If you want to use Salesforce CRM to automate your business requirements, or you have already adopted Salesforce CRM and want to streamline the sales process, this book is for you. Whether you are new to Salesforce or a seasoned expert, you will be able to master the basic functions as well as the advanced features of Salesforce.com. No previous experience in computer coding or programming is required.

If you are a Java developer who is familiar with the Eclipse plug-in environment, this book covers the advanced concepts that you need to know to achieve true expertise. Prior experience in creating Eclipse plug-ins is assumed for this book.

This is not your grandmother's JavaScript cookbook. If you have a foundational understanding of the framework and want to expand your AngularJS skillset with strategies and methodologies for building performant and scaleable production applications, this is the book for you. This book assumes you have an understanding of the basics of AngularJS, and experience with JavaScript.

This book is aimed at Java developers, system administrators, application testers using WildFly, and anyone who performs a DevOps role. Whether you are completely new to WildFly or just require an understanding of WildFly's new features, this book is for you.

Whether you are an IT manager, an administrator, or security professional who wants to learn how Microsoft Security Compliance Manager and Microsoft System Center can help fulfil compliance and security requirements, this is the book for you. Prior knowledge of Microsoft System Center is required.

If you are a CakePHP developer looking to ease the burden of development, then this book is for you. As a headfirst dive into the framework, this collection of recipes will help you get the most out of CakePHP, and get your applications baked in no time. Even if you're not familiar with the framework, we'll take you from basic CRUD building to useful solutions that will aid in getting the job done quickly and efficiently.

Do amazing things with the shell About This Book ? Become an expert in creating powerful shell *s and explore the full possibilities of the shell ? Automate any administrative task you could imagine, with shell *s ? Packed with easy-to-follow recipes on new features on Linux, particularly, Debian-based, to help you accomplish even the most complex tasks with ease Who This Book Is For If you are a beginner or an intermediate Linux user who wants to master the skill of quickly writing *s and automate tasks without reading the entire man pages, then this book is for you. You can start writing *s and one-liners by simply looking at the relevant recipe and its de*ions without any working knowledge of shell *ing or Linux. Intermediate / advanced users, system administrators / developers, and programmers can use this book as a reference when they face problems while coding. What You Will Learn ? Interact with websites via *s ? Write shell *s to mine and process data from the Web ? Automate system backups and other repetitive tasks with crontab ? Create, compress, and encrypt archives of your critical data. ? Configure and monitor Ethernet and wireless networks ? Monitor and log network and system activity ? Tune your system for optimal performance ? Improve your system's security ? Identify resource hogs and network bottlenecks ? Extract audio from video files ? Create web photo albums ? Use git or fossil to manage revision control and interact with FOSS projects ? Create and maintain Linux containers and Virtual Machines ? Run a private Cloud server In Detail The shell is the most powerful tool your computer provides. Despite having it at their fingertips, many users are unaware of how much the shell can accomplish. Using the shell, you can generate databases and web pages from sets of files, automate monotonous admin tasks such as system backups, monitor your system's health and activity, identify network bottlenecks and system resource hogs, and more. This book will show you how to do all this and much more. This book, now in its third edition, describes the exciting new features in the newest Linux distributions to help you accomplish more than you imagine. It shows how to use simple commands to automate complex tasks, automate web interactions, download videos, set up containers and cloud servers, and even get free SSL certificates. Starting with the basics of the shell, you will learn simple commands and how to apply them to real-world issues. From there, you'll learn text processing, web interactions, network and system monitoring, and system tuning. Software engineers will learn how to examine system applications, how to use modern software management tools such as git and fossil for their own work, and how to submit patches to open-source projects. Finally, you'll learn how to set up Linux Containers and Virtual machines and even run your own Cloud server with a free SSL Certificate from letsencrypt.org. Style and approach This book will take you through useful real-world recipes designed to make your daily life easier when working with the shell.

