in their own applications, as well as for beginner programmers who have never coded before.

Leverage the power of Elixir programming language to solve practical problems associated with scalability, concurrency, fault tolerance, and high availability. Key Features *Enhance your Elixir programming skills using its powerful tools and abstractions *Discover how to develop a full-fledged file server *Understand how to use Phoenix to create a web interface for your application. Book Description Running concurrent, fault-tolerant applications that scale is a very demanding responsibility. After learning the abstractions that Elixir gives us, developers are able to build such applications with inconceivable low effort. There is a big gap between playing around with Elixir and running it in production, serving live requests. This book will help you fll this gap by going into detail on several aspects of how Elixir works and showing concrete examples of how to apply the concepts learned to a fully fledged application. In this book, you will learn how to build a rock-solid application, beginning by using Mix to create a new project. Then you will learn how the use of Erlang's OTP, along with the Elixir abstractions that run on top of it (such as GenServer and GenStage), that allow you to build applications that are easy to parallelize and distribute. You will also master supervisors (and supervision trees), and comprehend how they are the basis for building fault-tolerant applications. Then you will use Phoenix to create a web interface for your application. Upon fnishing implementation, you will learn how to take your application to the cloud, using Kubernetes to automatically deploy, scale, and manage it. Last, but not least, you will keep your peace of mind by learning how to thoroughly test and then monitor your application. What you will learn *Use Elixir tools, including IEx and Mix *Find out how an Elixir project is structured and how to create umbrella applications *Discover the power of supervision trees, the basis for fault-tolerance *Create a Domain-Specifc Language (DSL) that abstracts complexity *Create a blazing-fast web interface for your application with Phoenix *Set up an automatic deployment process for the cloud *Monitor your application and be warned if anything unexpected happens Who this book is for Mastering Elixir is for you if you have experience in Elixir programming and want to take it to the next level. This Elixir book shows you how to build, deploy, and maintain robust applications, allowing you to go from tinkering with Elixir on side projects to using it in a live environment. However, no prior knowledge of Elixir is required to enjoy the complex topics covered in the book.

Develop robust, Scala-powered projects with the help of machine learning libraries such as SparkML to harvest meaningful insight Key Features *Gain hands-on experience in building data science projects with Scala *Exploit powerful functionalities of machine learning libraries *Use machine learning algorithms and decision tree models for enterprise apps Book Description Scala, together with the Spark Framework, forms a rich and powerful data processing ecosystem. Modern Scala Projects is a journey into the depths of this ecosystem. The machine learning (ML) projects presented in this book enable you to create practical, robust data analytics solutions, with an emphasis on automating data workflows with the Spark ML pipeline API. This book showcases or carefully cherry-picks from Scala’s functional libraries and other constructs to help readers roll out their own scalable data processing frameworks. The projects in this book enable data practitioners across all industries gain insights into data that will help organizations have strategic and competitive advantage. Modern Scala Projects focuses on the application of supervisory learning ML techniques that classify data and make predictions. You'll begin with working on a project to predict a class of flower by implementing a simple machine learning model. Next, you'll create a cancer diagnosis classification pipeline, followed by projects delving into stock price prediction, spam filtering, fraud detection, and a recommendation engine. By the end of this book, you will be able to build efficient data science projects that fulfil your software requirements. What you will learn *Create pipelines to extract data or analytics and visualizations *Automate your process pipeline with jobs that are reproducible *Extract intelligent data efficiently from large, disparate datasets *Automate the extraction, transformation, and loading of data *Develop tools that collate, model, and analyze data *Maintain the integrity of data as data flows become more complex *Develop tools that predict outcomes based on “pattern discovery” *Build really fast and accurate machine-learning models in Scala Who this book is for Modern Scala Projects is for Scala developers who would like to gain some hands-on experience with some interesting real-world projects. Prior programming experience with Scala is necessary.

