Recipe-based approach to tackle the most common problems in Computer Vision by leveraging the functionality of OpenCV using Python APIs About This Book ? Build computer vision applications with OpenCV functionality via Python API ? Get to grips with image processing, multiple view geometry, and machine learning ? Learn to use deep learning models for image classification, object detection, and face recognition Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who have a basic knowledge of Python. If you are aware of the basics of OpenCV and are ready to build computer vision systems that are smarter, faster, more complex, and more practical than the competition, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Get familiar with low-level image processing methods ? See the common linear algebra tools needed in computer vision ? Work with different camera models and epipolar geometry ? Find out how to detect interesting points in images and compare them ? Binarize images and mask out regions of interest ? Detect objects and track them in videos In Detail OpenCV 3 is a native cross-platform library for computer vision, machine learning, and image processing. OpenCV's convenient high-level APIs hide very powerful internals designed for computational efficiency that can take advantage of multicore and GPU processing. This book will help you tackle increasingly challenging computer vision problems by providing a number of recipes that you can use to improve your applications. In this book, you will learn how to process an image by manipulating pixels and analyze an image using histograms. Then, we'll show you how to apply image filters to enhance image content and exploit the image geometry in order to relay different views of a pictured scene. We’ll explore techniques to achieve camera calibration and perform a multiple-view analysis. Later, you’ll work on reconstructing a 3D scene from images, converting low-level pixel information to high-level concepts for applications such as object detection and recognition. You’ll also discover how to process video from files or cameras and how to detect and track moving objects. Finally, you'll get acquainted with recent approaches in deep learning and neural networks. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to apply your skills in OpenCV to create computer vision applications in various domains. Style and approach This book helps you learn the core concepts of OpenCV faster by taking a recipe-based approach where you can try out different code snippets to understand a concept.

Design RPA solutions to perform a wide range of transactional tasks with minimal cost and maximum ROI About This Book ? A beginner's guide to learn Robotic Process Automation and its impact on the modern world ? Design, test, and perform enterprise automation task with UiPath ? Create Automation apps and deploy them to all the computers in your department. Who This Book Is For If you would like to pursue a career in Robotic Process Automation or improve the efficiency of your businesses by automating common tasks, then this book is perfect for you. Prior programming knowledge of either Visual Basic or C# will be useful. What You Will Learn ? Understand Robotic Process Automation technology ? Learn UiPath programming techniques to deploy robot configurations ? Explore various data extraction techniques ? Learn about integrations with various popular applications such as SAP and MS Office ? Debug a programmed robot including logging and exception handling ? Maintain code version and source control ? Deploy and control Bots with UiPath Orchestrator In Detail Robotic Process Automation (RPA) enables automating business processes using software robots. Software robots interpret, trigger responses, and communicate with other systems just like humans do. Robotic processes and intelligent automation tools can help businesses improve the effectiveness of services faster and at a lower cost than current methods. This book is the perfect start to your automation journey, with a special focus on one of the most popular RPA tools: UiPath. Learning Robotic Process Automation takes you on a journey from understanding the basics of RPA to advanced implementation techniques. You will become oriented in the UiPath interface and learn about its workflow. Once you are familiar with the environment, we will get hands-on with automating different applications such as Excel, SAP, Windows and web applications, screen and web scraping, working with user events, as well as understanding exceptions and debugging. By the end of the book, you'll not only be able to build your first software bot, but also you'll wire it to perform various automation tasks with the help of best practices for bot deployment. Style and approach This book will help you kick-start your automation journey with a special focus on one of the most popular RPA tools: UiPath.

