This step-by-step guide will teach you how to use GeoServer to build custom and interactive maps using your data. About This Book ? Exploit the power of GeoServer to provide agile, flexible, and low -cost community projects ? Share real-time maps quickly ? Boost your map server's performance using the power and flexibility of GeoServer Who This Book Is For If you are a web developer with knowledge of server side *ing, have experience in installing applications on the server, and want to go beyond Google Maps by offering dynamically built maps on your site with your latest geospatial data stored in MySQL, PostGIS, MySQL, or Oracle, this is the book for you. What You Will Learn ? Install GeoServer quickly ? Access dynamic real-time geospatial data that you can easily integrate into your own web-based application ? Create custom styles for lines, points, and polygons for great-looking maps ? Command GeoServer remotely using REST ? Tune your GeoServer instance for performance ? Move GeoServer into production ? Learn advanced topics to extend GeoServer's capabilities In Detail GeoServer is an opensource server written in Java that allows users to share, process, and edit geospatial data. This book will guide you through the new features and improvements of GeoServer and will help you get started with it. GeoServer Beginner's Guide gives you the impetus to build custom maps using your data without the need for costly commercial software licenses and restrictions. Even if you do not have prior GIS knowledge, you will be able to make interactive maps after reading this book. You will install GeoServer, access your data from a database, and apply style points, lines, polygons, and labels to impress site visitors with real-time maps. Then you follow a step-by-step guide that installs GeoServer in minutes. You will explore the web-based administrative interface to connect to backend data stores such as PostGIS, and Oracle. Going ahead, you can display your data on web-based interactive maps, use style lines, points, polygons, and embed images to visualize this data for your web visitors. You will walk away from this book with a working application ready for production. After reading GeoServer Beginner's Guide, you will be able to build beautiful custom maps on your website using your geospatial data. Style and approach Step-by-step instructions are included and the needs of a beginner are totally satisfied by the book. The book consists of plenty of examples with accompanying screenshots and code for an easy learning curve.

Explore over 110 recipes to analyze data and build predictive models with simple and easy-to-use R code About This Book ? Apply R to simplify predictive modeling with short and simple code ? Use machine learning to solve problems ranging from small to big data ? Build a training and testing dataset, applying different classification methods. Who This Book Is For This book is for data science professionals, data analysts, or people who have used R for data analysis and machine learning who now wish to become the go-to person for machine learning with R. Those who wish to improve the efficiency of their machine learning models and need to work with different kinds of data set will find this book very insightful. What You Will Learn ? Create and inspect transaction datasets and perform association analysis with the Apriori algorithm ? Visualize patterns and associations using a range of graphs and find frequent item-sets using the Eclat algorithm ? Compare differences between each regression method to discover how they solve problems ? Detect and impute missing values in air quality data ? Predict possible churn users with the classification approach ? Plot the autocorrelation function with time series analysis ? Use the Cox proportional hazards model for survival analysis ? Implement the clustering method to segment customer data ? Compress images with the dimension reduction method ? Incorporate R and Hadoop to solve machine learning problems on big data In Detail Big data has become a popular buzzword across many industries. An increasing number of people have been exposed to the term and are looking at how to leverage big data in their own businesses, to improve sales and profitability. However, collecting, aggregating, and visualizing data is just one part of the equation. Being able to extract useful information from data is another task, and a much more challenging one. Machine Learning with R Cookbook, Second Edition uses a practical approach to teach you how to perform machine learning with R. Each chapter is divided into several simple recipes. Through the step-by-step instructions provided in each recipe, you will be able to construct a predictive model by using a variety of machine learning packages. In this book, you will first learn to set up the R environment and use simple R commands to explore data. The next topic covers how to perform statistical analysis with machine learning analysis and assess created models, covered in detail later on in the book. You'll also learn how to integrate R and Hadoop to create a big data analysis platform. The detailed illustrations provide all the information required to start applying machine learning to individual projects. With Machine Learning with R Cookbook, machine learning has never been easier. Style and approach This is an easy-to-follow guide packed with hands-on examples of machine learning tasks. Each topic includes step-by-step instructions on tackling difficulties faced when applying R to machine learning.