Deploy functions efficiently using different cloud-based serverless offerings Key Features *Understand the concept of Function-as-a-Service *Implement Serverless solutions using AWS Lambda, Azure Functions and Google Cloud Functions *Practical approach towards choosing the best tool for your serverless environment Book Description Serverless applications and architectures are gaining momentum and are increasingly being used by companies of all sizes. Serverless software takes care of many problems that developers face when running systems and servers, such as fault tolerance, centralized logging, horizontal scalability, and deployments. You will learn how to harness serverless technology to rapidly reduce production time and minimize your costs, while still having the freedom to customize your code, without hindering functionality. Upon finishing the book, you will have the knowledge and resources to build your own serverless application hosted in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, and will have experienced the benefits of event-driven technology for yourself. This hands-on guide dives into the basis of serverless architectures and how to build them using Node.js as a programming language, Visual Studio Code for code editing, and Postman for quickly and securely developing applications without the hassle of configuring and maintaining infrastructure on three public cloud platforms. What you will learn *Understand the benefts of serverless computing and know when to use it *Develop serverless applications on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud *Get to grips with Function as a Service (FaaS) *Apply triggers to serverless functions *Build event-driven apps using serverless frameworks *Use the Node.js programming language to build serverless apps *Use code editors, such as Visual Studio Code, as development environments *Master the best development practices for creating scalable and practical solutions Who this book is for This book is targeted towards developers, system administrators or any stakeholder working in the Serverless environment and want to understand how functions work. Basic idea of serverless architecture can be an added advantage

Learn everything you need to get up and running with cutting-edge API development using JavaScript and Node.js; ideal for data-intensive real-time applications that run across multiple platforms. Key Features *Build web APIs from start to finish using JavaScript across the development stack *Explore advanced concepts such as authentication with JWT, and running tests against your APIs *Implement over 20 practical activities and exercises across 9 topics to reinforce your learning Book Description Using the same framework to build both server and client-side applications saves you time and money. This book teaches you how you can use JavaScript and Node.js to build highly scalable APIs that work well with lightweight cross-platform client applications. It begins with the basics of Node.js in the context of backend development, and quickly leads you through the creation of an example client that pairs up with a fully authenticated API implementation. By the end of the book, you’ll have the skills and exposure required to get hands-on with your own API development project. What you will learn *Understand how Node.js works, its trends, and where it is being used now *Learn about application modularization and built-in Node.js modules *Use the npm third-party module registry to extend your application *Gain an understanding of asynchronous programming with Node.js *Develop scalable and high-performing APIs using hapi.js and Knex.js *Write unit tests for your APIs to ensure reliability and maintainability Who this book is for This book is ideal for developers who already understand JavaScript and are looking for a quick no-frills introduction to API development with Node.js. Though prior experience with other server-side technologies such as Python, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby will help, it’s not essential to have a background in backend development before getting started.

Take your web applications to a whole new level with efficient, component-based UIs that deliver cutting-edge interactivity and performance. Key Features *Elaborately explains basics before introducing advanced topics *Explains creating and managing the state of components across applications *Implement over 15 practical activities and exercises across 11 topics to reinforce your learning Book Description Projects like Angular and React are rapidly changing how development teams build and deploy web applications to production. In this book, you’ll learn the basics you need to get up and running with React and tackle real-world projects and challenges. It includes helpful guidance on how to consider key user requirements within the development process, and also shows you how to work with advanced concepts such as state management, data-binding, routing, and the popular component markup that is JSX. As you complete the included examples, you’ll find yourself well-equipped to move onto a real-world personal or professional frontend project. What you will learn *Understand how React works within a wider application stack *Analyze how you can break down a standard interface into specific components *Successfully create your own increasingly complex React components with HTML or JSX *Correctly handle multiple user events and their impact on overall application state *Understand the component lifecycle to optimize the UX of your application *Configure routing to allow effortless, intuitive navigation through your components Who this book is for If you are a frontend developer who wants to create truly reactive user interfaces in JavaScript, then this is the book for you. For React, you’ll need a solid foundation in the essentials of the JavaScript language, including new OOP features that were introduced in ES2015. An understanding of HTML and CSS is assumed, and a basic knowledge of Node.js will be useful in the context of managing a development workflow, but is not essential.

