Plan and execute a successful Office 365 Exchange Online migration with ease About This Book This book gives you the most up-to-date and accurate information available today on online migration with Microsoft Office 365 Discover the very best migration path for your small or enterprise network and avoid costly mistakes Learn from seasoned professionals who migrate small businesses to multinational companies from around the world on a daily basis Who This Book Is For If you are an appointed IT person or an IT administrator who is part of a large internal team in your organization, then this book is for you. If you are a small business owner, manager, or consultant, this book will also help you. Knowledge of Office 365 is not required. However, experience with Exchange Server and mail clients, and role and delegation concepts is required. What You Will Learn Sign up for an Office 365 account and configure your e-mail domains Migrate mailboxes from Exchange server, Google, and any other POP3 or IMAP based system in to Office 365 Configure a hybrid configuration by using Azure AD Connect to synchronize your on-premises Active Directory with Office 365 Deploy Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) to enable Single sign on and streamline the login process for your users Set up a hybrid Exchange configuration and host mailboxes locally or in the cloud and move mailboxes between the two with ease Configure a public folder hybrid and share existing on-premises public folders with users hosted in Exchange online Setup a hybrid Skype for Business (SFB) configuration and move users into SFB online Configure a SharePoint configuration, allowing users to create and search content hosted on an existing SharePoint server as well as in SharePoint online In Detail Organizations are migrating to the cloud to save money, become more efficient, and empower their users with the latest technology. Office 365 delivers all of this in a reliable, fast, and ever-expanding way, keeping you ahead of the competition. As the IT administrator of your network, you need to make the transition as painless as possible for your users. Learn everything you need to know and exactly what to do to ensure your Office 365 Exchange online migration is a success! This guide gives you everything you need to develop a successful migration plan to move from Exchange, Google, POP3, and IMAP systems to Office 365 with ease. We start by providing an overview of the Office 365 plans available and how to make a decision on what plan fits your organization. We then dive into topics such as the Office 365 Admin Portal, integration options for professionals and small businesses, integration options for enterprises, preparing for a simple migration, performing a simple migration, and preparing for a hybrid deployment. Later in the book, we look at migration options for Skype for Business and SharePoint to further help you leverage the latest collaborative working technologies within your organization. Style and approach This is a detailed yet easy to follow step-by-step guide to planning and executing a successful migration to Office 365.

Unlock the power of your data with Hadoop 2.X ecosystem and its data warehousing techniques across large data sets About This Book Conquer the mountain of data using Hadoop 2.X tools The authors succeed in creating a context for Hadoop and its ecosystem Hands-on examples and recipes giving the bigger picture and helping you to master Hadoop 2.X data processing platforms Overcome the challenging data processing problems using this exhaustive course with Hadoop 2.X Who This Book Is For This course is for Java developers, who know *ing, wanting a career shift to Hadoop - Big Data segment of the IT industry. So if you are a novice in Hadoop or an expert, this book will make you reach the most advanced level in Hadoop 2.X. What You Will Learn Best practices for setup and configuration of Hadoop clusters, tailoring the system to the problem at hand Integration with relational databases, using Hive for SQL queries and Sqoop for data transfer Installing and maintaining Hadoop 2.X cluster and its ecosystem Advanced Data Analysis using the Hive, Pig, and Map Reduce programs Machine learning principles with libraries such as Mahout and Batch and Stream data processing using Apache Spark Understand the changes involved in the process in the move from Hadoop 1.0 to Hadoop 2.0 Dive into YARN and Storm and use YARN to integrate Storm with Hadoop Deploy Hadoop on Amazon Elastic MapReduce and Discover HDFS replacements and learn about HDFS Federation In Detail As Marc Andreessen has said “Data is eating the world,” which can be witnessed today being the age of Big Data, businesses are producing data in huge volumes every day and this rise in tide of data need to be organized and analyzed in a more secured way. With proper and effective use of Hadoop, you can build new-improved models, and based on that you will be able to make the right decisions. The first module, Hadoop beginners Guide will walk you through on understanding Hadoop with very detailed instructions and how to go about using it. Commands are explained using sections called “What just happened” for more clarity and understanding. The second module, Hadoop Real World Solutions Cookbook, 2nd edition, is an essential tutorial to effectively implement a big data warehouse in your business, where you get detailed practices on the latest technologies such as YARN and Spark. Big data has become a key basis of competition and the new waves of productivity growth. Hence, once you get familiar with the basics and implement the end-to-end big data use cases, you will start exploring the third module, Mastering Hadoop. So, now the question is if you need to broaden your Hadoop skill set to the next level after you nail the basics and the advance concepts, then this course is indispensable. When you finish this course, you will be able to tackle the real-world scenarios and become a big data expert using the tools and the knowledge based on the various step-by-step tutorials and recipes. Style and approach This course has covered everything right from the basic concepts of Hadoop till you master the advance mechanisms to become a big data expert. The goal here is to help you learn the basic essentials using the step-by-step tutorials and from there moving toward the recipes with various real-world solutions for you. It covers all the important aspects of Hadoop from system designing and configuring Hadoop, machine learning principles with various libraries with chapters illustrated with code fragments and schematic diagrams. This is a compendious course to explore Hadoop from the basics to the most advanced techniques available in Hadoop 2.X.

