If you are an aspiring data scientist and you have at least a working knowledge of data analysis and Python, this book will get you started in data science. Data analysts with experience of R or MATLAB will also find the book to be a comprehensive reference to enhance their data manipulation and machine learning skills.

This book is for web developers who want to learn and implement WebSocket to create interesting apps for modern browsers, leveraging the capabilities of HTML5 with WebSockets.

Through example-driven recipes, with plenty of code, focused on the most vital features of the latest PostgreSQL version (9.4), both administrators and developers will follow short, specific guides to understand and leverage useful Postgre functionalities to create better and more efficient databases.

This book is for developers who have knowledge of the basics of the SFML library and its capabilities in 2D game development. Minimal experience with C++ is required.

This book is for everybody who would like to learn modern Java web development based on PrimeFaces and is looking for a quick introduction to this matter. Prerequisites for this book are basic JSF, jQuery, and CSS skills.

If you are a game developer interested in learning Unity 3D from scratch and becoming familiar with its core features, then this book is for you. No prior knowledge of Unity 3D is required.

Over 100 recipes to help you develop cross-platform, native applications in JavaScript About This Book Leverage your JavaScript skills to write mobile applications using Titanium Studio tools with the native advantage Deploy your application on the App Store and Google Play Add your own IOS native modules in objective-C, in an easy-to-follow step-by-step format Who This Book Is For This book is an essential for any developer learning or using JavaScript who wants to write native UI applications for iOS and Android. No knowledge of Objective-C, Swift and Java is required and you’ll quickly be developing native, cross-platform apps, in JavaScript! What You Will Learn Transfer data between applications with URL schemes, and make your application accessible to other mobile applications and services Connect with remote services using JSON Work with Google Maps and Apple Maps, GPS and annotate routes Create animations and special effects Integrate notifications and connect with social media services such as Facebook and Twitter Build applications with Alloy MVC – a rapid application development framework Design native APIs and use local databases In Detail The mobile web has paved the way but many users want to have “native” applications installed. Using Appcelerator as a platform it’s now possible to write iOS, Android, and Windows phone applications in JavaScript! It allows developers to develop fully native UI applications using Appcelerator studio tools without any knowledge of Objective-C, Swift or Java. This book will take you through the process of building cross-platform, native UI applications for the mobile from scratch. You will learn how to develop apps, how to use GPS, cameras and photos and how to build socially connected apps. You will also learn how to package them for submission to the App Store and Google Play. This cookbook takes a pragmatic approach to creating applications in JavaScript from putting together basic UIs, to handling events and implementation of third party services such as Twitter, Facebook and Push notifications. The book shows you how to integrate datasources and server APIs, and how to use local databases. The topics covered will guide you to use Appcelerator Studio tools for all the mobile features such as Geolocation, Accelerometer, animation and more. You’ll also learn about Alloy, the Appcelerator MVC framework for rapid app development, and how to transfer data between applications using URLSchemes, enabling other developers to access and launch specific parts of your app. Finally, you will learn how to register developer accounts and publish your very own applications on the App Store and Google Play. Style and approach This book offers a set of practical recipes with a step-by-step approach for building native applications for both the iOS and Android using JavaScript. This hands-on guide shows you exactly how to use the Appcelerator platform to rapidly develop cross-platform, native apps.

