Puppet 5 Beginner’s Guide, Third Edition is a practical guide that gets you up and running with the very latest features of Puppet 5. About This Book ? Develop skills to run Puppet 5 on single or multiple servers without hiccups ? Use Puppet to create and manage cloud resources such as Amazon EC2 instances ? Take full advantage of powerful new features of Puppet including loops, data types, Hiera integration, and container management Who This Book Is For Puppet 5 Beginner’s Guide, Third Edition is designed for those who are new to Puppet, including system administrators and developers who are looking to manage computer server systems for configuration management. No prior programming or system administration experience is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Understand the latest Puppet 5 features ? Install and set up Puppet and discover the latest and most advanced features ? Configure, build, and run containers in production using Puppet’s industry-leading Docker support ? Deploy configuration files and templates at super-fast speeds and manage user accounts and access control ? Automate your IT infrastructure ? Use the latest features in Puppet 5 onward and its official modules ? Manage clouds, containers, and orchestration ? Get to know the best practices to make Puppet more reliable and increase its performance In Detail Puppet 5 Beginner’s Guide, Third Edition gets you up and running with the very latest features of Puppet 5, including Docker containers, Hiera data, and Amazon AWS cloud orchestration. Go from beginner to confident Puppet user with a series of clear, practical examples to help you manage every aspect of your server setup. Whether you’re a developer, a system administrator, or you are simply curious about Puppet, you’ll learn Puppet skills that you can put into practice right away. With practical steps giving you the key concepts you need, this book teaches you how to install packages and config files, create users, set up scheduled jobs, provision cloud instances, build containers, and so much more. Every example in this book deals with something real and practical that you’re likely to need in your work, and you’ll see the complete Puppet code that makes it happen, along with step-by-step instructions for what to type and what output you’ll see. All the examples are available in a GitHub repo for you to download and adapt for your own server setup. Style and approach This tutorial is packed with quick step-by-step instructions that are immediately applicable for beginners. This is an easy-to-read guide, to learn Puppet from scratch, that explains simply and clearly all you need to know to use this essential IT power tool, while applying these solutions to real-world scenarios.

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.

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.

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)

An advanced C# beginners guide to some of the tougher parts of the C# language! About This Book ? Learn C#, Visual Studio, and object-oriented programming ? Get practical examples of advanced C# language features so that you can easily master them yourself ? Use the C# programming language to work generics and lambda expressions ? Program C# and SQL Server 2014 ? Get ready for your first MVC applications Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone who is interested in learning how to program the more advanced aspects of the C# language. Previous programming knowledge of C# is required, at least to the level of basic object-oriented programming. Readers can benefit from first reading Tom Owsiak’s companion book, Beginning C# 7 Hands-On – The Core Language, as a preparation for the more advanced elements and techniques presented in this book. What You Will Learn ? Learn C# advanced language elements and techniques ? Discover advanced C# techniques with hands-on working examples ? Build on your knowledge of OOP by using C# generics and lambda expressions ? Work with C# and LINQ custom data types ? Program C# and SQL Server 2017 to manage and query data ? Create your first full MVC application In Detail Beginning C# 7 Hands-On – Advanced Language Features assumes that you’ve mastered the basic elements of the C# language and that you're now ready to learn the more advanced C# language and syntax, line by line, in a working Visual Studio environment. You'll learn how to code advanced C# language topics including generics, lambda expressions, and anonymous methods. You'll learn to use query syntax to construct queries and deploy queries that perform aggregation functions. Work with C# and SQL Server 2014 to perform complex joins and stored procedures. Explore advanced file access methods, and see how to serialize and deserialize objects – all by writing working lines of code that you can run within Visual Studio. This book is designed for beginner C# developers who have mastered the basics now, and anyone who needs a fast reference to using advanced C# language features in practical coding examples. You'll also take a look at C# through web programming with web forms. By the time you’ve finished this book, you’ll know all the critical advanced elements of the C# language and how to program everything from C# generics to XML, LINQ, and your first full MVC web applications. These are the advanced building blocks that you can then combine to exploit the full power of the C# programming language, line by line. Style and approach A comprehensive book that blends theory with just the right amount of practical code implementations, to help you get up and running with the C# programming language and its advanced features. You’ll also get to work with other tools and technologies that complement C# programming. Each core part of the C# language is coded as you learn, and code output is tested every time to verify the syntax is working as expected, so it’s easy for you to learn directly from the working code examples. Advanced-level features of C# will be used to code and work through examples.