Learn how to build complex virtual architectures that allow you to perform virtually any required testing methodology and perfect it About This Book Explore and build intricate architectures that allow you to emulate an enterprise network Test and enhance your security skills against complex and hardened virtual architecture Learn methods to bypass common enterprise defenses and leverage them to test the most secure environments. Who This Book Is For While the book targets advanced penetration testing, the process is systematic and as such will provide even beginners with a solid methodology and approach to testing. You are expected to have network and security knowledge. The book is intended for anyone who wants to build and enhance their existing professional security and penetration testing methods and skills. What You Will Learn Learning proven security testing and penetration testing techniques Building multi-layered complex architectures to test the latest network designs Applying a professional testing methodology Determining whether there are filters between you and the target and how to penetrate them Deploying and finding weaknesses in common firewall architectures. Learning advanced techniques to deploy against hardened environments Learning methods to circumvent endpoint protection controls In Detail Security flaws and new hacking techniques emerge overnight – security professionals need to make sure they always have a way to keep . With this practical guide, learn how to build your own virtual pentesting lab environments to practice and develop your security skills. Create challenging environments to test your abilities, and overcome them with proven processes and methodologies used by global penetration testing teams. Get to grips with the techniques needed to build complete virtual machines perfect for pentest training. Construct and attack layered architectures, and plan specific attacks based on the platforms you’re going up against. Find new vulnerabilities for different kinds of systems and networks, and what these mean for your clients. Driven by a proven penetration testing methodology that has trained thousands of testers, Building Virtual Labs for Advanced Penetration Testing, Second Edition will prepare you for participation in professional security teams. Style and approach The book is written in an easy-to-follow format that provides a step–by-step, process-centric approach. Additionally, there are numerous hands-on examples and additional references for readers who might want to learn even more. The process developed throughout the book has been used to train and build teams all around the world as professional security and penetration testers.

Boost your development efficiency by learning about design patterns in TypeScript About This Book This step-by-step guide will would demonstrate all the important design patterns in practice This book is the only documentation on the market focusing on design patterns in TypeScript This book is packed with rich examples that will improve your efficiency and encourage code reuse Who This Book Is For If you are a TypeScript developer, this book is for you. No knowledge of design patterns is required to read this book. What You Will Learn Understand the challenges and implications of developing an enterprise application Install and configure the necessary tools in order to start developing an application Identify the challenges when developing an application Apply GoF patterns in an application with a testing approach Use and utilize design patterns while developing a TypeScript application or during JavaScript application development Reference to SOLID principles and what their benefits do to your projects Apply various principles in a TypeScript application Improve code quality and development speed In Detail In programming, there are several problems that occur frequently. To solve these problems, there are various repeatable solutions that are known as design patterns. Design patterns are a great way to improve the efficiency of your programs and improve your productivity. This book is a collection of the most important patterns you need to improve your applications’ performance and your productivity. The journey starts by explaining the current challenges when designing and developing an application and how you can solve these challenges by applying the correct design pattern and best practices. Each pattern is accompanied with rich examples that demonstrate the power of patterns for a range of tasks, from building an application to code testing. We’ll introduce low-level programming concepts to help you write TypeScript code, as well as work with software architecture, best practices, and design aspects. Style and approach In this book, design patterns are explained in a step-by-step manner. All the major patterns covered will improve your understanding of TypeScript and the patterns associated with TypeScript.

Design and deliver an optimal user experience for all devices About This Book .Get to grips with the core functionality of RWD through examples.Discover how to make layouts, content and media flexible, and explore why a content-first approach is more effective.Maximize the performance of your web pages so that they work across all browsers and devices irrespective of the screen size Who This Book Is For This book is for web designers who are familiar with HTML and CSS, and want to begin with responsive web design. Web development experience and knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 is assumed. What You Will Learn .Explore various layout options.Understand what can be achieved in the browser, without the use of third-party tools.Executing media queries to benefit responsive designs.Understand the basics of responsive workflow and boilerplate frameworks.Improve performance of responsive web design.Maintain compatibility across various browsers In Detail Responsive web design (RWD) is a web design approach aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing and interaction experience—providing easy reading and navigation with minimum resizing, panning, and scrolling—and all of this across a wide range of devices from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones. Responsive web design is becoming more important as the amount of mobile traffic now accounts for more than half of the Internet’s total traffic. This book will give you in depth knowledge about the basics of responsive web design. You will embark on a journey of building effective responsive web pages that work across a range of devices, from mobile phones to smart TVs, with nothing more than standard markup and styling techniques. You'll begin by getting an understanding of what RWD is and its significance to the modern web. Building on the basics, you'll learn about layouts and media queries. Following this, we’ll dive into creating layouts using grid based templates. We’ll also cover the important topic of performance management, and discover how to tackle cross-browser challenges. Style and approach This is a practical example-based book which will delve into various elements and benefits of a responsive web design. It will help you understand the essential skills needed to create responsive web sites and guide you through the basics of building responsive web pages for any device. The topics are a blend of theoretical and practical essentials which will assist you to explore more about responsive web design.

