Build consistent web apps with Redux by easily centralizing the state of your application. About This Book ? Write applications that behave consistently, run in different environments (client, server and native), and are easy to test ? Take your web apps to the next level by combining the power of Redux with other frameworks such as React and Angular ? Uncover the best practices and hidden features of Redux to build applications that are powerful, consistent, and maintainable Who This Book Is For This book targets developers who are already fluent in JavaScript but want to extend their web development skills to develop and maintain bigger applications. What You Will Learn ? Understand why and how Redux works ? Implement the basic elements of Redux ? Use Redux in combination with React/Angular to develop a web application ? Debug a Redux application ? Interface with external APIs with Redux ? Implement user authentication with Redux ? Write tests for all elements of a Redux application ? Implement simple and more advanced routing with Redux ? Learn about server-side rendering with Redux and React ? Create higher-order reducers for Redux ? Extend the Redux store via middleware In Detail The book starts with a short introduction to the principles and the ecosystem of Redux, then moves on to show how to implement the basic elements of Redux and put them together. Afterward, you are going to learn how to integrate Redux with other frameworks, such as React and Angular. Along the way, you are going to develop a blog application. To practice developing growing applications with Redux, we are going to start from nothing and keep adding features to our application throughout the book. You are going to learn how to integrate and use Redux DevTools to debug applications, and access external APIs with Redux. You are also going to get acquainted with writing tests for all elements of a Redux application. Furthermore, we are going to cover important concepts in web development, such as routing, user authentication, and communication with a backend server After explaining how to use Redux and how powerful its ecosystem can be, the book teaches you how to make your own abstractions on top of Redux, such as higher-order reducers and middleware. By the end of the book, you are going to be able to develop and maintain Redux applications with ease. In addition to learning about Redux, you are going be familiar with its ecosystem, and learn a lot about JavaScript itself, including best practices and patterns. Style and approach This practical guide will teach you how to develop a complex, data-intensive application leveraging the capabilities of the Redux framework.

In depth informative guide to implement and use AWS security services effectively. About This Book ? Learn to secure your network, infrastructure, data and applications in AWS cloud ? Log, monitor and audit your AWS resources for continuous security and continuous compliance in AWS cloud ? Use AWS managed security services to automate security. Focus on increasing your business rather than being diverged onto security risks and issues with AWS security. ? Delve deep into various aspects such as the security model, compliance, access management and much more to build and maintain a secure environment. Who This Book Is For This book is for all IT professionals, system administrators and security analysts, solution architects and Chief Information Security Officers who are responsible for securing workloads in AWS for their organizations. It is helpful for all Solutions Architects who want to design and implement secure architecture on AWS by the following security by design principle. This book is helpful for personnel in Auditors and Project Management role to understand how they can audit AWS workloads and how they can manage security in AWS respectively. If you are learning AWS or championing AWS adoption in your organization, you should read this book to build security in all your workloads. You will benefit from knowing about security footprint of all major AWS services for multiple domains, use cases, and scenarios. What You Will Learn ? Learn about AWS Identity Management and Access control ? Gain knowledge to create and secure your private network in AWS ? Understand and secure your infrastructure in AWS ? Understand monitoring, logging and auditing in AWS ? Ensure Data Security in AWS ? Learn to secure your applications in AWS ? Explore AWS Security best practices In Detail Mastering AWS Security starts with a deep dive into the fundamentals of the shared security responsibility model. This book tells you how you can enable continuous security, continuous auditing, and continuous compliance by automating your security in AWS with the tools, services, and features it provides. Moving on, you will learn about access control in AWS for all resources. You will also learn about the security of your network, servers, data and applications in the AWS cloud using native AWS security services. By the end of this book, you will understand the complete AWS Security landscape, covering all aspects of end - to -end software and hardware security along with logging, auditing, and compliance of your entire IT environment in the AWS cloud. Lastly, the book will wrap up with AWS best practices for security. Style and approach The book will take a practical approach delving into different aspects of AWS security to help you become a master of it. It will focus on using native AWS security features and managed AWS services to help you achieve continuous security and continuous compliance.

A comprehensive, hands-on guide on unit testing framework for Java programming language About This Book ? In-depth coverage of Jupiter, the new programming and extension model provided by JUnit 5 ? Integration of JUnit 5 with other frameworks such as Mockito, Spring, Selenium, Cucumber, and Docker ? Best practices for writing meaningful Jupiter test cases Who This Book Is For This book is for Java software engineers and testers. If you are a Java developer who is keen on improving the quality of your code and building world class applications then this book is for you. Prior experience of the concepts of automated testing will be helpful. What You Will Learn ? The importance of software testing and its impact on software quality ? The options available for testing Java applications ? The architecture, features and extension model of JUnit 5 ? Writing test cases using the Jupiter programming model ? How to use the latest and advanced features of JUnit 5 ? Integrating JUnit 5 with existing third-party frameworks ? Best practices for writing meaningful JUnit 5 test cases ? Managing software testing activities in a living software project In Detail When building an application it is of utmost importance to have clean code, a productive environment and efficient systems in place. Having automated unit testing in place helps developers to achieve these goals. The JUnit testing framework is a popular choice among Java developers and has recently released a major version update with JUnit 5. This book shows you how to make use of the power of JUnit 5 to write better software. The book begins with an introduction to software quality and software testing. After that, you will see an in-depth analysis of all the features of Jupiter, the new programming and extension model provided by JUnit 5. You will learn how to integrate JUnit 5 with other frameworks such as Mockito, Spring, Selenium, Cucumber, and Docker. After the technical features of JUnit 5, the final part of this book will train you for the daily work of a software tester. You will learn best practices for writing meaningful tests. Finally, you will learn how software testing fits into the overall software development process, and sits alongside continuous integration, defect tracking, and test reporting. Style and approach The book offers definitive and comprehensive coverage of all the Unit testing concepts with JUnit and its features using several real world examples so that readers can put their learning to practice almost immediately. This book is structured in three parts: 1. Software testing foundations (software quality and Java testing) 2. JUnit 5 in depth (programming and extension model of JUnit 5) 3. Software testing in practice (how to write and manage JUnit 5 tests)

