Unleash Google's Cloud Platform to build, train and optimize machine learning models About This Book ? Get well versed in GCP pre-existing services to build your own smart models ? A comprehensive guide covering aspects from data processing, analyzing to building and training ML models ? A practical approach to produce your trained ML models and port them to your mobile for easy access Who This Book Is For This book is for data scientists, machine learning developers and AI developers who want to learn Google Cloud Platform services to build machine learning applications. Since the interaction with the Google ML platform is mostly done via the command line, the reader is supposed to have some familiarity with the bash shell and Python scripting. Some understanding of machine learning and data science concepts will be handy What You Will Learn ? Use Google Cloud Platform to build data-based applications for dashboards, web, and mobile ? Create, train and optimize deep learning models for various data science problems on big data ? Learn how to leverage BigQuery to explore big datasets ? Use Google’s pre-trained TensorFlow models for NLP, image, video and much more ? Create models and architectures for Time series, Reinforcement Learning, and generative models ? Create, evaluate, and optimize TensorFlow and Keras models for a wide range of applications In Detail Google Cloud Machine Learning Engine combines the services of Google Cloud Platform with the power and flexibility of TensorFlow. With this book, you will not only learn to build and train different complexities of machine learning models at scale but also host them in the cloud to make predictions. This book is focused on making the most of the Google Machine Learning Platform for large datasets and complex problems. You will learn from scratch how to create powerful machine learning based applications for a wide variety of problems by leveraging different data services from the Google Cloud Platform. Applications include NLP, Speech to text, Reinforcement learning, Time series, recommender systems, image classification, video content inference and many other. We will implement a wide variety of deep learning use cases and also make extensive use of data related services comprising the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem such as Firebase, Storage APIs, Datalab and so forth. This will enable you to integrate Machine Learning and data processing features into your web and mobile applications. By the end of this book, you will know the main difficulties that you may encounter and get appropriate strategies to overcome these difficulties and build efficient systems. Style and approach An easy-to-follow step by step guide which will help you get to the grips with real-world applications of Google Cloud Machine Learning.

Get familiar with the building blocks of IoT solutions using off–the-shelf IoT platforms. About This Book ? Work with various trending IoT platforms such as AWS IoT, Azure IoT, Google IoT, IBM Watson IoT, and Kaa IoT ? Gain hands-on knowledge working with Cloud-based IoT platforms, IoT Analytics, and so on. ? A practical guide that will help you build IoT strategies for your organization Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at IoT architects and engineers, or any stakeholders working with IoT solutions in an organization. This book will also help decision makers and professionals from small- and medium-sized enterprises build an IoT strategy for their venture. What You Will Learn ? Connect a Temperature and Humidity sensor and see how these two can be managed from various platforms ? Explore the core components of AWS IoT such as AWS Kinesis and AWS IoTRules Engine ? Build a simple analysis dashboard using Azure IoT and Power BI ? Understand the fundamentals of Google IoT and use Google core APIs to build your own dashboard ? Get started and work with the IBM Watson IoT platform ? Integrate Cassandra and Zeppelin with Kaa IoT dashboard ? Review some Machine Learning and AI and get to know more about their implementation in the IoT domain. In Detail There is a lot of work that is being done in the IoT domain and according to Forbes the global IoT market will grow from $157B in 2016 to $457B by 2020. This is an amazing market both in terms technology advancement as well as money. In this book, we will be covering five popular IoT platforms, namely, AWS IoT, Microsoft Azure IoT, Google IoT Core, IBM Watson IoT, and Kaa IoT middleware. You are going to build solutions that will use a Raspberry Pi 3, a DHT11 Temperature and humidity sensor, and a dashboard to visualize the sensor data in real-time. Furthermore, you will also explore various components of each of the platforms that are needed to achieve the desired solution. Besides building solutions, you will look at how Machine Learning and IoT go hand in hand and later design a simple predictive web service based on this concept. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to implement an IoT strategy best-fit for your organization Style and approach An informative guide that will help you design and implement an IoT Strategy best-fit for your organization

Discover how to rapidly prototype SEO-friendly web applications with Angular Universal About This Book : ? Rapidly build an application that's optimized for search performance ? Develop service workers to make your application truly progressive ? Automatically update metadata and load in content from external APIs Who This Book Is For : This book is ideal for experienced front-end developers who are looking to quickly work through an intelligent example that demonstrates all the key features of server-side development with Angular. You'll need some prior exposure to Angular, as we skim over the basics and get straight to work. What You Will Learn : ? Use the official tools provided by Angular to build an SEO-friendly application ? Create a dynamic web application that maps to current Angular best practices ? Manage your Angular applications with Angular CLI ? Implement server-side rendering for your future web application projects ? Configure service workers to automatically update your application in the background In Detail : Equip yourself with the skills required to create modern, progressive web applications that load quickly and efficiently. This fast-paced guide to server-side Angular leads you through an example application that uses Angular Universal to render application pages on the server, rather than the client. You'll learn how to serve your users views that load instantly, while reaping all the SEO benefits of improved page indexing. With differences of just 200 milliseconds in performance having a measurable impact on your users, it's more important than ever to get server-side right. Style and approach : With this book, you'll be equipped to create modern, SEO-friendly web apps with best practices using Angular CLI. This book focuses on creating a progressive web app using Angular that is optimized for search engines.