Learn how to create more powerful data mining applications with this comprehensive Python guide to advance data analytics techniques About This Book Dive deeper into data mining with Python – don’t be complacent, sharpen your skills! From the most common elements of data mining to cutting-edge techniques, we’ve got you covered for any data-related challenge Become a more fluent and confident Python data-analyst, in full control of its extensive range of libraries Who This Book Is For This book is for data scientists who are already familiar with some basic data mining techniques such as SQL and machine learning, and who are comfortable with Python. If you are ready to learn some more advanced techniques in data mining in order to become a data mining expert, this is the book for you! What You Will Learn Explore techniques for finding frequent itemsets and association rules in large data sets Learn identification methods for entity matches across many different types of data Identify the basics of network mining and how to apply it to real-world data sets Discover methods for detecting the sentiment of text and for locating named entities in text Observe multiple techniques for automatically extracting summaries and generating topic models for text See how to use data mining to fix data anomalies and how to use machine learning to identify outliers in a data set In Detail Data mining is an integral part of the data science pipeline. It is the foundation of any successful data-driven strategy – without it, you'll never be able to uncover truly transformative insights. Since data is vital to just about every modern organization, it is worth taking the next step to unlock even greater value and more meaningful understanding. If you already know the fundamentals of data mining with Python, you are now ready to experiment with more interesting, advanced data analytics techniques using Python's easy-to-use interface and extensive range of libraries. In this book, you'll go deeper into many often overlooked areas of data mining, including association rule mining, entity matching, network mining, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, text summarization, topic modeling, and anomaly detection. For each data mining technique, we'll review the state-of-the-art and current best practices before comparing a wide variety of strategies for solving each problem. We will then implement example solutions using real-world data from the domain of software engineering, and we will spend time learning how to understand and interpret the results we get. By the end of this book, you will have solid experience implementing some of the most interesting and relevant data mining techniques available today, and you will have achieved a greater fluency in the important field of Python data analytics. Style and approach This book will teach you the intricacies in applying data mining using real-world scenarios and will act as a very practical solution to your data mining needs.

Master the skills required to develop cross-platform applications from drawing board to app store(s) using Xamarin About This Book Learn to deliver high-performance native apps that leverage platform specific acceleration, complied for native performance Learn development techniques that will allow you to use and create custom layouts for cross-platform UI Gain the knowledge needed to become more efficient in testing, deploying, and monitoring your applications Implement application life cycle management concepts to manage cross-platform projects Who This Book Is For Mobile application developers wanting to develop skills required to steer cross-platform applications using Xamarin. What You Will Learn Share C# code across platforms and call native Objective-C or Java libraries from C# Submit your app to the Apple App Store and Google Play Use the out-of-the-box services to support third-party libraries Find out how to get feedback while your application is used by your users Create shared data access using a local SQLite database and a REST service Test and monitor your applications Gain memory management skills to avoid memory leaks and premature code cycles while decreasing the memory print of your applications Integrate network resources with cross-platform applications Design and implement eye-catching and reusable UI components without compromising on nativity in mobile applications In Detail Developing a mobile application for just one platform is becoming a thing of the past. Companies expect their apps to be supported on iOS, Android and Windows Phone, while leveraging the best native features on all three platforms. Xamarin's tools help ease this problem by giving developers a single toolset to target all three platforms. The main goal of this course is to equip you with knowledge to successfully analyze, develop, and manage Xamarin cross-platform projects using the most efficient, robust, and scalable implementation patterns. Module 1 is a step-by-step guide to building real-world applications for iOS and Android. The module walks you through building a chat application, complete with a backend web service and native features such as GPS location, camera, and push notifications. Additionally, you'll learn how to use external libraries with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms. Module 2 provide you recipes on how to create an architecture that will be maintainable, extendable, use Xamarin.Forms plugins to boost productivity. We start with a simple creation of a Xamarin.Forms solution, customize the style and behavior of views for each platform. Further on, we demonstrate the power of architecting a cross-platform solution. Next, you will utilize and access hardware features that vary from platform to platform with cross-platform techniques. You will master the steps of getting the app ready and publishing it in the app store. The last module starts with general topics such as memory management, asynchronous programming, local storage, networking, and platform-specific features. You will learn about key tools to leverage the pattern and advanced implementation strategies. Finally, we show you the toolset for application lifecycle management to help you prepare the development pipeline to manage and see cross-platform projects through to public or private release. After the completion of this course, you will learn a path that will get you up and running with developing cross-platform mobile applications and help you become the go-to person when it comes to Xamarin. Style and approach This course will serve as comprehensive guide for developing cross-platform applications with Xamarin with a unique approach that will engage you like never before as you create real-world cross-platform apps on your own.

