A comprehensive guide to mastering the art of preventing your Linux system from getting compromised. About This Book ? Leverage this guide to confidently deliver a system that reduces the risk of being hacked ? Perform a number of advanced Linux security techniques such as network service detection, user authentication, controlling special permissions, encrypting file systems, and much more ? Master the art of securing a Linux environment with this end-to-end practical guide Who This Book Is For If you are a systems administrator or a network engineer interested in making your Linux environment more secure, then this book is for you. Security consultants wanting to enhance their Linux security skills will also benefit from this book. Prior knowledge of Linux is mandatory. What You Will Learn ? Use various techniques to prevent intruders from accessing sensitive data ? Prevent intruders from planting malware, and detect whether malware has been planted ? Prevent insiders from accessing data that they aren’t authorized to access ? Do quick checks to see whether a computer is running network services that it doesn’t need to run ? Learn security techniques that are common to all Linux distros, and some that are distro-specific In Detail This book has extensive coverage of techniques that will help prevent attackers from breaching your system, by building a much more secure Linux environment. You will learn various security techniques such as SSH hardening, network service detection, setting up firewalls, encrypting file systems, protecting user accounts, authentication processes, and so on. Moving forward, you will also develop hands-on skills with advanced Linux permissions, access control, special modes, and more. Lastly, this book will also cover best practices and troubleshooting techniques to get your work done efficiently. By the end of this book, you will be confident in delivering a system that will be much harder to compromise. Style and approach An advanced-level guide filled with real-world examples that will help you secure your Linux system

Write code that scales across CPU registers, multi-core, and machine clusters About This Book ? Explore concurrent programming in C++ ? Identify memory management problems ? Use SIMD and STL containers for performance improvement Who This Book Is For If you're a C++ developer looking to improve the speed of your code or simply wanting to take your skills up to the next level, then this book is perfect for you. What You Will Learn ? Find out how to use exciting new tools that will help you improve your code ? Identify bottlenecks to optimize your code ? Develop applications that utilize GPU computation ? Reap the benefits of concurrent programming ? Write code that can protect against application errors using error handling ? Use STL containers and algorithms effciently ? Extend your toolbox with Boost containers ? Achieve effcient memory management by using custom memory allocators In Detail C++ is a highly portable language and can be used to write complex applications and performance-critical code. It has evolved over the last few years to become a modern and expressive language. This book will guide you through optimizing the performance of your C++ apps by allowing them to run faster and consume fewer resources on the device they're running on. The book begins by helping you to identify the bottlenecks in C++. It then moves on to measuring performance, and you'll see how this affects the way you write code. Next, you'll see the importance of data structure optimization and how it can be used efficiently. After that, you'll see which algorithm should be used to achieve faster execution, followed by how to use STL containers. Moving on, you'll learn how to improve memory management in C++. You'll get hands on experience making use of multiple cores to enable more efficient and faster execution. The book ends with a brief overview of utilizing the capabilities of your GPU by using Boost Compute and OpenCL. Style and approach This easy-to-follow guide is full of examples and self-sufficient code snippets that help you with high performance programming with C++. You’ll get your hands dirty with this all-inclusive guide that uncovers hidden performance improvement areas for any C++ code.

Build smart, efficient, and fast enterprise-grade web implementation of the microservices architecture that can be easily scaled. About This Book ? Write easy-to-maintain lean and clean code with Kotlin for developing better microservices ? Scale your Microserivces in your own cloud with Docker and Docker Swarm ? Explore Spring 5 functional reactive web programming with Spring WebFlux Who This Book Is For If you are a Kotlin developer with a basic knowledge of microservice architectures and now want to effectively implement these services on enterprise-level web applications, then this book is for you What You Will Learn ? Understand microservice architectures and principles ? Build microservices in Kotlin using Spring Boot 2.0 and Spring Framework 5.0 ? Create reactive microservices that perform non-blocking operations with Spring WebFlux ? Use Spring Data to get data reactively from MongoDB ? Test effectively with JUnit and Kotlin ? Create cloud-native microservices with Spring Cloud ? Build and publish Docker images of your microservices ? Scaling microservices with Docker Swarm ? Monitor microservices with JMX ? Deploy microservices in OpenShift Online In Detail With Google's inclusion of first-class support for Kotlin in their Android ecosystem, Kotlin's future as a mainstream language is assured. Microservices help design scalable, easy-to-maintain web applications; Kotlin allows us to take advantage of modern idioms to simplify our development and create high-quality services. With 100% interoperability with the JVM, Kotlin makes working with existing Java code easier. Well-known Java systems such as Spring, Jackson, and Reactor have included Kotlin modules to exploit its language features. This book guides the reader in designing and implementing services, and producing production-ready, testable, lean code that's shorter and simpler than a traditional Java implementation. Reap the benefits of using the reactive paradigm and take advantage of non-blocking techniques to take your services to the next level in terms of industry standards. You will consume NoSQL databases reactively to allow you to create high-throughput microservices. Create cloud-native microservices that can run on a wide range of cloud providers, and monitor them. You will create Docker containers for your microservices and scale them. Finally, you will deploy your microservices in OpenShift Online. Style and approach This book guides the reader in designing and implementing services, achieving production- ready, testable, easy-to-maintain, lean code that's shorter and simpler than a traditional Java implementation.

