Learn the ins and outs of the Industrial Internet of Things through subjects ranging from its history and evolution, right up to what the future holds. About This Book ? Define solutions that can connect existing systems and newer cloud-based solutions to thousands of thousands of edge devices and industrial machines ? Identify, define, and justify Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) projects, and design an application that can connect to and control thousands of machines ? Leverage the power and features of a platform to monitor, perform analytics, and maintain the Industrial Internet Who This Book Is For Architects who are interested in learning how to define solutions for the Industrial Internet will benefit immensely from this book. Relevant architect roles include enterprise architects, business architects, information architects, cloud solution architects, software architects, and others. The content is also relevant for technically inclined line of business leaders investing in these solutions. What You Will Learn ? Learn the history of the Industrial Internet and why an architectural approach is needed ? Define solutions that can connect to and control thousands of edge devices and machines ? Understand the significance of working with line of business leadership and key metrics to be gathered ? Connect business requirements to the functional architecture ? Gain the right expectation as to the capabilities of Industrial Internet applications and how to assess them ? Understand what data and analytics components should be included in your architecture solution ? Understand deployment trade-offs, management and security considerations, and the impact of emerging technologies In Detail The Industrial Internet or the IIoT has gained a lot of traction. Many leading companies are driving this revolution by connecting smart edge devices to cloud-based analysis platforms and solving their business challenges in new ways. To ensure a smooth integration of such machines and devices, sound architecture strategies based on accepted principles, best practices, and lessons learned must be applied. This book begins by providing a bird's eye view of what the IIoT is and how the industrial revolution has evolved into embracing this technology. It then describes architectural approaches for success, gathering business requirements, and mapping requirements into functional solutions. In a later chapter, many other potential use cases are introduced including those in manufacturing and specific examples in predictive maintenance, asset tracking and handling, and environmental impact and abatement. The book concludes by exploring evolving technologies that will impact IIoT architecture in the future and discusses possible societal implications of the Industrial Internet and perceptions regarding these projects. By the end of this book, you will be better equipped to embrace the benefits of the burgeoning IIoT. Style and approach This book takes a comprehensive approach to the Industrial Internet, thoroughly acquainting the reader with the concepts and philosophy of the IIoT. It provides a basis for defining an IIoT solution in a thoughtful manner and creating what will be viewed as a successful project.

A complete guide to build robust and scalable web applications with Spring and Angular. About This Book ? This hands on guide will teach you how to build an end-to-end modern web application using Spring and Angular. ? It is easy to read and will benefit Java developers who have been used to develop the back-end part of web application while front-end (UI) has been left for UI developers. ? Learn the core aspects involved in developing the backend and the UI, right from designing to integrating and deploying. Who This Book Is For This book is targeted towards Java Web Developers with a basic knowledge of Spring who want to build complete web applications in a fast and effective way. They will want to gain a stronghold on both frontend and backend development to advance in their careers. What You Will Learn ? Set up development environment for Spring Web App and Angular app. ? Process web request and response and build REST API endpoints. ? Create data access components using Spring Web MVC framework and Hibernate ? Use Junit 5 to test your application ? Learn the fundamental concepts around building Angular ? Configure and use Routes and Components. ? Protect Angular app content from common web vulnerabilities and attacks. ? Integrate Angular apps with Spring Boot Web API endpoints ? Deploy the web application based on CI and CD using Jenkins and Docker containers In Detail Spring is the most popular application development framework being adopted by millions of developers around the world to create high performing, easily testable, reusable code. Its lightweight nature and extensibility helps you write robust and highly-scalable server-side web applications. Coupled with the power and efficiency of Angular, creating web applications has never been easier. If you want build end-to-end modern web application using Spring and Angular, then this book is for you. The book directly heads to show you how to create the backend with Spring, showing you how to configure the Spring MVC and handle Web requests. It will take you through the key aspects such as building REST API endpoints, using Hibernate, working with Junit 5 etc. Once you have secured and tested the backend, we will go ahead and start working on the front end with Angular. You will learn about fundamentals of Angular and Type* and create an SPA using components, routing etc. Finally, you will see how to integrate both the applications with REST protocol and deploy the application using tools such as Jenkins and Docker. Style and approach This is a straightforward guide that shows how to build a complete web application in Angular and Spring.