Over 80 recipes that will take your PHP 7 web development skills to the next level! About This Book This is the most up-to-date book in the market on PHP It covers the new features of version 7.x, best practices for server-side programming, and MVC frameworks The recipe-based approach will allow you to explore the unique capabilities that PHP offers to web programmers Who This Book Is For If you are an aspiring web developer, mobile developer, or backend programmer, then this book is for you as it will take your PHP programming skills to next level. Basic knowledge of PHP programming is assumed. What You Will Learn Use advanced PHP 7 features, such as the Abstract Syntax Tree, Uniform Variable Syntax, Scalar Type Hints, Generator Delegation, Anonymous Classes, and the Context Sensitive Lexer Discover where and when PHP 5 code needs to be re-written to avoid backwards-compatibility breaks Improve the overall application security and error handling by taking advantage of classes that implement the new throwable interface Solve practical real-world programming problems using PHP 7 Develop middle-wareclasses that allow PHP developers to gluedifferent open source libraries together seamlessly Define and Implement PSR-7 classes Create custom middleware using PSR-7 compliant classes Test and debug your code, and get to know the best practices In Detail PHP 7 comes with a myriad of new features and great tools to optimize your code and make your code perform faster than in previous versions. Most importantly, it allows you to maintain high traffic on your websites with low-cost hardware and servers through a multithreading web server. This book demonstrates intermediate to advanced PHP techniques with a focus on PHP 7. Each recipe is designed to solve practical, real-world problems faced by PHP developers like yourself every day. We also cover new ways of writing PHP code made possible only in version 7. In addition, we discuss backward-compatibility breaks and give you plenty of guidance on when and where PHP 5 code needs to be changed to produce the correct results when running under PHP 7. This book also incorporates the latest PHP 7.x features. By the end of the book, you will be equipped with the tools and skills required to deliver efficient applications for your websites and enterprises. Style and approach This book takes a recipe-based approach, with real-world examples that can serve as building blocks for a larger application. Each recipe is self-contained with no external dependencies. This book follows a problem-solution strategy so you understand how to deal with various scenarios you may encounter while using PHP 7 in your daily activities.

Build highly available and performant native web applications that seamlessly integrate with third-party APIs About This Book Get straight into the action with step-by-step recipes that show you how to put Service Workers to work Find out what Service Workers can do for your app, then do it! Get the first in-depth look at this important new feature for web developers Who This Book Is For Web developers, mobile application developers, and software engineers with any level of knowledge can use this book. You should be familiar with JavaScript and HTML. What You Will Learn Display a custom offline page Cache critical resources for offline use Implement offline Google Analytics Get network responses offline Implement push notifications Improve performance of your app In Detail It would be nice to have web apps that work offline and send push notifications. This is now possible with Service Workers, which can add native-like functionality to your web apps without requiring a download. This book will get your mobile and web apps functioning without Internet connectivity, improve performance and network interaction in order to increase the level of availability, and show you how to build performant applications that seamlessly integrate with third-party APIs. We’ll show you how to add Service Worker functionality to web apps and sites, access offline content through basic and advanced techniques, and build powerful interactive system notifications. We’ll also teach you about cache functionality and assets to provide immediate load even over narrow connections. We conclude by giving you various tips to improve app performance, including the background sync technique. By the end of this book, you’ll know build high performing and faster web and mobile applications with Service Workers. Style and approach This book provides lots of task-oriented, practical, and inspiring ways to put Service Workers to work. Step-by-step instructions will guide you through every task.

Take your analytics online with the ease and power of the Splunk Web Framework About This Book Want to build rich applications on the Web using SplunkThis book will be your ultimate guide! Learn to use web framework components with the help of this highly practical, example-rich guide Perform excellent Splunk analytics on the Web and bring that knowledge to your own projects Who This Book Is For This book will cater to Splunk developers and administrators who now wish to further their knowledge with Splunk Web Framework and learn to improve the way they present and visualize data in Splunk. A basic knowledge of JavaScript will be beneficial but is not a prerequisite. What You Will Learn Master the fundamentals of Splunk Web Framework Start thinking of Splunk as a complete development platform to build user-friendly apps Extend the functionality of your apps using SimpleXML techniques Set up dashboard layouts, navigation, and menus in your apps Create simple dashboard elements including charts and tables Master the art of interacting with searches and dashboards Integrate SplunkJS to add visual appeal to your website In Detail Building rich applications on the Web using Splunk is now simpler than ever before with the Splunk Web Framework. It empowers developers to build their own web applications with custom dashboards, tables, charts, form searches, and other functionalities in the datasets at their disposal. The book will start with the fundamentals of the Splunk Web Framework, teaching you the secrets of building interesting and user-friendly applications. In the first application, you will learn to analyze and monitor traffic hitting the NASA website and learn to create dashboards for it. You will then learn additional, and more detailed, techniques to enhance the functionalities of the app such as dashboards and forms, editing simple XML, using simple XML extensions, tokens, post-process searches, dynamic drill-downs, the Splunk Web Framework and REST API, and much more. The second app will use historical stock market data and will create custom dashboards using Splunk Web Framework; the book will now cover important topics such as creating HTML dashboards, enhancing the visual appeal of the app using CSS, and moving your app with SplunkJS. The book will provide different and interesting examples instead of the usual “Log, Index, Search, and Graph” so that Splunk will be the first tool readers think of to resolve a problem. Style and approach This book will follow a step-by-step approach whereby every new concept is built on top of the previous chapter, and will be highly practical in nature; the reader will learn to build apps while reading about the Splunk Web framework.