This step-by-step guide demonstrates how to build simple-to-advanced applications through examples in R using modern tools. About This Book ? Get a firm hold on the fundamentals of R through practical hands-on examples ? Get started with good R programming fundamentals for data science ? Exploit the different libraries of R to build interesting applications in R Who This Book Is For This books is for aspiring data science professionals or statisticians who would like to learn about the R programming language in a practical manner. Basic programming knowledge is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Discover techniques to leverage R’s features, and work with packages ? Perform a de*ive analysis and work with statistical models using R ? Work efficiently with objects without using loops ? Create diverse visualizations to gain better understanding of the data ? Understand ways to produce good visualizations and create reports for the results ? Read and write data from relational databases and REST APIs, both packaged and unpackaged ? Improve performance by writing better code, delegating that code to a more efficient programming language, or making it parallel In Detail R is a high-level statistical language and is widely used among statisticians and data miners to develop analytical applications. Often, data analysis people with great analytical skills lack solid programming knowledge and are unfamiliar with the correct ways to use R. Based on the version 3.4, this book will help you develop strong fundamentals when working with R by taking you through a series of full representative examples, giving you a holistic view of R. We begin with the basic installation and configuration of the R environment. As you progress through the exercises, you'll become thoroughly acquainted with R's features and its packages. With this book, you will learn about the basic concepts of R programming, work efficiently with graphs, create publication-ready and interactive 3D graphs, and gain a better understanding of the data at hand. The detailed step-by-step instructions will enable you to get a clean set of data, produce good visualizations, and create reports for the results. It also teaches you various methods to perform code profiling and performance enhancement with good programming practices, delegation, and parallelization. By the end of this book, you will know how to efficiently work with data, create quality visualizations and reports, and develop code that is modular, expressive, and maintainable. Style and Approach This is an easy-to-understand guide filled with real-world examples, giving you a holistic view of R and practical, hands-on experience.

Develop your first interactive 2D and 3D platformer game by learning the fundamentals of C# About This Book ? This is a step-by-step guide to learn the fundamentals of C# 7 *ing to develop GameObjects and master the basics of the new UI system in Unity ? Build and develop your 2D game right from scratch while implementing the principles of object-oriented programming and coding in C# 7 ? Get to grips with the fundamentals of optimizing your game using the latest features of Unity 2017 Who This Book Is For The book is targeted at beginner level Unity developers with no programming experience. If you are a Unity developer and you wish to learn how to write C# *s and code by creating games, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Learn C# 7 using new features like tuples, variables, and non-nullable reference types while building games ? Understand the fundamentals of variables, methods, and code syntax in C# ? Use loops and collections efficiently in Unity to reduce the amount of code ? Develop a game using the object-oriented programming principles ? Implement simple enemy characters into the game to learn point to point movement and Tree behaviors ? Avoid performance mistakes by implementing different optimization techniques ? Export 3D models and 3D animations and import them inside a Unity project ? With your new knowledge of coding, you will be able to look at Unity's Scripting Reference code examples with confidence In Detail With the latest version of Unity 2017 released, are you interested in developing creative and interactive games while learning C# alongside? Then this is the book that you are looking for. Its all about offering you a fun introduction to the world of game programming with C#. You’ll start with the basics to get started with C# 7 and its latest features. Then you’ll see how to use C# 7 and its latest functional programming capabilities to create amazing games with Unity 2017. You’ll create your first C# * for Unity, add objects into it, and learn how to create game elements with them. Then you’ll work with the latest functional programming features of C# and how to leverage them for great game *ing. Throughout the book, you’ll learn to use the new Unity 2017 2D tool set and create an interactive 2D game with it. You will make enemies appear to challenge your player, and go through some optimization techniques to ensure great game performance. At the end, your 2D game will be transformed into 3D, and you’ll be able to skill up to become a pro C# programmer with Unity 2017! Style and approach The book takes a practical, step-by-step approach where you learn C# coding while developing fun and interactive games.