Powerful smart applications using deep learning algorithms to dominate numerical computing, deep learning, and functional programming. About This Book ? Explore machine learning techniques with prominent open source Scala libraries such as Spark ML, H2O, MXNet, Zeppelin, and DeepLearning4j ? Solve real-world machine learning problems by delving complex numerical computing with Scala functional programming in a scalable and faster way ? Cover all key aspects such as collection, storing, processing, analyzing, and evaluation required to build and deploy machine models on computing clusters using Scala Play framework. Who This Book Is For If you want to leverage the power of both Scala and Spark to make sense of Big Data, then this book is for you. If you are well versed with machine learning concepts and wants to expand your knowledge by delving into the practical implementation using the power of Scala, then this book is what you need! Strong understanding of Scala Programming language is recommended. Basic familiarity with machine Learning techniques will be more helpful. What You Will Learn ? Apply advanced regression techniques to boost the performance of predictive models ? Use different classification algorithms for business analytics ? Generate trading strategies for Bitcoin and stock trading using ensemble techniques ? Train Deep Neural Networks (DNN) using H2O and Spark ML ? Utilize NLP to build scalable machine learning models ? Learn how to apply reinforcement learning algorithms such as Q-learning for developing ML application ? Learn how to use autoencoders to develop a fraud detection application ? Implement LSTM and CNN models using DeepLearning4j and MXNet In Detail Machine learning has had a huge impact on academia and industry by turning data into actionable information. Scala has seen a steady rise in adoption over the past few years, especially in the fields of data science and analytics. This book is for data scientists, data engineers, and deep learning enthusiasts who have a background in complex numerical computing and want to know more hands-on machine learning application development. If you're well versed in machine learning concepts and want to expand your knowledge by delving into the practical implementation of these concepts using the power of Scala, then this book is what you need! Through 11 end-to-end projects, you will be acquainted with popular machine learning libraries such as Spark ML, H2O, DeepLearning4j, and MXNet. At the end, you will be able to use numerical computing and functional programming to carry out complex numerical tasks to develop, build, and deploy research or commercial projects in a production-ready environment. Style and approach Leverage the power of machine learning and deep learning in different domains, giving best practices and tips from a real world case studies and help you to avoid pitfalls and fallacies towards decision making based on predictive analytics with ML models.

Learn to design, implement and secure your IoT infrastructure About This Book ? Build a complete IoT system that is the best fit for your organization ? Learn about different concepts, technologies, and tradeoffs in the IoT architectural stack ? Understand the theory, concepts, and implementation of each element that comprises IoT design—from sensors to the cloud ? Implement best practices to ensure the reliability, scalability, robust communication systems, security, and data analysis in your IoT infrastructure Who This Book Is For This book is for architects, system designers, technologists, and technology managers who want to understand the IoT ecosphere, various technologies, and tradeoffs and develop a 50,000-foot view of IoT architecture. What You Will Learn ? Understand the role and scope of architecting a successful IoT deployment, from sensors to the cloud ? Scan the landscape of IoT technologies that span everything from sensors to the cloud and everything in between ? See the trade-offs in choices of protocols and communications in IoT deployments ? Build a repertoire of skills and the vernacular necessary to work in the IoT space ? Broaden your skills in multiple engineering domains necessary for the IoT architect In Detail The Internet of Things (IoT) is the fastest growing technology market. Industries are embracing IoT technologies to improve operational expenses, product life, and people's well-being. An architectural guide is necessary if you want to traverse the spectrum of technologies needed to build a successful IoT system, whether that's a single device or millions of devices. This book encompasses the entire spectrum of IoT solutions, from sensors to the cloud. We start by examining modern sensor systems and focus on their power and functionality. After that, we dive deep into communication theory, paying close attention to near-range PAN, including the new Bluetooth? 5.0 specification and mesh networks. Then, we explore IP-based communication in LAN and WAN, including 802.11ah, 5G LTE cellular, SigFox, and LoRaWAN. Next, we cover edge routing and gateways and their role in fog computing, as well as the messaging protocols of MQTT and CoAP. With the data now in internet form, you'll get an understanding of cloud and fog architectures, including the OpenFog standards. We wrap up the analytics portion of the book with the application of statistical analysis, complex event processing, and deep learning models. Finally, we conclude by providing a holistic view of the IoT security stack and the anatomical details of IoT exploits while countering them with software defined perimeters and blockchains. Style and approach This hands-on guide combines theory and application to the Internet of Things. This book covers the entire architectural stack of components and engineering domains from sensors to power analysis, communication systems, information theory, networking and routing, data security, protocols, software stacks, cloud mechanics, and data analytics with deep learning.