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

Leverage the power of Tensorflow to design deep learning systems for a variety of real-world scenarios About This Book ? Build efficient deep learning pipelines using the popular Tensorflow framework ? Train neural networks such as ConvNets, generative models, and LSTMs ? Includes projects related to Computer Vision, stock prediction, chatbots and more Who This Book Is For This book is for data scientists, machine learning developers as well as deep learning practitioners, who want to build interesting deep learning projects that leverage the power of Tensorflow. Some understanding of machine learning and deep learning, and familiarity with the TensorFlow framework is all you need to get started with this book. What You Will Learn ? Set up the TensorFlow environment for deep learning ? Construct your own ConvNets for effective image processing ? Use LSTMs for image caption generation ? Forecast stock prediction accurately with an LSTM architecture ? Learn what semantic matching is by detecting duplicate Quora questions ? Set up an AWS instance with TensorFlow to train GANs ? Train and set up a chatbot to understand and interpret human input ? Build an AI capable of playing a video game by itself –and win it! In Detail TensorFlow is one of the most popular frameworks used for machine learning and, more recently, deep learning. It provides a fast and efficient framework for training different kinds of deep learning models, with very high accuracy. This book is your guide to master deep learning with TensorFlow with the help of 10 real-world projects. TensorFlow Deep Learning Projects starts with setting up the right TensorFlow environment for deep learning. Learn to train different types of deep learning models using TensorFlow, including Convolutional Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks, LSTMs, and Generative Adversarial Networks. While doing so, you will build end-to-end deep learning solutions to tackle different real-world problems in image processing, recommendation systems, stock prediction, and building chatbots, to name a few. You will also develop systems that perform machine translation, and use reinforcement learning techniques to play games. By the end of this book, you will have mastered all the concepts of deep learning and their implementation with TensorFlow, and will be able to build and train your own deep learning models with TensorFlow confidently. Style and approach This book contains 10 unique, end-to-end projects covering all aspects of deep learning and their implementations with TensorFlow. Each project will equip you with a unique skillset in training efficient deep learning models, and empower you to implement your own projects more confidently

A comprehensive guide to design, build and execute effective Big Data strategies using Hadoop About This Book ? Get an in-depth view of the Apache Hadoop ecosystem and an overview of the architectural patterns pertaining to the popular Big Data platform ? Conquer different data processing and analytics challenges using a multitude of tools such as Apache Spark, Elasticsearch, Tableau and more ? A comprehensive, step-by-step guide that will teach you everything you need to know, to be an expert Hadoop Architect Who This Book Is For This book is for Big Data professionals who want to fast-track their career in the Hadoop industry and become an expert Big Data architect. Project managers and mainframe professionals looking forward to build a career in Big Data Hadoop will also find this book to be useful. Some understanding of Hadoop is required to get the best out of this book. What You Will Learn ? Build an efficient enterprise Big Data strategy centered around Apache Hadoop ? Gain a thorough understanding of using Hadoop with various Big Data frameworks such as Apache Spark, Elasticsearch and more ? Set up and deploy your Big Data environment on premises or on the cloud with Apache Ambari ? Design effective streaming data pipelines and build your own enterprise search solutions ? Utilize the historical data to build your analytics solutions and visualize them using popular tools such as Apache Superset ? Plan, set up and administer your Hadoop cluster efficiently In Detail The complex structure of data these days requires sophisticated solutions for data transformation, to make the information more accessible to the users.This book empowers you to build such solutions with relative ease with the help of Apache Hadoop, along with a host of other Big Data tools. This book will give you a complete understanding of the data lifecycle management with Hadoop, followed by modeling of structured and unstructured data in Hadoop. It will also show you how to design real-time streaming pipelines by leveraging tools such as Apache Spark, and build efficient enterprise search solutions using Elasticsearch. You will learn to build enterprise-grade analytics solutions on Hadoop, and how to visualize your data using tools such as Apache Superset. This book also covers techniques for deploying your Big Data solutions on the cloud Apache Ambari, as well as expert techniques for managing and administering your Hadoop cluster. By the end of this book, you will have all the knowledge you need to build expert Big Data systems. Style and approach Comprehensive guide with a perfect blend of theory, examples and implementation of real-world use-cases