Master realistic animations and graphics, particle systems, game AI and physics, sprites and VR development with Unity 2017 About This Book ? Create professional grade games with realistic animation and graphics, particle systems and game physics with Unity 2017 ? Unleash the power of C# *ing to create intelligent game AI and professional grade game workflows. ? Create immersive VR games using the latest Unity 2017 VR SDK. Who This Book Is For If you are a Unity developer who now wants to develop and deploy interesting games by leveraging the new features of Unity 2017, then this is the book for you. Basic knowledge of C# programming is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Explore hands-on tasks and real-world scenarios to make a Unity horror adventure game ? Create enemy characters that act intelligently and make reasoned decisions ? Use data files to save and restore game data in a way that is platform-agnostic ? Get started with VR development ? Use navigation meshes, occlusion culling, and Profiler tools ? Work confidently with GameObjects, rotations, and transformations ? Understand specific gameplay features such as AI enemies, inventory systems, and level design In Detail Do you want to make the leap from being an everyday Unity developer to being a pro game developer? Then look no further! This book is your one-stop solution to creating mesmerizing games with lifelike features and amazing gameplay. This book focuses in some detail on a practical project with Unity, building a first-person game with many features. You'll delve into the architecture of a Unity game, creating expansive worlds, interesting render effects, and other features to make your games special. You will create individual game components, use efficient animation techniques, and implement collision and physics effectively. Specifically, we'll explore optimal techniques for importing game assets, such as meshes and textures; tips and tricks for effective level design; how to animate and * NPCs; how to configure and deploy to mobile devices; how to prepare for VR development; how to work with version control; and more. By the end of this book, you'll have developed sufficient competency in Unity development to produce fun games with confidence. Style and approach This book takes an easy-to-follow, step-by-step tutorial approach. You will create an advanced level Unity game with an emphasis on leveraging advanced Unity 2017 features while developing the game in its entirety.

Get up and running with the Pentaho Data Integration tool using this hands-on, easy-to-read guide About This Book ? Manipulate your data by exploring, transforming, validating, and integrating it using Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE ? A comprehensive guide exploring the features of Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE ? Connect to any database engine, explore the databases, and perform all kind of operations on relational databases Who This Book Is For This book is a must-have for software developers, business intelligence analysts, IT students, or anyone involved or interested in developing ETL solutions. If you plan on using Pentaho Data Integration for doing any data manipulation task, this book will help you as well. This book is also a good starting point for data warehouse designers, architects, or anyone who is responsible for data warehouse projects and needs to load data into them. What You Will Learn ? Explore the features and capabilities of Pentaho Data Integration 8 Community Edition ? Install and get started with PDI ? Learn the ins and outs of Spoon, the graphical designer tool ? Learn to get data from all kind of data sources, such as plain files, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and XML files ? Use Pentaho Data Integration to perform CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) operations on relationaldatabases ? Populate a data mart with Pentaho Data Integration ? Use Pentaho Data Integration to organize files and folders, run daily processes, deal with errors, and more In Detail Pentaho Data Integration(PDI) is an intuitive and graphical environment packed with drag-and-drop design and powerful Extract-Tranform-Load (ETL) capabilities. This book shows and explains the new interactive features of Spoon, the revamped look and feel, and the newest features of the tool including transformations and jobs Executors and the invaluable Metadata Injection capability. We begin with the installation of PDI software and then move on to cover all the key PDI concepts. Each of the chapter introduces new features, enabling you to gradually get practicing with the tool. First, you will learn to do all kind of data manipulation and work with simple plain files. Then, the book teaches you how you can work with relational databases inside PDI. Moreover, you will be given a primer on data warehouse concepts and you will learn how to load data in a data warehouse. During the course of this book, you will be familiarized with its intuitive, graphical and drag-and-drop design environment. By the end of this book, you will learn everything you need to know in order to meet your data manipulation requirements. Besides, your will be given best practices and advises for designing and deploying your projects. Style and approach Step by step guide filled with practical, real world scenarios and examples.