Learn how to solve blocking user experience and build event based reactive applications with Swift. About This Book ? Build fast and scalable apps with RxSwift ? Apply reactive programming to solve complex problems and build efficient programs with reactive user interfaces ? Take expressiveness, scalability, and maintainability of your Swift code to the next level with this practical guide Who This Book Is For This book is for the developers who are familiar with Swift and iOS application development and are looking out to reduce the complexity of their apps. Prior experience of reactive programming is not necessary. What You Will Learn ? Understand the practical benefits of Rx on a mobile platform ? Explore the building blocks of Rx, and Rx data flows with marble diagrams ? Learn how to convert an existing code base into RxSwift code base ? Learn how to debug and test your Rx Code ? Work with Playgrounds to transform sequences by filtering them using map, flatmap and other operators ? Learn how to combine different operators to work with Events in a more controlled manner. ? Discover RxCocoa and convert your simple UI elements to Reactive components ? Build a complete RxSwift app using MVVM as design pattern In Detail RxSwift belongs to a large family of Rx implementations in different programming languages that share almost identical syntax and semantics. Reactive approach will help you to write clean, cohesive, resilient, scalable, and maintainable code with highly configurable behavior. This book will introduce you to the world of reactive programming, primarily focusing on mobile platforms. It will tell how you can benefit from using RxSwift in your projects, existing or new. Further on, the book will demonstrate the unbelievable ease of configuring asynchronous behavior and other aspects of the app that are traditionally considered to be hard to implement and maintain. It will explain what Rx is made of, and how to switch to reactive way of thinking to get the most out of it. Also, test production code using RxTest and the red/ green approach. Finally, the book will dive into real-world recipes and show you how to build a real-world app by applying the reactive paradigm. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to build a reactive swift application by leveraging all the concepts this book takes you through. Style and approach This book is a definite tutorial in FRP with Swift filled with well-described examples.

Discover techniques and tools for building serverless applications with AWS About This Book ? Get well-versed with building and deploying serverless APIs with microservices ? Learn to build distributed applications and microservices with AWS Step Functions ? A step-by-step guide that will get you up and running with building and managing applications on the AWS platform Who This Book Is For If you are an I.T. professional or a system architect who wants to improve infrastructure using AWS, then this book is for you. It is also for programmers who are new to AWS and want to build highly efficient, scalable applications. What You Will Learn ? Set up your AWS account and get started with the basic concepts of AWS ? Learn about AWS terminology and identity access management ? Acquaint yourself with important elements of the cloud with features such as computing, ELB, and VPC ? Back up your database and ensure high availability by having an understanding of database-related services in the AWS cloud ? Integrate AWS services with your application to meet and exceed non-functional requirements ? Create and automate infrastructure to design cost-effective, highly available applications In Detail Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the most popular and widely-used cloud platform. Administering and deploying application on AWS makes the applications resilient and robust. The main focus of the book is to cover the basic concepts of cloud-based development followed by running solutions in AWS Cloud, which will help the solutions run at scale. This book not only guides you through the trade-offs and ideas behind efficient cloud applications, but is a comprehensive guide to getting the most out of AWS. In the first section, you will begin by looking at the key concepts of AWS, setting up your AWS account, and operating it. This guide also covers cloud service models, which will help you build highly scalable and secure applications on the AWS platform. We will then dive deep into concepts of cloud computing with S3 storage, RDS and EC2. Next, this book will walk you through VPC, building realtime serverless environments, and deploying serverless APIs with microservices. Finally, this book will teach you to monitor your applications, and automate your infrastructure and deploy with CloudFormation. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the various services that AWS provides and will be able to leverage AWS infrastructure to accelerate the development process. Style and approach ? Learn to write, run, and deploy applications in the AWS cloud ? Make the most of AWS to build scalable and cost-efficient systems ? A practical guide to developing serverless services and make the applications run faster

Build fault-tolerant, robust, and distributed applications in Scala About This Book ? Understand and use the concepts of reactive programming to build distributed systems running on multiple nodes. ? Learn how reactive architecture reduces complexity throughout the development process. ? Get to grips with functional reactive programming and Reactive Microservices. Who This Book Is For This book is for Scala developers who would like to build fault-tolerant, scalable distributed systems. No knowledge of Reactive programming is required. What You Will Learn ? Understand the fundamental principles of Reactive and Functional programming ? Develop applications utilizing features of the Akka framework ? Explore techniques to integrate Scala, Akka, and Play together ? Learn about Reactive Streams with real-time use cases ? Develop Reactive Web Applications with Play, Scala, Akka, and Akka Streams ? Develop and deploy Reactive microservices using the Lagom framework and ConductR In Detail Reactive programming is a scalable, fast way to build applications, and one that helps us write code that is concise, clear, and readable. It can be used for many purposes such as GUIs, robotics, music, and others, and is central to many concurrent systems. This book will be your guide to getting started with Reactive programming in Scala. You will begin with the fundamental concepts of Reactive programming and gradually move on to working with asynchronous data streams. You will then start building an application using Akka Actors and extend it using the Play framework. You will also learn about reactive stream specifications, event sourcing techniques, and different methods to integrate Akka Streams into the Play Framework. This book will also take you one step forward by showing you the advantages of the Lagom framework while working with reactive microservices. You will also learn to scale applications using multi-node clusters and test, secure, and deploy your microservices to the cloud. By the end of the book, you will have gained the knowledge to build robust and distributed systems with Scala and Akka. Style and approach The book takes a pragmatic approach, showing you how to build a scalable distributed system using Scala and Akka.