Develop consistent web apps with Vuex by easily centralizing the state of your application About This Book ? Uncover the hidden features of Vuex to build applications that are powerful, consistent, and maintainable ? Enforce a Flux-like application architecture in your Vue application ? Test your Vuex elements and Vue components using Karma/Jasmine testing framework Who This Book Is For If you are a JavaScript developer, working on Vue.js and want to extend your web development skills to develop and maintain bigger applications using state management, then this book is for you. No knowledge of Vuex is required. What You Will Learn ? Moving from classical MVC to a Flux-like architecture ? Implementing predictable centralized state management in your applications using Vuex ? Using ECMAScript 6 features for developing a real application ? Using webpack in conjunction with Vue single file components ? Testing your Vue/Vuex applications using Karma/Jasmine and inject-loader ? Simple and effective Test Driven Development ? Extending your application with Vuex plugins In Detail State management preserves the state of controls in a user interface. Vuex is a state management tool for Vue.js that makes the architecture easier to understand, maintain and evolve. This book is the easiest way to get started with Vuex to improve your Vue.js application architecture and overall user experience. Our book begins by explaining the problem that Vuex solves, and how it helps your applications. You will learn about the Vuex core concepts, including the Vuex store, changing application state, carrying out asynchronous operations and persisting state changes, all with an eye to scalability. You will learn how to test Vuex elements and Vue components with the Karma and Jasmine testing frameworks. You will see this in the context of a testing first approach, following the fundamentals of Test Driven Development. TDD will help you to identify which components need testing and how to test them. You will build a full Vuex application by creating the application components and services, and persist the state. Vuex comes with a plugin system that allows programmers to extend Vuex features. You will learn about some of the most powerful plugins, and make use of the built-in logger plugin. You write a custom Google Analytics plugin to send actions to its analytics API, and an Undo/Redo plugin. Style and approach Learn the core concepts and get started using?Vuex as a centralized state management system in your Vue.js applications.

Practical recipes to implement cost-effective and scalable cloud solutions for your organization About This Book ? Implement Google Cloud services in your organization ? Leverage Google Cloud components to secure your organization’s data ? A recipe-based guide that promises hands-on experience in deploying a highly scalable and available environment Who This Book Is For This book is for IT professionals, engineers, and developers looking at implementing Google Cloud in their organizations. Administrators and architects planning to make their organization more efficient with Google Cloud will also find this book useful. Basic understanding of Cloud services and the Google Cloud platform is necessary. What You Will Learn ? Host a Python application on Google Compute Engine ? Host an application using Google Cloud Functions ? Migrate a MySQL DB to Cloud Spanner ? Configure a network for a highly available application on GCP ? Learn simple image processing using Storage and Cloud Functions ? Automate security checks using Policy Scanner ? Understand tools for monitoring a production environment in GCP ? Learn to manage multiple projects using service accounts In Detail Google Cloud Platform is a cloud computing platform that offers products and services to host applications using state-of-the art infrastructure and technology. You can build and host applications and websites, store data, and analyze data on Google's scalable infrastructure. This book follows a recipe-based approach, giving you hands-on experience to make the most of Google Cloud services. This book starts with practical recipes that explain how to utilize Google Cloud's common services. Then, you'll see how to make full use of Google Cloud components such as networking, security, management, and developer tools. Next, we'll deep dive into implementing core Google Cloud services into your organization, with practical recipes on App Engine, Compute Engine microservices with Cloud Functions, virtual networks, and Cloud Storage. Later, we'll provide recipes on implementing authentication and security, Cloud APIs, command-line management, deployment management, and the Cloud SDK. Finally, we'll cover administration troubleshooting tasks with the Compute and Container Engines and we'll show how to monitor your organization's efficiency with best practices. By the end of this book, you'll have a complete understanding of how to implement Google Cloud services in your organization with ease. Style and approach This book will quickly get you started with using Google Cloud Services.

Master the complexities of Bash shell scripting and unlock the power of shell for your enterprise About This Book ? Identify high-level steps such as verifying user input ? Using the command line and conditional statements in creating/executing simple shell scripts ? Create and edit dynamic shell scripts to manage complex and repetitive tasks ? Leverage the command-line to bypass GUI and automate common tasks Who This Book Is For If you are a Linux administrator or a system administrator and are interested in automating tasks in your daily lives, saving time and effort, this book is for you. Basic shell scripting and command-line experience will be required. Familiarity with the tasks you need to automate will be helpful. What You Will Learn ? Make, execute, and debug your first Bash script ? Create interactive scripts that prompt for user input ? Foster menu structures for operators with little command-line experience ? Develop scripts that dynamically edit web configuration files to produce a new virtual host ? Write scripts that use AWK to search and reports on log files ? Draft effective scripts using functions as building blocks, reducing maintenance and build time ? Make informed choices by comparing different script languages such as Python with BASH In Detail In this book, you’ll discover everything you need to know to master shell scripting and make informed choices about the elements you employ. Grab your favorite editor and start writing your best Bash scripts step by step. Get to grips with the fundamentals of creating and running a script in normal mode, and in debug mode. Learn about various conditional statements' code snippets, and realize the power of repetition and loops in your shell script. You will also learn to write complex shell scripts. This book will also deep dive into file system administration, directories, and system administration like networking, process management, user authentications, and package installation and regular expressions. Towards the end of the book, you will learn how to use Python as a BASH Scripting alternative. By the end of this book, you will know shell scripts at the snap of your fingers and will be able to automate and communicate with your system with keyboard expressions. Style and approach The book will capture your attention and keep you engaged with the simplicity and clarity of each explanation. Every step is accompanied by screenshots so you can cross-check the results before moving on.