Create fast and efficient server-side applications using the latest features of Odoo v11 About This Book ? Get the most up-to-date guide on Odoo 11 to create custom and reusable modules ? Interconnect your application with other systems by implementing web APIs ? Understand the mechanisms powering the Odoo framework to build robust enterprises Who This Book Is For If you're a Python developer and want to develop highly efficient business applications with the latest Odoo framework (or if you just want a hands on problem solution book for all your Odoo Development related issues), this book is for you! Some experience with the JavaScript programming language and web development is required to get the most out of this book. What You Will Learn ? Install and manage Odoo environments and instances ? Use models to define your application's data structures ? Add business logic to your applications ? Add automated tests and learn how to debug Odoo apps ? Learn about the access security model and internationalization features ? Customize websites built with Odoo, by writing your own templates and providing new snippets for use in the website builder ? Extend the web client with new widgets and make RPC calls to the server In Detail Odoo is a full-featured open source ERP with a focus on extensibility. The flexibility and sustainability of open source are also a key selling point of Odoo. It is built on a powerful framework for rapid application development, both for back-end applications and front-end websites. Version 11 offers better usability and speed: a new design (as compared to the current Odoo Enterprise version) and a mobile interface. The book starts by covering Odoo installation and administration and Odoo Server deployment. It then delves into the implementation of Odoo modules, the different inheritance models available in Odoo. You will then learn how to define access rules for your data; how to make your application available in different languages; how to expose your data models to end users on the back end and on the front end; and how to create beautiful PDF versions of your data. By the end of the book, you will have a thorough knowledge of Odoo and will be able to build effective applications by applying Odoo development best practices Style and Approach This recipe-based practical guide presents each topic with step-by-step instructions on how you can create fast and efficient server-side applications using the latest features of Odoo v11

Design and administer enterprise-grade MySQL 8 solutions About This Book ? Store, retrieve, and manipulate your data using the latest MySQL 8 features ? Practical recipes on effective administration in MySQL, with a focus on security, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and more ? Contains tips, tricks, and best practices for designing, developing, and administering your MySQL 8 database solution without any hassle Who This Book Is For If you are a MySQL developer or administrator looking for quick, handy solutions to solve the most common and not-so-common problems in MySQL, this book is for you. MySQL DBAs looking to get up-to-speed with the latest MySQL 8 development and administration features will also find this book very useful. Prior knowledge of Linux and RDBMS is desirable. What You Will Learn ? Install and configure your MySQL 8 instance without any hassle ? Get to grips with new features of MySQL 8 like CTE, Window functions and many more ? Perform backup tasks, recover data and set up various replication topologies for your database ? Maximize performance by using new features of MySQL 8 like descending indexes, controlling query optimizer and resource groups ? Learn how to use general table space to suit the SaaS or multi-tenant applications ? Analyze slow queries using performance schema, sys schema and third party tools ? Manage and monitor your MySQL instance and implement efficient performance-tuning tasks In Detail MySQL is one of the most popular and widely used relational databases in the World today. The recently released MySQL 8 version promises to be better and more efficient than ever before. This book contains everything you need to know to be the go-to person in your organization when it comes to MySQL. Starting with a quick installation and configuration of your MySQL instance, the book quickly jumps into the querying aspects of MySQL. It shows you the newest improvements in MySQL 8 and gives you hands-on experience in managing high-transaction and real-time datasets. If you've already worked with MySQL before and are looking to migrate your application to MySQL 8, this book will also show you how to do that. The book also contains recipes on efficient MySQL administration, with tips on effective user management, data recovery, security, database monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and more. With quick solutions to common and not-so-common problems you might encounter while working with MySQL 8, the book contains practical tips and tricks to give you the edge over others in designing, developing, and administering your database effectively. Style and approach This book takes a recipe-based approach to tackling the pain points of SQL developers. It is a comprehensive book full of solutions to common problems faced by SQL administrators and developers alike.

This book starts by introducing you to supervised learning algorithms such as simple linear regression, the classical multilayer perceptron and more sophisticated deep convolutional networks. You will also explore image processing with recognition of hand written digit images, classification of images into different categories, and advanced objects recognition with related image annotations. An example of identification of salient points for face detection is also provided. Next you will be introduced to Recurrent Networks, which are optimized for processing sequence data such as text, audio or time series. Following that, you will learn about unsupervised learning algorithms such as Autoencoders and the very popular Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN). You will also explore non-traditional uses of neural networks as Style Transfer. Finally, you will look at Reinforcement Learning and its application to AI game playing, another popular direction of research and application of neural networks. What you will learn ?Optimize step-by-step functions on a large neural network using the Backpropagation Algorithm ?Fine-tune a neural network to improve the quality of results ?Use deep learning for image and audio processing ?Use Recursive Neural Tensor Networks (RNTNs) to outperform standard word embedding in special cases ?Identify problems