Learn the fundamentals of vue.js by creating complex SPAs with Vuex, vue-router and more About This Book ? We bridge the gap between "learning" and "doing" by providing real-world examples that will improve your web development skills with Vue.js ? Explore the exciting features of Vue.js 2 through practical and interesting examples ? Explore modern development tools and learn how to utilize them by building applications with Vue.js Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who know the basics of JavaScript and are looking to learn Vue.js with real examples. You should understand the basics of JavaScript functions and variables and be comfortable with using CSS or a CSS framework for styling your projects. What You Will Learn ? Looping through data with Vue.js ? Searching and filtering data ? Using components to display data ? Getting a list of files using the dropbox API ? Navigating through a file tree and loading folders from a URL ? Caching with Vuex ? Pre-caching for faster navigation ? Introducing vue-router and loading components ? Using vue-router dynamic routes to load data ? Using vue-router and Vuex to create an ecommerce store In Detail Vue.js is a frontend web framework which makes it easy to do just about anything, from displaying data up to creating full-blown web apps, and has become a leading tool for web developers. This book puts Vue.js into a real-world context, guiding you through example projects that helps you build Vue.js applications from scratch. With this book, you will learn how to use Vue.js by creating three Single Page web applications. Throughout this book, we will cover the usage of Vue, for building web interfaces, Vuex, an official Vue plugin which makes caching and storing data easier, and Vue-router, a plugin for creating routes and URLs for your application. Starting with a JSON dataset, the first part of the book covers Vue objects and how to utilize each one. This will be covered by exploring different ways of displaying data from a JSON dataset. We will then move on to manipulating the data with filters and search and creating dynamic values. Next, you will see how easy it is to integrate remote data into an application by learning how to use the Dropbox API to display your Dropbox contents in an application In the final section, you will see how to build a product catalog and dynamic shopping cart using the Vue-router, giving you the building blocks of an e-commerce store. Style and approach This book takes you three projects, with step-by-step instructions to help you understand the concepts of Vue and put it into practice.

Maximize your administration skills effectively and efficiently About This Book ? Implement cost-effective virtualization solutions for your organization with actionable recipes ? Explore the concepts of VMM with real-world use cases ? Use the latest features with VMM 2016 such as Cluster OS Rolling Upgrade, Guarded Fabric and Storage Spaces Direct Who This Book Is For If you are a solutions architect, technical consultant, administrator, or any other virtualization enthusiast who needs to use Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager in a real-world environment, then this is the book for you. What You Will Learn ? Plan and design a VMM architecture for real-world deployment ? Configure fabric resources, including compute, networking, and storage ? Create and manage Storage Spaces Direct clusters in VMM ? Configure Guarded Fabric with Shielded VMs ? Create and deploy virtual machine templates and multi-tier services ? Manage Hyper-V and VMware environments from VMM ? Enhance monitoring and management capabilities ? Upgrade to VMM 2016 from previous versions In Detail Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2016 is part of the System Center suite to configure and manage datacenters and offers a unified management experience on-premises and Azure cloud. This book will be your best companion for day-to-day virtualization needs within your organization, as it takes you through a series of recipes to simplify and plan a highly scalable and available virtual infrastructure. You will learn the deployment tips, techniques, and solutions designed to show users how to improve VMM 2016 in a real-world scenario. The chapters are divided in a way that will allow you to implement the VMM 2016 and additional solutions required to effectively manage and monitor your fabrics and clouds. We will cover the most important new features in VMM 2016 across networking, storage, and compute, including brand new Guarded Fabric, Shielded VMs and Storage Spaces Direct. The recipes in the book provide step-by-step instructions giving you the simplest way to dive into VMM fabric concepts, private cloud, and integration with external solutions such as VMware, Operations Manager, and the Windows Azure Pack. By the end of this book, you will be armed with the knowledge you require to start designing and implementing virtual infrastructures in VMM 2016. Style and approach This book follows a recipe-based approach similar to our previous two successful editions, covering the practical application of the major features in VMM 2016.