Implementing the ArcGIS Pro technique to design accurate, user friendly maps and making appropriate cartographic decisions About This Book ? Build visually stunning and useful maps; ? Understand the cartographic workflows and the decisions you must take before creating the map; ? Learn to create appropriate map elements and layout designs ? Use the ArcGIS Online's Smart Mapping technique to create clear webmaps Who This Book Is For If you are a GIS analyst or a Map designer who would like to create and design a map with ArcGIS Pro then this book is for you. A basic GIS knowledge is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Using ArcGIS Pro to create visually stunning maps and make confident cartographic decisions ? Leverage precise layout grids that will organize and guide the placement of map elements ? Make appropriate decisions about color and symbols ? Critically evaluate and choose the perfect projection for your data ? Create clear webmaps that focus the reader’s attention using ArcGIS Online’s Smart Mapping capabilities In Detail ArcGIS Pro is a geographic information system for working with maps and geographic information. This book will help you create visually stunning maps that increase the legibility of the stories being mapped and introduce visual and design concepts into a traditionally scientific, data-driven process. The book begins by outlining the steps of gathering data from authoritative sources and lays out the workflow of creating a great map. Once the plan is in place you will learn how to organize the Contents Pane in ArcGIS Pro and identify the steps involved in streamlining the production process. Then you will learn Cartographic Design techniques using ArcGIS Pro's feature set to organize the page structure and create a custom set of color swatches. You will be then exposed to the techniques required to ensure your data is clear and legible no matter the size or scale of your map. The later chapters will help you understand the various projection systems, trade-offs between them, and the proper applications of them to make sure your maps are accurate and visually appealing. Finally, you will be introduced to the ArcGIS Online ecosystem and how ArcGIS Pro can utilize it within the application. You will learn Smart Mapping, a new feature of ArcGIS Online that will help you to make maps that are visually stunning and useful. By the end of this book, you will feel more confident in making appropriate cartographic decisions. Style and approach The book takes a pragmatic approach, showing various methods to create visually stunning maps.

Create microservices using Java EE technologies using WildFly Swarm,deploy them in the OpenShift cloud, make them resilient to network failures using Hystrix, configure continuous integration using Jenkins, and security using Keycloak. About This Book ? Create functional microservices with WildFly Swarm ? Use OpenShift to deploy your microservices in the cloud ? Make your application production-ready using Jenkins, Hystrix, and Keycloak Who This Book Is For If you're an experienced developer familiar with Java EE technologies and would like to learn how you can use those technologies in the cloud with WildFly and OpenShift, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Utilize Java EE technology to develop modern cloud-enabled applications ? Easily create microservices with WildFly Swarm using proven Java EE technologies ? See the benefits of OpenShift – easy deployment of your services, out of the box scalability and healing, and integration with Continuous Integration tools ? Integrate the sample application with Jenkins’ Continuous Integration server ? Utilize Netflix OSS to connect your services and provide resilience to your application ? Provide security to your application using Keycloak In Detail The book starts by introducing you to WildFly Swarm—a tool that allows you to create runnable microservices from Java EE components. You’ll learn the basics of Swarm operation—creating a microservice containing only the parts of enterprise runtime needed in a specific case. Later, you’ll learn how to configure and test those services. In order to deploy our services in the cloud, we’ll use OpenShift. You’ll get to know basic information on its architecture, features, and relationship to Docker and Kubernetes. Later, you’ll learn how to deploy and configure your services to run in the OpenShift cloud. In the last part of the book, you’ll see how to make your application production-ready. You’ll find out how to configure continuous integration for your services using Jenkins, make your application resistant to network failures using Hystrix, and how to secure them using Keycloak. By the end of the book, you’ll have a fully functional example application and will have practical knowledge of Java EE cloud development that can be used as a reference in your other projects. Style and approach This example-based tutorial guides you step by step through creating an application based on well-known Java EE technologies (JAX-RS, CDI, JPA, and JSF) and modern architectural patterns.

A beginner's guide to get you up and running with Cassandra, DynamoDB, HBase, InfluxDB, MongoDB, Neo4j, and Redis About This Book ? Covers the basics of 7 NoSQL databases and how they are used in the enterprises ? Quick introduction to MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Cassandra, Neo4j, InfluxDB, and Hbase ? Includes effective techniques for database querying and management Who This Book Is For If you are a budding DBA or a developer who wants to get started with the fundamentals of NoSQL databases, this book is for you. Relational DBAs who want to get insights into the various offerings of popular NoSQL databases will also find this book to be very useful. What You Will Learn ? Understand how MongoDB provides high-performance, high-availability, and automatic scaling ? Interact with your Neo4j instances via database queries, Python scripts, and Java application code ? Get familiar with common querying and programming methods to interact with Redis ? Study the different types of problems Cassandra can solve ? Work with HBase components to support common operations such as creating tables and reading/writing data ? Discover data models and work with CRUD operations using DynamoDB ? Discover what makes InfluxDB a great choice for working with time-series data In Detail This is the golden age of open source NoSQL databases. With enterprises having to work with large amounts of unstructured data and moving away from expensive monolithic architecture, the adoption of NoSQL databases is rapidly increasing. Being familiar with the popular NoSQL databases and knowing how to use them is a must for budding DBAs and developers. This book introduces you to the different types of NoSQL databases and gets you started with seven of the most popular NoSQL databases used by enterprises today. We start off with a brief overview of what NoSQL databases are, followed by an explanation of why and when to use them. The book then covers the seven most popular databases in each of these categories: MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB, Redis, HBase, Cassandra, InfluxDB, and Neo4j. The book doesn't go into too much detail about each database but teaches you enough to get started with them. By the end of this book, you will have a thorough understanding of the different NoSQL databases and their functionalities, empowering you to select and use the right database according to your needs. Style and approach This book is a quick-start guide with short and simple introductory content on the seven popular databases.