Investigate, analyze, and report iOS, Android, and Windows devices About This Book ? Get hands-on experience in performing simple to complex mobile forensics techniques. ? Retrieve and analyze data stored not only on mobile devices but also through the cloud and other connected mediums. ? A practical guide to leveraging the power of mobile forensics on popular mobile platforms with lots of tips, tricks, and caveats. Who This Book Is For If you are a forensics professional and are eager to widen your forensics skill set to mobile forensics then, this book is for you. Some understanding of digital forensics practices would do wonders. What You Will Learn ? Discover the new techniques in practical mobile forensics ? Understand the architecture and security mechanisms present in iOS and Android platforms ? Identify sensitive files on the iOS and Android platforms ? Set up a forensic environment ? Extract data from the iOS and Android platforms ? Recover data on the iOS and Android platforms ? Understand the forensics of Windows devices ? Explore various third-party application techniques and data recovery techniques In Detail Covering up-to-date mobile platforms, this book will focuses on teaching you the most recent techniques for investigating mobile devices. We delve mobile forensics techniques in iOS 9-11, Android 7-8 devices, and Windows 10. We will demonstrate the latest open source and commercial mobile forensics tools, enabling you to analyze and retrieve data effectively. You will learn how to introspect and retrieve data from the cloud, and document and prepare reports of your investigations. By the end of this book, you will have mastered the current operating systems and the relevant techniques to recover data from mobile devices by leveraging open source solutions. Style and approach This book takes a very practical approach and depicts real-life mobile forensics scenarios with lots of tips and tricks to help you acquire the required forensics skillset for various mobile platforms.

Learn to apply cloud-native patterns and practices to deliver responsive, resilient, elastic, and message-driven systems with confidence About This Book ? Understand the architectural patterns involved in cloud-native architectures ? Minimize risk by evolving your monolithic applications into distributed cloud-native systems ? Discover best practices for applying cloud-native patterns to your enterprise-level cloud applications Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who would like to progress into building cloud-native systems and are keen to learn the patterns involved. Basic knowledge of programming and cloud computing is required. What You Will Learn ? Enable massive scaling by turning your database inside out ? Unleash flexibility via event streaming ? Leverage polyglot persistence and cloud-native databases ? Embrace modern continuous delivery and testing techniques ? Minimize risk by evolving your monoliths to cloud-native ? Apply cloud-native patterns and solve major architectural problems in cloud environment In Detail Build systems that leverage the benefits of the cloud and applications faster than ever before with cloud-native development. This book focuses on architectural patterns for building highly scalable cloud-native systems. You will learn how the combination of cloud, reactive principles, devops, and automation enable teams to continuously deliver innovation with confidence. Begin by learning the core concepts that make these systems unique. You will explore foundational patterns that turn your database inside out to achieve massive scalability with cloud-native databases. You will also learn how to continuously deliver production code with confidence by shifting deployment and testing all the way to the left and implementing continuous observability in production. There's more—you will also learn how to strangle your monolith and design an evolving cloud-native system. By the end of the book, you will have the ability to create modern cloud-native systems. Style and approach This book follows a pragmatic approach to understand cloud-native design patterns and explains the functioning and design considerations to build modern cloud-native systems in depth.

Over 100 recipes for penetration testing using Metasploit and virtual machines About This Book ? Special focus on the latest operating systems, exploits, and penetration testing techniques ? Learn new anti-virus evasion techniques and use Metasploit to evade countermeasures ? Automate post exploitation with AutoRunScript ? Exploit Android devices, record audio and video, send and read SMS, read call logs, and much more ? Build and analyze Metasploit modules in Ruby ? Integrate Metasploit with other penetration testing tools Who This Book Is For If you are a Security professional or pentester and want to get into vulnerability exploitation and make the most of the Metasploit framework, then this book is for you. Some prior understanding of penetration testing and Metasploit is required. What You Will Learn ? Set up a complete penetration testing environment using Metasploit and virtual machines ? Master the world's leading penetration testing tool and use it in professional penetration testing ? Make the most of Metasploit with PostgreSQL, importing scan results, using workspaces, hosts, loot, notes, services, vulnerabilities, and exploit results ? Use Metasploit with the Penetration Testing Execution Standard methodology ? Use MSFvenom efficiently to generate payloads and backdoor files, and create shellcode ? Leverage Metasploit's advanced options, upgrade sessions, use proxies, use Meterpreter sleep control, and change timeouts to be stealthy In Detail Metasploit is the world's leading penetration testing tool and helps security and IT professionals find, exploit, and validate vulnerabilities. Metasploit allows penetration testing automation, password auditing, web application scanning, social engineering, post exploitation, evidence collection, and reporting. Metasploit's integration with InsightVM (or Nexpose), Nessus, OpenVas, and other vulnerability scanners provides a validation solution that simplifies vulnerability prioritization and remediation reporting. Teams can collaborate in Metasploit and present their findings in consolidated reports. In this book, you will go through great recipes that will allow you to start using Metasploit effectively. With an ever increasing level of complexity, and covering everything from the fundamentals to more advanced features in Metasploit, this book is not just for beginners but also for professionals keen to master this awesome tool. You will begin by building your lab environment, setting up Metasploit, and learning how to perform intelligence gathering, threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, exploitation, and post exploitation—all inside Metasploit. You will learn how to create and customize payloads to evade anti-virus software and bypass an organization's defenses, exploit server vulnerabilities, attack client systems, compromise mobile phones, automate post exploitation, install backdoors, run keyloggers, highjack webcams, port public exploits to the framework, create your own modules, and much more. Style and approach This book follows a cookbook style with recipes explaining penetration testing steps with Metasploit. Plenty plethora of code and commands are used to make your learning curve easy and quick.