Learn to build applications faster and better by leveraging the real power of Boost and C++ About This Book ? Learn to use the Boost libraries to simplify your application development ? Learn to develop high quality, fast and portable applications ? Learn the relations between Boost and C++11/C++4/C++17 Who This Book Is For This book is for developers looking to improve their knowledge of Boost and who would like to simplify their application development processes. Prior C++ knowledge and basic knowledge of the standard library is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Get familiar with new data types for everyday use ? Use smart pointers to manage resources ? Get to grips with compile-time computations and assertions ? Use Boost libraries for multithreading ? Learn about parallel execution of different task ? Perform common string-related tasks using Boost libraries ? Split all the processes, computations, and interactions to tasks and process them independently ? Learn the basics of working with graphs, stacktracing, testing and interprocess communications ? Explore different helper macros used to detect compiler, platform and Boost features In Detail If you want to take advantage of the real power of Boost and C++ and avoid the confusion about which library to use in which situation, then this book is for you. Beginning with the basics of Boost C++, you will move on to learn how the Boost libraries simplify application development. You will learn to convert data such as string to numbers, numbers to string, numbers to numbers and more. Managing resources will become a piece of cake. You’ll see what kind of work can be done at compile time and what Boost containers can do. You will learn everything for the development of high quality fast and portable applications. Write a program once and then you can use it on Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android operating systems. From manipulating images to graphs, directories, timers, files, networking – everyone will find an interesting topic. Be sure that knowledge from this book won’t get outdated, as more and more Boost libraries become part of the C++ Standard. Style and approach Clear step-by-step recipes that will help you take advantage of the real power of Boost.

A practical guide to help you tackle different real-time data processing and analytics problems using the best tools for each scenario About This Book ? Learn about the various challenges in real-time data processing and use the right tools to overcome them ? This book covers popular tools and frameworks such as Spark, Flink, and Apache Storm to solve all your distributed processing problems ? A practical guide filled with examples, tips, and tricks to help you perform efficient Big Data processing in real-time Who This Book Is For If you are a Java developer who would like to be equipped with all the tools required to devise an end-to-end practical solution on real-time data streaming, then this book is for you. Basic knowledge of real-time processing would be helpful, and knowing the fundamentals of Maven, Shell, and Eclipse would be great. What You Will Learn ? Get an introduction to the established real-time stack ? Understand the key integration of all the components ? Get a thorough understanding of the basic building blocks for real-time solution designing ? Garnish the search and visualization aspects for your real-time solution ? Get conceptually and practically acquainted with real-time analytics ? Be well equipped to apply the knowledge and create your own solutions In Detail With the rise of Big Data, there is an increasing need to process large amounts of data continuously, with a shorter turnaround time. Real-time data processing involves continuous input, processing and output of data, with the condition that the time required for processing is as short as possible. This book covers the majority of the existing and evolving open source technology stack for real-time processing and analytics. You will get to know about all the real-time solution aspects, from the source to the presentation to persistence. Through this practical book, you’ll be equipped with a clear understanding of how to solve challenges on your own. We’ll cover topics such as how to set up components, basic executions, integrations, advanced use cases, alerts, and monitoring. You’ll be exposed to the popular tools used in real-time processing today such as Apache Spark, Apache Flink, and Storm. Finally, you will put your knowledge to practical use by implementing all of the techniques in the form of a practical, real-world use case. By the end of this book, you will have a solid understanding of all the aspects of real-time data processing and analytics, and will know how to deploy the solutions in production environments in the best possible manner. Style and Approach In this practical guide to real-time analytics, each chapter begins with a basic high-level concept of the topic, followed by a practical, hands-on implementation of each concept, where you can see the working and execution of it. The book is written in a DIY style, with plenty of practical use cases, well-explained code examples, and relevant screenshots and diagrams.