Develop your first interactive 2D and 3D platformer game by learning the fundamentals of C# About This Book ? This is a step-by-step guide to learn the fundamentals of C# 7 *ing to develop GameObjects and master the basics of the new UI system in Unity ? Build and develop your 2D game right from scratch while implementing the principles of object-oriented programming and coding in C# 7 ? Get to grips with the fundamentals of optimizing your game using the latest features of Unity 2017 Who This Book Is For The book is targeted at beginner level Unity developers with no programming experience. If you are a Unity developer and you wish to learn how to write C# *s and code by creating games, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Learn C# 7 using new features like tuples, variables, and non-nullable reference types while building games ? Understand the fundamentals of variables, methods, and code syntax in C# ? Use loops and collections efficiently in Unity to reduce the amount of code ? Develop a game using the object-oriented programming principles ? Implement simple enemy characters into the game to learn point to point movement and Tree behaviors ? Avoid performance mistakes by implementing different optimization techniques ? Export 3D models and 3D animations and import them inside a Unity project ? With your new knowledge of coding, you will be able to look at Unity's Scripting Reference code examples with confidence In Detail With the latest version of Unity 2017 released, are you interested in developing creative and interactive games while learning C# alongside? Then this is the book that you are looking for. Its all about offering you a fun introduction to the world of game programming with C#. You’ll start with the basics to get started with C# 7 and its latest features. Then you’ll see how to use C# 7 and its latest functional programming capabilities to create amazing games with Unity 2017. You’ll create your first C# * for Unity, add objects into it, and learn how to create game elements with them. Then you’ll work with the latest functional programming features of C# and how to leverage them for great game *ing. Throughout the book, you’ll learn to use the new Unity 2017 2D tool set and create an interactive 2D game with it. You will make enemies appear to challenge your player, and go through some optimization techniques to ensure great game performance. At the end, your 2D game will be transformed into 3D, and you’ll be able to skill up to become a pro C# programmer with Unity 2017! Style and approach The book takes a practical, step-by-step approach where you learn C# coding while developing fun and interactive games.

Learn the fundamentals of vue.js by creating complex SPAs with Vuex, vue-router and more About This Book ? We bridge the gap between "learning" and "doing" by providing real-world examples that will improve your web development skills with Vue.js ? Explore the exciting features of Vue.js 2 through practical and interesting examples ? Explore modern development tools and learn how to utilize them by building applications with Vue.js Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who know the basics of JavaScript and are looking to learn Vue.js with real examples. You should understand the basics of JavaScript functions and variables and be comfortable with using CSS or a CSS framework for styling your projects. What You Will Learn ? Looping through data with Vue.js ? Searching and filtering data ? Using components to display data ? Getting a list of files using the dropbox API ? Navigating through a file tree and loading folders from a URL ? Caching with Vuex ? Pre-caching for faster navigation ? Introducing vue-router and loading components ? Using vue-router dynamic routes to load data ? Using vue-router and Vuex to create an ecommerce store In Detail Vue.js is a frontend web framework which makes it easy to do just about anything, from displaying data up to creating full-blown web apps, and has become a leading tool for web developers. This book puts Vue.js into a real-world context, guiding you through example projects that helps you build Vue.js applications from scratch. With this book, you will learn how to use Vue.js by creating three Single Page web applications. Throughout this book, we will cover the usage of Vue, for building web interfaces, Vuex, an official Vue plugin which makes caching and storing data easier, and Vue-router, a plugin for creating routes and URLs for your application. Starting with a JSON dataset, the first part of the book covers Vue objects and how to utilize each one. This will be covered by exploring different ways of displaying data from a JSON dataset. We will then move on to manipulating the data with filters and search and creating dynamic values. Next, you will see how easy it is to integrate remote data into an application by learning how to use the Dropbox API to display your Dropbox contents in an application In the final section, you will see how to build a product catalog and dynamic shopping cart using the Vue-router, giving you the building blocks of an e-commerce store. Style and approach This book takes you three projects, with step-by-step instructions to help you understand the concepts of Vue and put it into practice.