Over 79 hands-on recipes for professional embedded Linux developers to optimize and boost their Yocto Project know-how About This Book ? Optimize your Yocto setup to speed up development and debug build issues ? Use what is quickly becoming the standard embedded Linux product builder framework—the Yocto Project ? Recipe-based implementation of best practices to optimize your Linux system Who This Book Is For If you are an embedded Linux developer with the basic knowledge of Yocto Project, this book is an ideal way to broaden your knowledge with recipes for embedded development. What You Will Learn ? Optimize your Yocto Project setup to speed up development and debug build issues ? Use Docker containers to build Yocto Project-based systems ? Take advantage of the user-friendly Toaster web interface to the Yocto Project build system ? Build and debug the Linux kernel and its device trees ? Customize your root filesystem with already-supported and new Yocto packages ? Optimize your production systems by reducing the size of both the Linux kernel and root filesystems ? Explore the mechanisms to increase the root filesystem security ? Understand the open source licensing requirements and how to comply with them when cohabiting with proprietary programs ? Create recipes, and build and run applications in C, C++, Python, Node.js, and Java In Detail The Yocto Project has become the de facto distribution build framework for reliable and robust embedded systems with a reduced time to market. You'll get started by working on a build system where you set up Yocto, create a build directory, and learn how to debug it. Then, you'll explore everything about the BSP layer, from creating a custom layer to debugging device tree issues. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to add a new software layer, packages, data, *s, and configuration files to your system. You will then cover topics based on application development, such as using the Software Development Kit and how to use the Yocto project in various development environments. Toward the end, you will learn how to debug, trace, and profile a running system. This second edition has been updated to include new content based on the latest Yocto release. Style and approach This recipe-based book will guide you through all the development stages of an embedded Linux product design using the Yocto Project.

Data management and analytics simplified with Teradata About This Book ? Take your understanding of Teradata to the next level and build efficient data warehousing applications for your organization ? Covers recipes on data handling, warehousing, advanced querying and the administrative tasks in Teradata. ? Contains practical solutions to tackle common (and not-so-common) problems you might encounter in your day to day activities Who This Book Is For This book is for Database administrator's and Teradata users who are looking for a practical, one-stop resource to solve all their problems while handling their Teradata solution. If you are looking to learn the basic as well as the advanced tasks involved in Teradata querying or administration, this book will be handy. Some knowledge of relational database concepts will be helpful to get the best out of this book. What You Will Learn ? Understand Teradata's competitive advantage over other RDBMSs. ? Use SQL to process data stored in Teradata tables. ? Leverage Teradata’s available application utilities and parallelism to play with large datasets ? Apply various performance tuning techniques to optimize the queries. ? Acquire deeper knowledge and understanding of the Teradata Architecture. ? Easy steps to load, archive, restore data and implement Teradata protection features ? Gain confidence in running a wide variety of Data analytics and develop applications for the Teradata environment In Detail Teradata is an enterprise software company that develops and sells its eponymous relational database management system (RDBMS), which is considered to be a leading data warehousing solutions and provides data management solutions for analytics. This book will help you get all the practical information you need for the creation and implementation of your data warehousing solution using Teradata. The book begins with recipes on quickly setting up a development environment so you can work with different types of data structuring and manipulation function. You will tackle all problems related to efficient querying, stored procedure searching, and navigation techniques. Additionally, you’ll master various administrative tasks such as user and security management, workload management, high availability, performance tuning, and monitoring. This book is designed to take you through the best practices of performing the real daily tasks of a Teradata DBA, and will help you tackle any problem you might encounter in the process. Style and approach This book is a rich collection of recipes that will come in handy when you are working with Teradata. It addresses your common and not-so-common pain points,and this is a book that you must have on the shelf.