Write efficient GIS applications using PostGIS - from data creation to data consumption About This Book ? Learn how you can use PostGIS for spatial data analysis and manipulation ? Optimize your queries and build custom functionalities for your GIS application ? A comprehensive guide with hands-on examples to help you master PostGIS with ease Who This Book Is For If you are a GIS developer or analyst who wants to master PostGIS to build efficient, scalable GIS applications, this book is for you. If you want to conduct advanced analysis of spatial data, this book will also help you. The book assumes that you have a working installation of PostGIS in place, and have working experience with PostgreSQL. What You Will Learn ? Refresh your knowledge of the PostGIS concepts and spatial databases ? Solve spatial problems with the use of SQL in real-world scenarios ? Practical walkthroughs of application development examples using Postgis, GeoServer and OpenLayers. ? Extract, transform and load your spatial data ? Expose data directly or through web services. ? Consume your data in both desktop and web clients In Detail PostGIS is open source extension onf PostgreSQL object-relational database system that allows GIS objects to be stored and allows querying for information and location services. The aim of this book is to help you master the functionalities offered by PostGIS- from data creation, analysis and output, to ETL and live edits. The book begins with an overview of the key concepts related to spatial database systems and how it applies to Spatial RMDS. You will learn to load different formats into your Postgres instance, investigate the spatial nature of your raster data, and finally export it using built-in functionalities or 3th party tools for backup or representational purposes. Through the course of this book, you will be presented with many examples on how to interact with the database using JavaScript and Node.js. Sample web-based applications interacting with backend PostGIS will also be presented throughout the book, so you can get comfortable with the modern ways of consuming and modifying your spatial data. Style and approach This book is a comprehensive guide covering all the concepts you need to master PostGIS. Packed with hands-on examples, tips and tricks, even the most advanced concepts are explained in a very easy-to-follow manner. Every chapter in the book does not only focus on how each task is performed, but also why.

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 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.

Develop cloud native applications with microservices using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Spring Cloud Data Flow About This Book ? Explore the new features and components in Spring ? Evolve towards micro services and cloud native applications ? Gain powerful insights into advanced concepts of Spring and Spring Boot to develop applications more effectively ? Understand the basics of Kotlin and use it to develop a quick service with Spring Boot Who This Book Is For This book is for an experienced Java developer who knows the basics of Spring, and wants to learn how to use Spring Boot to build applications and deploy them to the cloud. What You Will Learn ? Explore the new features in Spring Framework 5.0 ? Build microservices with Spring Boot ? Get to know the advanced features of Spring Boot in order to effectively develop and monitor applications ? Use Spring Cloud to deploy and manage applications on the Cloud ? Understand Spring Data and Spring Cloud Data Flow ? Understand the basics of reactive programming ? Get to know the best practices when developing applications with the Spring Framework ? Create a new project using Kotlin and implement a couple of basic services with unit and integration testing In Detail Spring 5.0 is due to arrive with a myriad of new and exciting features that will change the way we’ve used the framework so far. This book will show you this evolution—from solving the problems of testable applications to building distributed applications on the cloud. The book begins with an insight into the new features in Spring 5.0 and shows you how to build an application using Spring MVC. You will realize how application architectures have evolved from monoliths to those built around microservices. You will then get a thorough understanding of how to build and extend microservices using Spring Boot. You will also understand how to build and deploy Cloud-Native microservices with Spring Cloud. The advanced features of Spring Boot will be illustrated through powerful examples. We will be introduced to a JVM language that’s quickly gaining popularity - Kotlin. Also, we will discuss how to set up a Kotlin project in Eclipse. By the end of the book, you will be equipped with the knowledge and best practices required to develop microservices with the Spring Framework. Style and Approach This book follows an end-to-end tutorial approach with lots of examples and sample applications, covering the major building blocks of the Spring framework.