Harness the power and simplicity of Informatica PowerCenter 10.x to build and manage efficient data management solutions About This Book ? Master PowerCenter 10.x components to create, execute, monitor, and schedule ETL processes with a practical approach. ? An ideal guide to building the necessary skills and competencies to become an expert Informatica PowerCenter developer. ? A comprehensive guide to fetching/transforming and loading huge volumes of data in a very effective way, with reduced resource consumption Who This Book Is For If you wish to deploy Informatica in enterprise environments and build a career in data warehousing, then this book is for you. Whether you are a software developer/analytic professional and are new to Informatica or an experienced user, you will learn all the features of Informatica 10.x. A basic knowledge of programming and data warehouse concepts is essential. What You Will Learn ? Install or upgrade the components of the Informatica PowerCenter tool ? Work on various aspects of administrative skills and on the various developer Informatica PowerCenter screens such as Designer, Workflow Manager, Workflow Monitor, and Repository Manager. ? Get practical hands-on experience of various sections of Informatica PowerCenter, such as navigator, toolbar, workspace, control panel, and so on ? Leverage basic and advanced utilities, such as the debugger, target load plan, and incremental aggregation to process data ? Implement data warehousing concepts such as schemas and SCDs using Informatica ? Migrate various components, such as sources and targets, to another region using the Designer and Repository Manager screens ? Enhance code performance using tips such as pushdown optimization and partitioning In Detail Informatica PowerCenter is an industry-leading ETL tool, known for its accelerated data extraction, transformation, and data management strategies. This book will be your quick guide to exploring Informatica PowerCenter’s powerful features such as working on sources, targets, transformations, performance optimization, scheduling, deploying for processing, and managing your data at speed. First, you’ll learn how to install and configure tools. You will learn to implement various data warehouse and ETL concepts, and use PowerCenter 10.x components to build mappings, tasks, workflows, and so on. You will come across features such as transformations, SCD, XML processing, partitioning, constraint-based loading, Incremental aggregation, and many more. Moreover, you’ll also learn to deliver powerful visualizations for data profiling using the advanced monitoring dashboard functionality offered by the new version. Using data transformation technique, performance tuning, and the many new advanced features, this book will help you understand and process data for training or production purposes. The step-by-step approach and adoption of real-time scenarios will guide you through effectively accessing all core functionalities offered by Informatica PowerCenter version 10.x. Style and approach You'll get hand-on with sources, targets, transformations, performance optimization, scheduling, deploying for processing, and managing your data, and learn everything you need to become a proficient Informatica PowerCenter developer.

Learning the new system’s programming language for all Unix-type systems About This Book ? Learn how to write system's level code in Golang, similar to Unix/Linux systems code ? Ramp up in Go quickly ? Deep dive into Goroutines and Go concurrency to be able to take advantage of Go server-level constructs Who This Book Is For Intermediate Linux and general Unix programmers. Network programmers from beginners to advanced practitioners. C and C++ programmers interested in different approaches to concurrency and Linux systems programming. What You Will Learn ? Explore the Go language from the standpoint of a developer conversant with Unix, Linux, and so on ? Understand Goroutines, the lightweight threads used for systems and concurrent applications ? Learn how to translate Unix and Linux systems code in C to Golang code ? How to write fast and lightweight server code ? Dive into concurrency with Go ? Write low-level networking code In Detail Go is the new systems programming language for Linux and Unix systems. It is also the language in which some of the most prominent cloud-level systems have been written, such as Docker. Where C programmers used to rule, Go programmers are in demand to write highly optimized systems programming code. Created by some of the original designers of C and Unix, Go expands the systems programmers toolkit and adds a mature, clear programming language. Traditional system applications become easier to write since pointers are not relevant and garbage collection has taken away the most problematic area for low-level systems code: memory management. This book opens up the world of high-performance Unix system applications to the beginning Go programmer. It does not get stuck on single systems or even system types, but tries to expand the original teachings from Unix system level programming to all types of servers, the cloud, and the web. Style and approach This is the first book to introduce Linux and Unix systems programming in Go, a field for which Go has actually been developed in the first place.

Discover how to rapidly prototype SEO-friendly web applications with Angular Universal About This Book : ? Rapidly build an application that's optimized for search performance ? Develop service workers to make your application truly progressive ? Automatically update metadata and load in content from external APIs Who This Book Is For : This book is ideal for experienced front-end developers who are looking to quickly work through an intelligent example that demonstrates all the key features of server-side development with Angular. You'll need some prior exposure to Angular, as we skim over the basics and get straight to work. What You Will Learn : ? Use the official tools provided by Angular to build an SEO-friendly application ? Create a dynamic web application that maps to current Angular best practices ? Manage your Angular applications with Angular CLI ? Implement server-side rendering for your future web application projects ? Configure service workers to automatically update your application in the background In Detail : Equip yourself with the skills required to create modern, progressive web applications that load quickly and efficiently. This fast-paced guide to server-side Angular leads you through an example application that uses Angular Universal to render application pages on the server, rather than the client. You'll learn how to serve your users views that load instantly, while reaping all the SEO benefits of improved page indexing. With differences of just 200 milliseconds in performance having a measurable impact on your users, it's more important than ever to get server-side right. Style and approach : With this book, you'll be equipped to create modern, SEO-friendly web apps with best practices using Angular CLI. This book focuses on creating a progressive web app using Angular that is optimized for search engines.