Fast track your development skills to build resourceful, open-source business applications with Odoo 11 About This Book ? Discover the latest technical capabilities in Odoo 11 while you build your own app ? Program business logic and manipulate data to implement specific business rules in your applications ? Implement automated tests to add modules and techniques and debug module business logic Who This Book Is For Odoo 11 Development Essentials caters to developers who are familiar with Python and MVC design and now want to build effective business applications using Odoo. What You Will Learn ? Install Odoo from source ? Manage Odoo server instances ? Create a new Odoo application from scratch covering the most frequently used elements ? Develop new models and use inheritance to extend/modify existing models ? Use ORM methods, both in the Odoo server and from external clients ? Create Kanban views using QWeb effectively ? Develop custom web and website CMS pages ? Use external API to integrate Odoo with external applications In Detail Odoo continues to gain worldwide momentum as the best platform for open source ERP installations. Now, with Odoo 11, you have access to an improved GUI, performance optimization, integrated in-app purchase features, and a fast-growing community to help transform and modernize your business. With this practical guide, you will cover all the new features that Odoo 11 has to offer to build and customize business applications, focusing on the publicly available community edition. We begin with setting up a development environment, and as you make your way through the chapters, you will learn to build feature-rich business applications. With the aim of jump-starting your Odoo proficiency level, from no specific knowledge to application development readiness, you will develop your first Odoo application. We then move on to topics such as models and views, and understand how to use server APIs to add business logic, helping to lay a solid foundation for advanced topics. The book concludes with Odoo interactions and how to use the Odoo API from other programs, all of which will enable you to efficiently integrate applications with other external systems. Style and Approach This fast-paced tutorial explains topics with the help of practical examples to help you understand each chapter efficiently.

This fast-paced guide will quickly enhance your skills to develop a highly scalable Cloud environment About This Book ? Efficiently build a highly scalable and reliable cloud environment for your applications with AWS ? Leverage the various AWS components and services to build a secure, reliable, and robust environment to host your applications on ? This quick-start guide will quickly enhance your skills to develop highly scalable services Who This Book Is For This book is for IT professionals and system administrators looking to design, deploy, and manage your applications and services on the AWS cloud platform. It’s also ideal for developers looking to build highly scalable cloud-based services. A basic understanding of AWS would be beneficial. What You Will Learn ? Find out about IAM to access AWS services securely ? Explore EC2 (virtual server) and scale up/down your application based on heavy traffic ? Learn about unlimited data storage service S3 and host a static website within minutes ? Get to grips with Relational Databases and NoSQL databases under the AWS ecosystem ? Understand the caching mechanism ? Get to know about notifications service and monitor AWS services ? Secure and troubleshoot your AWS architecture In Detail AWS is at the forefront of Cloud Computing today. Businesses are adopting AWS Cloud because of its reliability, versatility, and flexible design. The main focus of this book is teaching you how to build and manage highly reliable and scalable applications and services on AWS. It will provide you with all the necessary skills to design, deploy, and manage your applications and services on the AWS cloud platform. We’ll start by exploring Amazon S3, EC2, and so on to get you well-versed with core Amazon services. Moving on, we’ll teach you how to design and deploy highly scalable and optimized workloads. You’ll also discover easy-to-follow, hands-on steps, tips, and recommendations throughout the book and get to know essential security and troubleshooting concepts. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to create a highly secure, fault tolerant, and scalable environment for your applications to run on. Style and approach This book is all about fast and intensive learning. That means we don’t waste time helping you get started. The new features provided by AWS resources are being covered with highly-effective examples to develop new things, demonstrating different ways to create and use the AWS resources efficiently.

