A theoretical guide, this book provides detailed and structured explanations and visualizations of the Trividas Integration Architecture Blueprint, showing you the strategy to implement your own integration projects. It draws on real-world integrations at an architectural level, and explores both product-neutral and specific integration scenarios. If you are an IT architect or manager who is responsible for any aspect of operating integration solutions, and you want to learn how to implement integration architectures in practice with the help of the Trivadis Integration Architecture Blueprint, then this book is for you. A comprehensive understanding of SOA is required, though previous knowledge of the Trivadis Blueprint is not necessary. Less experienced specialists who have not yet dealt with integration will benefit greatly from this book by first gaining knowledge of concepts and terminology used in the context of integration architecture, while those already familiar with such expertise can move straight to discovering the base technologies associated with implementing solutions based on the Blueprint, and getting to grips with the Blueprint's structure itself. If you want to assess the solutions from different vendors and ultimately achieve comprehensive SOA integration results using the Trivadis Integration Architecture Blueprint, then this book is ideal for you.

Illustrate your data in a more interactive and interesting way using Tableau Public About This Book Learn the basics of creating visualizations with Tableau using this concise reference book Understand how to join and aggregate your data sources using Tableau It is a step by step guide that uses examples to help you understand the key concepts and feature of Tableau Public Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at investigative journalists and bloggers with an interest in making rich and interactive data visualizations. Intermediate Tableau Public users and organizations can also use this book as a reference guide and teaching aid. Members of the media team, such as data specialists, web developers, editors, producers, and managers can also benefit from an understanding of the structure and challenges of writing an interactive and interesting data visualization using Tableau Public. What You Will Learn Connect to various data sources and understand what data is appropriate for Tableau Public Understand chart types and when to use specific chart types with different types of data Join and aggregate data for use in Tableau Public data stories Discover features of Tableau Public, from basic to advanced Involve calculations in Tableau Public Build geographic maps to bring context to data Create dashboards from one or more separate data visualizations Create filters and actions to allow greater interactivity to Tableau Public visualizations and dashboards Publish and embed Tableau visualizations and dashboards in articles In Detail Tableau Public is a very useful tool in anyone's data reporting toolbox that allows authors to add an interactive data element to any article. It allows investigative journalists and bloggers to tell a “data story”, allowing others to explore your data visualization. The relative ease of Tableau Public visualization creation allows data stories to be developed rapidly. It allows readers to explore data associations in multiple-sourced public data, and uses state-of-the-art dashboard and chart graphics to immerse the users in an interactive experience. This book offers investigative journalists, bloggers, and other data story tellers a rich discussion of visualization creation topics, features, and functions. This book allows data story tellers to quickly gain confidence in understanding and expanding their visualization-creation knowledge, and allows them to quickly create interesting, interactive data visualizations to bring a richness and vibrancy to complex articles. The book takes you from basic concepts in visualization creation, like connecting to data sources, cleansing data, chart types, common functions, map creation, and publishing to the Web, to more advanced functions. It is a great overview and reference guide for beginner to intermediate Tableau Public data story tellers, and covers creation of Tableau Public visualizations of varying complexities. Style and approach This book is a crisp, systematic, and tutorial-styled guide to building interactive Tableau visualizations.

This book is an easytofollow guide, full of handson, realworld examples. Each topic is explained and demonstrated in a specific and userfriendly flow, from search optimization using Solr to Deployment of Zookeeper applications. This book is ideal for Apache Solr developers and want to learn different techniques to optimize Solr performance with utmost efficiency, along with effectively troubleshooting the problems that usually occur while trying to boost performance. Familiarity with search servers and database querying is expected.

A fast-paced, example-based guide to learning how to administrate, monitor, and optimize Apache Solr."Administrating Solr" is for developers and Solr administrators who have a basic knowledge of Solr and who are looking for ways to keep their Solr server healthy and well maintained. A basic working knowledge of Apache Lucene is recommended, but this is not mandatory.

This project-based tutorial gives you a strong foundation and guides you through practical, real-world examples.This book contains valuable insights for both newbies and already established Magento developers. This book is targeted at new and intermediate PHP developers starting afresh with Magento module development.