Learn to build fast and robust applications on the Linux platform with Swift About This Book Create robust applications by building a strong foundation in the Swift Language Utilize Swift 3 on the embedded Linux platform for IoT and Robotic projects Build more flexible and high-performing applications on desktop, server, and embedded Linux platforms Who This Book Is For This book is for Linux developers who are interested in quickly learning how to use Swift to create exciting applications on Linux platforms. What You Will Learn Install Swift on the Linux platform Explore the power of the Swift language Get to know the proper design techniques Understand Swift’s new Core Library Implement popular design patterns with Swift Integrate C libraries with Swift Using Swift on Single-Board Computers Learn how to add concurrency to your application with Grand Central Dispatch Learn how to work with Swift Generics Learn how to use the Protocol-Oriented design paradigm In Detail Swift is a modern, fast, and safe programming language created by Apple. Writing Swift is interactive and fun, the syntax is concise yet expressive, and the code runs lightning-fast. Swift’s move to open source has been embraced with open arms and has seen increased adoption in the Linux platform. Our book will introduce you to the Swift language, further delving into all the key concepts you need to create applications for desktop, server, and embedded Linux platforms. We will teach you the best practices to design an application with Swift 3 via design patterns and Protocol-Oriented Programming. Further on, you will learn how to catch and respond to errors within your application. When you have gained a strong knowledge of using Swift in Linux, we’ll show you how to build IoT and robotic projects using Swift on single board computers. By the end of the book, you will have a solid understanding of the Swift Language with Linux and will be able to create your own applications with ease. Style and approach This easy-to-follow, code-rich guide is filled with examples that demonstrate how to put the concepts into practice. You’ll also get design patterns and best practices to get you writing better applications on the Linux platform.

Master the world of financial management with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 About This Book Familiarize yourself with Dynamics NAV and get up to date with the latest release – this is an invaluable tool for financial management Learn how to use reporting tools that will help you to make the right decisions at the right time Explore features inside the sale and purchase areas as well as functionalities including payments, budgets, cash flow, fixed assets, and business intelligence Who This Book Is For This book will appeal to financers and accountants who are using Dynamics NAV as their ERP and financial management system. Dynamics NAV consultants and project managers will find it useful for their daily work. What You Will Learn Handle complete business processes for purchases and sales in Dynamics NAV. Use the banking features and the reconciliation process to gain greater insights into a company’s financial status. Report data in a meaningful way that provides the company with insightful analysis. Set up dimensions and link them with master tables and journals. Work with multi-currency and intercompany postings. Receive and send documents electronically. Manage complete Fixed Asset by Setup, transactions, budgets, and Fixed Asset Reporting. In Detail Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that provides small and mid-size businesses with greater control over their finances and a way to simplify their supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. Microsoft Dynamics NAV Financial Management explains all you need to know in order to successfully handle your daily financial management tasks. This book walks you through all the improvements in the latest release and shows you how to apply them in your workplace. You will learn about functionalities including sales and purchase processes, payments, bank account management, reporting taxes, budgets, cash flow, fixed assets, cost accounting, inventory valuation, workflows, sending and receiving electronic documents, and business intelligence. This book comprehensively covers all the financial management features inside the latest version of Dynamics NAV and follows a logical schema. By the time you’re finished this book you will have learned about budgets, cash flow management, currencies, intercompany postings, and accounting implications in areas such as jobs, services, warehousing, and manufacturing. Style and approach This book is an in-depth, practical tutorial demonstrating both the basic and more advanced concepts of financial management in Dynamics NAV.

Examine the techniques and Java tools supporting the growing field of data science About This Book Your entry ticket to the world of data science with the stability and power of Java Explore, analyse, and visualize your data effectively using easy-to-follow examples Make your Java applications more capable using machine learning Who This Book Is For This book is for Java developers who are comfortable developing applications in Java. Those who now want to enter the world of data science or wish to build intelligent applications will find this book ideal. Aspiring data scientists will also find this book very helpful. What You Will Learn Understand the nature and key concepts used in the field of data science Grasp how data is collected, cleaned, and processed Become comfortable with key data analysis techniques See specialized analysis techniques centered on machine learning Master the effective visualization of your data Work with the Java APIs and techniques used to perform data analysis In Detail Data science is concerned with extracting knowledge and insights from a wide variety of data sources to analyse patterns or predict future behaviour. It draws from a wide array of disciplines including statistics, computer science, mathematics, machine learning, and data mining. In this book, we cover the important data science concepts and how they are supported by Java, as well as the often statistically challenging techniques, to provide you with an understanding of their purpose and application. The book starts with an introduction of data science, followed by the basic data science tasks of data collection, data cleaning, data analysis, and data visualization. This is followed by a discussion of statistical techniques and more advanced topics including machine learning, neural networks, and deep learning. The next section examines the major categories of data analysis including text, visual, and audio data, followed by a discussion of resources that support parallel implementation. The final chapter illustrates an in-depth data science problem and provides a comprehensive, Java-based solution. Due to the nature of the topic, simple examples of techniques are presented early followed by a more detailed treatment later in the book. This permits a more natural introduction to the techniques and concepts presented in the book. Style and approach This book follows a tutorial approach, providing examples of each of the major concepts covered. With a step-by-step instructional style, this book covers various facets of data science and will get you up and running quickly.