Implement solutions by leveraging the power of the GO standard library and reducing dependency on external crates About This Book ? Develop high quality, fast and portable applications by leveraging the power of Go Standard Library. ? Practical recipes that will help you work with the standard library algorithms to boost your productivity as a Go developer. ? Compose your own algorithms without forfeiting the simplicity and elegance of the Standard Library. Who This Book Is For This book is for Go developers who would like to explore the power of Golang and learn how to use the Go standard library for various functionalities. The book assumes basic Go programming knowledge. What You Will Learn ? Access environmental variables ? Execute and work with child processes ? Manipulate strings by performing operations such as search, concatenate, and so on ? Parse and format the output of date/time information ? Operate on complex numbers and effective conversions between different number formats and bases ? Work with standard input and output ? Handle filesystem operations and file permissions ? Create TCP and HTTP servers, and access those servers with a client ? Utilize synchronization primitives ? Test your code In Detail Google's Golang will be the next talk of the town, with amazing features and a powerful library. This book will gear you up for using golang by taking you through recipes that will teach you how to leverage the standard library to implement a particular solution. This will enable Go developers to take advantage of using a rock-solid standard library instead of third-party frameworks. The book begins by exploring the functionalities available for interaction between the environment and the operating system. We will explore common string operations, date/time manipulations, and numerical problems. We'll then move on to working with the database, accessing the filesystem, and performing I/O operations. From a networking perspective, we will touch on client and server-side solutions. The basics of concurrency are also covered, before we wrap up with a few tips and tricks. By the end of the book, you will have a good overview of the features of the Golang standard library and what you can achieve with them. Ultimately, you will be proficient in implementing solutions with powerful standard libraries. Style and approach Solution based approach showcasing the power of Go standard library for easy practical implementations.

Learn to implement ASP.NET Core features to build effective software that can be scaled and maintained easily About This Book ? Practical solutions to recurring issues in the web development world ? Recipes on the latest features of ASP.Net Core 2.0 ? Coverage of Bootstrap, Angular, and JavaScript lets you supercharge your frontend Who This Book Is For This book is written for the ASP.NET developer who wants to deliver professional-standard software, quickly and efficiently. It's filled with hands-on recipes, practical advice, and guidance to help developers with every aspect of the ASP.NET development cycle. Whether you've just started out or are a seasoned pro, the Asp.Net Core 2.0 Cookbook is written for you. What You Will Learn ? Build ASP.Net Core 2.0 applications using HTTP services with WebApi ? Learn to unit-test, load test, and perform test applications using client-side and server-side frameworks ? Debug, monitor and troubleshoot ASP.Net Core 2.0 applications using popular tools ? Reuse components with NuGet and create modular components with middleware ? Create applications using client-side technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, and Angular ? Build responsive and dynamic UIs for your MVC apps using Bootstrap ? Leverage tools like Karma, Jasmine, QUnit, xUnit, Selenium, Microsoft Fakes, and Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise In Detail The ASP.NET Core 2.0 Framework has been designed to meet all the needs of today’s web developers. It provides better control, support for test-driven development, and cleaner code. Moreover, it’s lightweight and allows you to run apps on Windows, OSX and Linux, making it the most popular web framework with modern day developers. This book takes a unique approach to web development, using real-world examples to guide you through problems with ASP.NET Core 2.0 web applications. It covers Visual Studio 2017- and ASP.NET Core 2.0-specifc changes and provides general MVC development recipes. It explores setting up .NET Core, Visual Studio 2017, Node.js modules, and NuGet. Next, it shows you how to work with Inversion of Control data pattern and caching. We explore everyday ASP.NET Core MVC 2.0 patterns and go beyond it into troubleshooting. Finally, we lead you through migrating, hosting, and deploying your code. By the end of the book, you’ll not only have explored every aspect of ASP.NET Core MVC 2.0, you’ll also have a reference you can keep coming back to whenever you need to get the job done. Style and approach Asp.Net Core 2.0 has been redesigned to meet the needs of today's web developers. Open-source, cross-platform, and fully integrated with the most powerful front-end frameworks, it still has all the benefits of ease and speed of development that have made it one of the most popular web frameworks in production today. Asp.Net Core 2.0 Development Cookbook takes a unique approach to web development. Based around the tasks that you will be using every day when making websites, it will guide you through all the common problems you'll face when developing web applications.