This book is a detailed guide to create and deploy mobile games on multiple mobile platforms with an emphasis on practical examples that help you learn how to make your own games quickly and efficiently.This book is for developers who are new to mobile game development or who have tried the native development of mobile games and want a simpler, faster tool that can support a wide variety of platforms and devices. Readers are expected to be at least partially familiar with the Lua game *ing language that Gideros uses for its *s.

This is a stepbystep tutorial that deals with Microsoft Server 2012 reporting tools:SSRS and Power View. If you are a BI developer, consultant, or architect who wishes to learn how to use SSRS and Power View, and want to understand the best use for each tool, then this book will get you up and running quickly. No prior experience is required with either tool!

An easytofollow, stepbystep tutorial focusing on practical situations and manipulations, guiding you to create a concrete Graphical User Interface and a simple 2D game. If you are a Unity 3D developer looking forward to learn NGUI for Unity, then this book is for you. Prior knowlege of C# *ing is expected. Additional knowledge of Unity 3D Editor, GameObject and creating/adding *s to GameObject would be beneficial; however, no prior knowledge of NGUI is required.

This book is a practical, handson guide that takes you through the techniques of web scraping using Beautiful Soup. Getting Started with Beautiful Soup is great for anybody who is interested in website scraping and extracting information. However, a basic knowledge of Python, HTML tags, and CSS is required for better understanding.

This is a comprehensive guide with a stepbystep approach that enables you to host and manage servers using QlikView Server and QlikView Publisher. If you are a server administrator wanting to learn about how to deploy QlikView Server for server management,analysis and testing, and QlikView Publisher for publishing of business content then this is the perfect book for you. No prior experience with QlikView is expected.

This book is intended for developers and Big Data engineers who want to know all about HBase at a hands-on level. For in-depth understanding, it would be helpful to have a bit of familiarity with HDFS and MapReduce programming concepts with no prior experience with HBase or similar technologies. This book is also for Big Data enthusiasts and database developers who have worked with other NoSQL databases and now want to explore HBase as another futuristic, scalable database solution in the Big Data space.

Identify and resolve key Citrix XenAppissues using trusted troubleshooting and monitoring techniques About This BookUnderstand the key troubleshooting methodologies when working with XenApp 7.5 version and aboveUncover effective tips and techniques to solve real-world XenAppinfrastructure problemsThis is a fast-paced guide to developing key troubleshooting and problem resolution skills you can put to use in a Citrix environmentWho This Book Is ForThis book is for Citrix Administrators or Citrix Engineers who are currently managing Citrix XenAppin a production environment and want to learn how to troubleshoot XenAppissues in the shortest possible time. It is assumed that you have a basic understanding of XenApp’s components and how to implement and manage a XenAppinfrastructure.What You Will LearnGet to know about troubleshooting methodologies and perform a root cause analysis of the problemUnderstand the individual components and interactions required for a successful XenApp environmentsIdentify and troubleshoot issues around the core Citrix componentsIdentify XenAppcomponents and their roles and learn how they interact with the communication channelsGain tips and tricks to optimize Citrix deploymentsMonitor and optimize the XenAppenvironmentIn DetailCitrix XenAppis an application virtualization product from Citrix. It allows users to connect to their corporate applications from various computer systems and even mobile devices. XenApphas grown into a complex software with ever-expanding infrastructures in place. Together with tight integrations with other systems such as Terminal Services, Active Directory, and other third-party authentication services, troubleshooting XenApphas become more complicated.This book teaches you how to approach troubleshooting complex issues with XenAppdeployments and understand the problem, find a fix or workaround, determine the root cause, and apply corrective steps wherever applicable. The book progresses to give you an idea about the many supportive components that play an important role in XenApp’s application delivery model and should be considered while troubleshooting XenAppissues. It also shows you standard troubleshooting processes so that you can resolve complex XenAppissues in a mission critical environment.By the end of this book, you will see how and where to use supportive components that help minimize XenAppissues. Also, we’ll explain various tools that can be useful when monitoring and optimizing entire application and desktop delivery model.Style and approachThis is an easy-to-follow, fast-paced, example-oriented guide with a brief explanation on various troubleshooting methodologies to walk you through a host of real-life problems.