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

Master the art of identifying vulnerabilities within the Windows OS and develop the desired solutions for it using Kali Linux. Key Features *Identify the vulnerabilities in your system using Kali Linux 2018.02 *Discover the art of exploiting Windows kernel drivers *Get to know several bypassing techniques to gain control of your Windows environment Book Description Windows has always been the go-to platform for users around the globe to perform administration and ad hoc tasks, in settings that range from small offices to global enterprises, and this massive footprint makes securing Windows a unique challenge. This book will enable you to distinguish yourself to your clients. In this book, you'll learn advanced techniques to attack Windows environments from the indispensable toolkit that is Kali Linux. We'll work through core network hacking concepts and advanced Windows exploitation techniques, such as stack and heap overflows, precision heap spraying, and kernel exploitation, using coding principles that allow you to leverage powerful Python scripts and shellcode. We'll wrap up with post-exploitation strategies that enable you to go deeper and keep your access. Finally, we'll introduce kernel hacking fundamentals and fuzzing testing, so you can discover vulnerabilities and write custom exploits. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed in identifying vulnerabilities within the Windows OS and developing the desired solutions for them. What you will learn *Get to know advanced pen testing techniques with Kali Linux *Gain an understanding of Kali Linux tools and methods from behind the scenes *See how to use Kali Linux at an advanced level *Understand the exploitation of Windows kernel drivers *Understand advanced Windows concepts and protections, and how to bypass them using Kali Linux *Discover Windows exploitation techniques, such as stack and heap overflows and kernel exploitation, through coding principles Who this book is for This book is for penetration testers, ethical hackers, and individuals breaking into the pentesting role after demonstrating an advanced skill in boot camps. Prior experience with Windows exploitation, Kali Linux, and some Windows debugging tools is necessary

Complement Selenium with useful additions that fit seamlessly into the rich and well-crafted API that Selenium offers About This Book ? Understand the power, simplicity, and limitations of the core Selenium framework ? Write clear, readable, and reliable tests that perform complex test automation tasks ? Work with ChromeDriver and GeckoDriver in headless mode Who This Book Is For If you are a software tester or a developer with working experience in Selenium and competency with Java, who is interested in automation and are looking forward to taking the next step in their learning journey, then this is the book for you. What You Will Learn ? Provide fast, useful feedback with screenshots ? Create extensible, well-composed page objects ? Utilize ChromeDriver and GeckoDriver in headless mode ? Leverage the full power of Advanced User Interactions APIs ? Use JavascriptExecutor to execute JavaScript snippets in the browser through Selenium ? Build user interaction into your test script using JavascriptExecutor ? Learn the basics of working with Appium In Detail The second edition of Mastering Selenium 3.0 WebDriver starts by showing you how to build your own Selenium framework with Maven. You'll then look at how you can solve the difficult problems that you will undoubtedly come across as you start using Selenium in an enterprise environment and learn how to produce the right feedback when failing. Next, you’ll explore common exceptions that you will come across as you use Selenium, the root causes of these exceptions, and how to fix them. Along the way, you’ll use Advanced User Interactions APIs, running any JavaScript you need through Selenium; and learn how to quickly spin up a Selenium Grid using Docker containers. In the concluding chapters, you‘ll work through a series of scenarios that demonstrate how to extend Selenium to work with external libraries and applications so that you can be sure you are using the right tool for the job. Style and approach This book is a pragmatic guide that takes you through the process of creating a test framework with Selenium 3. It then shows you how you can extend this framework to overcome common obstacles that you will come across whilst using Selenium.