Learn to confidently setup and create app, lenses, dashboards using Salesforce Einstein Analytics. About This Book ? Explore Einstein analytics on desktop as well as mobile platforms ? Turn data into smarter sales with Einstein Analytics for Sales ? Visualize your data with preloaded as well as customized dashboards Who This Book Is For This book is for data scientists, business users, developers who want to explore business data using the Salesforce Einstein Analytics. Knowledge of the Salesforce platform is required. What You Will Learn ? Create app, lenses, and dashboards using Einstein. ? Visualize data utilizing all the widgets available with Einstein. ? Understand Einstein for Sales, Service, and Marketing separately. ? Use Data monitoring tools to monitor data flow and system jobs. ? Abstract machine learning constructs and make predictions on events In Detail Salesforce Einstein analytics aka Wave Analytics is a cloud-based platform which connects data from the multiple sources and explores it to uncover insights. It empowers sales reps, marketers, and analysts with the insights to make customer interactions smarter, without building mathematical models. You will learn to create app, lenses, dashboards and share dashboards with other users. This book starts off with explaining you fundamental concepts like lenses, step, measures and sets you up with Einstein Analytics platform. We then move on to creating an app and here you will learn to create datasets, dashboards and different ways to import data into Analytics. Moving on we look at Einstein for sales, services, and marketing individually. Here you will learn to manage your pipeline, understand important business drivers and visualize trends. You will also learn features related to data monitoring tools and embedding dashboards with lightning, visualforce page and mobile devices. Further, you will learn advanced features pertaining to recent advancements in Einstein which include machine learning constructs and getting predictions for events. By the end of this book, you will become proficient in the Einstein analytics, getting insights faster and understanding your customer in a better way. Style and approach The book takes a pragmatic approach showing you installation of Salesforce Einstein Analytics, predictive analysis and applications of AI.

Over 60 recipes to install, configure, and manage your IIS 10.0 About This Book ? Provide a secure, easy-to-manage extensible platform for hosting your websites ? Leverage IIS 10.0 in order to deploy web site in seconds ? Integrate Windows and Nano Server 2016 and automate it with PowerShell ? Recipes to Manage and monitor your IIS 10.0 Who This Book Is For If you are an administrator or web developer with a basic (or no) knowledge of Microsoft IIS and want to set up your own web server, then this is the book for you. What You Will Learn ? Integrate IIS 10.0 on Windows server 2016 ? Host multiple websites and Wildcard Host on IIS 10.0 ? Deploy and administrate IIS 10.0 on Nano Server. ? IIS administration with Powershell. ? Manage and troubleshoot IIS 10.0 In Detail This book will start with customizing your IIS 10 to various platforms/OS and tune it according to your business requirements. Moving on, we will focus on the functionalities of core fundamentals and perform practical scenarios in order to maximize the use of a reliable web server. Going further we will be covering topics like IIS 10 architecture, IIS modules,hosting web server platforms, virtual directories along with web site deployment, ports, enhanced security. We will also cover new features of IIS 10 like integration with Windows Server 2016 and Nano Server, HTTP/2, PowerShell 5 cmdlets etc . Towards the end, we will cover troubleshooting & diagnostic techniques of IIS 10. By the end of this book you will be well versed with maximizing the reliability of your webserver and will have immense knowledge in using IIS 10 effectively Style and approach A set of exciting recipes on using Microsoft IIS 10.0 effectively..