Manage on-premises and cloud IT assets from one console About This Book ? Empower yourself with practical recipes to collect and analyze operational insights on Windows and Linux servers in your on premises datacenters and in any public cloud environments such as Azure and AWS. ? Build capabilities through practical tasks and techniques to collect and analyze machine data ? Address business challenges and discover means to accommodate workloads and instances in a low cost manner Who This Book Is For This book is written for the IT professional and general reader who is interested in technology themes such as DevOps, Big Data Analytics, and digital transformation concepts. Azure and other cloud platform administrators, cloud professionals, and technology analysts who would like to solve everyday problems quickly and efficiently with hybrid management tools available in the Microsoft product ecosystem will derive much value from this book. Prior experience with OMS 2012 would be helpful. What You Will Learn ? Understand the important architectural considerations and strategies for OMS ? Use advanced search query commands and strategies to derive insights from indexed data ? Make use of alerting in OMS such as alert actions, and available options for the entire lifecycle of the alert ? Discover some practical tips for monitoring Azure container service containers and clusters using OMS ? Review and use the backup options available through the Azure backup service, as well as data recovery options available through Azure Site Recovery (ASR) ? Understand how to advance important DevOps concepts within your IT organization ? Learn how to manage configurations and automate process In Detail Microsoft Operations Management Suite Cookbook begins with an overview of how to hit the ground running with OMS insights and analytics. Next, you will learn to search and analyze data to retrieve actionable insights, review alert generation from the analyzed data, and use basic and advanced Log search queries in Azure Log Analytics. Following this, you will explore some other management solutions that provide functionality related to workload assessment, application dependency mapping, automation and configuration management, and security and compliance. You will also become well versed with the data protection and recovery functionalities of OMS Protection and Recovery, and learn how to use Azure Automation components and features in OMS. Finally you will learn how to evaluate key considerations for using the Security and Audit solution, and working with Security and Compliance in OMS. By the end of the book, you will be able to configure and utilize solution offerings in OMS, understand OMS workflows, how to unlock insights, integrate capabilities into new or existing workflows, manage configurations, and automate tasks and processes. Style and approach This is a recipe based guide where early chapters introduce the main concepts and key capabilities, and the later chapters delve into more advance concepts.

Develop and manage applications on the AWS and OpenStack platforms with this comprehensive learning guide. About This Book ? A step-by-step guide to help you develop applications on the hybrid cloud platform. ? Acquire an in-depth understanding of the OpenStack and AWS cloud platforms. ? Extensive source code examples for OpenStack and AWS applications. ? Easily troubleshoot OpenStack and AWS issues. ? Understand the best practices and security measures for the hybrid cloud platform. Who This Book Is For If you are an IT professional, developer, or a DevOps engineer looking to develop and manage your applications on the hybrid cloud platform, then this book is for you. Some prior knowledge of the public and private cloud will enhance your skills. Developers looking to build applications using AWS or OpenStack services will also benefit from this book. What You Will Learn ? Understand the hybrid cloud platform ? Explore the AWS and OpenStack cloud platforms in depth ? Develop AWS applications with source code examples ? Develop OpenStack applications with source code examples ? Troubleshoot OpenStack and AWS ? Learn hybrid cloud best practices ? Understand security measures on the hybrid cloud In Detail This book introduces you to the hybrid cloud platform, and focuses on the AWS public cloud and OpenStack private cloud platforms. It provides a deep dive into the AWS and OpenStack cloud platform services that are essential for developing hybrid cloud applications. You will learn to develop applications on AWS and OpenStack platforms with ease by leveraging various cloud services and taking advantage of PaaS. The book provides you with the ability to leverage the flexibility of choosing a cloud platform for migrating your existing resources to the cloud, as well as developing hybrid cloud applications that can migrate virtual machine instances from AWS to OpenStack and vice versa. You will also be able to build and test cloud applications without worrying about the system that your development environment supports. The book also provides an in-depth understanding of the best practices that are followed across the industry for developing cloud applications, as well as for adapting the hybrid cloud platform. Lastly, it also sheds light on various troubleshooting techniques for OpenStack and AWS cloud platform services that are consumed by hybrid cloud applications. By the end of this book, you will have a deep understanding of the hybrid cloud platform and will be able to develop robust, efficient, modular, scalable, and ?exible cloud applications. Style and approach This book follows a practical approach to become familiar with the AWS and OpenStack platform from a developer's perspective.