Migrating your application to a cloud-based serverless architecture doesn’t have to be difficult. Reduce complexity and minimize the time you spend administering servers or worrying about availability with this comprehensive guide to serverless applications on Azure. Key Features *Provides information on integration of Azure products *Plan and implement your own serverless backend to meet tried-and-true development standards *Includes step-by-step instructions to help you navigate advanced concepts and application integrations Book Description Many businesses are rapidly adopting a microservices-first approach to development, driven by the availability of new commercial services like Azure Functions and AWS Lambda. In this book, we’ll show you how to quickly get up and running with your own serverless development on Microsoft Azure. We start by working through a single function, and work towards integration with other Azure services like App Insights and Cosmos DB to handle common user requirements like analytics and highly performant distributed storage. We finish up by providing you with the context you need to get started on a larger project of your own choosing, leaving you equipped with everything you need to migrate to a cloud-first serverless solution. What you will learn *Identify the key advantages and disadvantages of serverless development *Build a fully-functioning serverless application and utilize a wide variety of Azure services *Create, deploy, and manage your own Azure Functions in the cloud *Implement core design principles for writing effective serverless code Who this book is for This book is ideal for back-end developers or engineers who want a quick hands-on introduction to developing serverless applications within the Microsoft ecosystem.

Leverage the full potential of the web to make your web sites better than native applications for every platform. Key Features *Explore different models and patterns required to develop progressive web applications *Create applications requiring shorter runtime for attracting more users *Study different projects to understand the fundamentals of progressive web applications Book Description Are you a developer that wants to create truly cross-platform user experiences with a minimal footprint, free of store restrictions and features customers want? Then you need to get to grips with Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), a perfect amalgamation of web and mobile applications with a blazing-fast response time. Progressive Web Application Development by Example helps you explore concepts of the PWA development by enabling you to develop three projects, starting with a 2048 game. In this game, you will review parts of a web manifest file and understand how a browser uses properties to define the home screen experience. You will then move on to learning how to develop and use a podcast client and be introduced to service workers. The application will demonstrate how service workers are registered and updated. In addition to this, you will review a caching API so that you have a firm understanding of how to use the cache within a service worker, and you'll discover core caching strategies and how to code them within a service worker. Finally, you will study how to build a tickets application, wherein you’ll apply advanced service worker techniques, such as cache invalidation. Also, you'll learn about tools you can use to validate your applications and scaffold them for quality and consistency. By the end of the book, you will have walked through browser developer tools, node modules, and online tools for creating high-quality PWAs. What you will learn *Explore the core principles of PWAs *Study the three main technical requirements of PWAs *Discover enhancing requirements to make PWAs transcend native apps and traditional websites *Create and install PWAs on common websites with a given HTTPS as the core requirement *Get acquainted with the service worker life cycle *Define service worker caching patterns *Apply caching strategies to three different website scenarios *Implement best practices for web performance Who this book is for Progressive Web Application Development by Example is for you if you’re a web developer or front-end designer who wants to ensure improved user experiences. If you are an application developer with knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, this book will help you enhance your skills in order to develop progressive web applications, the future of app development.

Perform efficient fast text representation and classification with Facebook's fastText library Key Features *Introduction to Facebook's fastText library for NLP *Perform efficient word representations, sentence classification, vector representation *Build better, more scalable solutions for text representation and classification Book Description Facebook's fastText library handles text representation and classification, used for Natural Language Processing (NLP). Most organizations have to deal with enormous amounts of text data on a daily basis, and gaining efficient data insights requires powerful NLP tools such as fastText.? This book is your ideal introduction to fastText. You will learn how to create fastText models from the command line, without the need for complicated code. You will explore the algorithms that fastText is built on and how to use them for word representation and text classification.? Next, you will use fastText in conjunction with other popular libraries and frameworks such as Keras, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.? Finally, you will deploy fastText models to mobile devices. By the end of this book, you will have all the required knowledge to use fastText in your own applications at work or in projects. What you will learn *Create models using the default command line options in fastText *Understand the algorithms used in fastText to create word vectors *Combine command line text transformation capabilities and the fastText library to implement a training, validation, and prediction pipeline *Explore word representation and sentence classification using fastText *Use Gensim and spaCy to load the vectors, transform, lemmatize, and perform other NLP tasks efficiently *Develop a fastText NLP classifier using popular frameworks, such as Keras, Tensorflow, and PyTorch Who this book is for This book is for data analysts, data scientists, and machine learning developers who want to perform efficient word representation and sentence classification using Facebook's fastText library. Basic knowledge of Python programming is required.