Learn how to use RxClojure to deal with stateful computations Key Features * Leverage the features of Functional Reactive Programming using Clojure * Create dataflow-based systems that are the building blocks of Reactive Programming * Use different Functional Reactive Programming frameworks, techniques, and patterns to solve real-world problems Book Description Reactive Programming is central to many concurrent systems, and can help make the process of developing highly concurrent, event-driven, and asynchronous applications simpler and less error-prone. This book will allow you to explore Reactive Programming in Clojure 1.9 and help you get to grips with some of its new features such as transducers, reader conditionals, additional string functions, direct linking, and socket servers. Hands-On Reactive Programming with Clojure starts by introducing you to Functional Reactive Programming (FRP) and its formulations, as well as showing you how it inspired Compositional Event Systems (CES). It then guides you in understanding Reactive Programming as well as learning how to develop your ability to work with time-varying values thanks to examples of reactive applications implemented in different frameworks. You'll also gain insight into some interesting Reactive design patterns such as the simple component, circuit breaker, request-response, and multiple-master replication. Finally, the book introduces microservices-based architecture in Clojure and closes with examples of unit testing frameworks. By the end of the book, you will have gained all the knowledge you need to create applications using different Reactive Programming approaches. What you will learn * Understand how to think in terms of time-varying values and event streams * Create, compose, and transform observable sequences using Reactive extensions * Build a CES framework from scratch using core.async as its foundation * Develop a simple ClojureScript game using Reagi * Integrate Om and RxJS in a web application * Implement a reactive API in Amazon Web Services (AWS) * Discover helpful approaches to backpressure and error handling * Get to grips with futures and their applications Who this book is for If you’re interested in using Reactive Programming to build asynchronous and concurrent applications, this is the book for you. Basic knowledge of Clojure programming is necessary to understand the concepts covered in this book.

Grasp machine learning concepts, techniques, and algorithms with the help of real-world examples using Python libraries such as TensorFlow and scikit-learn Key Features * Exploit the power of Python to explore the world of data mining and data analytics * Discover machine learning algorithms to solve complex challenges faced by data scientists today * Use Python libraries such as TensorFlow and Keras to create smart cognitive actions for your projects Book Description The surge in interest in machine learning (ML) is due to the fact that it revolutionizes automation by learning patterns in data and using them to make predictions and decisions. If you’re interested in ML, this book will serve as your entry point to ML. Python Machine Learning By Example begins with an introduction to important ML concepts and implementations using Python libraries. Each chapter of the book walks you through an industry adopted application. You’ll implement ML techniques in areas such as exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and natural language processing (NLP) in a clear and easy-to-follow way. With the help of this extended and updated edition, you’ll understand how to tackle data-driven problems and implement your solutions with the powerful yet simple Python language and popular Python packages and tools such as TensorFlow, scikit-learn, gensim, and Keras. To aid your understanding of popular ML algorithms, the book covers interesting and easy-to-follow examples such as news topic modeling and classification, spam email detection, stock price forecasting, and more. By the end of the book, you’ll have put together a broad picture of the ML ecosystem and will be well-versed with the best practices of applying ML techniques to make the most out of new opportunities. What you will learn * Understand the important concepts in machine learning and data science * Use Python to explore the world of data mining and analytics * Scale up model training using varied data complexities with Apache Spark * Delve deep into text and NLP using Python libraries such NLTK and gensim * Select and build an ML model and evaluate and optimize its performance * Implement ML algorithms from scratch in Python, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn Who this book is for If you’re a machine learning aspirant, data analyst, or data engineer highly passionate about machine learning and want to begin working on ML assignments, this book is for you. Prior knowledge of Python coding is assumed and basic familiarity with statistical concepts will be beneficial although not necessary.