Build responsive, dynamic, and mobile-first applications on the web with Bootstrap 4 About This Book ? Master the art of creating highly intuitive and responsive web interfaces with Bootstrap 4 ? Combine the power of Bootstrap and popular front-end JavaScript frameworks such as Angular and React to build cutting-edge web apps ? Infuse your web pages with life and movement using Bootstrap jQuery plugins Who This Book Is For This book targets readers who wish to leverage Bootstrap 4 to create responsive web applications. Basic knowledge of web development concepts and web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is required. What You Will Learn ? Create a professional Bootstrap-based website from scratch without using third-party templates ? Leverage Bootstrap's powerful grid system ? Style various types of content and learn how to build a page's layout from scratch by applying the power of Bootstrap 4 ? Take advantage of Bootstrap's form helper and contextual classes ? Improve your website's overall user experience with headers and footers ? Infuse your web pages using Bootstrap jQuery plugins and create your own Bootstrap plugins ? Learn what utility classes Bootstrap 4 has to offer, how they are implemented, and the best way to use them. ? Create more advanced web interfaces by leveraging the power of accordions, dropdowns, and list groups. ? Incorporate Bootstrap into an AngularJS or React application and use Bootstrap components as AngularJS directives In Detail Bootstrap 4 is a free CSS and JavaScript framework that allows developers to rapidly build responsive web interfaces. This book will help you use and adapt Bootstrap to produce enticing websites that fit your needs. You will build a customized Bootstrap website from scratch, using various approaches to customize the framework with increasing levels of skill. You will get to grips with Bootstrap's key features and quickly discover various ways in which Bootstrap can help you develop web interfaces. Then take a walk through the fundamental features, such as its grid system, global styles, helper classes, and responsive utilities. When you have mastered these, you will discover how to structure page layouts, utilize Bootstrap's various navigation components, use forms, and style different types of content. Among other things, you will also tour the anatomy of a Bootstrap plugin, create your own custom components, and extend Bootstrap using jQuery. You will also understand what utility classes Bootstrap 4 has to offer, and how you can use them effectively to speed up the development of your website. Finally, you will discover how to optimize your website and integrate it with third-party frameworks. By the end of this book, you will have a thorough knowledge of the framework's ins and outs, and will be able to build highly customizable and optimized web interfaces. Style and approach A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to mastering the ins and outs of the Bootstrap framework to produce highly customizable, optimized, and sleek web interfaces.

Find out how to implement the REST architecture to build resilient software in Java with the help of the Spring 5.0 framework. About This Book ? Follow best practices and explore techniques such as clustering and caching to achieve a reactive, scalable web service, ? Leverage the Spring Framework to quickly implement RESTful endpoints, ? Learn to implement a client library for a RESTful web service using the Spring Framework along with the new front end framework. Who This Book Is For This book is intended for those who want to learn to build RESTful web services with the latest Spring 5.0 Framework. To make best use of the code samples included in the book, you should have a basic knowledge of the Java language. Previous experience with the Spring Framework would also help you get up and running quickly. What You Will Learn ? Deep dive into the principles behind REST ? Expose CRUD operations through RESTful endpoints with the Spring Framework ? Devise response formats and error handling strategies, offering a consistent and flexible structure to simplify integration for service consumers ? Follow the best approaches for dealing with a service's evolution while maintaining backward compatibility ? Understand techniques to secure web services ? Comply with the best ways to test RESTful web services, including tips for load testing ? Optimise and scale web services using techniques such as caching and clustering In Detail REST is an architectural style that tackles the challenges of building scalable web services. In today's connected world, APIs have taken a central role on the web. APIs provide the fabric through which systems interact, and REST has become synonymous with APIs.The depth, breadth, and ease of use of Spring makes it one of the most attractive frameworks in the Java ecosystem. Marrying the two technologies is therefore a very natural choice.This book takes you through the design of RESTful web services and leverages the Spring Framework to implement these services. Starting from the basics of the philosophy behind REST, you'll go through the steps of designing and implementing an enterprise-grade RESTful web service. Taking a practical approach, each chapter provides code samples that you can apply to your own circumstances.This second edition brings forth the power of the latest Spring 5.0 release, working with MVC built-in as well as the front end framework. It then goes beyond the use of Spring to explores approaches to tackle resilience, security, and scalability concerns. Improve performance of your applications with the new HTTP 2.0 standards. You'll learn techniques to deal with security in Spring and discover how to implement unit and integration test strategies.Finally, the book ends by walking you through building a Java client for your RESTful web service, along with some scaling techniques using the new Spring Reactive libraries. Style and approach Readers will be taken through a set of specific patterns and tested practices to build effective RESTful systems in Java using the Spring framework.

Increase your productivity by implementing complex data structures and algorithms using JavaScript About This Book ? A step by step guide, which will provide you with a thorough discussion on the analysis and design of fundamental JavaScript data structures ? Get a better understanding of advanced concepts such as space and time complexity to optimize your code ? Focus more on solving the business problem and less on the technical challenges involved Who This Book Is For If you are a JavaScript developer looking for practical examples to implement data structures and algorithms in your web applications, then this book is for you. Familiarity with data structures and algorithms will be helpful to get the most out of this book. What You Will Learn ? Build custom Back buttons embedded within your application ? Build part of a basic JavaScript syntax parser and evaluator for an online IDE ? Build a custom activity user tracker for your application ? Generate accurate recommendations for credit card approval using Decision Trees ? Simplify complex problems using a graphs ? Increase the performance of an application using micro-optimizations In Detail Data structures and algorithms are the fundamental building blocks of computer programming. They are critical to any problem, provide a complete solution, and act like reusable code. Using appropriate data structures and having a good understanding of algorithm analysis are key in JavaScript to solving crises and ensuring your application is less prone to errors. Do you want to build applications that are high-performing and fast? Are you looking for complete solutions to implement complex data structures and algorithms in a practical way? If either of these questions rings a bell, then this book is for you! You'll start by building stacks and understanding performance and memory implications. You will learn how to pick the right type of queue for the application. You will then use sets, maps, trees, and graphs to simplify complex applications. You will learn to implement different types of sorting algorithm before gradually calculating and analyzing space and time complexity. Finally, you'll increase the performance of your application using micro optimizations and memory management. By the end of the book you will have gained the skills and expertise necessary to create and employ various data structures in a way that is demanded by your project or use case. Style and approach Step-by-step topics will help you get started with solutions for implementing classic data structures and algorithms. Learn by doing with hands-on code snippets that give you practical experience of the subject.