Gain practical insights by exploiting data in your business to build advanced predictive modeling applications About This Book ? A step-by-step guide to predictive modeling including lots of tips, tricks, and best practices ? Learn how to use popular predictive modeling algorithms such as Linear Regression, Decision Trees, Logistic Regression, and Clustering ? Master open source Python tools to build sophisticated predictive models Who This Book Is For This book is designed for business analysts, BI analysts, data scientists, or junior level data analysts who are ready to move on from a conceptual understanding of advanced analytics and become an expert in designing and building advanced analytics solutions using Python. If you are familiar with coding in Python (or some other programming/statistical/*ing language) but have never used or read about predictive analytics algorithms, this book will also help you. What You Will Learn ? Understand the statistical and mathematical concepts behind predictive analytics algorithms and implement them using Python libraries ? Get to know various methods for importing, cleaning, sub-setting, merging, joining, concatenating, exploring, grouping, and plotting data with pandas and NumPy ? Master the use of Python notebooks for exploratory data analysis and rapid prototyping ? Get to grips with applying regression, classification, clustering, and deep learning algorithms ? Discover advanced methods to analyze structured and unstructured data ? Visualize the performance of models and the insights they produce ? Ensure the robustness of your analytic applications by mastering the best practices of predictive analysis In Detail Social Media and the Internet of Things have resulted in an avalanche of data. Data is powerful but not in its raw form; it needs to be processed and modeled, and Python is one of the most robust tools out there to do so. It has an array of packages for predictive modeling and a suite of IDEs to choose from. Using the Python programming language, analysts can use these sophisticated methods to build scalable analytic applications. This book is your guide to getting started with predictive analytics using Python. You'll balance both statistical and mathematical concepts, and implement them in Python using libraries such as pandas, scikit-learn, and NumPy. Through case studies and code examples using popular open-source Python libraries, this book illustrates the complete development process for analytic applications. Covering a wide range of algorithms for classification, regression, clustering, as well as cutting-edge techniques such as deep learning, this book illustrates explains how these methods work. You will learn to choose the right approach for your problem and how to develop engaging visualizations to bring to life the insights of predictive modeling. Finally, you will learn best practices in predictive modeling, as well as the different applications of predictive modeling in the modern world. The course provides you with highly practical content from the following Packt books: 1. Learning Predictive Analytics with Python 2. Mastering Predictive Analytics with Python Style and approach This course aims to create a smooth learning path that will teach you how to effectively perform predictive analytics using Python. Through this comprehensive course, you’ll learn the basics of predictive analytics and progress to predictive modeling in the modern world.

Discover practical techniques to build cloud-native apps that are scalable, reliable, and always available. About This Book ? Build well-designed and secure microservices. Enrich your microservices with continous integration and monitoring. ? Containerize your application with Docker ? Deploy your application to AWS. Learn how to utilize the powerful AWS services from within your application Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who want to begin building secure, resilient, robust, and scalable Go applications that are cloud native. Some knowledge of the Go programming language should be sufficient.To build the front-end application, you will also need some knowledge of JavaScript programming. What You Will Learn ? Understand modern software applications architectures ? Build secure microservices that can effectively communicate with other services ? Get to know about event-driven architectures by diving into message queues such as Kafka, Rabbitmq, and AWS SQS. ? Understand key modern database technologies such as MongoDB, and Amazon’s DynamoDB ? Leverage the power of containers ? Explore Amazon cloud services fundamentals ? Know how to utilize the power of the Go language to access key services in the Amazon cloud such as S3, SQS, DynamoDB and more. ? Build front-end applications using ReactJS with Go ? Implement CD for modern applications In Detail Cloud computing and microservices are two very important concepts in modern software architecture. They represent key skills that ambitious software engineers need to acquire in order to design and build software applications capable of performing and scaling. Go is a modern cross-platform programming language that is very powerful yet simple; it is an excellent choice for microservices and cloud applications. Go is gaining more and more popularity, and becoming a very attractive skill.. The book will take you on a journey into the world of microservices and cloud computing with the help of Go. It will start by covering the software architectural patterns of cloud applications, as well as practical concepts regarding how to scale, distribute, and deploy those applications. You will also learn how to build a JavaScript-based front-end for your application, using TypeScript and React. From there, we dive into commercial cloud offerings by covering AWS. Finally, we conclude our book by providing some overviews of other concepts and technologies that the reader can explore to move from where the book leaves off. Style and approach This book provides practical techniques, code examples, and architectural patterns required to build cloud native microservices in the Go language. It progresses through the subjects in a step-by-step manner. In each step, we cover the technical concepts behind it, the design considerations, and the code needed to build it.

Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Third Edition presents wireless pentesting from the ground up, and has been updated with the latest methodologies, including full coverage of the KRACK attack. About This Book ? Learn wireless penetration testing with Kali Linux ? Detect hidden wireless networks and discover their names ? Explore advanced Wi-Fi hacking techniques including rogue access point hosting and probe sniffing ? Develop your encryption cracking skills and gain an insight into the methods used by attackers and the underlying technologies that facilitate these attacks Who This Book Is For Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Third Edition is suitable for anyone who wants to learn more about pentesting and how to understand and defend against the latest wireless network attacks. What You Will Learn ? Understand the KRACK attack in full detail ? Create a wireless lab for your experiments ? Sniff out wireless packets, hidden networks, and SSIDs ? Capture and crack WPA-2 keys ? Sniff probe requests and track users through their SSID history ? Attack radius authentication systems ? Sniff wireless traffic and collect interesting data ? Decrypt encrypted traffic with stolen keys In Detail As wireless networks become ubiquitous in our lives, wireless penetration testing has become a key skill in the repertoire of the professional penetration tester. This has been highlighted again recently with the discovery of the KRACK attack which enables attackers to potentially break into Wi-Fi networks encrypted with WPA2. The Kali Linux security distribution comes with a myriad of tools used for networking attacks and detecting security loopholes. Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Third Edition has been updated to Kali Linux 2017.3 with the latest methodologies, including full coverage of the KRACK attack and how to defend against it. The book presents wireless pentesting from the ground up, introducing all elements of penetration testing with each new technology. You'll learn various wireless testing methodologies by example, from the basics of wireless routing and encryption through to detailed coverage of hacking methods and attacks such as the Hirte and Caffe Latte. Style and approach Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Third Edition is a practical, hands-on guide to modern wi-fi network hacking. It covers both the theory and practice of wireless pentesting, offering detailed, real-world coverage of the latest vulnerabilities and attacks.