Learn how to build, test, secure, deploy, and efficiently consume services across distributed systems. About This Book ? Explore the wealth of options provided by Spring Cloud for wiring service dependencies in microservice systems. ? Create microservices utilizing Spring Cloud's Netflix OSS ? Architect your cloud-native data using Spring Cloud. Who This Book Is For This book appeals to developers keen to take advantage of Spring cloud, an open source library which helps developers quickly build distributed systems. Knowledge of Java and Spring Framework will be helpful, but no prior exposure to Spring Cloud is required. What You Will Learn ? Abstract Spring Cloud's feature set ? Create microservices utilizing Spring Cloud's Netflix OSS ? Create synchronous API microservices based on a message-driven architecture. ? Explore advanced topics such as distributed tracing, security, and contract testing. ? Manage and deploy applications on the production environment In Detail Developing, deploying, and operating cloud applications should be as easy as local applications. This should be the governing principle behind any cloud platform, library, or tool. Spring Cloud–an open-source library–makes it easy to develop JVM applications for the cloud. In this book, you will be introduced to Spring Cloud and will master its features from the application developer's point of view. This book begins by introducing you to microservices for Spring and the available feature set in Spring Cloud. You will learn to configure the Spring Cloud server and run the Eureka server to enable service registration and discovery. Then you will learn about techniques related to load balancing and circuit breaking and utilize all features of the Feign client. The book now delves into advanced topics where you will learn to implement distributed tracing solutions for Spring Cloud and build message-driven microservice architectures. Before running an application on Docker container s, you will master testing and securing techniques with Spring Cloud. Style and approach This comprehensive guide covers the advanced features of Spring Cloud and communicates them through a practical approach to explore the underlying concepts of how, when, and why to use them.

This book contains more than 25 hands-on recipes that will equip you to build a PKI and roll out remote access capabilities via Microsoft DirectAccess and VPN. This book also contains tips and tricks for increasing the security footprint of your Windows Server infrastructure. About This Book ? Identify and mitigate security risks in your Windows Server 2016 infrastructure ? Learn how to build a PKI and use it to issue certificates within your network ? In-depth information for setting up Microsoft DirectAccess Who This Book Is For If you are a Windows Server administrator interested in learning the key security and networking functions available in Windows Server 2016, keep this book close at hand. If you are a server administrator setting up certificate services for the first time you will also benefit from the step-by-step instructions on implementation of a PKI. What You Will Learn ? Implement solid networking and security practices into your Windows Server environment ? Design your own PKI and start issuing certificates today ? Connect your remote laptops back to the corporate network using Microsoft's own remote access technologies, including DirectAccess ? Learn to use commands that will help you with monitoring network traffic. ? Build and explore your first Server Core instance today! In Detail Windows Server 2016 is an operating system designed to run on today's highly performant servers, both on-premise and in the cloud. It supports enterprise-level data storage, communications, management, and applications. This book builds off a basic knowledge of the Windows Server operating system, and assists administrators with taking the security of their systems one step further. You will learn tips for configuring proper networking, especially on multi-homed systems, and tricks for locking down access to your servers. Then you will move onto one of the hottest security topics of the year – certificates. You will learn how to build your own PKI, or how to better administer one that you already have. You will publish templates, issue certificates, and even configure autoenrollment in your network. When we say "networking" we don't only mean inside the LAN. To deal safely with mobile devices, you will learn about the capabilities of Windows Server 2016 for connecting these assets securely back into the corporate network, with information about DirectAccess and VPN. The material in the book has been selected from the content of Packt's Windows Server 2016 Cookbook by Jordan Krause to provide a specific focus on these key Windows Server tasks. Style and approach This book is a quick recipe-based guide on Windows Server 2016. The book starts with an introduction to securing servers and properly configuring network settings, then moves on to establishing certificate services using Windows Server 2016. Finally we explore the connection of remote laptops to the corporate network using DirectAccess and VPN.

Exploit design, deployment, and management of large-scale containers About This Book ? Explore the latest features available in Kubernetes 1.10 ? Ensure that your clusters are always available, scalable, and up to date ? Master the skills of designing and deploying large clusters on various cloud platforms Who This Book Is For Mastering Kubernetes is for you if you are a system administrator or a developer who has an intermediate understanding of Kubernetes and wish to master its advanced features. Basic knowledge of networking would also be helpful. In all, this advanced-level book provides a smooth pathway to mastering Kubernetes. What You Will Learn ? Architect a robust Kubernetes cluster for long-time operation ? Discover the advantages of running Kubernetes on GCE, AWS, Azure, and bare metal ? Understand the identity model of Kubernetes, along with the options for cluster federation ? Monitor and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and run a highly available Kubernetes ? Create and configure custom Kubernetes resources and use third-party resources in your automation workflows ? Enjoy the art of running complex stateful applications in your container environment ? Deliver applications as standard packages In Detail Kubernetes is an open source system that is used to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. If you are running more containers or want automated management of your containers, you need Kubernetes at your disposal. To put things into perspective, Mastering Kubernetes walks you through the advanced management of Kubernetes clusters. To start with, you will learn the fundamentals of both Kubernetes architecture and Kubernetes design in detail. You will discover how to run complex stateful microservices on Kubernetes including advanced features such as horizontal pod autoscaling, rolling updates, resource quotas, and persistent storage backend. Using real-world use cases, you will explore the options for network configuration, and understand how to set up, operate, and troubleshoot various Kubernetes networking plugins. In addition to this, you will get to grips with custom resource development and utilization in automation and maintenance workflows. To scale up your knowledge of Kubernetes, you will encounter some additional concepts based on the Kubernetes 1.10 release, such as Promethus, Role-based access control, API aggregation, and more. By the end of this book, you’ll know everything you need to graduate from intermediate to advanced level of understanding Kubernetes. Style and approach Delving into the design of the Kubernetes platform, the reader will be exposed to Kubernetes advanced features and best practices. This advanced-level book will provide a pathway to mastering Kubernetes.