Spatial statistics has the potential to provide insight that is not otherwise available through traditional GIS tools. This book is designed to introduce you to the use of spatial statistics so you can solve complex geographic analysis. The book begins by introducing you to the many spatial statistics tools available in ArcGIS. You will learn how to analyze patterns, map clusters, and model spatial relationships with these tools. Further on, you will explore how to extend the spatial statistics tools currently available in ArcGIS, and use the R programming language to create custom tools in ArcGIS through the ArcGIS Bridge using real-world examples. At the end of the book, you will be presented with two exciting case studies where you will be able to practically apply all your learning to analyze and gain insights into real estate data. What you will learn ?Get to know how to measure geographic distributions ?Perform clustering analysis including hot spot and outlier analysis ?Conduct data conversion tasks using the Utilities toolset ?Understand how to use the tools provided by the Mapping Clusters toolset in the Spatial Statistics Toolbox ?Get to grips with the basics of R for performing spatial statistical programming ?Create custom ArcGIS tools with R and ArcGIS Bridge ?Understand the application of Spatial Statistics tools

Java is the most popular programming language, according to the TIOBE index, and it is a typical choice for running production systems in many companies, both in the startup world and among large enterprises. Not surprisingly, it is also a common choice for creating data science applications: it is fast and has a great set of data processing tools, both built-in and external. What is more, choosing Java for data science allows you to easily integrate solutions with existing software, and bring data science into production with less effort. This book will teach you how to create data science applications with Java. First, we will revise the most important things when starting a data science application, and then brush up the basics of Java and machine learning before diving into more advanced topics. We start by going over the existing libraries for data processing and libraries with machine learning algorithms. After that, we cover topics such as classification and regression, dimensionality reduction and clustering, information retrieval and natural language processing, and deep learning and big data. Finally, we finish the book by talking about the ways to deploy the model and evaluate it in production settings. What you will learn ?Get a solid understanding of the data processing toolbox available in Java ?Explore the data science ecosystem available in Java

Delve into neural networks, implement deep learning algorithms, and explore layers of data abstraction with the help of this comprehensive TensorFlow guide About This Book ?Learn how to implement advanced techniques in deep learning with Google's brainchild, TensorFlow ?Explore deep neural networks and layers of data abstraction with the help of this comprehensive guide ?Real-world contextualization through some deep learning problems concerning research and application Who This Book Is For The book is intended for a general audience of people interested in machine learning and machine intelligence. A rudimentary level of programming in one language is assumed, as is a basic familiarity with computer science techniques and technologies, including a basic awareness of computer hardware and algorithms. Some competence in mathematics is needed to the level of elementary linear algebra and calculus. What You Will Learn ?Learn about machine learning landscapes along with the historical development and progress of deep learning ?Learn about deep machine intelligence and GPU computing with the latest TensorFlow 1.x ?Access public datasets and utilize them using TensorFlow to load, process, and transform data ?Use TensorFlow on real-world datasets, including images, text, and more ?Learn how to evaluate the performance of your deep learning models ?Using deep learning for scalable object detection and mobile computing ?Train machines quickly to learn from data by exploring reinforcement learning techniques ?Explore active areas of deep learning research and applications

Do you want to make sense of your data? Do you want to create interactive charts, data trees, info-graphics, geospatial charts, and maps efficiently? This book is your ideal choice to master interactive data visualization with D3.js V4. The book includes a number of extensive examples that to help you hone your skills with data visualization. Throughout nine chapters these examples will help you acquire a clear practical understanding of the various techniques, tools and functionality provided by D3.js. You will first setup your D3.JS development environment and learn the basic patterns needed to visualize your data. After that you will learn techniques to optimize different processes such as working with selections; animating data transitions; creating graps and charts, integrating external resources (static as well as streaming); visualizing information on maps; working with colors and scales; utilizing the different D3.js APIs; and much more. The book will also guide you through creating custom graphs and visualizations, and show you how to go from the raw data to beautiful visualizations. The extensive examples will include working with complex and realtime data streams, such as seismic data, geospatial data, scientific data, and more. Towards the end of the book, you will learn to add more functionality on top of D3.js by using it with other external libraries and integrating it with Ecma* 6 and Type*