Learn all the fundamentals of PHP with a book that blends theory with practice to build up the skills you need for modern web development. Key Features *Brush up on basic PHP 7 syntax and work with variables, data types, arrays, and loops *Master advanced concepts like building your own frameworks and creating your own applications *Apply your newly learned PHP skills to a variety of real-life business scenarios Book Description PHP is the preferred server-side scripting language for tech giants such as Facebook, Wikipedia, and Tumblr despite full-stack JavaScript gaining popularity with upcoming developers. This is because PHP performs better when dealing with heavy computations on the back end. In this book, you’ll learn everything you need to get up and running with the latest version of PHP, including package management with tools such as composer, secure database operations, and a whole host of other best practices that will help you stay a step ahead of traditional programmers. What you will learn *Understand the fundamentals of PHP and work with classes and inheritance *Learn about database operations and package management with composer *Tackle common security concerns and pitfalls using authentication and validation *Build effective PHP applications and frameworks for your business needs Who this book is for If you’re already familiar with another programming language and want to learn about the fundamentals of PHP programming, you’ll find the flow of this book to be an ideal fit. Having a prior understanding of HTML, MySQL, CSS, and JavaScript will be beneficial, but is not mandatory.

Secure your Java applications by integrating the Spring Security framework in your code Key Features *Provide authentication, authorization and other security features for Java applications. *Learn how to secure microservices, cloud, and serverless applications easily *Understand the code behind the implementation of various security features Book Description Security is one of the most vital concerns for any organization. The complexity of an application is compounded when you need to integrate security with existing code, new technology, and other frameworks. This book will show you how to effectively write Java code that is robust and easy to maintain. Hands-On Spring Security 5 for Reactive Applications starts with the essential concepts of reactive programming, Spring Framework, and Spring Security. You will then learn about a variety of authentication mechanisms and how to integrate them easily with the Spring MVC application. You will also understand how to achieve authorization in a Spring WebFlux application using Spring Security.You will be able to explore the security confgurations required to achieve OAuth2 for securing REST APIs and integrate security in microservices and serverless applications. This book will guide you in integrating add-ons that will add value to any Spring Security module. By the end of the book, you will be proficient at integrating Spring Security in your Java applications What you will learn *Understand how Spring Framework and Reactive application programming are connected *Implement easy security confgurations with Spring Security expressions *Discover the relationship between OAuth2 and OpenID Connect *Secure microservices and serverless applications with Spring *Integrate add-ons, such as HDIV, Crypto Module, and CORS support *Apply Spring Security 5 features to enhance your Java reactive applications Who this book is for If you are a Java developer who wants to improve application security, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of Spring, Spring Security framework, and reactive applications is required to make the most of the book.