Create classic data structures and algorithms such as depth-first search and breadth-first search, learn recursion, as well as create and use a heap data structure using JavaScript About This Book ? Implement common data structures and the associated algorithms along with the context in which they are used ? Master existing JavaScript data structures such as arrays, sets, and maps, and learn how to implement new ones such as stacks, linked lists, trees, and graphs in ES 8 ? Develop abstract data types to make JavaScript a more flexible and powerful programming language Who This Book Is For If you’re a JavaScript developer who wants to dive deep into JavaScript and write complex programs using JavaScript data structures and algorithms, this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Declare, initialize, add, and remove items from arrays, stacks, and queues ? Create and use linked lists, doubly linked lists, and circular linked lists ? Store unique elements with hash tables, dictionaries, and sets ? Explore the use of binary trees and binary search trees ? Sort data structures using algorithms such as bubble sort, selection sort, insertion sort, merge sort, and quick sort ? Search elements in data structures using sequential sort and binary search In Detail A data structure is a particular way of organizing data in a computer to utilize resources efficiently. Data structures and algorithms are the base of every solution to any programming problem. With this book, you will learn to write complex and powerful code using the latest ES 2017 features. Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms begins by covering the basics of JavaScript and introduces you to ECMAScript 2017, before gradually moving on to the most important data structures such as arrays, queues, stacks, and linked lists. You will gain in-depth knowledge of how hash tables and set data structures function as well as how trees and hash maps can be used to search files in an HD or represent a database. This book serves as a route to take you deeper into JavaScript. You’ll also get a greater understanding of why and how graphs, one of the most complex data structures, are largely used in GPS navigation systems in social networks. Toward the end of the book, you’ll discover how all the theories presented in this book can be applied to solve real-world problems while working on your own computer networks and Facebook searches. Style and approach Easy to follow guide which will cover the most used data structures and sorting/searching algorithms known in the computer science world along with examples to help the readers understand each chapter thoroughly.

Learn to build a high-performance functional prototype of a voting web application from scratch using Elixir and Phoenix About This Book ? Build a strong foundation in Functional-Programming techniques while learning to build compelling web applications ? Understand the Elixir Concurrency and parallelization model to build high-performing blazingly fast applications ? Learn to test, debug and deploy your web applications using Phoenix framework Who This Book Is For This book is for people with a basic knowledge of Elixir, who want to start building web applications. Prior experience with web technologies is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Learn Phoenix Framework fundamentals and v1.3's new application structure ? Build real-time applications with channels and presence ? Utilize GenServers and other OTP fundamentals to keep an application stable ? Track users as they sign in and out of chat with Phoenix’s built-in presence functionality ? Write your own database interaction code that is safe, bug-free, and easy to work with ? Explore testing and debugging methodologies to understand a real software development lifecycle for a Phoenix application ? Deploy and run your Phoenix application in production In Detail Phoenix is a modern web development framework that is used to build API’s and web applications. It is built on Elixir and runs on Erlang VM which makes it much faster than other options. With Elixir and Phoenix, you build your application the right way, ready to scale and ready for the increasing demands of real-time web applications. This book covers the basics of the Phoenix web framework, showing you how to build a community voting application, and is divided into three parts. In the first part, you will be introduced to Phoenix and Elixir and understand the core terminologies that are used to describe them. You will also learn to build controller pages, store and retrieve data, add users to your app pages and protect your database. In the second section you will be able to reinforce your knowledge of architecting real time applications in phoenix and not only debug these applications but also diagnose issues in them. In the third and final section you will have the complete understanding of deploying and running the phoenix application and should be comfortable to make your first application release By the end of this book, you'll have a strong grasp of all of the core fundamentals of the Phoenix framework, and will have built a full production-ready web application from scratch. Style and approach Covers the basics of the Phoenix web framework by building a complete real-time application and showing the new structure changes introduced in Phoenix v1.3