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

A hands-on guide to creating, monitoring, and tuning a high performance Spring web application About This Book ? Understand common performance pitfalls and improve your application's performance ? Build and deploy strategies for complex applications using the microservice architecture ? Understand internals of JVM - the core of all Java Runtime Environments Who This Book Is For If you’re a Spring developer who’d like to build high performance applications and have more control over your application's performance in production and development, this book is for you. Some familiarity with Java, Maven, and Eclipse is necessary. What You Will Learn ? Master programming best practices and performance improvement with bean wiring ? Analyze the performance of various AOP implementations ? Explore database interactions with Spring to optimize design and configuration ? Solve Hibernate performance issues and traps ? Leverage multithreading and concurrent programming to improve application performance ? Gain a solid foundation in JVM performance tuning using various tools ? Learn the key concepts of the microservice architecture and how to monitor them ? Perform Spring Boot performance tuning, monitoring, and health checks In Detail While writing an application, performance is paramount. Performance tuning for real-world applications often involves activities geared toward detecting bottlenecks. The recent release of Spring 5.0 brings major advancements in the rich API provided by the Spring framework, which means developers need to master its tools and techniques to achieve high performance applications. Hands-On High Performance with Spring 5 begins with the Spring framework's core features, exploring the integration of different Spring projects. It proceeds to evaluate various Spring specifications to identify those adversely affecting performance. You will learn about bean wiring configurations, aspect-oriented programming, database interaction, and Hibernate to focus on the metrics that help identify performance bottlenecks. You will also look at application monitoring, performance optimization, JVM internals, and garbage collection optimization. Lastly, the book will show you how to leverage the microservice architecture to build a high performance and resilient application. By the end of the book, you will have gained an insight into various techniques and solutions to build and troubleshoot high performance Spring-based applications. Style and approach This book takes a step-by-step approach with focused examples to teach you how to increase application performance.

A complete guide on course development and delivery using Moodle 3.x About This Book ? Get the best out of the latest Moodle 3 framework to ensure successful learning ? Gain experience in creating different kinds of courses ? Create your first Moodle VR app using the Moodle VR toolset Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone who wants to get the best out of Moodle. As a beginner, this is a thorough guide for you to understand how the software works, with great ideas for getting off to a good start with your first course. Some experience of working with e-learning systems will be beneficial. Experienced Moodle users will find powerful insights into developing successful and educational courses. What You Will Learn ? Know what Moodle does and how it supports your teaching strategies ? Install Moodle on your computer and navigate your way around it ? Understand all of Moodle's learning features ? Monitor how learners interact with your site using site statistics ? Add multimedia content to your site ? Allow students to enroll themselves or invite other students to join a course In Detail Moodle is a learning platform or Course Management System (CMS) that is easy to install and use, but the real challenge is in developing a learning process that leverages its power and maps the learning objectives to content and assessments for an integrated and effective course. Moodle 3 E-Learning Course Development guides you through meeting that challenge in a practical way. This latest edition will show you how to add static learning material, assessments, and social features such as forum-based instructional strategy, a chat module, and forums to your courses so that students reach their learning potential. Whether you want to support traditional class teaching or lecturing, or provide complete online and distance e-learning courses, this book will prove to be a powerful resource throughout your use of Moodle. You’ll learn how to create and integrate third-party plugins and widgets in your Moodle app, implement site permissions and user accounts, and ensure the security of content and test papers. Further on, you’ll implement PHP scripts that will help you create customized UIs for your app. You’ll also understand how to create your first Moodle VR e-learning app using the latest VR learning experience that Moodle 3 has to offer. By the end of this book, you will have explored the decisions, design considerations, and thought processes that go into developing a successful course. Style and approach Packed with clear step-by-step instructions, plenty of screenshots, and thorough explanations, this book guides you through the many features and options that you have to choose from when using Moodle 3.