Writing concurrent and parallel programming applications is an integral skill for any Java programmer. Java 9 comes with a host of fantastic features, including significant performance improvements and new APIs. This book will take you through all the new APIs, showing you how to build parallel and multi-threaded applications. The book covers all the elements of the Java Concurrency API, with essential recipes that will help you take advantage of the exciting new capabilities. You will learn how to use parallel and reactive streams to process massive data sets. Next, you will move on to create streams and use all their intermediate and terminal operations to process big collections of data in a parallel and functional way. Further, you ll discover a whole range of recipes for almost everything, such as thread management, synchronization, executors, parallel and reactive streams, and many more. At the end of the book, you will learn how to obtain information about the status of some of the most useful components of the Java Concurrency API and how to test concurrent applications using different tools. What you will learn ?Find out to manage the basic components of the Java Concurrency API ?Use synchronization mechanisms to avoid data race conditions and other problems of concurrent applications ?Separate the thread management from the rest of the application with the Executor framework ?Solve problems using a parallelized version of the divide and conquer paradigm with the Fork / Join framework ?Process massive data sets in an optimized way using streams and reactive streams ?See which data structures we can use in concurrent applications and how to use them ?Practice efficient techniques to test concurrent applications ?Get to know tips and tricks to design concurrent applications

Work through recipes to unlock the full potential of the next generation graphics API―Vulkan About This Book ?This book explores a wide range of modern graphics programming techniques and GPU compute methods to make the best use of the Vulkan API ?Learn techniques that can be applied to a wide range of platforms desktop, smartphones, and embedded devices Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for developers who know C/C++ languages, have some basic familiarity with graphics programming, and now want to take advantage of the new Vulkan API in the process of building next generation computer graphics. Some basic familiarity of Vulkan would be useful to follow the recipes. OpenGL developers who want to take advantage of the Vulkan API will also find this book useful. What You Will Learn?Work with Swapchain to present images on screen ?Create, submit, and synchronize operations processed by the hardware ?Create buffers and images, manage their memory, and upload data to them from CPU ?Explore de*or sets and set up an interface between application and shaders ?Organize drawing operations into a set of render passes and subpasses ?Prepare graphics pipelines to draw 3D scenes and compute pipelines to perform mathematical calculations ?Implement geometry projection and tessellation, texturing, lighting, and post-processing techniques ?Write shaders in GLSL and convert them into SPIR-V assemblies ?Find out about and

"Key Features ?Get to the grips with the latest version of Apache Spark ?Utilize Spark's machine learning library to implement predictive analytics ?Leverage Spark's powerful tools to load, analyze, clean, and transform your data Book De*ion Spark ML is the machine learning module of Spark. It uses in-memory RDDs to process machine learning models faster for clustering, classification, and regression. This book will teach you about popular machine learning algorithms and their implementation. You will learn how various machine learning concepts are implemented in the context of Spark ML. You will start by installing Spark in a single and multinode cluster. Next you'll see how to execute Scala and Python based programs for Spark ML. Then we will take a few datasets and go deeper into clustering, classification, and regression. Toward the end, we will also cover text processing using Spark ML. Once you have learned the concepts, they can be applied to implement algorithms in either green-field implementations or to migrate existing systems to this new platform. You can migrate from Mahout or Scikit to use Spark ML. What you will learn ?Get hands-on with the latest version of Spark ML ?Create your first Spark program with Scala and Python ?Set up and configure a development environment for Spark on your own computer, as well as on Amazon EC2 ?Access public machine learning datasets and use Spark to load, process, clean, and transform data ?Use Spark's machine learning library to implement programs by utilizing well-known machine learning models ?Deal with large-scale text data, including feature extraction and using text data as input to your machine learning models ?Write Spark functions to evaluate the performance of your machine learning models "

Get more control of your applications performances in development and production and know how to meet your Service Level Agreement on critical microservices. About This Book ? Learn how to write a JavaEE application with performance constraints (Service Level Agreement—SLA) leveraging the platform ? Learn how to identify bottlenecks and hotspots in your application to fix them ? Ensure that you are able to continuously control your performance in production and during development Who This Book Is For If you're a Java developer looking to improve the performance 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 ? Identify performance bottlenecks in an application ? Locate application hotspots using performance tools ? Understand the work done under the hood by EE containers and its impact on performance ? Identify common patterns to integrate with Java EE applications ? Implement transparent caching on your applications ? Extract more information from your applications using Java EE without modifying existing code ? Ensure constant performance and eliminate regression In Detail The ease with which we write applications has been increasing, but with this comes the need to address their performance. A balancing act between easily implementing complex applications and keeping their performance optimal is a present-day need. In this book, we explore how to achieve this crucial balance while developing and deploying applications with Java EE 8. The book starts by analyzing various Java EE specifications to identify those potentially affecting performance adversely. Then, we move on to monitoring techniques that enable us to identify performance bottlenecks and optimize performance metrics. Next, we look at techniques that help us achieve high performance: memory optimization, concurrency, multi-threading, scaling, and caching. We also look at fault tolerance solutions and the importance of logging. Lastly, you will learn to benchmark your application and also implement solutions for continuous performance evaluation. By the end of the book, you will have gained insights into various techniques and solutions that will help create high-performance applications in the Java EE 8 environment. Style and approach This book will cover vital concepts implemented through a sample application built throughout the book. This will enable you to apply these concepts to suit your software requirements.