A practical guide for building effective enterprise solutions with Java EE 8 About This Book ? Recipes to get you up-and-running with Java EE 8 application development ? Learn how to apply the major Java EE 8 APIs and specifications ? Implement microservices and Reactive programming with Java EE 8 Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who want to become proficient with Java EE 8 for their enterprise application development. Basic knowledge of Java is assumed What You Will Learn ? Actionable information on the new features of Java EE 8 ? Using the most important APIs with real and working code ? Building server side applications, web services, and web applications ? Deploying and managing your application using the most important Java EE servers ? Building and deploying microservices using Java EE 8 ? Building Reactive application by joining Java EE APIs and core Java features ? Moving your application to the cloud using containers ? Practical ways to improve your projects and career through community involvement In Detail Java EE is a collection of technologies and APIs to support Enterprise Application development. The choice of what to use and when can be dauntingly complex for any developer. This book will help you master this. Packed with easy to follow recipes, this is your guide to becoming productive with Java EE 8. You will begin by seeing the latest features of Java EE 8, including major Java EE 8 APIs and specifications such as JSF 2.3, and CDI 2.0, and what they mean for you. You will use the new features of Java EE 8 to implement web-based services for your client applications. You will then learn to process the Model and Streaming APIs using JSON-P and JSON-B and will learn to use the Java Lambdas support offered in JSON-P. There are more recipes to fine-tune your RESTful development, and you will learn about the Reactive enhancements offered by the JAX-RS 2.1 specification. Later on, you will learn about the role of multithreading in your enterprise applications and how to integrate them for transaction handling. This is followed by implementing microservices with Java EE and the advancements made by Java EE for cloud computing. The final set of recipes shows you how take advantage of the latest security features and authenticate your enterprise application. At the end of the book, the Appendix shows you how knowledge sharing can change your career and your life. Style and approach Task based learning guide to help ease application development with Java EE.

Mastering advanced features of Java and implement them to build amazing projects About This Book ? Take advantage of Java's new modularity features to write real-world applications that solve a variety of problems ? Explore the major concepts introduced with Java 9, including modular programming, HTTP 2.0, API changes, and more ? Get to grips with tools, techniques and best practices to enhance application development Who This Book Is For This learning path is for Java developers who are looking to move a level up and learn how to build robust applications in the latest version of Java. What You Will Learn ? Package Java applications as modules using the Java Platform Module System ? Implement process management in Java using the all-new process handling API ? Integrate your applications with third-party services in the cloud ? Interact with mail servers, using JavaMail to build an application that filters spam messages ? Use JavaFX to build rich GUI-based applications, which are an essential element of application development ? Leverage the possibilities provided by the newly introduced Java shell ? Test your application's effectiveness with the JVM harness ? See how Java 9 provides support for the HTTP 2.0 standard In Detail Java 9 and its new features add to the richness of the language; Java is one of the languages most used by developers to build robust software applications. Java 9 comes with a special emphasis on modularity with its integration with Jigsaw. This course is your one-stop guide to mastering the language. You'll be provided with an overview and explanation of the new features introduced in Java 9 and the importance of the new APIs and enhancements. Some new features of Java 9 are ground-breaking; if you are an experienced programmer, you will be able to make your enterprise applications leaner by learning these new features. You'll be provided with practical guidance in applying your newly acquired knowledge of Java 9 and further information on future developments of the Java platform. This course will improve your productivity, making your applications faster. Next, you'll go on to implement everything you've learned by building 10 cool projects. You will learn to build an email filter that separates spam messages from all your inboxes, a social media aggregator app that will help you efficiently track various feeds, and a microservice for a client/server note application, to name just a few. By the end of this course, you will be well acquainted with Java 9 features and able to build your own applications and projects. This Learning Path contains the best content from the following two recently published Packt products: ? Mastering Java 9 ? Java 9 Programming Blueprints Style and approach This practical guide is filled with real-world examples. Its projects will help you get acquainted with concepts in depth.

A comprehensive guide to making machine data accessible across the organization using advanced dashboards About This Book ? Enrich machine-generated data and transform it into useful, meaningful insights ? Perform search operations and configurations, build dashboards, and manage logs ? Extend Splunk services with scripts and advanced configurations to process optimal results Who This Book Is For This book is intended for data analysts, business analysts, and IT administrators who want to make the best use of big data, operational intelligence, log management, and monitoring within their organization. Some knowledge of Splunk services will help you get the most out of the book What You Will Learn ? Focus on the new features of the latest version of Splunk Enterprise 7 ? Master the new offerings in Splunk: Splunk Cloud and the Machine Learning Toolkit ? Create efficient and effective searches within the organization ? Master the use of Splunk tables, charts, and graph enhancements ? Use Splunk data models and pivots with faster data model acceleration ? Master all aspects of Splunk XML dashboards with hands-on applications ? Create and deploy advanced Splunk dashboards to share valuable business insights with peers In Detail Splunk is the leading platform that fosters an efficient methodology and delivers ways to search, monitor, and analyze growing amounts of big data. This book will allow you to implement new services and utilize them to quickly and efficiently process machine-generated big data. We introduce you to all the new features, improvements, and offerings of Splunk 7. We cover the new modules of Splunk: Splunk Cloud and the Machine Learning Toolkit to ease data usage. Furthermore, you will learn to use search terms effectively with Boolean and grouping operators. You will learn not only how to modify your search to make your searches fast but also how to use wildcards efficiently. Later you will learn how to use stats to aggregate values, a chart to turn data, and a time chart to show values over time; you'll also work with fields and chart enhancements and learn how to create a data model with faster data model acceleration. Once this is done, you will learn about XML Dashboards, working with apps, building advanced dashboards, configuring and extending Splunk, advanced deployments, and more. Finally, we teach you how to use the Machine Learning Toolkit and best practices and tips to help you implement Splunk services effectively and efficiently. By the end of this book, you will have learned about the Splunk software as a whole and implemented Splunk services in your tasks at projects Style and approach An easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to help you get to grips with real-world applications of Splunk 7.