Master the art of providing effective IT services to your customers by leveraging Zendesk About This Book Deep dive into the functionalities of Zendesk and improve your organization's customer services Learn how to expand the capabilities of Zendesk by integrating and extending it with third-party tools A master level guide that manages tickets, channels, and workflows along with advanced security features Who This Book Is For This book is for proficient Zendesk administrators who want to unlock the full potential of their Zendesk environment by gaining a deeper understanding of Zendesk's advanced customization options. What You Will Learn Customize ticket channels such as Email, Twitter, Facebook, and Web-Widget Add business rules to create a more effective and automated Zendesk environment Use Zendesk apps to add more functionality to the Zendesk setup Extend Zendesk with JIRA and Salesforce Create custom metrics within GoodData in order to set up customized and automated reports Learn how to secure and troubleshoot Zendesk In Detail Zendesk is a cloud-based customer service solution that is widely used because it is easy, efficienct, flexible, and low cost. It is highly scalable and is great for organizations of all sizes. If you're a Zendesk administrator and are looking to explore advanced-level concepts, then this book is for you. It covers the core functionalities such as managing users, groups, and the organization, and creating and adding custom fields. You will learn how to add customized ticket channels to your account. Then, you will focus on customizing business rules and extending Zendesk with JIRA and Salesforce. Towards the end, the book emphasizes security and troubleshooting aspects as well as providing tips and tricks to create a more efficient support environment. By the end of this book, you will be able to turn a basic Zendesk setup into a highly customized working environment. Style and approach This advanced guide provides easy to understand examples to ensure you gain expertise with Zendesk.

Familiarize yourself with all of Kotlin’s features with this in-depth guide About This Book Get a thorough introduction to Kotlin Learn to use Java code alongside Kotlin without any hiccups Get a complete overview of null safety, Generics, and many more interesting features Who This Book Is For The book is for existing Java developers who want to learn more about an alternative JVM language. If you want to see what Kotlin has to offer, this book is ideal for you. What You Will Learn Use new features to write structured and readable object-oriented code Find out how to use lambdas and higher order functions to write clean, reusable, and simple code Write unit tests and integrate Kotlin tests with Java code in a transitioning code base Write real-world production code in Kotlin in the style of microservices Leverage Kotlin’s extensions to the Java collections library Use destructuring expressions and find out how to write your own Write code that avoids null pointer errors and see how Java-nullable code can integrate with features in a Kotlin codebase Discover how to write functions in Kotlin, see the new features available, and extend existing libraries Learn to write an algebraic data types and figure out when they should be used In Detail Kotlin has been making waves ever since it was open sourced by JetBrains in 2011; it has been praised by developers across the world and is already being adopted by companies. This book provides a detailed introduction to Kotlin that shows you all its features and will enable you to write Kotlin code to production. We start with the basics: get you familiar with running Kotlin code, setting up, tools, and instructions that you can use to write basic programs. Next, we cover object oriented code: functions, lambdas, and properties – all while using Kotlin’s new features. Then, we move on to null safety aspects and type parameterization. We show you how to destructure expressions and even write your own. We also take you through important topics like testing, concurrency, microservices, and a whole lot more. By the end of this book you will be able to compose different services and build your own applications. Style and approach An easy to follow guide that covers the full set of features in Kotlin programming.

Build powerful and fast applications with F# About This Book· Explore the advanced concurrency support in F# and .NET TPL·Covers major optimization techniques in F# to improve the performance of applications·Use Struct, Class and Record model, Interop with C# and VB without sacrificing performance. Who This Book Is For This book is for F# developers who want to build high-performance applications. Knowledge of functional programming would be helpful. What You Will Learn· Understand how the execution of functions in F# works·Identify common performance bottlenecks·Implement best practices to optimize performance·Use the available tooling to help measure performance·Combine the best practice of asynchronous and synchronous·Optimize further using various F# language constructs In Detail F# is a functional programming language and is used in enterprise applications that demand high performance. It has its own unique trait: it is a functional programming language and has OOP support at the same time. This book will help you make F# applications run faster with examples you can easily break down and take into your own work. You will be able to assess the performance of the program and identify bottlenecks. Beginning with a gentle overview of concurrency features in F#, you will get to know the advanced topics of concurrency optimizations in F#, such as F# message passing agent of MailboxProcessor and further interoperation with .NET TPL. Based on this knowledge, you will be able to enhance the performance optimizations when implementing and using other F# language features. The book also covers optimization techniques by using F# best practices and F# libraries. You will learn how the concepts of concurrency and parallel programming will help in improving the performance. With this, you would be able to take advantage of multi-core processors and track memory leaks, root causes, and CPU issues. Finally, you will be able to test their applications to achieve scalability. Style and approach This easy-to-follow guide is full of hands-on examples of real-world multithreading tasks. Each topic is explained and placed in context, and for the more inquisitive, there are also more in-depth details of the concepts used.