Learn every step you need for product design and development Key Features *Explore all the tools that you need to be a complete UX designer *Code the product designs you’ve created to become a full-stack designer *Build an amazing portfolio with real-world projects Book Description Designing user experience (UX) is one of the most important aspects of a project, as it has a direct effect on how customers think of your company. The process of designing a user experience is one of the most challenging yet rewarding aspects of product development. Hands-On UX Design for Developers will teach you how to create amazing user experiences for products from scratch. This book starts with helping you understand the importance of a good UX design and the role of a UX designer. It will take you through the different stages of designing a UX and the application of various principles of psychology in UX design. Next, you will learn how to conduct user research and market research, which is crucial to creating a great UX. You will also learn how to create user personas and use it for testing. This book will help you gain the ability to think like a UX designer and understand both sides of product development: design and coding. You will explore the latest tools, such as Sketch, Balsamiq, and Framer.js, to create wireframes and prototypes. The concluding chapters will take you through designing your UI, dealing with big data while designing a UX, and the fundamentals of frontend. Finally, you'll prepare your portfolio and become job ready in the UX arena. What you will learn *What UX is and what a UX designer does *Explore the UX Process and science of making products user-friendly *Create user interfaces and learn which tools to use *Understand how your design works in the real world *Create UI interaction, animation, wireframes, and prototypes *Design a product with users in mind *Develop a personal portfolio and be well-prepared to join the UX world Who this book is for Hands-On UX/UI Design for Developers is for web designers who have knowledge of basic UX design principles.

Getting started with data science doesn't have to be an uphill battle. This step-by-step guide is ideal for beginners who know a little Python and are looking for a quick, fast-paced introduction. About This Book ? Get up and running with the Jupyter ecosystem and some example datasets ? Learn about key machine learning concepts like SVM, KNN classifiers and Random Forests ? Discover how you can use web scraping to gather and parse your own bespoke datasets Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for professionals with a variety of job descriptions across large range of industries, given the rising popularity and accessibility of data science. You'll need some prior experience with Python, with any prior work with libraries like Pandas, Matplotlib and Pandas providing you a useful head start. What You Will Learn ? Identify potential areas of investigation and perform exploratory data analysis ? Plan a machine learning classification strategy and train classification models ? Use validation curves and dimensionality reduction to tune and enhance your models ? Scrape tabular data from web pages and transform it into Pandas DataFrames ? Create interactive, web-friendly visualizations to clearly communicate your findings In Detail Get to grips with the skills you need for entry-level data science in this hands-on Python and Jupyter course. You'll learn about some of the most commonly used libraries that are part of the Anaconda distribution, and then explore machine learning models with real datasets to give you the skills and exposure you need for the real world. We'll finish up by showing you how easy it can be to scrape and gather your own data from the open web, so that you can apply your new skills in an actionable context. Style and approach This book covers every aspect of the standard data-workflow process within a day, along with theory, practical hands-on coding, and relatable illustrations.

A hands-on guide to creating, monitoring, and tuning a high performance Spring web application About This Book ? Understand common performance pitfalls and improve your application's performance ? Build and deploy strategies for complex applications using the microservice architecture ? Understand internals of JVM - the core of all Java Runtime Environments Who This Book Is For If you’re a Spring developer who’d like to build high performance applications and have more control over your application's performance in production and development, this book is for you. Some familiarity with Java, Maven, and Eclipse is necessary. What You Will Learn ? Master programming best practices and performance improvement with bean wiring ? Analyze the performance of various AOP implementations ? Explore database interactions with Spring to optimize design and configuration ? Solve Hibernate performance issues and traps ? Leverage multithreading and concurrent programming to improve application performance ? Gain a solid foundation in JVM performance tuning using various tools ? Learn the key concepts of the microservice architecture and how to monitor them ? Perform Spring Boot performance tuning, monitoring, and health checks In Detail While writing an application, performance is paramount. Performance tuning for real-world applications often involves activities geared toward detecting bottlenecks. The recent release of Spring 5.0 brings major advancements in the rich API provided by the Spring framework, which means developers need to master its tools and techniques to achieve high performance applications. Hands-On High Performance with Spring 5 begins with the Spring framework's core features, exploring the integration of different Spring projects. It proceeds to evaluate various Spring specifications to identify those adversely affecting performance. You will learn about bean wiring configurations, aspect-oriented programming, database interaction, and Hibernate to focus on the metrics that help identify performance bottlenecks. You will also look at application monitoring, performance optimization, JVM internals, and garbage collection optimization. Lastly, the book will show you how to leverage the microservice architecture to build a high performance and resilient application. By the end of the book, you will have gained an insight into various techniques and solutions to build and troubleshoot high performance Spring-based applications. Style and approach This book takes a step-by-step approach with focused examples to teach you how to increase application performance.