Build over 8 chatbots and conversational user interfaces with leading tools such as Chatfuel, Dialogflow, Microsoft Bot Framework, Twilio, Alexa Skills, and Google Actions and deploying them on channels like Facebook Messenge, Amazon Alexa and Google Home About This Book ? Understand the different use cases of Conversational UIs with this project-based guide ? Build feature-rich Chatbots and deploy them on multiple platforms ? Get real-world examples of voice-enabled UIs for personal and home assistance Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who are interested in creating interactive conversational UIs/Chatbots. A basic understanding of JavaScript and web APIs is required. What You Will Learn ? Design the flow of conversation between the user and the chatbot ? Create Task model chatbots for implementing tasks such as ordering food ? Get new toolkits and services in the chatbot ecosystem ? Integrate third-party information APIs to build interesting chatbots ? Find out how to deploy chatbots on messaging platforms ? Build a chatbot using MS Bot Framework ? See how to tweet, listen to tweets, and respond using a chatbot on Twitter ? Publish chatbots on Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa In Detail Conversation as an interface is the best way for machines to interact with us using the universally accepted human tool that is language. Chatbots and voice user interfaces are two flavors of conversational UIs. Chatbots are real-time, data-driven answer engines that talk in natural language and are context-aware. Voice user interfaces are driven by voice and can understand and respond to users using speech. This book covers both types of conversational UIs by leveraging APIs from multiple platforms. We'll take a project-based approach to understand how these UIs are built and the best use cases for deploying them. We'll start by building a simple messaging bot from the Facebook Messenger API to understand the basics of bot building. Then we move on to creating a Task model that can perform complex tasks such as ordering and planning events with the newly-acquired-by-Google Dialogflow and Microsoft Bot framework. We then turn to voice-enabled UIs that are capable of interacting with users using speech with Amazon Alexa and Google Home. By the end of the book, you will have created your own line of chatbots and voice UIs for multiple leading platforms. Style and approach This is a practical book, where each chapter focuses on a chatbot project. The chapters take a step-by-step approach to help you build intelligent chatbots that act as personal assistants.

Build a resilient cloud architecture to tackle data disasters with ease About This Book ? Gain a firm grasp of Cloud data security and governance, irrespective of your Cloud platform ? Practical examples to ensure you secure your Cloud environment efficiently ? A step-by-step guide that will teach you the unique techniques and methodologies of Cloud data governance Who This Book Is For If you are a cloud security professional who wants to ensure cloud security and data governance no matter the environment, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of working on any cloud platform would be beneficial. What You Will Learn ? Configure your firewall and Network ACL ? Protect your system against DDOS and application-level attacks ? Explore cryptography and data security for your cloud ? Get to grips with configuration management tools to automate your security tasks ? Perform vulnerability scanning with the help of the standard tools in the industry ? Learn about central log management In Detail Modern day businesses and enterprises are moving to the Cloud, to improve efficiency and speed, achieve flexibility and cost effectiveness, and for on-demand Cloud services. However, enterprise Cloud security remains a major concern because migrating to the public Cloud requires transferring some control over organizational assets to the Cloud provider. There are chances these assets can be mismanaged and therefore, as a Cloud security professional, you need to be armed with techniques to help businesses minimize the risks and misuse of business data. The book starts with the basics of Cloud security and offers an understanding of various policies, governance, and compliance challenges in Cloud. This helps you build a strong foundation before you dive deep into understanding what it takes to design a secured network infrastructure and a well-architected application using various security services in the Cloud environment. Automating security tasks, such as Server Hardening with Ansible, and other automation services, such as Monit, will monitor other security daemons and take the necessary action in case these security daemons are stopped maliciously. In short, this book has everything you need to secure your Cloud environment with. It is your ticket to obtain industry-adopted best practices for developing a secure, highly available, and fault-tolerant architecture for organizations. Style and approach This book follows a step-by-step, practical approach to secure your applications and data when they are located remotely.