Control your machine learning algorithms using test-driven development to achieve quantifiable milestones About This Book Build smart extensions to pre-existing features at work that can help maximize their value Quantify your models to drive real improvement Take your knowledge of basic concepts, such as linear regression and Na?ve Bayes classification, to the next level and productionalize their models Play what-if games with your models and techniques by following the test-driven exploration process Who This Book Is For This book is intended for data technologists (scientists, analysts, or developers) with previous machine learning experience who are also comfortable reading code in Python. You may be starting, or have already started, a machine learning project at work and are looking for a way to deliver results quickly to enable rapid iteration and improvement. Those looking for examples of how to isolate issues in models and improve them will find ideas in this book to move forward. What You Will Learn Get started with an introduction to test-driven development and familiarize yourself with how to apply these concepts to machine learning Build and test a neural network deterministically, and learn to look for niche cases that cause odd model behaviour Learn to use the multi-armed bandit algorithm to make optimal choices in the face of an enormous amount of uncertainty Generate complex and simple random data to create a wide variety of test cases that can be codified into tests Develop models iteratively, even when using a third-party library Quantify model quality to enable collaboration and rapid iteration Adopt simpler approaches to common machine learning algorithms Take behaviour-driven development principles to articulate test intent In Detail Machine learning is the process of teaching machines to remember data patterns, using them to predict future outcomes, and offering choices that would appeal to individuals based on their past preferences. Machine learning is applicable to a lot of what you do every day. As a result, you can’t take forever to deliver your first iteration of software. Learning to build machine learning algorithms within a controlled test framework will speed up your time to deliver, quantify quality expectations with your clients, and enable rapid iteration and collaboration. This book will show you how to quantifiably test machine learning algorithms. The very different, foundational approach of this book starts every example algorithm with the simplest thing that could possibly work. With this approach, seasoned veterans will find simpler approaches to beginning a machine learning algorithm. You will learn how to iterate on these algorithms to enable rapid delivery and improve performance expectations. The book begins with an introduction to test driving machine learning and quantifying model quality. From there, you will test a neural network, predict values with regression, and build upon regression techniques with logistic regression. You will discover how to test different approaches to na?ve bayes and compare them quantitatively, along with how to apply OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) and OOP patterns to test-driven code, leveraging SciKit-Learn. Finally, you will walk through the development of an algorithm which maximizes the expected value of profit for a marketing campaign by combining one of the classifiers covered with the multiple regression example in the book. Style and approach An example-driven guide that builds a deeper knowledge and understanding of iterative machine learning development, test by test. Each topic develops solutions using failing tests to illustrate problems; these are followed by steps to pass the tests, simply and straightforwardly. Topics which use generated data explore how the data was generated, alongside explanations of the assumptions behind different machine learning techniques.

A guide to everything an Oracle SOA Suite 12c administrator needs to hit the ground running About This Book Understand core administrative tasks such as deployments, purging, startup and shutdown, configuration, and backup and recovery Manage, monitor, and troubleshoot SOA composites and OSB services Follow step-by-step instructions to easily and quickly install a highly available two-node cluster Who This Book Is For With topic areas ranging from the simple to the complex, this book is intended for novice, mid-level, and experienced administrators of the Oracle SOA Suite 12c platform as well as Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Database administrators interested in diving into the product. What You Will Learn Navigate Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control Monitor and manage the Oracle SOA Suite 12 c infrastructure Deploy and promote code Monitor and manage services Configure and administer the environment Manage the dehydration store and enterprise scheduler service Troubleshoot Oracle SOA Suite 12c infrastructure Set up backups, recovery, and high availability In Detail Oracle SOA Suite 12 c is the most comprehensive and integrated infrastructure on the market today that is used for building applications based on service-oriented architecture. With the vast number of features and capabilities that Oracle SOA Suite 12c has to offer comes numerous complexities and challenges for administration. Oracle SOA Suite 12c Administrator's Guide covers all the core areas of administration needed for you to effectively manage and monitor the Oracle SOA Suite environment and its transactions, from deployments, to monitoring, to performance tuning, and much, much more. Manage, monitor, and troubleshoot SOA composites and OSB services from a single product set. Understand core administrative activities such as deployments, purging, startup and shutdown, configuration, backup, and recovery. Also learn about new features such as Oracle Enterprise Scheduler, lazy loading, work manager groups, high availability, and more. Style and approach Presented in a reference guide format where chapters can be read in any sequence, this book explains the core concepts while providing real-world implementation specifics, detailing the what, why, and how of all the administration-related activities that involve Oracle SOA Suite 12c. We take a step-by-step approach and offers tips, instructions, and examples that you can easily follow and execute.