This practical guide will teach you how deep learning (DL) can be used to solve complex real-world problems. About This Book ? Explore deep reinforcement learning (RL), from the first principles to the latest algorithms ? Evaluate high-profile RL methods, including value iteration, deep Q-networks, policy gradients, TRPO, PPO, DDPG, D4PG, evolution strategies and genetic algorithms ? Keep up with the very latest industry developments, including AI-driven chatbots Who This Book Is For Some fluency in Python is assumed. Basic deep learning (DL) approaches should be familiar to readers and some practical experience in DL will be helpful. This book is an introduction to deep reinforcement learning (RL) and requires no background in RL. What You Will Learn ? Understand the DL context of RL and implement complex DL models ? Learn the foundation of RL: Markov decision processes ? Evaluate RL methods including Cross-entropy, DQN, Actor-Critic, TRPO, PPO, DDPG, D4PG and others ? Discover how to deal with discrete and continuous action spaces in various environments ? Defeat Atari arcade games using the value iteration method ? Create your own OpenAI Gym environment to train a stock trading agent ? Teach your agent to play Connect4 using AlphaGo Zero ? Explore the very latest deep RL research on topics including AI-driven chatbots In Detail Recent developments in reinforcement learning (RL), combined with deep learning (DL), have seen unprecedented progress made towards training agents to solve complex problems in a human-like way. Google's use of algorithms to play and defeat the well-known Atari arcade games has propelled the field to prominence, and researchers are generating new ideas at a rapid pace. Deep Reinforcement Learning Hands-On is a comprehensive guide to the very latest DL tools and their limitations. You will evaluate methods including Cross-entropy and policy gradients, before applying them to real-world environments. Take on both the Atari set of virtual games and family favorites such as Connect4. The book provides an introduction to the basics of RL, giving you the know-how to code intelligent learning agents to take on a formidable array of practical tasks. Discover how to implement Q-learning on 'grid world' environments, teach your agent to buy and trade stocks, and find out how natural language models are driving the boom in chatbots. Style and approach Deep Reinforcement Learning Hands-On explains the art of building self-learning agents using algorithms and practical examples. Experiment with famous examples, such as Google's defeat of well-known Atari arcade games.

Develop efficient and modern full-stack applications using Spring Boot and React 16 About This Book ? Develop resourceful backends using Spring Boot and faultless frontends using React. ? Explore the techniques involved in creating a full-stack app by going through a methodical approach. ? Learn to add CRUD functionalities and use Material UI in the user interface to make it more user-friendly. Who This Book Is For Java developers who are familiar with Spring, but have not yet built full-stack applications What You Will Learn ? Create a RESTful web service with Spring Boot ? Understand how to use React for frontend programming ? Gain knowledge of how to create unit tests using JUnit ? Discover the techniques that go into securing the backend using Spring Security ? Learn how to use Material UI in the user interface to make it more user-friendly ? Create a React app by using the Create React App starter kit made by Facebook In Detail Apart from knowing how to write frontend and backend code, a full-stack engineer has to tackle all the problems that are encountered in the application development life cycle, starting from a simple idea to UI design, the technical design, and all the way to implementing, testing, production, deployment, and monitoring. This book covers the full set of technologies that you need to know to become a full-stack web developer with Spring Boot for the backend and React for the frontend. This comprehensive guide demonstrates how to build a modern full-stack application in practice. This book will teach you how to build RESTful API endpoints and work with the data access Layer of Spring, using Hibernate as the ORM. As we move ahead, you will be introduced to the other components of Spring, such as Spring Security, which will teach you how to secure the backend. Then, we will move on to the frontend, where you will be introduced to React, a modern JavaScript library for building fast and reliable user interfaces, and its app development environment and components. You will also create a Docker container for your application. Finally, the book will lay out the best practices that underpin professional full-stack web development. Style and approach A step-by-step guide to building full-stack applications along with best practices to make your Full-stack development journey easier