Leverage the full potential of the web to make your web sites better than native applications for every platform. Key Features *Explore different models and patterns required to develop progressive web applications *Create applications requiring shorter runtime for attracting more users *Study different projects to understand the fundamentals of progressive web applications Book Description Are you a developer that wants to create truly cross-platform user experiences with a minimal footprint, free of store restrictions and features customers want? Then you need to get to grips with Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), a perfect amalgamation of web and mobile applications with a blazing-fast response time. Progressive Web Application Development by Example helps you explore concepts of the PWA development by enabling you to develop three projects, starting with a 2048 game. In this game, you will review parts of a web manifest file and understand how a browser uses properties to define the home screen experience. You will then move on to learning how to develop and use a podcast client and be introduced to service workers. The application will demonstrate how service workers are registered and updated. In addition to this, you will review a caching API so that you have a firm understanding of how to use the cache within a service worker, and you'll discover core caching strategies and how to code them within a service worker. Finally, you will study how to build a tickets application, wherein you’ll apply advanced service worker techniques, such as cache invalidation. Also, you'll learn about tools you can use to validate your applications and scaffold them for quality and consistency. By the end of the book, you will have walked through browser developer tools, node modules, and online tools for creating high-quality PWAs. What you will learn *Explore the core principles of PWAs *Study the three main technical requirements of PWAs *Discover enhancing requirements to make PWAs transcend native apps and traditional websites *Create and install PWAs on common websites with a given HTTPS as the core requirement *Get acquainted with the service worker life cycle *Define service worker caching patterns *Apply caching strategies to three different website scenarios *Implement best practices for web performance Who this book is for Progressive Web Application Development by Example is for you if you’re a web developer or front-end designer who wants to ensure improved user experiences. If you are an application developer with knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, this book will help you enhance your skills in order to develop progressive web applications, the future of app development.

Network virtualization at your fingertips About This Book ? Over 70 practical recipes created by two VCIX-NV certified NSX experts ? Explore best practices to deploy, operate, and upgrade VMware NSX for vSphere ? Leverage NSX REST API using various tools from Python in VMware vRealize Orchestrator Who This Book Is For If you are a security and network administrator and looking to gain an intermediate level for network and security virtualization, then this book is for you. The reader should have a basic knowledge with VMware NSX. What You Will Learn ? Understand, install, and configure VMware NSX for vSphere solutions ? Configure logical switching, routing, and Edge Services Gateway in VMware NSX for vSphere ? Learn how to plan and upgrade VMware NSX for vSphere ? Learn how to use built-in monitoring tools such as Flow Monitoring, Traceflow, Application Rule Manager, and Endpoint Monitoring ? Learn how to leverage the NSX REST API for management and automation using various tools from Python to VMware vRealize Orchestrator In Detail This book begins with a brief introduction to VMware's NSX for vSphere Network Virtualization solutions and how to deploy and configure NSX components and features such as Logical Switching, Logical Routing, layer 2 bridging and the Edge Services Gateway. Moving on to security, the book shows you how to enable micro-segmentation through NSX Distributed Firewall and Identity Firewall and how to do service insertion via network and guest introspection. After covering all the feature configurations for single-site deployment, the focus then shifts to multi-site setups using Cross-vCenter NSX. Next, the book covers management, backing up and restoring, upgrading, and monitoring using built-in NSX features such as Flow Monitoring, Traceflow, Application Rule Manager, and Endpoint Monitoring. Towards the end, you will explore how to leverage VMware NSX REST API using various tools from Python to VMware vRealize Orchestrator. Style and approach The book follows a practical, recipe-based approach and teaches readers how to leverage VMware NSX and implement these recipes directly into their enterprise.

Leverage the power of ROS to build exciting collaborative robots. About This Book ? Delve into an open source, meta-operating system for your robot ? Get acquainted with tools and libraries for building and running code on multiple platforms ? Use Gazebo to model your robot and create a virtual environment Who This Book Is For If you’re a researcher or engineer with an interest in the problems, solutions, and future research issues that you may encounter in the development of robotic applications, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of C++ and Python programming with the GNU/Linux environment is strongly recommended to assist with understanding the key concepts covered in the book. What You Will Learn ? Explore advanced concepts, such as ROS pluginlib, nodelets, and actionlib ? Work with ROS visualization, profiling, and debugging tools ? Gain experience in robot modeling and simulation using Gazebo ? Understand the ROS Navigation Stack for mobile robots ? Configure a MoveIt! package for a manipulator robot ? Develop an autonomous navigation framework for MAV using ORB SLAM and MoveIt ? Integrate sensors, actuators, and robots into the ROS ecosystem ? Get acquainted with the ROS-Industrial package with hardware support, capabilities, and applications In Detail This book will leverage the power of ROS with an introduction to its core and advanced concepts through exciting recipes. You will get acquainted with the use of different synchronous and asynchronous communication methods, including messages, services, and actions. You will learn how to use the various debugging and visualization tools used in development and how to interface sensors and actuators with the ROS framework. Firstly, you will get to grips with ROS simulation frameworks, such as Gazebo and RotorS for modeling and simulating any physical robot and virtual environment. You will also cover mobile robotics, micro-aerial vehicles, and robotic arms, which are the leading branches of robotic applications. Robot Operating System Cookbook will also guide you in the development of an autonomous navigation framework for both mobile robots and micro-aerial vehicles. Finally, you will explore ROS-Industrial, an open source project that extends the advanced capabilities of ROS software to manufacturing industries. Style and approach The goal of this book is to provide an integrated overview of the concepts and techniques. ROS is not an operating system in the traditional sense of process management and scheduling; rather, it provides a structured communications layer above the host operating systems of a heterogeneous compute cluster.