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

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

Over 90 recipes that leverage the powerful features of the Standard Library in C++17 About This Book ? Learn the latest features of C++ and how to write better code by using the Standard Library (STL). Reduce the development time for your applications. ? Understand the scope and power of STL features to deal with real-world problems. ? Compose your own algorithms without forfeiting the simplicity and elegance of the STL way. Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate-to-advanced C++ programmers who want to get the most out of the Standard Template Library of the newest version of C++: C++ 17. What You Will Learn ? Learn about the new core language features and the problems they were intended to solve ? Understand the inner workings and requirements of iterators by implementing them ? Explore algorithms, functional programming style, and lambda expressions ? Leverage the rich, portable, fast, and well-tested set of well-designed algorithms provided in the STL ? Work with strings the STL way instead of handcrafting C-style code ? Understand standard support classes for concurrency and synchronization, and how to put them to work ? Use the filesystem library addition available with the C++17 STL In Detail C++ has come a long way and is in use in every area of the industry. Fast, efficient, and flexible, it is used to solve many problems. The upcoming version of C++ will see programmers change the way they code. If you want to grasp the practical usefulness of the C++17 STL in order to write smarter, fully portable code, then this book is for you. Beginning with new language features, this book will help you understand the language’s mechanics and library features, and offers insight into how they work. Unlike other books, ours takes an implementation-specific, problem-solution approach that will help you quickly overcome hurdles. You will learn the core STL concepts, such as containers, algorithms, utility classes, lambda expressions, iterators, and more, while working on practical real-world recipes. These recipes will help you get the most from the STL and show you how to program in a better way. By the end of the book, you will be up to date with the latest C++17 features and save time and effort while solving tasks elegantly using the STL. Style and approach This recipe-based guide will show you how to make the best use of C++ together with the STL to squeeze more out of the standard language

Use Unity 2017 to create fun and unbelievable AI entities in your games with A*, Fuzzy logic and NavMesh About This Book ? Explore the brand-new Unity 2017 features that makes implementing Artificial Intelligence in your game easier than ever ? Use fuzzy logic concepts in your AI decision-making to make your characters more engaging ? Build exciting and richer games by mastering advanced Artificial Intelligence concepts such as Neural Networks Who This Book Is For This book is intended for Unity developers with a basic understanding of C# and the Unity editor. Whether you're looking to build your first game or are looking to expand your knowledge as a game programmer, you will find plenty of exciting information and examples of game AI in terms of concepts and implementation. What You Will Learn ? Understand the basic terminology and concepts in game AI ? Explore advanced AI Concepts such as Neural Networks ? Implement a basic finite state machine using state machine behaviors in Unity 2017 ? Create sensory systems for your AI and couple it with a Finite State Machine ? Wok with Unity 2017's built-in NavMesh features in your game ? Build believable and highly-efficient artificial flocks and crowds ? Create a basic behavior tree to drive a character's actions In Detail Unity 2017 provides game and app developers with a variety of tools to implement Artificial Intelligence. Leveraging these tools via Unity's API or built-in features allows limitless possibilities when it comes to creating your game's worlds and characters. This third edition with Unity will help you break down Artificial Intelligence into simple concepts to give you a fundamental understanding of the topic to build upon. Using a variety of examples, the book then takes those concepts and walks you through actual implementations designed to highlight key concepts, and features related to game AI in Unity 5. Further on you will learn to distinguish the state machine pattern and implement one of your own. This is followed by learning how to implement a basic sensory system for your AI agent and coupling it with a Finite State Machine (FSM). Next you'll learn how to use Unity's built-in NavMesh feature and implement your own A* pathfinding system. You will then learn how to implement simple flocks and crowd's dynamics, key AI concepts. Moving on, you will learn how to implement a behavior tree through a game-focused example. Lastly, you'll combine fuzzy logic concepts with state machines and apply all the concepts in the book to build a simple tank game. Style and approach A self-explanatory practical guide with a series of tips and tricks on creating AI games with ease.