Comprehensive tasks covering Odoo 10 in the right way About This Book ? Reduce implementation costs and improve major benchmarks relating to storage space and speed. ? Implement the approval hierarchy and user and access rights, configure the company and language, and so on. ? Cover all platforms such as mobile, web, content management, and e-commerce. Who This Book Is For This book is targeted towards Odoo functional users and project managers who would like to use it for their organization. No expertise in Odoo is required. What You Will Learn ? Learn the modern way of doing sales and managing sales contracts. ? Create and configure your products and manage your sales quotations ? Set up an online shop and start selling online with Odoo eCommerce ? Manage multi-currency transactions and create a deferred revenue plan and link it with products ? Administer vendors and products and request quotations, confirm orders, and get them delivered ? Manage quality control in the warehouse and manual and real-time inventory stock valuations. ? Manage projects and project forecasting via grid and Gantt views ? Implement Human Resource apps and manage the employee appraisal process ? Manage Workcenters and the product lifecycle ? Track worker activity with tablets and launch new changes in production In Detail Odoo is a Python-based ERP system and is completely open source. Odoo is a comprehensive suite of business applications offering a wealth of functionalities that can be deployed to meet your business needs. This book will help you manage the different functionalities of your business and optimize it. You will learn in detail about the various facets of the business process such as sales, accounting, purchases, manufacturing, and inventory. We will cover each of these topics in detail and learn how Odoo handles all these tasks with much ease. With its modular approach, you will be able to build customized solutions, take advantage of the Odoo 10 system in your organization, and master basic administration. We will cover modules and applications in Odoo that will help optimize quality checks. You will also be able to customize major reporting functions for your teams and set up forms and documents for sales, purchase, inventory, and so on. By the end of the book, you will be able to use the major functionalities of Odoo 10 and fully implement them into your business. Style and approach The book follows a recipe-based format; the recipes are filled with real-world use cases and various functional topics.

Learn how to develop web applications that deploy cross-platform and are optimized for high performance using ASP.NET Core 2 About This Book ? Master high-level web app performance improvement techniques using ASP.NET Core 2.0 ? Find the right balance between premature optimization and inefficient code ? Design workflows that run asynchronously and are resilient to transient performance issues Who This Book Is For This book is aimed for readers who can build a web application and have some experience with ASP.NET or some other web application framework (such as Ruby on Rails or Django). They can be people who are happy learning details independently but who struggle to discover the topics that they should be researching. The reader should be interested in improving the performance of their web app and in learning about ASP.NET Core and modern C#. What You Will Learn ? Understand ASP.NET Core 2 and how it differs from its predecessor ? Address performance issues at the early stages of development ? Set up development environments on Windows, Mac, and Linux ? Measure, profile and find the most significant problems ? Identify the differences between development workstations and production infrastructures, and how these can exacerbate problems ? Boost the performance of your application but with an eye to how it affects complexity and maintenance ? Explore a few cutting-edge techniques such as advanced hashing and custom transports In Detail The ASP.NET Core 2 framework is used to develop high-performance and cross-platform web applications. It is built on .NET Core 2 and includes significantly more framework APIs than version 1. This book addresses high-level performance improvement techniques. It starts by showing you how to locate and measure problems and then shows you how to solve some of the most common ones. Next, it shows you how to get started with ASP.NET Core 2 on Windows, Mac, Linux, and with Docker containers. The book illustrates what problems can occur as latency increases when deploying to a cloud infrastructure. It also shows you how to optimize C# code and choose the best data structures for the job. It covers new features in C# 6 and 7, along with parallel programming and distributed architectures. By the end of this book, you will be fixing latency issues and optimizing performance problems, but you will also know how this affects the complexity and maintenance of your application. Finally, we will explore a few highly advanced techniques for further optimization. Style and approach A step-by-step practical guide filled with real-world use cases and examples

Learn to implement DevOps using Docker & Kubernetes. About This Book ? Learning DevOps, container, and Kubernetes within one book. ? Leverage Kubernetes as a platform to deploy, scale, and run containers efficiently. ? A practical guide towards container management and orchestration Who This Book Is For This book is targeted for anyone, who wants to learn containerization and clustering in a practical way using Kubernetes. No prerequisite skills required, however, essential DevOps skill and public/private Cloud knowledge will accelerate the reading speed. If you’re advanced readers, you can also get a deeper understanding of all the tools and technique described in the book. What You Will Learn ? Learn fundamental and advanced DevOps skills and tools ? Get a comprehensive understanding for container ? Learn how to move your application to container world ? Learn how to manipulate your application by Kubernetes ? Learn how to work with Kubernetes in popular public cloud ? Improve time to market with Kubernetes and Continuous Delivery ? Learn how to monitor, log, and troubleshoot your application with Kubernetes In Detail Containerization is said to be the best way to implement DevOps. Google developed Kubernetes, which orchestrates containers efficiently and is considered the frontrunner in container orchestration. Kubernetes is an orchestrator that creates and manages your containers on clusters of servers. This book will guide you from simply deploying a container to administrate a Kubernetes cluster, and then you will learn how to do monitoring, logging, and continuous deployment in DevOps. The initial stages of the book will introduce the fundamental DevOps and the concept of containers. It will move on to how to containerize applications and deploy them into. The book will then introduce networks in Kubernetes. We then move on to advanced DevOps skills such as monitoring, logging, and continuous deployment in Kubernetes. It will proceed to introduce permission control for Kubernetes resources via attribute-based access control and role-based access control. The final stage of the book will cover deploying and managing your container clusters on the popular public cloud Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform. At the end of the book, other orchestration frameworks, such as Docker Swarm mode, Amazon ECS, and Apache Mesos will be discussed. Style and approach Readers will be taken through fundamental DevOps skills and Kubernetes concept and administration with detailed examples. It introduces comprehensive DevOps topics, including microservices, automation tools, containers, monitoring, logging, continuous delivery, and popular public cloud environments. At each step readers will learn how to leverage Kubernetes in their everyday lives and transform their original delivery pipeline for fast and efficient delivery.