Illustrate your data in a more interactive and interesting way using Tableau Public About This Book Learn the basics of creating visualizations with Tableau using this concise reference book Understand how to join and aggregate your data sources using Tableau It is a step by step guide that uses examples to help you understand the key concepts and feature of Tableau Public Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at investigative journalists and bloggers with an interest in making rich and interactive data visualizations. Intermediate Tableau Public users and organizations can also use this book as a reference guide and teaching aid. Members of the media team, such as data specialists, web developers, editors, producers, and managers can also benefit from an understanding of the structure and challenges of writing an interactive and interesting data visualization using Tableau Public. What You Will Learn Connect to various data sources and understand what data is appropriate for Tableau Public Understand chart types and when to use specific chart types with different types of data Join and aggregate data for use in Tableau Public data stories Discover features of Tableau Public, from basic to advanced Involve calculations in Tableau Public Build geographic maps to bring context to data Create dashboards from one or more separate data visualizations Create filters and actions to allow greater interactivity to Tableau Public visualizations and dashboards Publish and embed Tableau visualizations and dashboards in articles In Detail Tableau Public is a very useful tool in anyone's data reporting toolbox that allows authors to add an interactive data element to any article. It allows investigative journalists and bloggers to tell a “data story”, allowing others to explore your data visualization. The relative ease of Tableau Public visualization creation allows data stories to be developed rapidly. It allows readers to explore data associations in multiple-sourced public data, and uses state-of-the-art dashboard and chart graphics to immerse the users in an interactive experience. This book offers investigative journalists, bloggers, and other data story tellers a rich discussion of visualization creation topics, features, and functions. This book allows data story tellers to quickly gain confidence in understanding and expanding their visualization-creation knowledge, and allows them to quickly create interesting, interactive data visualizations to bring a richness and vibrancy to complex articles. The book takes you from basic concepts in visualization creation, like connecting to data sources, cleansing data, chart types, common functions, map creation, and publishing to the Web, to more advanced functions. It is a great overview and reference guide for beginner to intermediate Tableau Public data story tellers, and covers creation of Tableau Public visualizations of varying complexities. Style and approach This book is a crisp, systematic, and tutorial-styled guide to building interactive Tableau visualizations.

Learn how to build a complete 3D game using the industry-leading Unity game development engine and Blender, the graphics software that gives life to your ideas About This Book Learn the fundamentals of two powerful tools and put the concepts into practice Find out how to designand buildall the core elements required for a great game - from characters to environments, to props— Learn how to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your game for sophisticated and engaging gameplay Who This Book Is For This book has been created for anyone who wants to learn how to develop their own game using Blender and Unity, both of which are freely available, yet very popular and powerful, tools. Not only will you be able to master the tools, but you will also learn the entire process of creating a game from the ground up. What You Will Learn Design and create a game concept that will determine how your game will look and how it will be played Construct 3D models of your game characters and create animations for them before importing them into the game Build the game environment from scratch by constructing the terrain and props, and eventually put it all together to form a scene Import and integrate game assets created in Blender into Unity—for example, setting up textures, materials, animation states, and prefabs Develop game structures including a game flow, user interface diagram, game logic, and a state machine Make the game characters move around and perform certain actions either through player inputs or fully controlled by artificial intelligence Create particles and visual effects to enhance the overall visual aesthetic Deploy the game for various types of platforms In Detail In the wake of the indie game development scene, game development tools are no longer luxury items costing up to millions of dollars but are now affordable by smaller teams or even individual developers. Among these cutting-edge applications, Blender and Unity stand out from the crowd as a powerful combination that allows small-to-no budget indie developers or hobbyists alike to develop games that they have always dreamt of creating. Starting from the beginning, this book will cover designing the game concept, constructing the gameplay, creating the characters and environment, implementing game logic and basic artificial intelligence, and finally deploying the game for others to play. By sequentially working through the steps in each chapter, you will quickly master the skills required to develop your dream game from scratch. Style and approach A step-by-step approach with tons of screenshots and sample code for readers to follow and learn from. Each topic is explained sequentially and placed in context so that readers can get a better understanding of every step in the process of creating a fully functional game.