The Fourth Edition of the industry-acclaimed OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, from four recognized experts, updated to the latest OpenStack build including Cinder, Nova, and Neutron. About This Book ? Over 100 recipes created by a team of OpenStack experts ? Updated to work with the latest OpenStack builds, with recipes covering the installation and use of OpenStack with Ansible ? It covers topics such as Keystone, Glance, Neutron, Nova, Cinder, and more, plus recipes for OpenStack storage, networking, and orchestrating workloads ? Test drive OpenStack using the accompanying Vagrant environment Who This Book Is For This book is written for cloud system engineers, system administrators, and technical architects who are moving from a virtualized environment to cloud environments. This book assumes that you are familiar with cloud computing platforms, and have knowledge of virtualization, networking, and managing Linux environments. What You Will Learn ? Understand, install, configure, and manage a complete OpenStack Cloud platform using OpenStack-Ansible ? Configure networks, routers, load balancers, and more with Neutron ? Use Keystone to setup domains, roles, groups and user access ? Learn how to use Swift and setup container access control lists ? Gain hands-on experience and familiarity with Horizon, the OpenStack Dashboard user interface ? Automate complete solutions with our recipes on Heat, the OpenStack Orchestration service as well as using Ansible to orchestrate application workloads ? Follow practical advice and examples to run OpenStack in production In Detail This is the fourth edition of the industry-acclaimed OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, created by four recognized OpenStack experts. It has now been updated to work with the latest OpenStack builds, using tools and processes based on their collective and vast OpenStack experience. OpenStack Open Source Cloud software is one of the most used cloud infrastructures to support a wide variety of use cases, from software development to big data analysis. It is developed by a thriving community of individual developers from around the globe and backed by most of the leading players in the cloud space today. We make it simple to implement, massively scalable, and able to store a large pool of data and networking resources. OpenStack has a strong ecosystem that helps you provision your cloud storage needs. Add OpenStack's enterprise features to reduce the cost of your business. This book will begin by showing you the steps to build up an OpenStack private cloud environment using Ansible. You'll then discover the uses of cloud services such as the identity service, image service, and compute service. You'll dive into Neutron, the OpenStack Networking service, and get your hands dirty with configuring networks, routers, load balancers, and more. You’ll then gather more expert knowledge on OpenStack cloud computing by managing your cloud's security and migration. After that, we delve into OpenStack Object storage and you’ll see how to manage servers and work with objects, cluster, and storage functionalities. Finally, you will learn about OpenStack dashboard, Ansible, Keystone, and other interesting topics. Style and approach Clear, step-by-step instructions coupled with practical and applicable recipes that will enable you to use and implement the latest features of OpenStack. The authors provide all the context you need around each recipe so that you can make it part of your own OpenStack solutions.

A complete guide on using data structures and algorithms to write sophisticated C# code About This Book ? Master array, set and map with trees and graphs, among other fundamental data structures ? Delve into effective design and implementation techniques to meet your software requirements ? 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 would be an added advantage. What You Will Learn ? How to use arrays and lists to get better results in complex scenarios ? Implement algorithms like the Tower of Hanoi on stacks of C# objects ? Build enhanced applications by using hashtables, dictionaries and sets ? Make a positive impact on efficiency of applications with tree traversal ? Effectively find the shortest path in the graph In Detail Data structures allow organizing data efficiently. They are critical to various problems and their suitable implementation can provide a complete solution that acts like reusable code. In this book, you will learn how to use various data structures while developing in the C# language as well as how to implement some of the most common algorithms used with such data structures. At the beginning, you will get to know arrays, lists, dictionaries, and sets together with real-world examples of your application. Then, you will learn how to create and use stacks and queues. In the following part of the book, the more complex data structures will be introduced, namely trees and graphs, together with some algorithms for searching the shortest path in a graph. We will also discuss how to organize the code in a manageable, consistent, and extendable way. By the end of the book,you will learn how to build components that are easy to understand, debug, and use in different applications. Style and approach Readers will be taken through all the indispensable data structures and algorithms so they can begin their coding journey in C#. At each step, the book will show how to implement these via examples while also discussing the attributes of each algorithm so readers are capable to make an informed choice.