Blend the power of Qt with OpenCV to build cross-platform computer vision applications About This Book ? Start creating robust applications with the power of OpenCV and Qt combined ? Learn from scratch how to develop cross-platform computer vision applications ? Accentuate your OpenCV applications by developing them with Qt Who This Book Is For This book is for readers interested in building computer vision applications. Intermediate knowledge of C++ programming is expected. Even though no knowledge of Qt5 and OpenCV 3 is assumed, if you’re familiar with these frameworks, you’ll benefit. What You Will Learn ? Get an introduction to Qt IDE and SDK ? Be introduced to OpenCV and see how to communicate between OpenCV and Qt ? Understand how to create UI using Qt Widgets ? Know to develop cross-platform applications using OpenCV 3 and Qt 5 ? Explore the multithreaded application development features of Qt5 ? Improve OpenCV 3 application development using Qt5 ? Build, test, and deploy Qt and OpenCV apps, either dynamically or statically ? See Computer Vision technologies such as filtering and transformation of images, detecting and matching objects, template matching, object tracking, video and motion analysis, and much more ? Be introduced to QML and Qt Quick for iOS and Android application development In Detail Developers have been using OpenCV library to develop computer vision applications for a long time. However, they now need a more effective tool to get the job done and in a much better and modern way. Qt is one of the major frameworks available for this task at the moment. This book will teach you to develop applications with the combination of OpenCV 3 and Qt5. This book will teach you to create cross-platform computer vision applications. We’ll begin by introducing Qt, its IDE, and its SDK. Next you’ll learn how to use the OpenCV API to integrate both tools, and see how to configure Qt to use OpenCV. You’ll go on to build a full-fledged computer vision application throughout the book. Later, you’ll create a stunning UI application using the Qt widgets technology, where you’ll display the images after they are processed in an efficient way. At the end of the book, you’ll learn how to convert OpenCV Mat to Qt QImage. You’ll also see how to efficiently process images to filter them, transform them, detect or track objects as well as analyze video. You’ll become better at developing OpenCV applications. Style and approach This book will help you understand and create cross-platform and multithreaded computer vision applications with the help of OpenCV 3 and Qt5, using a plugin-based and modular application development approach.

Develop applications for the real world with a thorough software testing approach About This Book ? Develop a thorough understanding of TDD and how it can help you develop simpler applications with no defects using C# and JavaScript ? Adapt to the mindset of writing tests before code by incorporating business goals, code manageability, and other factors ? Make all your software units and modules pass tests by analyzing failed tests and refactoring code as and when required Who This Book Is For This book is for software developers with a basic knowledge of Test Driven Development (TDD) who want a thorough understanding of how TDD can benefit them and the applications they produce. The examples in this book are in C#, and you will need a basic understanding of C# to work through these examples. What You Will Learn ? The core concepts of TDD ? Testing in action with a real-world case study in C# and JavaScript using React ? Writing proper Unit Tests and testable code for your application ? Using different types of test double such as stubs, spies, and mocks ? Growing an application guided by tests ? Exploring new developments on a green-field application ? Mitigating the problems associated with writing tests for legacy applications ? Modifying a legacy application to make it testable In Detail Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a methodology that helps you to write as little as code as possible to satisfy software requirements, and ensures that what you've written does what it's supposed to do. If you're looking for a practical resource on Test-Driven Development this is the book for you. You've found a practical end-to-end guide that will help you implement Test-Driven Techniques for your software development projects. You will learn from industry standard patterns and practices, and shift from a conventional approach to a modern and efficient software testing approach in C# and JavaScript. This book starts with the basics of TDD and the components of a simple unit test. Then we look at setting up the testing framework so that you can easily run your tests in your development environment. You will then see the importance of defining and testing boundaries, abstracting away third-party code (including the .NET Framework), and working with different types of test double such as spies, mocks, and fakes. Moving on, you will learn how to think like a TDD developer when it comes to application development. Next, you'll focus on writing tests for new/changing requirements and covering newly discovered bugs, along with how to test JavaScript applications and perform integration testing. You’ll also learn how to identify code that is inherently un-testable, and identify some of the major problems with legacy applications that weren’t written with testability in mind. By the end of the book, you’ll have all the TDD skills you'll need and you’ll be able to re-enter the world as a TDD expert! Style and approach A practical step-by-step approach with real-world case studies.