Become an expert in implementing advanced, network-related tasks with Python. About This Book ? Build the skills to perform all networking tasks using Python with ease ? Use Python for network device automation, DevOps, and software-defined networking ? Get practical guidance to networking with Python Who This Book Is For If you are a network engineer or a programmer who wants to use Python for networking, then this book is for you. A basic familiarity with networking-related concepts such as TCP/IP and a familiarity with Python programming will be useful. What You Will Learn ? Review all the fundamentals of Python and the TCP/IP suite ? Use Python to execute commands when the device does not support the API or programmatic interaction with the device ? Implement automation techniques by integrating Python with Cisco, Juniper, and Arista eAPI ? Integrate Ansible using Python to control Cisco, Juniper, and Arista networks ? Achieve network security with Python ? Build Flask-based web-service APIs with Python ? Construct a Python-based migration plan from a legacy to scalable SDN-based network. In Detail This book begins with a review of the TCP/ IP protocol suite and a refresher of the core elements of the Python language. Next, you will start using Python and supported libraries to automate network tasks from the current major network vendors. We will look at automating traditional network devices based on the command-line interface, as well as newer devices with API support, with hands-on labs. We will then learn the concepts and practical use cases of the Ansible framework in order to achieve your network goals. We will then move on to using Python for DevOps, starting with using open source tools to test, secure, and analyze your network. Then, we will focus on network monitoring and visualization. We will learn how to retrieve network information using a polling mechanism, ?ow-based monitoring, and visualizing the data programmatically. Next, we will learn how to use the Python framework to build your own customized network web services. In the last module, you will use Python for SDN, where you will use a Python-based controller with OpenFlow in a hands-on lab to learn its concepts and applications. We will compare and contrast OpenFlow, OpenStack, OpenDaylight, and NFV. Finally, you will use everything you’ve learned in the book to construct a migration plan to go from a legacy to a scalable SDN-based network. Style and approach An easy-to-follow guide packed with hands-on examples of using Python for network device automation, DevOps, and SDN.

Architect enterprise-grade, Microservice-based solutions using Microsoft Azure Service Fabric. About This Book ? Explore architectural patterns for building modern day Microservice-based systems ? Learn about Microsoft Service Fabric as a platform to host distributed Microservices ? Discover multiple options for hosting Microservices on heterogeneous, cross-platform environments ? Learn to configure Azure Service Fabric clusters for enterprise-grade service deployments Who This Book Is For The book is aimed at IT architects, system administrators, and DevOps engineers who have a basic knowledge of the Microsoft Azure platform and are working on, or are curious about, the concepts of Microservices and Microservice architecture. What You Will Learn ? Understand the basics of Microservices and how Microsoft Azure fits into the equation ? Master Azure Service Fabric architecture and services ? Explore Azure Service Fabric application programming models ? Comprehensive study of various architecture patterns for building enterprise-grade Microservices ? Manage and deploy Microservices on Azure Service Fabric ? An insight into the future of Microservices with containers and serverless computing In Detail Microsoft Azure is rapidly evolving and is widely used as a platform on which you can build Microservices that can be deployed on-premise and on-cloud heterogeneous environments through Microsoft Azure Service Fabric. This book will help you understand the concepts of Microservice application architecture and build highly maintainable and scalable enterprise-grade applications using the various services in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric. We will begin by understanding the intricacies of the Microservices architecture and its advantages over the monolithic architecture and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles. We will present various scenarios where Microservices should be used and walk you through the architectures of Microservice-based applications. Next, you will take an in-depth look at Microsoft Azure Service Fabric, which is the best–in-class platform for building Microservices. You will explore how to develop and deploy sample applications on Microsoft Azure Service Fabric to gain a thorough understanding of it. Building Microservice-based application is complicated. Therefore, we will take you through several design patterns that solve the various challenges associated with realizing the Microservices architecture in enterprise applications. Each pattern will be clearly illustrated with examples that you can keep referring to when designing applications. Finally, you will be introduced to advanced topics such as Serverless computing and DevOps using Service Fabric, to help you undertake your next venture with confidence. Style and approach This book introduces its readers to the concept of Microservices and Microsoft Azure Service Fabric as a distributed platform to host enterprise-grade Microservices. It then addresses common architectural challenges associated with the Microservice architecture, using proven architectural patterns.