Make the most of your infrastructure and serve pages faster than ever with Nginx. About This Book ? Discover possible interactions between Nginx and Apache to get the best of both worlds ? Learn to exploit the features offered by Nginx for your web applications ? Get your hands on the most updated version of Nginx (1.13.2) to support all your web administration requirements Who This Book Is For This book is a perfect match to web administrators who are interested in solutions to optimize their infrastructure. Whether you are looking into replacing your existing web server software or integrating a new tool to cooperate with applications that are already up and running, this book is your ideal resource. What You Will Learn ? Download and install Nginx on your system ? Prepare a basic configuration and test your initial setup ? Discover the core functionality of the HTTP module ? Make the most of first- and third-party Nginx modules ? Set up Nginx to work with PHP, Python, and other applications ? Learn how to set up Nginx to work with Apache ? Fully replace Apache with Nginx ? Optimize your architecture with threads or load balancing ? Identify errors in configuration and learn basic troubleshooting techniques ? Consult the exhaustive directive and module index for reference In Detail Nginx is a lightweight HTTP server designed for high-traffic websites, with network scalability as the primary objective. With the advent of high-speed internet access, short loading times and fast transfer rates have become a necessity. This book is a detailed guide to setting up Nginx in ways that correspond to actual production situations: as a standalone server, as a reverse proxy, interacting with applications via FastCGI, and more. In addition, this complete direct reference will be indispensable at all stages of the configuration and maintenance processes. This book mainly targets the most recent version of Nginx (1.13.2) and focuses on all the new additions and improvements, such as support for HTTP/2, improved dynamic modules, security enhancements, and support for multiple SSL certificates. This book is the perfect companion for both Nginx beginners and experienced administrators. For beginners, it will take you through the complete process of setting up this lightweight HTTP server on your system and configuring its various modules so that it does exactly what you need quickly and securely. For more experienced administrators, this book provides different approaches that can help you make the most of your current infrastructure. Nginx can be employed in many situations, whether you are looking to construct an entirely new web-serving architecture or simply want to integrate an efficient tool to optimize your site loading speeds. Style and approach This book aims to serve as a handy reference of all Nginx first-party modules and directives, allowing the reader to develop their own web configuration more efficiently.

Learn to write servers and network clients using Rust’s low-level socket classes with this guide About This Book ? Build a solid foundation in Rust while also mastering important network programming details ? Leverage the power of a number of available libraries to perform network operations in Rust ? Develop a fully functional web server to gain the skills you need, fast Who This Book Is For This book is for software developers who want to write networking software with Rust. A basic familiarity with networking concepts is assumed. Beginner-level knowledge of Rust will help but is not necessary. What You Will Learn ? Appreciate why networking is important in implementing distributed systems ? Write a non-asynchronous echo server over TCP that talks to a client over a network ? Parse JSON and binary data using parser combinators such as nom ? Write an HTTP client that talks to the server using reqwest ? Modify an existing Rust HTTTP server and add SSL to it ? Master asynchronous programming support in Rust ? Use external packages in a Rust project In Detail Rust is low-level enough to provide fine-grained control over memory while providing safety through compile-time validation. This makes it uniquely suitable for writing low-level networking applications. This book is divided into three main parts that will take you on an exciting journey of building a fully functional web server. The book starts with a solid introduction to Rust and essential networking concepts. This will lay a foundation for, and set the tone of, the entire book. In the second part, we will take an in-depth look at using Rust for networking software. From client-server networking using sockets to IPv4/v6, DNS, TCP, UDP, you will also learn about serializing and deserializing data using serde. The book shows how to communicate with REST servers over HTTP. The final part of the book discusses asynchronous network programming using the Tokio stack. Given the importance of security for modern systems, you will see how Rust supports common primitives such as TLS and public-key cryptography. After reading this book, you will be more than confident enough to use Rust to build effective networking software Style and approach This book will get you started with building networking software in Rust by taking you through all the essential concepts.