Learn how to apply Functional Programming with Kotlin to real-life projects with popular libraries like Arrow. About This Book ? Focus on the functional aspects of Kotlin and identify the advantages that functional programming brings to the table and the associated coding benefits, ? Implement common functional programming design patterns and techniques. ? Learn to combine OOP and Reactive Programming with Functional Programming and how RxKotlin and funkTionale can help you implementing Functional Programming in Kotlin Who This Book Is For Kotlin developers who have no functional programming experience, will benefit from this book. What You Will Learn ? Learn the Concepts of Functional Programming with Kotlin ? Discover the Coroutines in Kotlin ? Uncover Using funkTionale plugin ? Learn Monads, Functiors and Applicatives ? Combine Functional Programming with OOP and Reactive Programming ? Uncover Using Monads with funkTionale ? Discover Stream Processing In Detail Functional programming makes your application faster, improves performance, and increases your productivity. Kotlin supports many of the popular and advanced functional features of functional languages. This book will cover the A-Z of functional programming in Kotlin. This book bridges the language gap for Kotlin developers by showing you how to create and consume functional constructs in Kotlin. We also bridge the domain gap by showing how functional constructs can be applied in business scenarios. We’ll take you through lambdas, pattern matching, immutability, and help you develop a deep understanding of the concepts and practices of functional programming. If you want learn to address problems using Recursion, Koltin has support for it as well. You’ll also learn how to use the funKtionale library to perform currying and lazy programming and more. Finally, you’ll learn functional design patterns and techniques that will make you a better programmer.By the end of the book, you will be more confident in your functional programming skills and will be able to apply them while programming in Kotlin. Style and approach Loaded with numerous code examples and real life projects, this book helps you dive deep into Functional Programming with Kotlin as well as applying it with help of Functional Programming Plugins like funkTionale and RxKotlin.

Build your defense against web attacks with Kali Linux, including command injection flaws, crypto implementation layers, and web application security holes About This Book ? Know how to set up your lab with Kali Linux ? Discover the core concepts of web penetration testing ? Get the tools and techniques you need with Kali Linux Who This Book Is For Since this book sets out to cover a large number of tools and security fields, it can work as an introduction to practical security skills for beginners in security. In addition, web programmers and also system administrators would benefit from this rigorous introduction to web penetration testing. Basic system administration skills are necessary, and the ability to read code is a must. What You Will Learn ? Learn how to set up your lab with Kali Linux ? Understand the core concepts of web penetration testing ? Get to know the tools and techniques you need to use with Kali Linux ? Identify the difference between hacking a web application and network hacking ? Expose vulnerabilities present in web servers and their applications using server-side attacks ? Understand the different techniques used to identify the flavor of web applications ? See standard attacks such as exploiting cross-site request forgery and cross-site *ing flaws ? Get an overview of the art of client-side attacks ? Explore automated attacks such as fuzzing web applications In Detail Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux - Third Edition shows you how to set up a lab, helps you understand the nature and mechanics of attacking websites, and explains classical attacks in great depth. This edition is heavily updated for the latest Kali Linux changes and the most recent attacks. Kali Linux shines when it comes to client-side attacks and fuzzing in particular. From the start of the book, you'll be given a thorough grounding in the concepts of hacking and penetration testing, and you'll see the tools used in Kali Linux that relate to web application hacking. You'll gain a deep understanding of classicalSQL, command-injection flaws, and the many ways to exploit these flaws. Web penetration testing also needs a general overview of client-side attacks, which is rounded out by a long discussion of *ing and input validation flaws. There is also an important chapter on cryptographic implementation flaws, where we discuss the most recent problems with cryptographic layers in the networking stack. The importance of these attacks cannot be overstated, and defending against them is relevant to most internet users and, of course, penetration testers. At the end of the book, you'll use an automated technique called fuzzing to identify flaws in a web application. Finally, you'll gain an understanding of web application vulnerabilities and the ways they can be exploited using the tools in Kali Linux. Style and approach This step-by-step guide covers each topic with detailed practical examples. Every concept is explained with the help of illustrations using the tools available in Kali Linux.