Sharpen your pentesting skill in a bootcamp About This Book ? Get practical demonstrations with in-depth explanations of complex security-related problems ? Familiarize yourself with the most common web vulnerabilities ? Get step-by-step guidance on managing testing results and reporting Who This Book Is For This book is for IT security enthusiasts and administrators who want to understand penetration testing quickly. What You Will Learn ? Perform different attacks such as MiTM, and bypassing SSL encryption ? Crack passwords and wireless network keys with brute-forcing and wordlists ? Test web applications for vulnerabilities ? Use the Metasploit Framework to launch exploits and write your own Metasploit modules ? Recover lost files, investigate successful hacks, and discover hidden data ? Write organized and effective penetration testing reports In Detail Penetration Testing Bootcamp delivers practical, learning modules in manageable chunks. Each chapter is delivered in a day, and each day builds your competency in Penetration Testing. This book will begin by taking you through the basics and show you how to set up and maintain the C&C Server. You will also understand how to scan for vulnerabilities and Metasploit, learn how to setup connectivity to a C&C server and maintain that connectivity for your intelligence gathering as well as offsite processing. Using TCPDump filters, you will gain understanding of the sniffing and spoofing traffic. This book will also teach you the importance of clearing up the tracks you leave behind after the penetration test and will show you how to build a report from all the data obtained from the penetration test. In totality, this book will equip you with instructions through rigorous tasks, practical callouts, and assignments to reinforce your understanding of penetration testing. Style and approach This book is delivered in the form of a 10-day boot camp style book. The day-by-day approach will help you get to know everything about penetration testing, from the use of network reconnaissance tools, to the writing of custom zero-day buffer overflow exploits.

Learn and implement various Quantitative Finance concepts using the popular Python libraries About This Book ? Understand the fundamentals of Python data structures and work with time-series data ? Implement key concepts in quantitative finance using popular Python libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, and matplotlib ? A step-by-step tutorial packed with many Python programs that will help you learn how to apply Python to finance Who This Book Is For This book assumes that the readers have some basic knowledge related to Python. However, he/she has no knowledge of quantitative finance. In addition, he/she has no knowledge about financial data. What You Will Learn ? Become acquainted with Python in the first two chapters ? Run CAPM, Fama-French 3-factor, and Fama-French-Carhart 4-factor models ? Learn how to price a call, put, and several exotic options ? Understand Monte Carlo simulation, how to write a Python program to replicate the Black-Scholes-Merton options model, and how to price a few exotic options ? Understand the concept of volatility and how to test the hypothesis that volatility changes over the years ? Understand the ARCH and GARCH processes and how to write related Python programs In Detail This book uses Python as its computational tool. Since Python is free, any school or organization can download and use it. This book is organized according to various finance subjects. In other words, the first edition focuses more on Python, while the second edition is truly trying to apply Python to finance. The book starts by explaining topics exclusively related to Python. Then we deal with critical parts of Python, explaining concepts such as time value of money stock and bond evaluations, capital asset pricing model, multi-factor models, time series analysis, portfolio theory, options and futures. This book will help us to learn or review the basics of quantitative finance and apply Python to solve various problems, such as estimating IBM’s market risk, running a Fama-French 3-factor, 5-factor, or Fama-French-Carhart 4 factor model, estimating the VaR of a 5-stock portfolio, estimating the optimal portfolio, and constructing the efficient frontier for a 20-stock portfolio with real-world stock, and with Monte Carlo Simulation. Later, we will also learn how to replicate the famous Black-Scholes-Merton option model and how to price exotic options such as the average price call option. Style and approach This book takes a step-by-step approach in explaining the libraries and modules in Python, and how they can be used to implement various aspects of quantitative finance. Each concept is explained in depth and supplemented with code examples for better understanding.

This book will provide you with all of the tools you need to be a professional Ruby developer. Starting with the core principles, such as syntax and best practices, and up to advanced topics like metaprogramming and big data analysis. About This Book ? Provides the core skills required to become a Ruby programmer ? Covers how to use the most popular Ruby Gem libraries ? Includes details on regular expressions Who This Book Is For This is a complete course written from the ground up for beginners wanting to gain a solid understanding of the Ruby language. It starts at the beginning with how to install Ruby and work with it on multiple machines, so simply have a computer that's connected to the Internet and you'll be ready. What You Will Learn ? Learn how to use Ruby code effectively, picking the right tool for the job and not duplicating built-in functionality ? Gain best software development practices, and how to identify and fix common errors ? Absorb core programming skills, such as variables, strings, loops, conditionals, and much more ? Explore object-oriented programming and learn to create modular, reusable code that you can use across projects ? Build 10 practical Ruby programs as you work through the book on topics such as big data analysis and solving Euler equations In Detail Ruby is a powerful, general-purpose programming language that can be applied to any task. Whether you are an experienced developer who wants to learn a new language or you are new to programming, this book is your comprehensive Ruby coding guide. Starting with the foundational principles, such as syntax, and scaling up to advanced topics such as big data analysis, this book will give you all of the tools you need to be a professional Ruby developer. A few of the key topics are: object-oriented programming, built-in Ruby methods, core programming skills, and an introduction to the Ruby on Rails and Sinatra web frameworks. You will also build 10 practical Ruby programs. Created by an experienced Ruby developer, this book has been written to ensure it focuses on the skills you will need to be a professional Ruby developer. After you have read this book, you will be ready to start building real-world Ruby projects. Style and approach This is a comprehensive course for learning the Ruby programming language that works methodically through everything that you need to know. It begins with the basics of the language and then works through some complete projects to apply your skills and ensure that you have fully absorbed them and can use them in the real world.