Efficiently integrate OAuth 2.0 to protect your mobile, desktop, Cloud applications and APIs using Spring Security technologies. About This Book ? Interact with public OAuth 2.0 protected APIs such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Google. ? Use Spring Security and Spring Security OAuth2 to implement your own OAuth 2.0 provider ? Learn how to implement OAuth 2.0 native mobile clients for Android applications Who This Book Is For This book targets software engineers and security experts who are looking to develop their skills in API security and OAuth 2.0. Prior programming knowledge and a basic understanding of developing web applications are necessary. As this book's recipes mostly use Spring Security and Spring Security OAuth2, some prior experience with Spring Framework will be helpful. What You Will Learn ? Use Redis and relational databases to store issued access tokens and refresh tokens ? Access resources protected by the OAuth2 Provider using Spring Security ? Implement a web application that dynamically registers itself to the Authorization Server ? Improve the safety of your mobile client using dynamic client registration ? Protect your Android client with Proof Key for Code Exchange ? Protect the Authorization Server from invalid redirection In Detail OAuth 2.0 is a standard protocol for authorization and focuses on client development simplicity while providing specific authorization flows for web applications, desktop applications, mobile phones, and so on. This book also provides useful recipes for solving real-life problems using Spring Security and creating Android applications. The book starts by presenting you how to interact with some public OAuth 2.0 protected APIs such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Google. You will also be able to implement your own OAuth 2.0 provider with Spring Security OAuth2. Next, the book will cover practical scenarios regarding some important OAuth 2.0 profiles such as Dynamic Client Registration, Token Introspection and how to revoke issued access tokens. You will then be introduced to the usage of JWT, OpenID Connect, and how to safely implement native mobile OAuth 2.0 Clients. By the end of this book, you will be able to ensure that both the server and client are protected against common vulnerabilities. Style and approach With the help of real-world examples, this book provides step by step recipes for troubleshooting and extending your API security. The book also helps you with accessing and securing data on mobile, desktop, and cloud apps with OAuth 2.0.

Your one-step guide to understanding industrial cyber security, its control systems, and its operations. About This Book ? Learn about endpoint protection such as anti-malware implementation, updating, monitoring, and sanitizing user workloads and mobile devices ? Filled with practical examples to help you secure critical infrastructure systems efficiently ? A step-by-step guide that will teach you the techniques and methodologies of building robust infrastructure systems Who This Book Is For If you are a security professional and want to ensure a robust environment for critical infrastructure systems, this book is for you. IT professionals interested in getting into the cyber security domain or who are looking at gaining industrial cyber security certifications will also find this book useful. What You Will Learn ? Understand industrial cybersecurity, its control systems and operations ? Design security-oriented architectures, network segmentation, and security support services ? Configure event monitoring systems, anti-malware applications, and endpoint security ? Gain knowledge of ICS risks, threat detection, and access management ? Learn about patch management and life cycle management ? Secure your industrial control systems from design through retirement In Detail With industries expanding, cyber attacks have increased significantly. Understanding your control system’s vulnerabilities and learning techniques to defend critical infrastructure systems from cyber threats is increasingly important. With the help of real-world use cases, this book will teach you the methodologies and security measures necessary to protect critical infrastructure systems and will get you up to speed with identifying unique challenges.Industrial cybersecurity begins by introducing Industrial Control System (ICS) technology, including ICS architectures, communication media, and protocols. This is followed by a presentation on ICS (in) security. After presenting an ICS-related attack scenario, securing of the ICS is discussed, including topics such as network segmentation, defense-in-depth strategies, and protective solutions. Along with practical examples for protecting industrial control systems, this book details security assessments, risk management, and security program development. It also covers essential cybersecurity aspects, such as threat detection and access management. Topics related to endpoint hardening such as monitoring, updating, and anti-malware implementations are also discussed. Style and approach A step-by-step guide to implement Industrial Cyber Security effectively.

Become a full-fledged Qlik Sense Consultant with the help of this unique guide About This Book ? Become a successful Qlik consultant with the help of this insightful guide ? Build what is in line as well as exceeding your customer’s expectations from your Qlik Sense solutions using this highly practical guide ? Build result-driven optimized BI solutions using Qlik with the help of industry examples Who This Book Is For If you have basic familiarity with Qlik Sense and want to upgrade your skills to become a full-fledged Qlik Consultant, this book is for you. With this book, you will be able to create efficient business intelligence solutions that would fetch client satisfaction, and in turn, more projects. What You Will Learn ? Understand the importance and expectations of a consultant’s role ? Engage with the customer to understand the ir goals and future objectives ? Design the optimum architecture, using the best practices for the development and implementation of your projects ? Ensure successful adoption using real-life examples to make your learning complete ? Learn about the important stages of a Qlik project’s life cycle In Detail Qlik Sense is a leading platform for business intelligence (BI) solutions. Qlik Sense helps organizations in making informed decisions based on the data they have. This book will teach you how to effectively use Qlik for optimum customer satisfaction. You will undergo a metamorphosis from a developer to a consultant who is capable of building the most suitable BI solutions for your clients. The book will take you through several business cases – this will give you enough insight to understand the needs of the client clearly and build a BI solution that meets or exceeds their expectations. Starting from the pre-project activities, you will go to the actual execution of the project, the implementation, and even maintenance. This book will give you all the information you need - from the strategy to requirement gathering to implementing BI solutions using Qlik Sense. The book will empower you to take the right decisions in tricky and diffi cult situations while developing analytics and dashboards. Style and approach This book will be a hands-on guide that will teach you all the what-to-do’s, when-to-do’s, and how-to-do’s for becoming a successful Qlik Sense Consultant. With the help of various business scenarios, the book will cover real-world problems that you can relate to. Various solutions in the book will be backed up by the thought process of why are these solutions used and how you can implement them in your own business environment.

