Discover Golang's GUI libraries such as Go-GTK (GIMP Toolkit) and Go-Qt and build beautiful, performant, and responsive graphical applications Key Features * Conceptualize and build state-of-art GUI applications with Golang (Go) * Tackle the complexity of varying GUI application sizes with a structured and scalable approach * Get hands-on experience of GUI development with Shiny, and labs/ui, Fyne, and Walk Book Description Go is often compared to C++ when it comes to low-level programming and implementations that require faster processing, such as Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs). In fact, many claim that Go is superior to C++ in terms of its concurrency and ease of use. Most graphical application toolkits, though, are still written using C or C++, and so they don't enjoy the benefits of using a modern programming language such as Go. This guide to programming GUIs with Go 1.11 explores the various toolkits available, including UI, Walk, Shiny, and Fyne. The book compares the vision behind each project to help you pick the right approach for your project. Each framework is described in detail, outlining how you can build performant applications that users will love. To aid you further in creating applications using these emerging technologies, you'll be able to easily refer to code samples and screenshots featured in the book. In addition to toolkit-specific discussions, you'll cover more complex topics, such as how to structure growing graphical applications, and how cross-platform applications can integrate with each desktop operating system to create a seamless user experience. By delving into techniques and best practices for organizing and scaling Go-based graphical applications, you'll also glimpse Go's impressive concurrency system. In the concluding chapters, you'll discover how to distribute to the main desktop marketplaces and distribution channels. By the end of this book, you'll be a confident GUI developer who can use the Go language to boost the performance of your applications. What you will learn * Understand the benefits and complexities of building native graphical applications * Gain insights into how Go makes cross-platform graphical application development simple * Build platform-native GUI applications using andlabs/ui * Develop graphical Windows applications using Walk * Create multiplatform GUI applications using Shiny, Nuklear, and Fyne * Use Go wrappers for GTK and Qt for GUI application development * Streamline your requirements to pick the correct toolkit strategy Who this book is for This book is designed for Go developers who are interested in building native graphical applications for desktop computers and beyond. Some knowledge of building applications using Go is useful, but not essential. Experience in developing GUIs is not required as the book explores the benefits and challenges they pose. This book will also be beneficial for GUI application developers who are interested in trying Go.

Master the art of implementing scalable and reactive microservices in your production environment with Java 11 Key Features * Use domain-driven designs to build microservices * Explore various microservices design patterns such as service discovery, registration, and API Gateway * Use Kafka, Avro, and Spring Streams to implement event-based microservices Book Description Microservices are key to designing scalable, easy-to-maintain applications. This latest edition of Mastering Microservices with Java, works on Java 11. It covers a wide range of exciting new developments in the world of microservices, including microservices patterns, interprocess communication with gRPC, and service orchestration. This book will help you understand how to implement microservice-based systems from scratch. You'll start off by understanding the core concepts and framework, before focusing on the high-level design of large software projects. You'll then use Spring Security to secure microservices and test them effectively using REST Java clients and other tools. You will also gain experience of using the Netflix OSS suite, comprising the API Gateway, service discovery and registration, and Circuit Breaker. Additionally, you'll be introduced to the best patterns, practices, and common principles of microservice design that will help you to understand how to troubleshoot and debug the issues faced during development. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to build smaller, lighter, and faster services that can be implemented easily in a production environment. What you will learn * Use domain-driven designs to develop and implement microservices * Understand how to implement microservices using Spring Boot * Explore service orchestration and distributed transactions using the Sagas * Discover interprocess communication using REpresentational State Transfer (REST) and events * Gain knowledge of how to implement and design reactive microservices * Deploy and test various microservices Who this book is for This book is designed for Java developers who are familiar with microservices architecture and now want to effectively implement microservices at an enterprise level. Basic knowledge and understanding of core microservice elements and applications is necessary.

Test, fuzz, and break web applications and services using Burp Suite’s powerful capabilities Key Features * Master the skills to perform various types of security tests on your web applications * Get hands-on experience working with components like scanner, proxy, intruder and much more * Discover the best-way to penetrate and test web applications Book Description Burp suite is a set of graphic tools focused towards penetration testing of web applications. Burp suite is widely used for web penetration testing by many security professionals for performing different web-level security tasks. The book starts by setting up the environment to begin an application penetration test. You will be able to configure the client and apply target whitelisting. You will also learn to setup and configure Android and IOS devices to work with Burp Suite. The book will explain how various features of Burp Suite can be used to detect various vulnerabilities as part of an application penetration test. Once detection is completed and the vulnerability is confirmed, you will be able to exploit a detected vulnerability using Burp Suite. The book will also covers advanced concepts like writing extensions and macros for Burp suite. Finally, you will discover various steps that are taken to identify the target, discover weaknesses in the authentication mechanism, and finally break the authentication implementation to gain access to the administrative console of the application. By the end of this book, you will be able to effectively perform end-to-end penetration testing with Burp Suite. What you will learn * Set up Burp Suite and its configurations for an application penetration test * Proxy application traffic from browsers and mobile devices to the server * Discover and identify application security issues in various scenarios * Exploit discovered vulnerabilities to execute commands * Exploit discovered vulnerabilities to gain access to data in various datastores * Write your own Burp Suite plugin and explore the Infiltrator module * Write macros to automate tasks in Burp Suite Who this book is for If you are interested in learning how to test web applications and the web part of mobile applications using Burp, then this is the book for you. It is specifically designed to meet your needs if you have basic experience in using Burp and are now aiming to become a professional Burp user.