Design clever algorithms that discover hidden patterns and draw responses from unstructured, unlabeled data. Key Features * Build state-of-the-art algorithms that can solve your business' problems * Learn how to find hidden patterns in your data * Revise key concepts with hands-on exercises using real-world datasets Book Description Starting with the basics, Applied Unsupervised Learning with R explains clustering methods, distribution analysis, data encoders, and features of R that enable you to understand your data better and get answers to your most pressing business questions. This book begins with the most important and commonly used method for unsupervised learning - clustering - and explains the three main clustering algorithms - k-means, divisive, and agglomerative. Following this, you'll study market basket analysis, kernel density estimation, principal component analysis, and anomaly detection. You'll be introduced to these methods using code written in R, with further instructions on how to work with, edit, and improve R code. To help you gain a practical understanding, the book also features useful tips on applying these methods to real business problems, including market segmentation and fraud detection. By working through interesting activities, you'll explore data encoders and latent variable models. By the end of this book, you will have a better understanding of different anomaly detection methods, such as outlier detection, Mahalanobis distances, and contextual and collective anomaly detection. What you will learn * Implement clustering methods such as k-means, agglomerative, and divisive * Write code in R to analyze market segmentation and consumer behavior * Estimate distribution and probabilities of different outcomes * Implement dimension reduction using principal component analysis * Apply anomaly detection methods to identify fraud * Design algorithms with R and learn how to edit or improve code Who this book is for Applied Unsupervised Learning with R is designed for business professionals who want to learn about methods to understand their data better, and developers who have an interest in unsupervised learning. Although the book is for beginners, it will be beneficial to have some basic, beginner-level familiarity with R. This includes an understanding of how to open the R console, how to read data, and how to create a loop. To easily understand the concepts of this book, you should also know basic mathematical concepts, including exponents, square roots, means, and medians.

Master shell basics and Unix tools and discover easy commands to perform complex tasks with speed Key Features *Learn why the Bash shell is widely used on Linux and iOS *Explore advanced shell concepts, such as pipes and redirection *Understand how to use Unix command-line tools as building blocks for different tasks Book Description The most basic interface to a computer—the command line—remains the most flexible and powerful way of processing data and performing and automating various day-to-day tasks. Command Line Fundamentals begins by exploring the basics, and then focuses on the most common tool, the Bash shell (which is standard on all Linux and iOS systems). As you make your way through the book, you'll explore the traditional Unix command-line programs as implemented by the GNU project. You'll also learn to use redirection and pipelines to assemble these programs to solve complex problems. By the end of this book, you'll have explored the basics of shell scripting, allowing you to easily and quickly automate tasks. What you will learn *Use the Bash shell to run commands *Utilize basic Unix utilities such as cat, tr, sort, and uniq *Explore shell wildcards to manage groups of files *Apply useful keyboard shortcuts in shell *Employ redirection and pipes to process data *Write both basic and advanced shell scripts to automate tasks Who this book is for Command Line Fundamentals is for programmers who use GUIs but want to understand how to use the command line to complete tasks faster.

An effective guide to designing, building, and deploying enterprise Java microservices with Eclipse MicroProfile Key Features * Create cloud-native microservices with ease using this detailed guide * Avoid vendor lock-in when implementing microservices using Eclipse MicroProfile * Discover why MicroProfile is a great specification for building microservices in multi-cloud environments Book Description Eclipse MicroProfile has gained momentum in the industry as a multi-vendor, interoperable, community-driven specification. It is a major disruptor that allows organizations with large investments in enterprise Java to move to microservices without spending a lot on retraining their workforce. This book is based on MicroProfile 2.2, however, it will guide you in running your applications in MicroProfile 3.0. You'll start by understanding why microservices are important in the digital economy and how MicroProfile addresses the need for enterprise Java microservices. You'll learn about the subprojects that make up a MicroProfile, its value proposition to organizations and developers, and its processes and governance. As you advance, the book takes you through the capabilities and code examples of MicroProfile’s subprojects - Config, Fault Tolerance, Health Check, JWT Propagation, Metrics, and OpenTracing. Finally, you’ll be guided in developing a conference application using Eclipse MicroProfile, and explore possible scenarios of what’s next in MicroProfile with Jakarta EE. By the end of this book, you'll have gained a clear understanding of Eclipse MicroProfile and its role in enterprise Java microservices. What you will learn * Understand why microservices are important in the digital economy * Analyze how MicroProfile addresses the need for enterprise Java microservices * Test and secure your applications with Eclipse MicroProfile * Get to grips with various MicroProfile capabilities such as OpenAPI and Typesafe REST Client * Explore reactive programming with MicroProfile Stream and Messaging candidate APIs * Discover and implement coding best practices using MicroProfile Who this book is for If you’re a Java developer who wants to create enterprise microservices, this book is for you. Familiarity with Java EE and the concept of microservices will help you get the most out of this book.