Your one stop guide to making the most out of Azure Cloud About This Book ? Get familiar with the different design patterns available in Microsoft Azure ? Develop Azure cloud architecture and a pipeline management system ? Get to know the security best practices for your Azure deployment Who This Book Is For If you are Cloud Architects, DevOps Engineers, or developers who want to learn key architectural aspects of the Azure Cloud platform, then this book is for you. Prior basic knowledge of the Azure Cloud platform is good to have. What You Will Learn ? Familiarize yourself with the components of the Azure Cloud platform ? Understand the cloud design patterns ? Use enterprise security guidelines for your Azure deployment ? Design and implement Serverless solutions ? See Cloud architecture and the deployment pipeline ? Understand cost management for Azure solutions In Detail Over the years, Azure cloud services has grown quickly, and the number of organizations adopting Azure for their cloud services is also gradually increasing. Leading industry giants are finding that Azure fulfills their extensive cloud requirements. This book will guide you through all the important and tough decision-making aspects involved in architecturing a Azure public cloud for your organization. The book starts with an extensive introduction to all the categories of designs available with Azure. These design patterns focus on different aspects of cloud such as high availability, data management, and so on. Gradually, we move on to various aspects such as building your cloud structure and architecture. It will also include a brief de*ion about different types of services provided by Azure, such as Azure functions and Azure Analytics, which can prove beneficial for an organization. This book will cover each and every aspect and function required to develop a Azure cloud based on your organizational requirements. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to develop a full-fledged Azure cloud. Style and approach This hands-on guide to the Azure Cloud platform covers different architectural concepts and implementations necessary for any enterprise scale deployment.

Learn to build interactive and efficient applications by leveraging 24 effective cognitive services APIs powered by Microsoft About This Book ? Explore the capabilities of 24 of the APIs released as part of the Cognitive Services platform ? Build intelligent apps that combine the power of computer vision, speech recognition, and language processing ? Give your apps human-like cognitive intelligence with this hands-on guide Who This Book Is For .NET developers who want to add AI capabilities to their applications will find this book useful. No knowledge of machine learning or AI is necessary to work through this book. What You Will Learn ? Identify a person through visual inspection and audio ? Reduce user effort by utilizing AI-like capabilities ? Understand how to analyze images and text in different ways ? Find out how to analyze images using Vision APIs ? Add video analysis to applications using Vision APIs ? Utilize Search to find anything you want ? Analyze text to extract information and explore text structure In Detail Microsoft has revamped its Project Oxford to launch the all new Cognitive Services platform-a set of 30 APIs to add speech, vision, language, and knowledge capabilities to apps. This book will introduce you to 24 of the APIs released as part of Cognitive Services platform and show you how to leverage their capabilities. More importantly, you'll see how the power of these APIs can be combined to build real-world apps that have cognitive capabilities. The book is split into three sections: computer vision, speech recognition and language processing, and knowledge and search. You will be taken through the vision APIs at first as this is very visual, and not too complex. The next part revolves around speech and language, which are somewhat connected. The last part is about adding real-world intelligence to apps by connecting them to Knowledge and Search APIs. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to understand what Microsoft Cognitive Service can offer and how to use the different APIs. Style and approach This book takes you through essential API capabilities and shows how to utilize them to suit the needs of your application.

Master OpenFlow concepts to improve and make your projects efficient with the help of Software-Defined Networking. About This Book ? Master the required platforms and tools to build network applications with OpenFlow ? Get to grips with the updated OpenFlow and build robust SDN-based solutions ? An end-to-end thorough overview of open-source switches, controllers, and tools Who This Book Is For If you are a network/system administrator or a system engineer and would like to implement OpenFlow concepts and take Software-Defined Networking on your projects to the next level, then this book is for you. If you are aware of broad networking concepts, and are familiar with the day-to-day operation of computer networks, you will find this book very beneficial. What You Will Learn ? Explore Software-Defined Networking and activities around SDN/OpenFlow including OpenFlow messages ? Hardware and software implementations of OpenFlow switches and experiment with Mininet GUI ? Learn about the role of OpenFlow in cloud computing by configuring and setting up the Neutron and Floodlight OpenFlow controller plugins ? Simulate and test utilities, and familiarize yourself with OpenFlow soft switches, controllers, virtualization, and orchestration tools ? Enhance and build environments for Net App development by installing VM's and tools such as Mininet and Wireshark ? Learn about hardware and software switches and get a feel for active open-source projects around SDN and OpenFlow In Detail OpenFlow paves the way for an open, centrally programmable structure, thereby accelerating the effectiveness of Software-Defined Networking. Software-Defined Networking with OpenFlow, Second Edition takes you through the product cycle and gives you an in-depth de*ion of the components and options that are available at each stage. The aim of this book is to help you implement OpenFlow concepts and improve Software-Defined Networking on your projects. You will begin by learning about building blocks and OpenFlow messages such as controller-to-switch and symmetric and asynchronous messages. Next, this book will take you through OpenFlow controllers and their existing implementations followed by network application development. Key topics include the basic environment setup, the Neutron and Floodlight OpenFlow controller, XORPlus OF13SoftSwitch, enterprise and affordable switches such as the Zodiac FX and HP2920. By the end of this book, you will be able to implement OpenFlow concepts and improve Software-Defined Networking in your projects. Style and approach This book is an easy-to-follow and pragmatic guide networking. Each topic adopts a logical approach and provides hints to help you build and deliver SDN Solutions efficiently.