Find bottlenecks, identify the proper algorithm to use, optimize performance, and create really efficient Rust applications About This Book ? Understand common performance pitfalls and improve the performance of your applications. ? Get to grips with parallel programming and multithreading with Rust. ? Learn metaprogramming in Rust. Who This Book Is For This book is for Rust developers keen to improve the speed of their code or simply to take their skills to the next level. What You Will Learn ? Master tips and tricks to make your code faster. ? Learn how to identify bottlenecks in your Rust applications ? Discover how to profile your Rust software. ? Understand the type system to create compile-time optimizations. ? Master the borrow checker . ? Learn metaprogramming in Rust to avoid boilerplate code. ? Discover multithreading and work stealing in Rust. ? Understand asynchronous programming in Rust. In Detail At times, it is difficult to get the best performance out of Rust. This book teaches you to optimize the speed of your Rust code to the level of languages such as C/C++. You'll understand and fix common pitfalls, learn how to improve your productivity by using metaprogramming, and speed up your code by concurrently executing parts of it safely and easily. You will master the features of the language which will make you stand out and use them to really improve the efficiency of your algorithms The book begins with a gentle introduction to help you identify bottlenecks when programming in Rust. We highlight common performance pitfalls, along with strategies to detect and resolve these issues early. We move on to mastering Rust's type system, which will enable us to create impressive optimizations in both performance and safety at compile time. You will then learn how to effectively manage memory in Rust, mastering the borrow checker. We move on to measuring performance and you will see how this affects the way you write code. Moving ahead, you will perform metaprogramming in Rust to boost the performance of your code and your productivity. You will finally learn parallel programming in Rust, which enables efficient and faster execution by using multithreading and asynchronous programming. Style and approach You'll embark on a learning journey that will teach about you deep-core concepts in the Rust language. Learning those concepts—such as understanding the borrow checker—will make you competent to write more efficient Rust code. To learn those core concepts, you'll perform practical work and see for yourself how specific patterns improve the performance of your code.

Create high-quality multi-platform native apps with Xamarin.Forms About This Book ? Packed with real-world scenarios and solutions to help you build professional-grade mobile apps with Xamarin.Forms ? Build an effective mobile app architecture with the Xamarin.Forms toolkit ? Find out how, when, and why you should use architectural patterns and get best practices with Xamarin.Forms Who This Book Is For This book is intended for C# developers who are familiar with the Xamarin platform and the Xamarin.Forms toolkit. If you have already started working with Xamarin.Forms and want to take your app to the next level with higher quality, maintainability, testability, and flexibility, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Implement the Model-View-View-Model (MVVM) pattern and data-binding in Xamarin.Forms mobile apps ? Extend the Xamarin.Forms navigation API with a custom ViewModel-centric navigation service ? Leverage the inversion of control and dependency injection patterns in Xamarin.Forms mobile apps ? Work with online and offline data in Xamarin.Forms mobile apps ? Test business logic in Xamarin.Forms mobile apps ? Use platform-specific APIs to build rich custom user interfaces in Xamarin.Forms mobile apps ? Explore how to improve mobile app quality using Visual Studio AppCenter In Detail Discover how to extend and build upon the components of the Xamarin.Forms toolkit to develop an effective, robust mobile app architecture. Starting with an app built with the basics of the Xamarin.Forms toolkit, you'll go step by step through several advanced topics to create a solution architecture rich with the benefits of good design patterns and best practices. You'll start by introducing a core separation between the app's user interface and its business logic by applying the MVVM pattern and data-binding. Then you focus on building out a layer of plugin-like services that handle platform-specific utilities such as navigation and geo-location, and on how to loosely use these services in the app with inversion of control and dependency injection. Next you connect the app to a live web-based API and set up offline synchronization. Then, you delve into testing the app logic through unit tests. Finally, you set up Visual Studio App Center for monitoring usage and bugs to gain a proactive edge on app quality. Style and approach This easy-to-follow, code-rich guide will walk you through building a real-world Xamarin.Forms mobile app from start to finish. Each chapter builds on the app by applying new advanced capabilities, design patterns, and best practices. Packed with real-world scenarios, this step-by-step guide will help you quickly build professional-grade apps with Xamarin.Forms.