Leverage the power of Apple's Core ML to create smart iOS apps About This Book ? Explore the concepts of machine learning and Apple’s Core ML APIs ? Use Core ML to understand and transform images and videos ? Exploit the power of using CNN and RNN in iOS applications Who This Book Is For Machine Learning with Core ML is for you if you are an intermediate iOS developer interested in applying machine learning to your mobile apps. This book is also for those who are machine learning developers or deep learning practitioners who want to bring the power of neural networks in their iOS apps. Some exposure to machine learning concepts would be beneficial but not essential, as this book acts as a launchpad into the world of machine learning for developers. What You Will Learn ? Understand components of an ML project using algorithms, problems, and data ? Master Core ML by obtaining and importing machine learning model, and generate classes ? Prepare data for machine learning model and interpret results for optimized solutions ? Create and optimize custom layers for unsupported layers ? Apply CoreML to image and video data using CNN ? Learn the qualities of RNN to recognize sketches, and augment drawing ? Use Core ML transfer learning to execute style transfer on images In Detail Core ML is a popular framework by Apple, with APIs designed to support various machine learning tasks. It allows you to train your machine learning models and then integrate them into your iOS apps. Machine Learning with Core ML is a fun and practical guide that not only demystifies Core ML but also sheds light on machine learning. In this book, you’ll walk through realistic and interesting examples of machine learning in the context of mobile platforms (specifically iOS). You’ll learn to implement Core ML for visual-based applications using the principles of transfer learning and neural networks. Having got to grips with the basics, you’ll discover a series of seven examples, each providing a new use-case that uncovers how machine learning can be applied along with the related concepts. By the end of the book, you will have the skills required to put machine learning to work in their own applications, using the Core ML APIs Style and approach An easy-to-follow step by step guide which will help you get to grips with real world application of CoreML

Develop and deploy fully functional applications and microservices utilising Tomcat, Glassfish servers, Cloud and docker in Java EE 8 About This Book ? Explore the complete workflow of developing enterprise Java applications ? Develop microservices with Docker Container and deploy it in cloud ? Simplify Java EE application development Who This Book Is For If you are a Java developer with little or no experience in Java EE application development, or if you have experience in Java EE technology but are looking for tips to simplify and accelerate your development process, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn ? Set up Eclipse, Tomcat, and Glassfish servers for Java EE application development ? Use JSP, Servlet, JSF, and EJBs to create a user interface and write business logic ? Create Java EE database applications using JDBC and JPA ? Handle asynchronous messages using MDBs for better scalability ? Deploy and debug Java EE applications and create SOAP and REST web services ? Write unit tests and calculate code coverage ? Use Eclipse MAT (Memory Analysis Tool) to debug memory issues ? Create and deploy microservices In Detail Java EE is one of the most popular tools for enterprise application design and development. With recent changes to Java EE 8 specifications, Java EE application development has become a lot simpler with the new specifications, some of which compete with the existing specifications. This guide provides a complete overview of developing highly performant, robust and secure enterprise applications with Java EE with Eclipse. The book begins by exploring different Java EE technologies and how to use them (JSP, JSF, JPA, JDBC, EJB, and more), along with suitable technologies for different scenarios. You will learn how to set up the development environment for Java EE applications and understand Java EE specifications in detail, with an emphasis on examples. The book takes you through deployment of an application in Tomcat, GlassFish Servers, and also in the cloud. It goes beyond the basics and covers topics like debugging, testing, deployment, and securing your Java EE applications. You'll also get to know techniques to develop cloud-ready microservices in Java EE. Style and approach This guide takes a step-by-step approach to developing, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting Java EE applications, complete with examples and tips.

Getting started with data science doesn't have to be an uphill battle. This step-by-step guide is ideal for beginners who know a little Python and are looking for a quick, fast-paced introduction. About This Book ? Get up and running with the Jupyter ecosystem and some example datasets ? Learn about key machine learning concepts like SVM, KNN classifiers and Random Forests ? Discover how you can use web scraping to gather and parse your own bespoke datasets Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for professionals with a variety of job descriptions across large range of industries, given the rising popularity and accessibility of data science. You'll need some prior experience with Python, with any prior work with libraries like Pandas, Matplotlib and Pandas providing you a useful head start. What You Will Learn ? Identify potential areas of investigation and perform exploratory data analysis ? Plan a machine learning classification strategy and train classification models ? Use validation curves and dimensionality reduction to tune and enhance your models ? Scrape tabular data from web pages and transform it into Pandas DataFrames ? Create interactive, web-friendly visualizations to clearly communicate your findings In Detail Get to grips with the skills you need for entry-level data science in this hands-on Python and Jupyter course. You'll learn about some of the most commonly used libraries that are part of the Anaconda distribution, and then explore machine learning models with real datasets to give you the skills and exposure you need for the real world. We'll finish up by showing you how easy it can be to scrape and gather your own data from the open web, so that you can apply your new skills in an actionable context. Style and approach This book covers every aspect of the standard data-workflow process within a day, along with theory, practical hands-on coding, and relatable illustrations.