Transform machine data into powerful analytical intelligence using Splunk About This Book ? Analyze and visualize machine data to step into the world of Splunk! ? Leverage the exceptional analysis and visualization capabilities to make informed decisions for your business ? This easy-to-follow, practical book can be used by anyone - even if you have never managed data before Who This Book Is For This book is for the beginners who want to get well versed in the services offered by Splunk 7. If you want to be a data/business analyst or want to be a system administrator, this book is what you want. No prior knowledge of Splunk is required. What You Will Learn ? Install and configure Splunk for personal use ? Store event data in Splunk indexes, classify events into sources, and add data fields ? Learn essential Splunk Search Processing Language commands and best practices ? Create powerful real-time or user-input dashboards ? Be proactive by implementing alerts and scheduled reports ? Tips from the Fez: best practices using Splunk features and add-ons ? Understand security and deployment considerations for taking Splunk to an organizational level In Detail Splunk is a search, reporting, and analytics software platform for machine data, which has an ever-growing market adoption rate. More organizations than ever are adopting Splunk to make informed decisions in areas such as IT operations, information security, and the Internet of Things. The first two chapters of the book will get you started with a simple Splunk installation and set up of a sample machine data generator, called Eventgen. After this, you will learn to create various reports, dashboards, and alerts. You will also explore Splunk's Pivot functionality to model data for business users. You will then have the opportunity to test-drive Splunk's powerful HTTP Event Collector. After covering the core Splunk functionality, you'll be provided with some real-world best practices for using Splunk, and information on how to build upon what you've learned in this book. Throughout the book, there will be additional comments and best practice recommendations from a member of the SplunkTrust Community, called "Tips from the Fez". Style and approach This fast-paced, example-rich guide will help you analyze and visualize machine data with Splunk through simple, practical instructions and recommendations.

Enhance your virtualization skills by mastering storage and network virtualization with automation across different Clouds About This Book ? Migrate and build your applications in Hybrid Cloud with VMware Cross Cloud components and services ? Gain in-depth configuration insights of VMware Cross Cloud architecture ? Learn to migrate applications from VMware to AWS and IBM Cloud Who This Book Is For This book is for administrators, Cloud architects and network engineers who want to globalize their infrastructure using VMware and AWS services. An initial setup of workloads and data center is beneficial. What You Will Learn ? Install and configure the Cloud foundation with Cross-Cloud services ? Configure vSphere high availability with the vCenter redundancy setup ? Architect and configure VMware with AWS Cloud ? Deploy VMware components in IBM Soft Layer ? Extend your DR setup with VMware to consume DRaaS ? Design and configure software-defined networking ? Implement compliance regulations to fix violations In Detail Over the past two decades, VMware vSphere has been known as the most trusted and reliable virtualization platform. VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture shows you how to design and configure Cross Cloud Architecture by using VMware Cloud Foundation and vRealize Suite with various use cases across private, public, and hybrid Cloud. This book takes you through everything from a basic understanding of virtualization to advanced aspects of storage and network virtualization, clustering, automation, and management. This book will be your guide to designing all aspects of Cloud. We start with the challenges faced by a traditional data center, define problem statements for you, and then brief you on respective solutions. Moving on, all kinds of virtualization and Cloud offerings from AWS and IBM Soft Layer are introduced and discussed in detail. Then, you'll learn how to design IT infrastructures for new and existing applications with a combination of Cloud Foundation, vRealize Suite, and vSphere enabled with VSAN and NSX. Furthermore, you'll learn how to design and configure high availability, disaster recovery, and apply an appropriate compliance matrix. Toward the end of the book, you will learn how to calculate the TCO/ROI, along with the VMware products packaging and licensing in detail. Style and approach This book follows a step-by-step, practical approach which will help you to have a better understanding of the cloud technology and the steps required to quickly reap its benefits while at the same time lowering your IT implementation risk and cost.

Takes you through creating your own API, building a full real-time web app, securing your Node systems, and practical applications of the latest Async and Await technologies. It maps out everything in a comprehensive, easy-to-follow package designed to get you up and running quickly. About This Book ? Entirely project-based and practical ? Explains the "why" of Node.js features, not just the "how", providing with a deep understanding and enabling you to easily apply concepts in your own applications ? Covers the full range of technologies around Node.js – npm, MongoDB, version control with Git, and many more Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone looking to launch their own Node applications, switch careers, or freelance as a Node developer. You should have a basic understanding of JavaScript in order to follow this book. This book follows directly on from Learning Node.js Development, but more advanced readers can benefit from this book without having read the first part. What You Will Learn ? Develop, test, and deploy real-world Node.js applications ? Master Node.js by building practical, working examples ? Use awesome third-party Node modules such as MongoDB, Mongoose, Socket.io, and Express ? Create real-time web applications ? Explore async and await in ES7 In Detail Advanced Node.js Development is a practical, project-based book that provides you with all you need to progress as a Node.js developer. Node is a ubiquitous technology on the modern web, and an essential part of any web developer’s toolkit. If you're looking to create real-world Node applications, or you want to switch careers or launch a side-project to generate some extra income, then you're in the right place. This book was written around a single goal: turning you into a professional Node developer capable of developing, testing, and deploying real-world production applications. There's no better time to dive in. According to the 2018 Stack Overflow Survey, Node is in the top ten for back-end popularity and back-end salary. This book is built from the ground up around the latest version of Node.js (version 9.x.x). You'll be learning all the cutting-edge features available only in the latest software versions. This book delivers advanced skills that you need to become a professional Node developer. Along this journey you'll create your own API, you'll build a full real-time web app and create projects that apply the latest Async and Await technologies. Andrew Mead maps everything out for you in this book so that you can learn how to build powerful Node.js projects in a comprehensive, easy-to-follow package designed to get you up and running quickly. Style and approach This book is entirely project-based. From the very beginning, you'll be programming every single app and completing various challenges designed to help test and reinforce what you've learned. There's no copying-and-pasting here. This book is about writing code and building projects.