A step by step guide for beginners to create interactive and dynamic websites from scratch. About This Book ? A fun-filled book with incrementing projects that would help you learn and adapt the fundamentals of web development ? Bring your web design to life with the help of HTML, CSS, JQuery, and learn to kick-start your future projects with Bootstrap ? Explore popular web development techniques such as responsive, adaptive, and material design and initiate yourself with Vue.js Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone who wants to learn about web development regardless of previous experience. It's perfect for complete beginners with zero experience; it's also great for anyone who does have some experience in a few technologies (such as HTML and CSS) but not all of them. What You Will Learn ? Understand the importance of web design and the basic design components ? Learn HTML5 and CSS3 ? Difference between adaptive and responsive web design ? Learn how to create your first website ? Add interaction and dynamic content to your website with JavaScript and JQuery ? Implement Bootstrap Framework in your project ? Get familiar with server-side rendering In Detail Web design is the process of creating websites. It encompasses several different aspects, including webpage layout, content production, and graphic design. This book offers you everything you need to know to build your websites. The book starts off by explaining the importance of web design and the basic design components used in website development. It'll show you insider tips to work quickly and efficiently with web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, concluding with a project on creating a static site with good layout. Once you've got that locked down, we'll get our hands dirty by diving straight into learning JavaScript and JQuery, ending with a project on creating dynamic content for your website. After getting our basic website up and running with the dynamic functionalities you'll move on to building your own responsive websites using more advanced techniques such as Bootstrap. Later you will learn smart ways to add dynamic content, and modern UI techniques such as Adaptive UI and Material Design. This will help you understand important concepts such as server-side rendering and UI components. Finally we take a look at various developer tools to ease your web development process. Style and approach This is a fun-filled book with conversational and engaging content ; with each incrementing project, you'll would easily learn and adapt the fundamentals of web development. Each project showcases a different use case and incrementally teaches the web development basics.

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

Enhance your software deployment workflow using containers About This Book ? Get up-and-running with basic to advanced concepts of Docker ? Get acquainted with concepts such as Docker containers, Docker images, orchestrators and so on. ? Practical test-based approach to learning a prominent containerization tool Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at system administrators, operations engineers, DevOps engineers, and developers or stakeholders who are interested in getting started with Docker from scratch. No prior experience with Docker Containers is required. What You Will Learn ? Containerize your traditional or microservice-based application ? Share or ship your application as an immutable container image ? Build a Docker swarm and a Kubernetes cluster in the cloud ? Run a highly distributed application using Docker Swarm or Kubernetes ? Update or rollback a distributed application with zero downtime ? Secure your applications via encapsulation, networks, and secrets ? Know your options when deploying your containerized app into the cloud In Detail Docker containers have revolutionized the software supply chain in small and big enterprises. Never before has a new technology so rapidly penetrated the top 500 enterprises worldwide. Companies that embrace containers and containerize their traditional mission-critical applications have reported savings of at least 50% in total maintenance cost and a reduction of 90% (or more) of the time required to deploy new versions of those applications. Furthermore they are benefitting from increased security just by using containers as opposed to running applications outside containers. This book starts from scratch, introducing you to Docker fundamentals and setting up an environment to work with it. Then we delve into concepts such as Docker containers, Docker images, Docker Compose, and so on. We will also cover the concepts of deployment, orchestration, networking, and security. Furthermore, we explain Docker functionalities on public clouds such as AWS. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience working with Docker containers and orchestrators such as SwarmKit and Kubernetes. Style and approach The simple end-to-end guide will help you learn everything about how to containerize, ship, and run both a traditional application and a modern microservice-based application on-premise or in the cloud.