A practical guide to administer, monitor and replicate your PostgreSQL 10 database About This Book ? Get to grips with the capabilities of PostgreSQL 10 to administer your database more efficiently ? Monitor, tune, secure and protect your database for optimal performance ? A step-by-step, recipe-based guide to help you tackle any problem in PostgreSQL 10 administration with ease Who This Book Is For This book is for database administrators, data architects, developers, or anyone with an interest in planning for, or running, live production databases using PostgreSQL. It is most suited to those looking for hands-on solutions to any problem associated with PostgreSQL administration. What You Will Learn ? Get to grips with the newly released PostgreSQL 10 features to improve database performance and reliability ? Manage open source PostgreSQL versions 10 on various platforms. ? Explore best practices for planning and designing live databases ? Select and implement robust backup and recovery techniques in PostgreSQL 10 ? Explore concise and clear guidance on replication and high availability ? Discover advanced technical tips for experienced users In Detail PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source database management system with an enviable reputation for high performance and stability. With many new features in its arsenal, PostgreSQL 10 allows users to scale up their PostgreSQL infrastructure. This book takes a step-by-step, recipe-based approach to effective PostgreSQL administration. Throughout this book, you will be introduced to these new features such as logical replication, native table partitioning, additional query parallelism, and much more. You will learn how to tackle a variety of problems that are basically the pain points for any database administrator - from creating tables to managing views, from improving performance to securing your database. More importantly, the book pays special attention to topics such as monitoring roles, backup, and recovery of your PostgreSQL 10 database, ensuring high availability, concurrency, and replication. By the end of this book, you will know everything you need to know to be the go-to PostgreSQL expert in your organization. Style and approach The book is a step by step guide with example-driven recipes, focused on the new features of the latest PostgreSQL version10. This book will serve as a specific guide to understand and leverage useful PostgreSQL functionalities to create better and more efficient databases.

Understand malware analysis and its practical implementation About This Book ? Explore the key concepts of malware analysis and memory forensics using real-world examples ? Learn the art of detecting, analyzing, and investigating malware threats ? Understand adversary tactics and techniques Who This Book Is For This book is for incident responders, cyber-security investigators, system administrators, malware analyst, forensic practitioners, student, or curious security professionals interested in learning malware analysis and memory forensics. Knowledge of programming languages such as C and Python is helpful but is not mandatory. If you have written few lines of code and have a basic understanding of programming concepts, you’ll be able to get most out of this book. What You Will Learn ? Create a safe and isolated lab environment for malware analysis ? Extract the metadata associated with malware ? Determine malware's interaction with the system ? Perform code analysis using IDA Pro and x64dbg ? Reverse-engineer various malware functionalities ? Reverse engineer and decode common encoding/encryption algorithms ? Perform different code injection and hooking techniques ? Investigate and hunt malware using memory forensics In Detail Malware analysis and memory forensics are powerful analysis and investigation techniques used in reverse engineering, digital forensics, and incident response. With adversaries becoming sophisticated and carrying out advanced malware attacks on critical infrastructures, data centers, and private and public organizations, detecting, responding to, and investigating such intrusions is critical to information security professionals. Malware analysis and memory forensics have become must-have skills to fight advanced malware, targeted attacks, and security breaches. This book teaches you the concepts, techniques, and tools to understand the behavior and characteristics of malware through malware analysis. It also teaches you techniques to investigate and hunt malware using memory forensics. This book introduces you to the basics of malware analysis, and then gradually progresses into the more advanced concepts of code analysis and memory forensics. It uses real-world malware samples, infected memory images, and visual diagrams to help you gain a better understanding of the subject and to equip you with the skills required to analyze, investigate, and respond to malware-related incidents. Style and approach The book takes the reader through all the concepts, techniques and tools to understand the behavior and characteristics of malware by using malware analysis and it also teaches the techniques to investigate and hunt malware using memory forensics.