Build real-world Artificial Intelligence applications with Python to intelligently interact with the world around you About This Book Step into the amazing world of intelligent apps using this comprehensive guide Enter the world of Artificial Intelligence, explore it, and create your own applications Work through simple yet insightful examples that will get you up and running with Artificial Intelligence in no time Who This Book Is For This book is for Python developers who want to build real-world Artificial Intelligence applications. This book is friendly to Python beginners, but being familiar with Python would be useful to play around with the code. It will also be useful for experienced Python programmers who are looking to use Artificial Intelligence techniques in their existing technology stacks. What You Will Learn Realize different classification and regression techniques Understand the concept of clustering and how to use it to automatically segment data See how to build an intelligent recommender system Understand logic programming and how to use it Build automatic speech recognition systems Understand the basics of heuristic search and genetic programming Develop games using Artificial Intelligence Learn how reinforcement learning works Discover how to build intelligent applications centered on images, text, and time series data See how to use deep learning algorithms and build applications based on it In Detail Artificial Intelligence is becoming increasingly relevant in the modern world where everything is driven by technology and data. It is used extensively across many fields such as search engines, image recognition, robotics, finance, and so on. We will explore various real-world scenarios in this book and you’ll learn about various algorithms that can be used to build Artificial Intelligence applications. During the course of this book, you will find out how to make informed decisions about what algorithms to use in a given context. Starting from the basics of Artificial Intelligence, you will learn how to develop various building blocks using different data mining techniques. You will see how to implement different algorithms to get the best possible results, and will understand how to apply them to real-world scenarios. If you want to add an intelligence layer to any application that’s based on images, text, stock market, or some other form of data, this exciting book on Artificial Intelligence will definitely be your guide! Style and approach This highly practical book will show you how to implement Artificial Intelligence. The book provides multiple examples enabling you to create smart applications to meet the needs of your organization. In every chapter, we explain an algorithm, implement it, and then build a smart application.

Master over 60 recipes to help you deliver complete, scalable, microservice-based solutions and see the improved business results immediately About This Book Adopt microservices-based architecture and deploy it at scale Build your complete microservice architecture using different recipes for different solutions Identify specific tools for specific scenarios and deliver immediate business results, correlate use cases, and adopt them in your team and organization Who This Book Is For This book is for developers, ops, and DevOps professionals who would like to put microservices to work and improve products, services, and operations. Those looking to build and deploy microservices will find this book useful, as well as managers and people at CXO level looking to adopt microservices in their organization. Prior knowledge of Java is expected. No prior knowledge of microservices is assumed. What You Will Learn Build microservices using Spring Boot, Wildfly Swarm, Dropwizard, and SparkJava Containerize your microservice using Docker Deploy microservices using Mesos/Marathon and Kubernetes Implement service discovery and load balancing using Zookeeper, Consul, and Nginx Monitor microservices using Graphite and Grafana Write stream programs with Kafka Streams and Spark Aggregate and manage logs using Kafka Get introduced to DC/OS, Docker Swarm, and YARN In Detail This book will help any team or organization understand, deploy, and manage microservices at scale. It is driven by a sample application, helping you gradually build a complete microservice-based ecosystem. Rather than just focusing on writing a microservice, this book addresses various other microservice-related solutions: deployments, clustering, load balancing, logging, streaming, and monitoring. The initial chapters offer insights into how web and enterprise apps can be migrated to scalable microservices. Moving on, you’ll see how to Dockerize your application so that it is ready to be shipped and deployed. We will look at how to deploy microservices on Mesos and Marathon and will also deploy microservices on Kubernetes. Next, you will implement service discovery and load balancing for your microservices. We’ll also show you how to build asynchronous streaming systems using Kafka Streams and Apache Spark. Finally, we wind up by aggregating your logs in Kafka, creating your own metrics, and monitoring the metrics for the microservice. Style and approach This book follows a recipe-driven approach and shows you how to plug and play with all the various pieces, putting them together to build a complete scalable microservice ecosystem. You do not need to study the chapters in order, as you can directly refer to the content you need for your situation.

Harness the power of Drupal 8 to create enterprise-grade, highly scalable websites About This Book Build complete, complex websites with no prior knowledge of web development entirely using the intuitive Drupal user interface Ensure your sites are modern, responsive and mobile-friendly through utilizing the full features available in Drupal 8 Quickly master theme administration, custom block layouts, views, and the Twig template structure Who This Book Is For This course is suitable for web developers, designers, as well as web administrators who are keen on building modern, scalable websites using Drupal 8 and its wide range of new features. What You Will Learn Set up a local “stack” development environment and install your first Drupal 8 site Find out what is available in the Drupal 8 core Integrate third-party front-end and back-end libraries with Drupal Understand the plugin system that powers many of Drupal 8's new APIs to extend its functionality Build custom block layouts with reusable and fieldable blocks Work with the new Twig PHP templating engine Develop a theme from scratch following a step-by-step project outline In Detail This Drupal 8 course takes you through the journey of building, extending, and customizing websites to build highly scalable and enterprise-ready websites. The first part—Learning Drupal 8—takes you step by step through building a Drupal 8 website. You will start with the basics, such as setting up a local “stack” development environment and installing your first Drupal 8 site, then we move on to image and media handling and extending Drupal modules. This section will help you get to grips with the modular nature of Drupal, and you’ll learn how to extend it by adding new functionalities to create your new modules. After learning to develop and manage a modern and responsive website using Drupal 8, you’ll start exploring different techniques to take advantage of the new Drupal 8 features. The next module—Drupal 8 Development Cookbook—is your go-to guide to experimenting with all of Drupal 8’s features through helpful recipes. You will explore techniques to customize and configure the Drupal environment, create blocks and custom modules, as well as make your web apps responsive by harnessing the mobile-first feature of Drupal 8. This module will also show you how to incorporate multilingual facilities in your sites, use web services and third-party plugins with your applications from inside Drupal 8, and test and deploy your apps. In the third part—Drupal 8 Theming with Twig—you will master Drupal 8’s new Twig templating engine to customize the look and feel of your website. This section will walk you through a real-world project to create a Twig theme from concept to completion while adopting best practices to implement CSS frameworks and JavaScript libraries. You will see just how quick and easy it is to create beautiful, responsive Drupal 8 websites while avoiding the common mistakes that many front-end developers make. By the end, you will have learned how to develop, manage, extend, and customize an enterprise-level website. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: Learning Drupal 8 by Nick Abbott and Richard Jones Drupal 8 Development Cookbook by Matt Glaman Drupal 8 Theming with Twig by Chaz Chumley Style and approach This course offers a thorough coverage of developing, managing, extending, and designing highly scalable websites using the Drupal 8 platform. Filled with practical examples and recipes, this course is a great combination of example-driven learning complemented by interesting techniques to take advantage of the Drupal platform.