Your one-stop guide to becoming a Machine Learning expert. About This Book ? Learn to develop efficient and intelligent applications by leveraging the power of Machine Learning ? A highly practical guide explaining the concepts of problem solving in the easiest possible manner ? Implement Machine Learning in the most practical way Who This Book Is For This book will appeal to any developer who wants to know what Machine Learning is and is keen to use Machine Learning to make their day-to-day apps fast, high performing, and accurate. Any developer who wants to enter the field of Machine Learning can effectively use this book as an entry point. What You Will Learn ? Learn the math and mechanics of Machine Learning via a developer-friendly approach ? Get to grips with widely used Machine Learning algorithms/techniques and how to use them to solve real problems ? Get a feel for advanced concepts, using popular programming frameworks. ? Prepare yourself and other developers for working in the new ubiquitous field of Machine Learning ? Get an overview of the most well known and powerful tools, to solve computing problems using Machine Learning. ? Get an intuitive and down-to-earth introduction to current Machine Learning areas, and apply these concepts on interesting and cutting-edge problems. In Detail Most of us have heard about the term Machine Learning, but surprisingly the question frequently asked by developers across the globe is, “How do I get started in Machine Learning?”. One reason could be attributed to the vastness of the subject area because people often get overwhelmed by the abstractness of ML and terms such as regression, supervised learning, probability density function, and so on. This book is a systematic guide teaching you how to implement various Machine Learning techniques and their day-to-day application and development. You will start with the very basics of data and mathematical models in easy-to-follow language that you are familiar with; you will feel at home while implementing the examples. The book will introduce you to various libraries and frameworks used in the world of Machine Learning, and then, without wasting any time, you will get to the point and implement Regression, Clustering, classification, Neural networks, and more with fun examples. As you get to grips with the techniques, you’ll learn to implement those concepts to solve real-world scenarios for ML applications such as image analysis, Natural Language processing, and anomaly detections of time series data. By the end of the book, you will have learned various ML techniques to develop more efficient and intelligent applications. Style and approach This book gives you a glimpse of Machine Learning Models and the application of models at scale using clustering, classification, regression and reinforcement learning with fun examples. Hands-on examples will be presented to understand the power of problem solving with Machine Learning and Advanced architectures, software installation, and configuration.

Learn how to confidently install, configure, secure, and fully utilize your ArcGIS Enterprise system. About This Book ? Install and configure the components of ArcGIS Enterprise to meet your organization's requirements ? Administer all aspects of ArcGIS Enterprise through user interfaces and APIs ? Optimize and Secure ArcGIS Enterprise to make it run efficiently and effectively Who This Book Is For This book will be geared toward senior GIS analysts, GIS managers, GIS administrators, DBAs, GIS architects, and GIS engineers that need to install, configure, and administer ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5.1. What You Will Learn ? Effectively install and configure ArcGIS Enterprise, including the Enterprise geodatabase, ArcGIS Server, and Portal for ArcGIS ? Incorporate different methodologies to manage and publish services ? Utilize the security methods available in ArcGIS Enterprise ? Use Python and Python libraries from Esri to automate administrative tasks ? Identify the common pitfalls and errors to get your system back up and running quickly from an outage In Detail ArcGIS Enterprise, the next evolution of the ArcGIS Server product line, is a full-featured mapping and analytics platform. It includes a powerful GIS web services server and a dedicated Web GIS infrastructure for organizing and sharing your work. You will learn how to first install ArcGIS Enterprise to then plan, design, and finally publish and consume GIS services. You will install and configure an Enterprise geodatabase and learn how to administer ArcGIS Server, Portal, and Data Store through user interfaces, the REST API, and Python *s. This book starts off by explaining how ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5.1 is different from earlier versions of ArcGIS Server and covers the installation of all the components required for ArcGIS Enterprise. We then move on to geodatabase administration and content publication, where you will learn how to use ArcGIS Server Manager to view the server logs, stop and start services, publish services, define users and roles for security, and perform other administrative tasks. You will also learn how to apply security mechanisms on ArcGIS Enterprise and safely expose services to the public in a secure manner. Finally, you’ll use the RESTful administrator API to automate server management tasks using the Python *ing language. You’ll learn all the best practices and troubleshooting methods to streamline the management of all the interconnected parts of ArcGIS Enterprise. Style and approach The book takes a pragmatic approach, starting with installation & configuration of ArcGIS Enterprise to finally building a robust GIS web infrastructure for your organization.