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 steps and tasks to help a NetSuite administrator perform both his daily and monthly tasks efficiently. Advance his expertise to become NetSuite leader without having to spend time and money on corporate trainings. About This Book ? Understand the business considerations and implementation of the NetSuite ERP ? Gain a deep knowledge of enterprise security, data management, process automation, and analytics ? Learn techniques to sail through system maintenance while ensuring accuracy and to practically troubleshoot issues Who This Book Is For This book is for administrators, consultants, and Project Managers who would like to improve their skills in the areas of configuration and system management. Basic experience implementing NetSuite is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Provide executives with meaningful insights into the business ? A Framework to streamline the implementation of new and existing features ? Leverage built-in tools to optimize your efficiency and effectiveness ? Test configuration to check the implementation of role-specific permissions ? Understand how to optimize the amount of data to be shared with users ? Import data like new leads and employ current data like pricing updates ? Perform on-going maintenance and troubleshoot issues In Detail NetSuite ERP is a complete, scalable cloud ERP solution targeted at fast-growing, mid-sized businesses and large enterprises. It's the smartly executed combination of financial management operations and built-in business intelligence, which enables companies to make data-driven and well-informed decisions. This book will help administrators become expert enough to be seen as the NetSuite leader at their company and to be able to advise department heads on specific processes, and strategic decisions. We start with an overview of ERP and NetSuite ERP, before going on to explain the built-in features to show the breadth of NetSuite ERP's product and its ease of use. We then discuss business aspects, focusing on the most important processes in NetSuite. Then you'll understand the implementation aspects that are generic enough to cover all the features. The focus then shifts to specific skills that you will need to administer for any system, such as roles, permissions, customization, and data imports. Moving on, you'll learn how to centralize the creation of search templates and give users the tools to pivot the data and expose it to the user in useful ways, such as on the dashboard. The book ends with checklists providing actionable steps that you as an administrator can take to do your job and support the application through new releases and troubleshooting problems. Style and approach A slow and steady introduction of topics from reports through searches with aim to enable the administrator to gain a holistic view of the NetSuite product.

Create Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning apps for multiple platforms with TensorFlow About This Book ? Build TensorFlow-powered AI applications for mobile and embedded devices ? Learn modern AI topics such as computer vision, NLP, and deep reinforcement learning ? Get practical insights and exclusive working code not available in the TensorFlow documentation Who This Book Is For If you're an iOS/Android developer interested in building and retraining others' TensorFlow models and running them in your mobile apps, or if you're a TensorFlow developer and want to run your new and amazing TensorFlow models on mobile devices, this book is for you. You'll also benefit from this book if you're interested in TensorFlow Lite, Core ML, or TensorFlow on Raspberry Pi. What You Will Learn ? Classify images with transfer learning ? Detect objects and their locations ? Transform pictures with amazing art styles ? Understand simple speech commands ? Describe images in natural language ? Recognize drawing with Convolutional Neural Network and Long Short-Term Memory ? Predict stock price with Recurrent Neural Network in TensorFlow and Keras ? Generate and enhance images with generative adversarial networks ? Build AlphaZero-like mobile game app in TensorFlow and Keras ? Use TensorFlow Lite and Core ML on mobile ? Develop TensorFlow apps on Raspberry Pi that can move, see, listen, speak, and learn In Detail As a developer, you always need to keep an eye out and be ready for what will be trending soon, while also focusing on what's trending currently. So, what's better than learning about the integration of the best of both worlds, the present and the future? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely regarded as the next big thing after mobile, and Google's TensorFlow is the leading open source machine learning framework, the hottest branch of AI. This book covers more than 10 complete iOS, Android, and Raspberry Pi apps powered by TensorFlow and built from scratch, running all kinds of cool TensorFlow models offline on-device: from computer vision, speech and language processing to generative adversarial networks and AlphaZero-like deep reinforcement learning. You’ll learn how to use or retrain existing TensorFlow models, build your own models, and develop intelligent mobile apps running those TensorFlow models. You'll learn how to quickly build such apps with step-by-step tutorials and how to avoid many pitfalls in the process with lots of hard-earned troubleshooting tips. Style and approach This book takes a practical, project-based approach to teach specifics of mobile development with TensorFlow. Using a reader-friendly approach, this book will provide detailed instructions and also discuss the broader context covered within.