Transform your tiny Arduino device into a secret agent gadget to build a range of espionage projects with this practical guide for hackers About This Book Discover the limitless possibilities of the tiny Arduino and build your own secret agent projects From a fingerprint sensor to a GPS Tracker and even a robot– learn how to get more from your Arduino Build nine secret agent projects using the power and simplicity of the Arduino platform Who This Book Is For This book is for Arduino programmers with intermediate experience of developing projects, and who want to extend their knowledge by building projects for secret agents. It would also be great for other programmers who are interested in learning about electronics and programming on the Arduino platform. What You Will Learn Get to know the full range of Arduino features so you can be creative through practical projects Discover how to create a simple alarm system and a fingerprint sensor Find out how to transform your Arduino into a GPS tracker Use the Arduino to monitor top secret data Build a complete spy robot! Build a set of other spy projects such as Cloud Camera and Microphone System In Detail Q might have Bond’s gadgets– but he doesn’t have an Arduino (not yet at least). Find out how the tiny Arduino microcomputer can be used to build an impressive range of neat secret agent projects that can help you go undercover and get to grips with the cutting-edge of the world of espionage with this book, created for ardent Arduino fans and anyone new to the powerful device. Each chapter shows you how to construct a different secret agent gadget, helping you to unlock the full potential of your Arduino and make sure you have a solution for every tricky spying situation. You’ll find out how to build everything from an alarm system to a fingerprint sensor, each project demonstrating a new feature of Arduino, so you can build your expertise as you complete each project. Learn how to open a lock with a text message, monitor top secret data remotely, and even create your own Arduino Spy Robot, Spy Microphone System, and Cloud Spy Camera This book isn’t simply an instruction manual – it helps you put your knowledge into action so you can build every single project to completion. Style and approach This practical reference guide shows you how to build various projects with step-by-step explanations on each project, starting with the assembly of the hardware, followed by basics tests of all those hardware components and finally developing project on the hardware.

Extend the capabilities of AngularJS and build dynamic web applications by creating customized directives with this selection of more than 30 recipes About This Book Learn how to extend HTML templates in new ways to build even better web applications with exceptional interface components Build reusable directives for large-scale AngularJS applications Create even sophisticated and impressive modern web apps with ease Who This Book Is For This book is for developers with AngularJS experience who want to extend their knowledge to create or customize directives in any type of AngularJS application. Some experience of modern tools such as Yeoman and Bower would be helpful, but is not a requirement. What You Will Learn Build and customize external HTML templates, and create simple, effective directives for common interface components Learn how to use Controller function and any Bootstrap UI directives to manipulate the DOM and how to transform any UI library into AngularJS directives Construct an AngularJS application to use shared components and validate your HTML5 Discover how to use jQuery events and manipulate the DOM using jQuery UI inside AngularJS applications Create custom directives for ongoing projects using Yeoman generators, and find out how to implement standalone directives Build reusable directives for Large AngularJS applications and extend directives to use dynamic templates Write unit test for directives using the Karma runner and Jasmine’s behavior-driven development framework In Detail AngularJS directives are at the center of what makes it such an exciting – and important - web development framework. With directives, you can take greater control over HTML elements on your web pages – they ‘direct’ Angular’s HTML compiler to behave in the way you want it to. It makes building modern web applications a much more expressive experience, and allows you to focus more closely on improving the way that user interaction impacts the DOM and the way your app manages data. If you’re already using Angular, you probably recognize the power of directives to transform the way you understand and build your projects – but customizing and creating your own directives to harness AngularJS to its full potential can be more challenging. This cookbook shows you how to do just that – it’s a valuable resource that demonstrates how to use directives at every stage in the workflow. Packed with an extensive range of solutions and tips that AngularJS developers shouldn’t do without, you’ll find out how to make the most of directives. You’ll find recipes demonstrating how to build a number of different user interface components with directives, so you can take complete control over how users interact with your application. You’ll also learn how directives can simplify the way you work by creating reusable directives – by customizing them with Yeoman you can be confident that you’re application has the robust architecture that forms the bedrock of the best user experiences. You’ll also find recipes that will help you learn how to unit test directives, so you can be confident in the reliability and performance of your application. Whether you’re looking for guidance to dive deeper into AngularJS directives, or you want a reliable resource, relevant to today’s web development challenges, AngularJS Directives Cookbook delivers everything you need in an easily accessible way. Style and approach This book easy-to-follow guide is packed with hands-on recipes to help you build modular AngularJS applications with custom directives. It presents tips on using the best tools and various ways to use these tools for front-end development.