Learn how to build high-performing enterprise applications using Java EE powered by Angular at the frontend About This Book ? Leverage Java EE 8 features to build robust back end for your enterprise applications ? Use Angular to build a single page frontend and combine it with the Java EE backend ? Practical guide filled with ample real-world examples Who This Book Is For This book is for Java EE developers who would like to build modern enterprise web applications using Angular. No prior knowledge of Angular is expected. What You Will Learn ? Write CDI-based code in Java EE 8 applications ? Build an understanding of Microservices and what they mean in Java EE context ? Use Docker to build and run a microservice application ? Use configuration options to work effectively with JSON documents ? Understand asynchronous task handling and writing REST API clients ? Explore the fundamentals of TypeScript, which sets the foundation for working on Angular projects ? Use Angular CLI to add and manage new features ? Use JSON Web tokens to secure Angular applications against malicious attacks In Detail The demand for modern and high performing web enterprise applications is growing rapidly. No more is a basic HTML front-end enough to meet customer demands. This book will be your one stop guide to build outstanding enterprise web applications with Java EE and Angular. It will teach you how to harness the power of Java EE to build sturdy back ends while applying Angular on the front end. Your journey to building excellent web enterprise applications starts here! The book starts with a brief introduction to the fundamentals of Java EE and all the new APIs offered in the latest release. Armed with the knowledge of Java EE 8, you will go over what it’s like to build an end to end application, configure database connection for JPA, and build scalable microservice using RESTful APIs running in docker containers. Taking advantage of Payara Micro capabilities, you will build an Issue Management System, which will have various features exposed as services using Java EE backend. With a detailed coverage of Angular fundamentals, the book will expand the Issue Management System by building a modern single page application frontend. Moving forward you will learn to fit both the pieces together i.e. the frontend Angular application with the backend java EE microservices. As each unit in a microservice promotes high cohesion, you will learn different ways in which independent units can be tested efficiently. Finishing off with concepts on securing your enterprise applications, this book is a hands on guide to building Modern Web Applications. Style and approach This is a step-by-step tutorial that explains to building modern web enterprise applications.

Learn how to build efficient, secure and robust code in C++ by using data structures and algorithms - the building blocks of C++ About This Book ? Use data structures such as arrays, stacks, trees, lists, and graphs with real-world examples ? Learn the functional and reactive implementations of the traditional data structures ? Explore illustrations to present data structures and algorithms, as well as their analysis, in a clear, visual manner Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who would like to learn the Data Structures and Algorithms in C++. Basic C++ programming knowledge is expected. What You Will Learn ? Know how to use arrays and lists to get better results in complex scenarios ? Build enhanced applications by using hashtables, dictionaries, and sets ? Implement searching algorithms such as linear search, binary search, jump search, exponential search, and more ? Have a positive impact on the efficiency of applications with tree traversal ? Explore the design used in sorting algorithms like Heap sort, Quick sort, Merge sort and Radix sort ? Implement various common algorithms in string data types ? Find out how to design an algorithm for a specific task using the common algorithm paradigms In Detail C++ is a general-purpose programming language which has evolved over the years and is used to develop software for many different sectors. This book will be your companion as it takes you through implementing classic data structures and algorithms to help you get up and running as a confident C++ programmer. We begin with an introduction to C++ data structures and algorithms while also covering essential language constructs. Next, we will see how to store data using linked lists, arrays, stacks, and queues. Then, we will learn how to implement different sorting algorithms, such as quick sort and heap sort. Along with these, we will dive into searching algorithms such as linear search, binary search and more. Our next mission will be to attain high performance by implementing algorithms to string datatypes and implementing hash structures in algorithm design. We'll also analyze Brute Force algorithms, Greedy algorithms, and more. By the end of the book, you'll know how to build components that are easy to understand, debug, and use in different applications. Style and approach Readers will be taken through an indispensable list of data structures and algorithms so they can confidently begin coding in C++.

React 16 Tooling covers the most important tools, utilities, and libraries that every React developer needs to know - in detail. About This Book ? Each chapter presents meta-development solutions to help React developers ? The tools used are presented in a practical, solution-oriented approach with no fluff ? The chapters are arranged in a logical order that mirrors a typical React development workflow, but you are free to tweak the approaches discussed to fit your own unique style Who This Book Is For This book is for React developers of any skill level who want to make their lives easier. It helps to have some familiarity with React, but if you are an experienced web developer looking at React, then this book will show you how to build a resilient toolset around you before you begin. What You Will Learn ? Bootstrap a React application using create-react-app ? Isolate React component development using Storybook ? Write effective unit tests for your React components using Jest ? Ensure that your component code is to standard using ESLint ? Use browser extensions and built-in component instrumentation to debug React applications ? Enable type safety in React components with Flowtype ? Deploy React applications inside a Docker container as part of a larger application stack In Detail React 16 Tooling covers the most important tools, utilities, and libraries that every React developer needs to know - in detail. As React has grown, the amazing toolset around it has also grown, adding features and enhancing the development workflow. Each of these essential tools is presented in a practical manner and in a logical order mirroring the development workflow. These tools will make your development life simpler and happier, enabling you to create better and more performant apps. Adam starts with a hand-picked selection of the best tools for the React 16 ecosystem. For starters, there's the create-react-app utility that's officially supported by the React team. Not only does this tool bootstrap your React project for you, it also provides a consistent and stable framework to build upon. The premise is that when you don't have to think about meta development work, more focus goes into the product itself. Other React tools follow this same approach to automating and improving your development life. Jest makes unit testing quicker. Flow makes catching errors easier. Docker containers make deployment in a stack simpler. Storybook makes developing components straightforward. ESLint makes writing standardized code faster. The React DevTools plugin makes debugging a cinch. React 16 Tooling clears away the barriers so you can focus on developing the good parts. In this book, we'll look at each of these powerful tools in detail, showing you how to build the perfect React ecosystem to develop your apps within. Style and approach This book covers React tools that help developers with the most relevant challenges they face today. Each chapter begins by defining the challenge faced by developers and why the tool is required, then shows how to fix the problem using React tooling.