A fast paced guide for JavaScript developers for writing safe, fast, and reusable code by leveraging ResaonML's strong static type system Key Features *Reduce code errors with the power of type systems *Employ static typechecking and genericity to promote code reuse and consistency *Understand functional programming which is the foundation of type-driven development Book Description Type-driven development is an approach that uses a static type system to achieve results including safety and efficiency. Types are used to express relationships and other assumptions directly in the code, and these assumptions are enforced by the compiler before the code is run. Learn Type-Driven Development covers how to use these type systems to check the logical consistency of your code. This book begins with the basic idea behind type-driven development. You’ll learn about values (or terms) and how they contrast with types. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll cover how to combine types and values inside modules and build structured types out of simpler ones. You’ll then understand how to express choices or alternatives directly in the type system using variants, polymorphic variants, and generalized algebraic data types. You’ll also get to grips with sum types, build sophisticated data types from generics, and explore functions that express change in the types of values. In the concluding chapters, you’ll cover advanced techniques for code reuse, such as parametric polymorphism and subtyping. By end of this book, you will have learned how to iterate through a type-driven process of solving coding problems using static types, together with dynamic behavior, to obtain more safety and speed. What you will learn *Use static types to capture information, making programs safer and faster *Learn ReasonML from experienced type-driven developers *Enhance safety by simply using basic types *Understand the most important type-driven concepts with simple examples *Explore a design space using static typing and find the best way to express your system rules *Use static types and dynamic runtime in harmony to write even safer and faster code Who this book is for If you’re a programmer working with dynamically typed languages and are looking for ways to mitigate production runtime errors, Learn Type-Driven Development is for you. You’ll also find this book helpful if you’re a programmer working with statically typed languages looking for increased safety and improved performance.

Learn to distribute network traffic, optimize application delivery, and defend network-level threats. Key Features * Quickly get up and running with Azure networking solutions * Level-up your cloud networking skills by planning, implementing, configuring, and securing your infrastructure network with Azure * Leverage Azure networking services to provide applications highly available and fault tolerant environment Book Description Microsoft provides organizations with an effective way of managing their network with Azure's networking services. No matter the size of your organization, Azure provides a way to highly reliable performance and secure connectivity with its networking services. The book starts with an introduction to the Azure networking like creating Azure virtual networks, designing address spaces and subnets. Then you will learn to create and manage network security groups, application security groups, and IP addresses in Azure. Gradually, we move on to various aspects like S2S, P2S, and Vnet2Vnet connections, DNS and routing, load balancers and traffic manager. This book will cover every aspect and function required to deliver practical recipes to help readers learn from basic cloud networking practices to planning, implementing, and securing their infrastructure network with Azure. Readers will not only be able to upscale their current environment but will also learn to monitor, diagnose, and ensure secure connectivity. After learning to deliver a robust environment readers will also gain meaningful insights from recipes on best practices. By the end of this book, readers will gain hands-on experience in providing cost-effective solutions that benefit organizations. What you will learn * Learn to create Azure networking services * Understand how to create and work on hybrid connections * Configure and manage Azure network services * Learn ways to design high availability network solutions in Azure * Discover how to monitor and troubleshoot Azure network resources * Learn different methods of connecting local networks to Azure virtual networks Who this book is for This book is targeted towards cloud architects, cloud solution providers, or any stakeholders dealing with networking on the Azure cloud. Some prior understanding of Microsoft Azure will be a plus point.