Build and deploy powerful neural network models using the latest Java deep learning libraries About This Book ? Understand DL with Java by implementing real-world projects ? Master implementations of various ANN models and build your own DL systems ? Develop applications using NLP, image classification, RL, and GPU processing Who This Book Is For If you are a data scientist, machine learning professional, or deep learning practitioner keen to expand your knowledge by delving into the practical aspects of deep learning with Java, then this book is what you need! Get ready to build advanced deep learning models to carry out complex numerical computations. Some basic understanding of machine learning concepts and a working knowledge of Java are required. What You Will Learn ? Master deep learning and neural network architectures ? Build real-life applications covering image classification, object detection, online trading, transfer learning, and multimedia analytics using DL4J and open-source APIs ? Train ML agents to learn from data using deep reinforcement learning ? Use factorization machines for advanced movie recommendations ? Train DL models on distributed GPUs for faster deep learning with Spark and DL4J ? Ease your learning experience through 69 FAQs In Detail Java is one of the most widely used programming languages. With the rise of deep learning, it has become a popular choice of tool among data scientists and machine learning experts. Java Deep Learning Projects starts with an overview of deep learning concepts and then delves into advanced projects. You will see how to build several projects using different deep neural network architectures such as multilayer perceptrons, Deep Belief Networks, CNN, LSTM, and Factorization Machines. You will get acquainted with popular deep and machine learning libraries for Java such as Deeplearning4j, Spark ML, and RankSys and you’ll be able to use their features to build and deploy projects on distributed computing environments. You will then explore advanced domains such as transfer learning and deep reinforcement learning using the Java ecosystem, covering various real-world domains such as healthcare, NLP, image classification, and multimedia analytics with an easy-to-follow approach. Expert reviews and tips will follow every project to give you insights and hacks. By the end of this book, you will have stepped up your expertise when it comes to deep learning in Java, taking it beyond theory and be able to build your own advanced deep learning systems. Style and approach A unique, learn-as-you-do approach, as the reader builds on his understanding of deep learning with Java progressively with each project. This book is designed in such a way that implementing each project will empower you with a unique skill set, and enable you to implement the next project more confidently.

Learn to develop, test, and deploy your Spring Boot distributed application and explore various best practices. About This Book ? Build and deploy your microservices architecture in the cloud ? Build event-driven resilient systems using Hystrix and Turbine ? Explore API management tools such as KONG and API documentation tools such as Swagger Who This Book Is For The book is targeted at experienced Spring and Java developers who have a basic knowledge of working with Spring Boot. The reader should be familiar with Spring Boot basics, and aware of its benefits over traditional Spring Framework-based applications. What You Will Learn ? Build logically structured and highly maintainable Spring Boot applications ? Configure RESTful microservices using Spring Boot ? Make the application production and operation-friendly with Spring Actuator ? Build modern, high-performance distributed applications using cloud patterns ? Manage and deploy your Spring Boot application to the cloud (AWS) ? Monitor distributed applications using log aggregation and ELK In Detail Spring is one of the best frameworks on the market for developing web, enterprise, and cloud ready software. Spring Boot simplifies the building of complex software dramatically by reducing the amount of boilerplate code, and by providing production-ready features and a simple deployment model. This book will address the challenges related to power that come with Spring Boot's great configurability and flexibility. You will understand how Spring Boot configuration works under the hood, how to overwrite default configurations, and how to use advanced techniques to prepare Spring Boot applications to work in production. This book will also introduce readers to a relatively new topic in the Spring ecosystem – cloud native patterns, reactive programming, and applications. Get up to speed with microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud. Each chapter aims to solve a specific problem or teach you a useful skillset. By the end of this book, you will be proficient in building and deploying your Spring Boot application. Style and approach The book takes a practical, example-driven approach to teaching you all the advanced features of Spring Boot 2.0