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Explore the support Rust offers for creating functional applications in Rust. Learn about various design patterns, implementing concurrency, metaprogramming, and so on in the process About This Book ? Learn generics, organization, and design patterns in functional programming ? Modularize your applications and make them highly reusable and testable using functional design patterns ? Get familiar with complex concepts such as metaprogramming, concurrency, and immutability Who This Book Is For This book is for Rust developers who are comfortable with the language and now want to improve their coding abilities by learning advanced functional techniques to enhance their skillset and create robust and testable apps. What You Will Learn ? How Rust supports the use of basic functional programming principles ? Use functional programming to handle concurrency with elegance ? Read and interpret complex type signatures for types and functions ? Implement powerful abstractions using meta programming in Rust ? Create quality code formulaically using Rust's functional design patterns ? Master Rust's complex ownership mechanisms particularly for mutability In Detail Functional programming allows developers to divide programs into smaller, reusable components that ease the creation, testing, and maintenance of software as a whole. Combined with the power of Rust, you can develop robust and scalable applications that fulfill modern day software requirements. This book will help you discover all the Rust features that can be used to build software in a functional way. We begin with a brief comparison of the functional and object-oriented approach to different problems and patterns. We then quickly look at the patterns of control flow, data the abstractions of these unique to functional programming. The next part covers how to create functional apps in Rust; mutability and ownership, which are exclusive to Rust, are also discussed. Pure functions are examined next and you'll master closures, their various types, and currying. We also look at implementing concurrency through functional design principles and metaprogramming using macros. Finally, we look at best practices for debugging and optimization. By the end of the book, you will be familiar with the functional approach of programming and will be able to use these techniques on a daily basis. Style and approach Step-by-step guide covering advanced concepts and building functional applications in Rust

Implementing the ArcGIS Pro technique to design accurate, user friendly maps and making appropriate cartographic decisions About This Book ? Build visually stunning and useful maps; ? Understand the cartographic workflows and the decisions you must take before creating the map; ? Learn to create appropriate map elements and layout designs ? Use the ArcGIS Online's Smart Mapping technique to create clear webmaps Who This Book Is For If you are a GIS analyst or a Map designer who would like to create and design a map with ArcGIS Pro then this book is for you. A basic GIS knowledge is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Using ArcGIS Pro to create visually stunning maps and make confident cartographic decisions ? Leverage precise layout grids that will organize and guide the placement of map elements ? Make appropriate decisions about color and symbols ? Critically evaluate and choose the perfect projection for your data ? Create clear webmaps that focus the reader’s attention using ArcGIS Online’s Smart Mapping capabilities In Detail ArcGIS Pro is a geographic information system for working with maps and geographic information. This book will help you create visually stunning maps that increase the legibility of the stories being mapped and introduce visual and design concepts into a traditionally scientific, data-driven process. The book begins by outlining the steps of gathering data from authoritative sources and lays out the workflow of creating a great map. Once the plan is in place you will learn how to organize the Contents Pane in ArcGIS Pro and identify the steps involved in streamlining the production process. Then you will learn Cartographic Design techniques using ArcGIS Pro's feature set to organize the page structure and create a custom set of color swatches. You will be then exposed to the techniques required to ensure your data is clear and legible no matter the size or scale of your map. The later chapters will help you understand the various projection systems, trade-offs between them, and the proper applications of them to make sure your maps are accurate and visually appealing. Finally, you will be introduced to the ArcGIS Online ecosystem and how ArcGIS Pro can utilize it within the application. You will learn Smart Mapping, a new feature of ArcGIS Online that will help you to make maps that are visually stunning and useful. By the end of this book, you will feel more confident in making appropriate cartographic decisions. Style and approach The book takes a pragmatic approach, showing various methods to create visually stunning maps.

Become an expert Vue developer by understanding the design patterns and component architecture of Vue.js to write clean and maintainable code. About This Book ? Craft highly modular applications by exploring the design patterns and component architecture of Vue.js ? Enforce a Flux-like application architecture in your Vue.js applications with Vuex ? Easy-to-follow examples that can be used to create reusable code and extensible designs Who This Book Is For This book targets Vue Developers who care about framework design principles and utilize commonly found design patterns in developing web applications. What You Will Learn ? Understand the theory and patterns of Vue.js ? Build scalable and modular Vue.js applications ? Take advantage of Vuex for reactive state management. ? Create Single Page Applications with vue-router. ? Use Nuxt for FAST server side rendered Vue applications. ? Convert your application to a Progressive Web App (PWA) and add ServiceWorkers, offline support, and more ? Build your app with Vue.js by following up with best practices and explore the common anti-patterns to avoid In Detail The book starts by comparing Vue.js with other frameworks and setting up the development environment for your application, and gradually move on to writing and styling clean, maintainable, and reusable components that can be used across your application. Further on, you'll look at common UI patterns, Vue form submission, and various modifiers such as lazy binding, number typecasting, and string trimming to create better UIs. You will also explore best practices for integrating HTTP into Vue.js applications to create an application with dynamic data. Routing is a vitally important part of any SPA, so you will focus on the Vue router and explore routing a user between multiple pages. Next, you'll also explore state management with Vuex, write testable code for your application, and create performant, server-side rendered applications with Nuxt. Towards the end, we'll look at common antipatterns to avoid, to save you from a lot of trial and error and development headaches. By the end of this book, you'll be well on your way to becoming an expert Vue developer who can leverage design patterns to efficiently architect the design of your application and write clean and maintainable code. Style and approach This easy-to-follow practical guide will help you develop efficient Vue.js apps by following best practices and using common design patterns.

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