Master the art of detecting and averting advanced network security attacks and techniques About This Book ?Deep dive into the advanced network security attacks and techniques by leveraging tools such as Kali Linux 2, MetaSploit, Nmap, and Wireshark ?Become an expert in cracking WiFi passwords, penetrating anti-virus networks, sniffing the network, and USB hacks ?This step-by-step guide shows you how to confidently and quickly detect vulnerabilities for your network before the hacker does Who This Book Is For This book is for network security professionals, cyber security professionals, and Pentesters who are well versed with fundamentals of network security and now want to master it. So whether you're a cyber security professional, hobbyist, business manager, or student aspiring to becoming an ethical hacker or just want to learn more about the cyber security aspect of the IT industry, then this book is definitely for you. What You Will Learn ?Use SET to clone webpages including the login page ?Understand the concept of Wi-Fi cracking and use PCAP file to obtain passwords ?Attack using a USB as payload injector ?Familiarize yourself with the process of trojan attacks ?Use Shodan to identify honeypots, rogue access points, vulnerable webcams, and other exploits found in the database ?Explore various tools for wireless penetration testing and auditing ?Create an evil twin to intercept network traffic ?Identify human patterns in networks attacks In Detail Computer networks are increasing at an exponential rate and the most

Become a master of Python programming using the small yet powerful Raspberry Pi Zero About This Book ?This is the first book on the market that teaches Python programming with Raspberry Pi Zero ?Develop exciting applications such as a mobile robot and home automation controller using Python ?This step-by-step guide helps you make the most out of Raspberry Pi Zero using Python programming Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at hobbyists and programmers who want to learn Python programming and develop applications using the Pi Zero. They should have basic familiarity with electronics. What You Will Learn ?Configure Raspberry Pi using Python ?Control loops to blink an LED using simple arithmetic operations ?Understand how interface sensors, actuators, and LED displays work ?Get to grips with every aspect of Python programming using practical examples ?Explore machine vision, data visualization, and scientific computations ?Build a mobile robot using the Raspberry Pi as the controller ?Build a voice-activated home automation controller In Detail Raspberry Pi Zero is a super-small and super-affordable product from Raspberry Pi that is packed with a plethora of features and has grabbed the notice of programmers, especially those who use Python. This step-by-step guide will get you developing practical applications in Python using a Raspberry Pi Zero. It will become a valuable resource as you learn the essential details of interfacing sensors and actuators to a Raspberry Pi, as well as acquiring and displaying data. You will get started by writing a Python program that blinks an LED at 1-second intervals. Then you will learn to write simple logic to execute tasks based upon sensor data (for example, to control a motor) and retrieve data from the web (such as to check e-mails to provide a visual alert). Finally, you will learn to build a home automation system with Python where different appliances are controlled using the Raspberry Pi. The examples discussed in each chapter of this book culminate in a project that help improve the quality of people's lives. Style and approach This will be a learning, step-by-step guide to teach Python programming using the famous Raspberry Pi Zero. The book is packed with practical examples at every step along with tips and tricks for the Raspberry Pi fans

Work through recipes to unlock the full potential of the next generation graphics API―Vulkan About This Book ?This book explores a wide range of modern graphics programming techniques and GPU compute methods to make the best use of the Vulkan API ?Learn techniques that can be applied to a wide range of platforms desktop, smartphones, and embedded devices Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for developers who know C/C++ languages, have some basic familiarity with graphics programming, and now want to take advantage of the new Vulkan API in the process of building next generation computer graphics. Some basic familiarity of Vulkan would be useful to follow the recipes. OpenGL developers who want to take advantage of the Vulkan API will also find this book useful. What You Will Learn?Work with Swapchain to present images on screen ?Create, submit, and synchronize operations processed by the hardware ?Create buffers and images, manage their memory, and upload data to them from CPU ?Explore de*or sets and set up an interface between application and shaders ?Organize drawing operations into a set of render passes and subpasses ?Prepare graphics pipelines to draw 3D scenes and compute pipelines to perform mathematical calculations ?Implement geometry projection and tessellation, texturing, lighting, and post-processing techniques ?Write shaders in GLSL and convert them into SPIR-V assemblies ?Find out about and