Discover powerful ways to effectively solve real-world machine learning problems using key libraries including scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and PyTorch Key Features * Learn and implement machine learning algorithms in a variety of real-life scenarios * Cover a range of tasks catering to supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning techniques * Find easy-to-follow code solutions for tackling common and not-so-common challenges Book Description This eagerly anticipated second edition of the popular Python Machine Learning Cookbook will enable you to adopt a fresh approach to dealing with real-world machine learning and deep learning tasks. With the help of over 100 recipes, you will learn to build powerful machine learning applications using modern libraries from the Python ecosystem. The book will also guide you on how to implement various machine learning algorithms for classification, clustering, and recommendation engines, using a recipe-based approach. With emphasis on practical solutions, dedicated sections in the book will help you to apply supervised and unsupervised learning techniques to real-world problems. Toward the concluding chapters, you will get to grips with recipes that teach you advanced techniques including reinforcement learning, deep neural networks, and automated machine learning. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the skills you need to apply machine learning techniques and leverage the full capabilities of the Python ecosystem through real-world examples. What you will learn * Use predictive modeling and apply it to real-world problems * Explore data visualization techniques to interact with your data * Learn how to build a recommendation engine * Understand how to interact with text data and build models to analyze it * Work with speech data and recognize spoken words using Hidden Markov Models * Get well versed with reinforcement learning, automated ML, and transfer learning * Work with image data and build systems for image recognition and biometric face recognition * Use deep neural networks to build an optical character recognition system Who this book is for This book is for data scientists, machine learning developers, deep learning enthusiasts and Python programmers who want to solve real-world challenges using machine-learning techniques and algorithms. If you are facing challenges at work and want ready-to-use code solutions to cover key tasks in machine learning and the deep learning domain, then this book is what you need. Familiarity with Python programming and machine learning concepts will be useful.

Integrate an end-to-end logistic chain using IBM Blockchain and IoT platforms Key Features *Explore practical implementation of ledger technology in the IoT architecture *Study security best practices for your smart devices *Understand Blockchain implementation for end-to-end IoT solutions Book Description Blockchain has been the hot topic of late thanks to cryptocurrencies. To make matters more interesting, the financial market is looking for ways to reduce operational costs and generate new business models, and this is where blockchain solutions come into the picture. In addition to this, with Internet of Things (IoT) trending and Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and other devices flooding the market, you can now create cheap devices even at home. Hands-On IoT Solutions with Blockchain starts with an overview of IoT concepts in the current business scenario. It then helps you develop your own device on the IBM Watson IoT platform and create your fi rst IoT solution using Watson and Intel Edison.Once you are familiar with IoT, you will learn about Blockchain technology and its use cases. You will also work with the Hyperledger framework and develop your own Blockchain network. As you progress through the chapters, you'll work with problem statements and learn how to design your solution architecture so that you can create your own integrated Blockchain and IoT solution. The next set of chapters will explain how to implement end-to-end Blockchain solutions with IoT using the IBM Cloud platform. By the end of this book, you will have mastered the convergence of IoT and Blockchain technology and exploited the best practices and drivers to develop a bulletproof integrated solution. What you will learn *Understand the key roles of IoT in the current market *Study the different aspects of IBM Watson IoT platform *Create devices, gateways, and applications connected to the platform *Explore the fundamentals of Blockchain *Define good use cases for Blockchain *Discover the Hyperledger Fabric and Composer frameworks *Develop an IBM Watson IoT application using a Intel Edison *Integrate IoT with the Blockchain platform Who this book is for Hands-On IoT Solutions with Blockchain is for you if you are an Internet of Things (IoT) analyst, architect, engineer, or any stakeholder responsible for security mechanisms on an IoT infrastructure. This book is also for IT professionals who want to start developing solutions using Blockchain and IoT on the IBM Cloud platform. Basic understanding of IoT will assist you in understanding key concepts covered in the book.