Remain highly competitive in the server and VM market by gaining the practical skills needed to operate Nano Server About This Book ? The days of the local server are numbered, and this book will make you an ace by giving you the skills needed to administer Nano Server and survive in the brave new server world ? Learn to quickly automate multiple VMs and support Hyper-V clusters, all through small footprints from a single host ? Apply up-to-date, real-world examples presented in this book and improve the scalability and efficiency of large-scale VM deployments Who This Book Is For This book opens up new potential for both developers and IT pros alike. The book is primarily for Server administrators and IT Professionals who would like to deploy and administer Nano Server within their organizations, and for developers who are trying to make maximal use of Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers with Nano Servers. What You Will Learn ? Understand Nano Server ? Deploy Nano Server ? Deploy Hyper-V Clusters on Nano Server ? Deploy Nano Server with SCVMM ? Manage Nano Server using PowerShell and Remote Server Management Tools ? Manage Nano Server with third-party tools ? Run Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers on Nano Server ? Troubleshoot Nano Server ? Validate developed applications that run on Nano Server In Detail Nano Server allows developers and operations teams to work closely together and use containers that package applications so that the entire platform works as one. The aim of Nano Server is to help applications run the way they are intended to. It can be used to run and deploy infrastructures (acting as a compute host, storage host, container, or VM guest operating system) without consuming significant resources. Although Nano Server isn't intended to replace Server 2016 or 2012 R2, it will be an attractive choice for developers and IT teams. Want to improve your ability to deploy a new VM and install and deploy container apps within minutes? You have come to the right place! The objective of this book is to get you started with Nano Server successfully. The journey is quite exciting, since we are introducing you to a cutting-edge technology that will revolutionize today's datacenters. We'll cover everything from the basic to advanced topics. You'll discover a lot of added value from using Nano Server, such as hundreds of VM types on a single host through a small footprint, which could be a big plus for you and your company. After reading this book, you will have the necessary skills to start your journey effectively using Nano Server. Style and approach Gauge all the information needed to get up-and-running with the latest Nano Server built by Microsoft using this easy to follow step-by-step guide.

Automate your mobile app testing About This Book ? How to automate testing with Appium ? Apply techniques for creating comprehensive tests ? How to test on physical devices or emulators Who This Book Is For Are you a mobile developer or a software tester who wishes to use Appium for your test automation? If so, then this is the right book for you .You must have basic Java programming knowledge. You don’t need to have prior knowledge of Appium. What You Will Learn ? Discover Appium and how to set up an automation framework for mobile testing ? Understand desired capabilities and learn to find element locators ? Learn to automate gestures and synchronize tests using Appium ? Take an incremental approach to implement page object pattern ? Learn to run Appium tests on emulators or physical devices ? Set up Jenkins to run mobile automation tests by easy to learn steps ? Discover tips and tricks to record video of test execution, inter app automation concepts ? Learn to run Appium tests in parallel on multiple devices simultaneously In Detail Appium is an open source test automation framework for mobile applications. It allows you to test all three types of mobile applications: native, hybrid, and mobile web. It allows you to run the automated tests on actual devices, emulators, and simulators. Today, when every mobile app is made on at least two platforms, iOS and Android, you need a tool that allows you to test across platforms. Having two different frameworks for the same app increases the cost of the product and time to maintain it as well. Appium helps save this cost. With mobile app growth exploding, mobile app automation is mainstream now. In this book, author Nishant Verma provides you with a firm grounding in the concepts of Appium while diving into how to set up appium & Cucumber-jvm test automation framework, implement page object design pattern, automate gestures, test execution on emulators and physical devices, and implement continuous integration with Jenkins. The mobile app we have referenced in this book is Quikr because of its relatively lower learning curve to understand the application. It's a local classifieds shopping app. Style and approach This book takes a practical, step-by-step approach to testing and automating individual apps such as native, hybrid, and mobile web apps using different examples.