"Take your machine learning skills to the next level by mastering Deep Learning concepts and algorithms using Python. About This Book ?Explore and create intelligent systems using cutting-edge deep learning techniques ?Implement deep learning algorithms and work with revolutionary libraries in Python ?Get real-world examples and easy-to-follow tutorials on Theano, TensorFlow, H2O and more Who This Book Is For This book is for Data Science practitioners as well as aspirants who have a basic foundational understanding of Machine Learning concepts and some programming experience with Python. A mathematical background with a conceptual understanding of calculus and statistics is also desired. What You Will Learn ?Get a practical deep dive into deep learning algorithms ?Explore deep learning further with Theano, Caffe, Keras, and TensorFlow ?Learn about two of the most powerful techniques at the core of many practical deep learning implementations: Auto-Encoders and Restricted Boltzmann Machines ?Dive into Deep Belief Nets and Deep Neural Networks ?Discover more deep learning algorithms with Dropout and Convolutional Neural Networks ?Get to know device strategies so you can use deep learning algorithms and libraries in the real world In Detail With an increasing interest in AI around the world, deep learning has attracted a great deal of public attention. Every day, deep learning algorithms are used broadly across different industries. The book will give you all the practical information available on the subject, including the best practices, using real-world use cases. You will learn to recognize and extract information to increase predictive accuracy and optimize results. Starting with a quick recap of important machine learning concepts, the book will delve straight into deep learning principles using Sci-kit learn. Moving ahead, you will learn to use the latest open source libraries such as Theano, Keras, Google's TensorFlow, and H20. Use this guide to uncover the difficulties of pattern recognition, scaling data with greater accuracy and discussing deep learning algorithms and techniques. Whether you want to dive deeper into Deep Learning, or want to investigate how to get more out of this powerful technology, you'll find everything inside. Style and approach Python Machine Learning by example follows practical hands on approach. It walks you through the key elements of Python and its powerful machine learning libraries with the help of real world projects. "

"Key Features ?Get to the grips with the latest version of Apache Spark ?Utilize Spark's machine learning library to implement predictive analytics ?Leverage Spark's powerful tools to load, analyze, clean, and transform your data Book De*ion Spark ML is the machine learning module of Spark. It uses in-memory RDDs to process machine learning models faster for clustering, classification, and regression. This book will teach you about popular machine learning algorithms and their implementation. You will learn how various machine learning concepts are implemented in the context of Spark ML. You will start by installing Spark in a single and multinode cluster. Next you'll see how to execute Scala and Python based programs for Spark ML. Then we will take a few datasets and go deeper into clustering, classification, and regression. Toward the end, we will also cover text processing using Spark ML. Once you have learned the concepts, they can be applied to implement algorithms in either green-field implementations or to migrate existing systems to this new platform. You can migrate from Mahout or Scikit to use Spark ML. What you will learn ?Get hands-on with the latest version of Spark ML ?Create your first Spark program with Scala and Python ?Set up and configure a development environment for Spark on your own computer, as well as on Amazon EC2 ?Access public machine learning datasets and use Spark to load, process, clean, and transform data ?Use Spark's machine learning library to implement programs by utilizing well-known machine learning models ?Deal with large-scale text data, including feature extraction and using text data as input to your machine learning models ?Write Spark functions to evaluate the performance of your machine learning models "

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.

Add a touch of data analytics to your healthcare systems and get insightful outcomes Key Features *Perform healthcare analytics with Python and SQL *Build predictive models on real healthcare data with pandas and scikit-learn *Use analytics to improve healthcare performance Book Description In recent years, machine learning technologies and analytics have been widely utilized across the healthcare sector. Healthcare Analytics Made Simple bridges the gap between practising doctors and data scientists. It equips the data scientists’ work with healthcare data and allows them to gain better insight from this data in order to improve healthcare outcomes. This book is a complete overview of machine learning for healthcare analytics, briefly describing the current healthcare landscape, machine learning algorithms, and Python and SQL programming languages. The step-by-step instructions teach you how to obtain real healthcare data and perform descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics using popular Python packages such as pandas and scikit-learn. The latest research results in disease detection and healthcare image analysis are reviewed. By the end of this book, you will understand how to use Python for healthcare data analysis, how to import, collect, clean, and refine data from electronic health record (EHR) surveys, and how to make predictive models with this data through real-world algorithms and code examples. What you will learn *Gain valuable insight into healthcare incentives, finances, and legislation *Discover the connection between machine learning and healthcare processes *Use SQL and Python to analyze data *Measure healthcare quality and provider performance *Identify features and attributes to build successful healthcare models *Build predictive models using real-world healthcare data *Become an expert in predictive modeling with structured clinical data *See what lies ahead for healthcare analytics Who this book is for Healthcare Analytics Made Simple is for you if you are a developer who has a working knowledge of Python or a related programming language, although you are new to healthcare or predictive modeling with healthcare data. Clinicians interested in analytics and healthcare computing will also benefit from this book. This book can also serve as a textbook for students enrolled in an introductory course on machine learning for healthcare.