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

Work with the newest Oracle API Platform Cloud Service to interface with the increasingly complex array of services your clients want. About This Book ? Understand the architecture and functionality of the new Oracle API Cloud Service Platform ? Understand typical use cases for the new platform and how it can work for you ? Design your own APIs, then deploy and customize your APIs ? Implement Oauth 2.0 policy and custom policies ? Migrate from Oracle 12c solutions to the new Oracle API platform Who This Book Is For This book is for all Oracle developers who are working or plan to work with the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service. What You Will Learn ? Get an overview of the Oracle API Cloud Service Platform ? See typical use cases of the Oracle API Cloud Service Platform ? Design your own APIs using Apiary ? Build and run microservices ? Set up API gateways with the new API platform from Oracle ? Customize developer portals ? Configuration management ? Implement Oauth 2.0 policies ? Implement custom policies ? Get a policy SDK overview ? Transition from Oracle API Management 12c to the new Oracle API platform In Detail Implementing Oracle API Platform Cloud Service moves from theory to practice using the newest Oracle API management platform. This critical new platform for Oracle developers allows you to interface the complex array of services your clients expect in the modern world. First, you'll learn about Oracle’s new platform and get an overview of it, then you'll see a use case showing the functionality and use of this new platform for Oracle customers. Next, you’ll see the power of Apiary and begin designing your own APIs. From there, you’ll build and run microservices and set up the Oracle API gateways. Moving on, you’ll discover how to customize the developer portal and publish your own APIs. You’ll spend time looking at configuration management on the new platform, and implementing the Oauth 2.0 policy, as well as custom policies. The latest finance modules from Oracle will be examined, with some of the third party alternatives in sight as well. This broad-scoped book completes your journey with a clear examination of how to transition APIs from Oracle API Management 12c to the new Oracle API Platform, so that you can step into the future confidently. Style and approach This book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Oracle API development using the new Oracle API Platform Cloud Service. All aspects of the new Oracle API Platform Cloud Service are considered and your practical, working Oracle situations are examined to give you have hands-on experience using the new API platform from Oracle.

Learn from an expert on how use self-adapting and self-healing systems within Docker. About This Book ? Viktor Farcic shows you all aspects in the creation of self-adapting and self-healing systems in both a practical and hands-on approach. ? Learn how to choose a successful solution for metrics storage and query, including InfluxDB, Nagios and Sensu, Prometheus and Graphite. ? Discover how to integrate Docker Flow Monitor with Docker Flow Proxy. ? How to apply Docker self-healing and self-adaptive to both services and infrastructure. Who This Book Is For This book is for professionals experienced with Docker looking to create both self-adapting and self-healing systems using the software. What You Will Learn ? Let Viktor Farcic show you all aspects in the creation of self-adapting and self-healing systems in both a practical and hands-on approach. ? Learn how to choose a successful solution for metrics storage and query, including InfluxDB, Nagios and Sensu, Prometheus and Graphite. ? Understand how to integrate Docker Flow Monitor with Docker Flow Proxy. ? The creation of cluster-wide alerts by creating alerts based on metrics. ? How to apply self-healing and self-adaptive to both services and infrastructure. In Detail Building on The DevOps 2.0 Toolkit and The DevOps 2.1 Toolkit: Docker Swarm, Viktor Farcic brings his latest exploration of the Docker technology as he records his journey to explore two new programs, self-adaptive and self-healing systems within Docker. The DevOps 2.2 Toolkit: Self-Sufficient Docker Clusters is the latest book in Viktor Farcic’s series that helps you build a full DevOps Toolkit. This book in the series looks at Docker, the tool designed to make it easier in the creation and running of applications using containers. In this latest entry, Viktor combines theory with a hands-on approach to guide you through the process of creating self-adaptive and self-healing systems. Within this book, Viktor will cover a wide-range of emerging topics, including what exactly self-adaptive and self-healing systems are, how to choose a solution for metrics storage and query, the creation of cluster-wide alerts and what a successful self-sufficient system blueprint looks like. Work with Viktor and dive into the creation of self-adaptive and self-healing systems within Docker. Style and approach Readers join Viktor Farcic as he continues his exploration of Docker and begins to explore new opportunities with the platform.