Create advanced applications with Python and OpenCV, exploring the potential of facial recognition, machine learning, deep learning, web computing and augmented reality. Key Features * Develop your computer vision skills by mastering algorithms in Open Source Computer Vision 4 (OpenCV 4)and Python * Apply machine learning and deep learning techniques with TensorFlow, Keras, and PyTorch * Discover the modern design patterns you should avoid when developing efficient computer vision applications Book Description OpenCV is considered to be one of the best open source computer vision and machine learning software libraries. It helps developers build complete projects in relation to image processing, motion detection, or image segmentation, among many others. OpenCV for Python enables you to run computer vision algorithms smoothly in real time, combining the best of the OpenCV C++ API and the Python language. In this book, you'll get started by setting up OpenCV and delving into the key concepts of computer vision. You'll then proceed to study more advanced concepts and discover the full potential of OpenCV. The book will also introduce you to the creation of advanced applications using Python and OpenCV, enabling you to develop applications that include facial recognition, target tracking, or augmented reality. Next, you'll learn machine learning techniques and concepts, understand how to apply them in real-world examples, and also explore their benefits, including real-time data production and faster data processing. You'll also discover how to translate the functionality provided by OpenCV into optimized application code projects using Python bindings. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll explore the application of artificial intelligence and deep learning techniques using the popular Python libraries TensorFlow, and Keras. By the end of this book, you'll be able to develop advanced computer vision applications to meet your customers' demands. What you will learn * Handle files and images, and explore various image processing techniques * Explore image transformations, including translation, resizing, and cropping * Gain insights into building histograms * Brush up on contour detection, filtering, and drawing * Work with Augmented Reality to build marker-based and markerless applications * Work with the main machine learning algorithms in OpenCV * Explore the deep learning Python libraries and OpenCV deep learning capabilities * Create computer vision and deep learning web applications Who this book is for This book is designed for computer vision developers, engineers, and researchers who want to develop modern computer vision applications. Basic experience of OpenCV and Python programming is a must.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Explore and master the most important algorithms for solving complex machine learning problems. About This Book ? Discover high-performing machine learning algorithms and understand how they work in depth. ? One-stop solution to mastering supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised machine learning algorithms and their implementation. ? Master concepts related to algorithm tuning, parameter optimization, and more Who This Book Is For This book is an ideal and relevant source of content for data science professionals who want to delve into complex machine learning algorithms, calibrate models, and improve the predictions of the trained model. A basic knowledge of machine learning is preferred to get the best out of this guide. What You Will Learn ? Explore how a ML model can be trained, optimized, and evaluated ? Understand how to create and learn static and dynamic probabilistic models ? Successfully cluster high-dimensional data and evaluate model accuracy ? Discover how artificial neural networks work and how to train, optimize, and validate them ? Work with Autoencoders and Generative Adversarial Networks ? Apply label spreading and propagation to large datasets ? Explore the most important Reinforcement Learning techniques In Detail Machine learning is a subset of AI that aims to make modern-day computer systems smarter and more intelligent. The real power of machine learning resides in its algorithms, which make even the most difficult things capable of being handled by machines. However, with the advancement in the technology and requirements of data, machines will have to be smarter than they are today to meet the overwhelming data needs; mastering these algorithms and using them optimally is the need of the hour. Mastering Machine Learning Algorithms is your complete guide to quickly getting to grips with popular machine learning algorithms. You will be introduced to the most widely used algorithms in supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised machine learning, and will learn how to use them in the best possible manner. Ranging from Bayesian models to the MCMC algorithm to Hidden Markov models, this book will teach you how to extract features from your dataset and perform dimensionality reduction by making use of Python-based libraries such as scikit-learn. You will also learn how to use Keras and TensorFlow to train effective neural networks. If you are looking for a single resource to study, implement, and solve end-to-end machine learning problems and use-cases, this is the book you need. Style and approach A hands-on guide filled with real-world examples of popular algorithms used for data science and machine learning

Unleash the power of MERN stack by building diverse web applications using React, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB About This Book ? Create dynamic web applications with the MERN stack ? Leverage the power of React in building interactive and complex user interfaces ? Unlock the potential of Node, Express, and MongoDB to build modern full-stack applications Who This Book Is For Full-Stack React Web Development Projects is for JavaScript developers who have some experience with React, but no previous experience with full-stack development involving Node, Express, and MongoDB, and who want practical guidelines to start building different types of real-world web applications with this stack. What You Will Learn ? Set up your development environment and develop a MERN application ? Implement user authentication and authorization using JSON Web Tokens ? Build a social media application by extending the basic MERN application ? Create an online marketplace application with shopping cart and Stripe payments ? Develop a media streaming application using MongoDB GridFS ? Implement server-side rendering with data to improve SEO ? Set up and use React 360 to develop user interfaces with VR capabilities ? Learn industry best practices to make MERN stack applications reliable and scalable In Detail The benefits of using a full JavaScript stack for web development are undeniable, especially when robust and widely adopted technologies such as React, Node, and Express and are available. Combining the power of React with industry-tested, server-side technologies, such as Node, Express, and MongoDB, creates a diverse array of possibilities when developing real-world web applications. This book guides you through preparing the development environment for MERN stack-based web development, to creating a basic skeleton application and extending it to build four different web applications. These applications include a social media, an online marketplace, a media streaming, and a web-based game application with virtual reality features. While learning to set up the stack and developing a diverse range of applications with this book, you will grasp the inner workings of the MERN stack, extend its capabilities for complex features, and gain actionable knowledge of how to prepare MERN-based applications to meet the growing demands of real-world web applications. Style and approach This book provides practical guidelines on setting up and building MERN stack based applications, while providing further explanations on key concepts and implementations.