Create and manage a clear working IT asset management strategy with this unique guide About This Book ? A detailed IT Asset Management (ITAM) guidebook with real-world templates that can be converted into working ITAM documents. ? Includes in-depth discussion on how risk management has changed and the possible solutions needed to address the new normal ? A step-by-step ITAM manual for newbies as well as seasoned ITAM veterans Who This Book Is For This book is intended for CIOs, VPs and CTOs of mid to large-sized enterprises and organizations. If you are dealing with changes such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, new products or services, cyber security, mandated regulations, expansion, and much more, this book will help you too. What You Will Learn ? Close the hidden risk gaps created by IT assets (hardware and software) ? Create and manage a clear working proactive ITAM and SAM program and policy ? A clear, concise explanation of what IT Asset Management is, the benefits, and results ? A clear, concise explanation of what Software Asset Management is, the benefits, and results ? The best ways to manage a software audit and how to be prepared for one ? Considerations for selecting the best technology for a specific company including what questions should be asked at the onset. ? Increasing ITAM program and project success with change management In Detail IT Asset Management (ITAM) supports life cycle management and strategic decision making for an IT environment. This book is a detailed IT Asset Management (ITAM) guidebook with real-world templates that can be converted into working ITAM documents. It is a step-by-step IT asset management manual for the newbies as well as the seasoned ITAM veterans, providing a unique insight into asset management. It discusses how risk management has changed over time and the possible solutions needed to address the new normal. The book also includes considerations for selecting the best technology for a specific company including what questions should be asked at the onset, as well as the best ways to manage a software audit and how to be prepared for one. This book is your perfect guide to create holistic IT asset management and Software asset management programs that close the risk gaps, increases productivity and results in cost efficiencies. It allows the IT Asset Managers, Software Asset Managers, and/or the full IT Asset Management (ITAM) ITAM/SAM program team to take a deep dive by using the templates offered in the guidebook. You will be aware of the specific roles and responsibilities for every aspect of IT asset management, software asset management, and software license compliance audit response. By the end of this book, you will be well aware of what IT and Software Asset Management is all about and the different steps, processes, and roles required to truly master it. By the end of this book, you will be well aware of what IT Asset Management is all about and the different skills required to truly master it. Style and approach Packed with important discussion points, examples, case studies, templates, and checklists.

Foster your NLP applications with the help of deep learning, NLTK, and TensorFlow Key Features * Weave neural networks into linguistic applications across various platforms * Perform NLP tasks and train its models using NLTK and TensorFlow * Boost your NLP models with strong deep learning architectures such as CNNs and RNNs Book Description Natural language processing (NLP) has found its application in various domains, such as web search, advertisements, and customer services, and with the help of deep learning, we can enhance its performances in these areas. Hands-On Natural Language Processing with Python teaches you how to leverage deep learning models for performing various NLP tasks, along with best practices in dealing with today’s NLP challenges. To begin with, you will understand the core concepts of NLP and deep learning, such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), semantic embedding, Word2vec, and more. You will learn how to perform each and every task of NLP using neural networks, in which you will train and deploy neural networks in your NLP applications. You will get accustomed to using RNNs and CNNs in various application areas, such as text classification and sequence labeling, which are essential in the application of sentiment analysis, customer service chatbots, and anomaly detection. You will be equipped with practical knowledge in order to implement deep learning in your linguistic applications using Python's popular deep learning library, TensorFlow. By the end of this book, you will be well versed in building deep learning-backed NLP applications, along with overcoming NLP challenges with best practices developed by domain experts. What you will learn *Implement semantic embedding of words to classify and find entities *Convert words to vectors by training in order to perform arithmetic operations *Train a deep learning model to detect classification of tweets and news *Implement a question-answer model with search and RNN models *Train models for various text classification datasets using CNN *Implement WaveNet a deep generative model for producing a natural-sounding voice *Convert voice-to-text and text-to-voice *Train a model to convert speech-to-text using DeepSpeech Who this book is for Hands-on Natural Language Processing with Python is for you if you are a developer, machine learning or an NLP engineer who wants to build a deep learning application that leverages NLP techniques. This comprehensive guide is also useful for deep learning users who want to extend their deep learning skills in building NLP applications. All you need is the basics of machine learning and Python to enjoy the book.