Exciting projects that will teach you how complex data can be exploited to gain maximum insights About This Book Architect a good HBase cluster for a very large distributed system Get to grips with the concepts of performance tuning with HBase A practical guide full of engaging recipes and attractive screenshots to enhance your system’s performance Who This Book Is For This book is intended for developers and architects who want to know all about HBase at a hands-on level. This book is also for big data enthusiasts and database developers who have worked with other NoSQL databases and now want to explore HBase as another futuristic scalable database solution in the big data space. What You Will Learn Configure HBase from a high performance perspective Grab data from various RDBMS/Flat files into the HBASE systems Understand table design and perform CRUD operations Find out how the communication between the client and server happens in HBase Grasp when to use and avoid MapReduce and how to perform various tasks with it Get to know the concepts of scaling with HBase through practical examples Set up Hbase in the Cloud for a small scale environment Integrate HBase with other tools including ElasticSearch In Detail Apache HBase is a non-relational NoSQL database management system that runs on top of HDFS. It is an open source, disturbed, versioned, column-oriented store and is written in Java to provide random real-time access to big Data. We’ll start off by ensuring you have a solid understanding the basics of HBase, followed by giving you a thorough explanation of architecting a HBase cluster as per our project specifications. Next, we will explore the scalable structure of tables and we will be able to communicate with the HBase client. After this, we’ll show you the intricacies of MapReduce and the art of performance tuning with HBase. Following this, we’ll explain the concepts pertaining to scaling with HBase. Finally, you will get an understanding of how to integrate HBase with other tools such as ElasticSearch. By the end of this book, you will have learned enough to exploit HBase for boost system performance. Style and approach This book is intended for software quality assurance/testing professionals, software project managers, or software developers with prior experience in using Selenium and Java to test web-based applications. This books also provides examples for C#, Python, and Ruby users.

Master the intricacies of Tableau to create effective data visualizations About This Book Arm yourself with an arsenal of advanced chart types and geocoding to efficiently and engagingly present information Map a grid over a network node diagram and use that grid to demonstrate loads, processing time, and more in Tableau Integrate R with Tableau by utilizing R functions, libraries, and saved models Who This Book Is For If you are a business analyst without developer-level programming skills, then this book is for you. You are expected to have at least a fundamental understanding of Tableau and basic knowledge of joins, however SQL knowledge is not assumed. You should have basic computer skills, including at least moderate Excel proficiency. What You Will Learn Create a worksheet that can display the current balance for any given period in time Recreate a star schema from in a data warehouse in Tableau Combine level of detail calculations with table calculations, sets, and parameters Create custom polygons to build filled maps for area codes in the USA Visualize data using a set of analytical and advanced charting techniques Know when to use Tableau instead of PowerPoint Build a dashboard and export it to PowerPoint In Detail Tableau has emerged as one of the most popular Business Intelligence solutions in recent times, thanks to its powerful and interactive data visualization capabilities. This book will empower you to become a master in Tableau by exploiting the many new features introduced in Tableau 10.0. You will embark on this exciting journey by getting to know the valuable methods of utilizing advanced calculations to solve complex problems. These techniques include creative use of different types of calculations such as row-level, aggregate-level, and more. You will discover how almost any data visualization challenge can be met in Tableau by getting a proper understanding of the tool’s inner workings and creatively exploring possibilities. You’ll be armed with an arsenal of advanced chart types and techniques to enable you to efficiently and engagingly present information to a variety of audiences through the use of clear, efficient, and engaging dashboards. Explanations and examples of efficient and inefficient visualization techniques, well-designed and poorly designed dashboards, and compromise options when Tableau consumers will not embrace data visualization will build on your understanding of Tableau and how to use it efficiently. By the end of the book, you will be equipped with all the information you need to create effective dashboards and data visualization solutions using Tableau. Style and approach This book takes a direct approach, to systematically evolve to more involved functionalities such as advanced calculation, parameters & sets, data blending and R integration. This book will help you gain skill in building visualizations previously beyond your capacity.