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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Learn Django 2.0 with four end-to-end projects About This Book ? Learn Django by building real-world web applications from scratch ? Develop powerful web applications quickly using the best coding practices ? Integrate other technologies into your application with clear, step-by-step explanations and comprehensive example code Who This Book Is For If you are a web developer who wants to see how to build professional sites with Django, this book is for you. You will need a basic knowledge of Python, HTML, and JavaScript, but you don't need to have worked with Django before. What You Will Learn ? Build practical, real-world web applications with Django ? Use Django with other technologies, such as Redis and Celery ? Develop pluggable Django applications ? Create advanced features, optimize your code, and use the cache framework ? Add internationalization to your Django projects ? Enhance your user experience using JavaScript and AJAX ? Add social features to your projects ? Build RESTful APIs for your applications In Detail If you want to learn about the entire process of developing professional web applications with Django, then this book is for you. This book will walk you through the creation of four professional Django projects, teaching you how to solve common problems and implement best practices. You will learn how to build a blog application, a social image-bookmarking website, an online shop, and an e-learning platform. The book will teach you how to enhance your applications with AJAX, create RESTful APIs, and set up a production environment for your Django projects. The book walks you through the creation of real-world applications, while solving common problems and implementing best practices. By the end of this book, you will have a deep understanding of Django and how to build advanced web applications Style and approach This easy-to-follow guide takes you through the process of building four different production-ready Django projects with a simple step-by-step approach.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harness the power of procedural content generation to design unique games with UnityAbout This BookLearn the basics of PCG developmentDevelop a 2D game from start to finishExplore all the different ways PCG can be applied in gamesWho This Book Is ForThis book is for Unity game developers, especially those who work on indie games. You should be familiar with Unity and C# *ing but you'll be able to jump in and start learning PCG straightaway.What You Will LearnUnderstand the theory of Procedural Content GenerationLearn the uses of Pseudo Random NumbersCreate reusable algorithm designs for PCGEvaluate the data structures for PCGDevelop smaller games with larger amounts of contentGenerate content instead of spending time designing every minute detailLearn when and how to add PCG to your gameLearn the fundamental techniques of PCGIn DetailProcedural Content Generation is a process by which game content is developed using computer algorithms, rather than through the manual efforts of game developers. This book teaches readers how to develop algorithms for procedural generation that they can use in their own games. These concepts are put into practice using C# and Unity is used as the game development engine.This book provides the fundamentals of learning and continued learning using PCG. You'll discover the theory of PCG and the mighty Pseudo Random Number Generator. Random numbers such as die rolls and card drafting provide the chance factor that makes games fun and supplies spontaneity. This book also takes you through the full development of a 2D game.Starting with level generation, you'll learn how PCG can make the game environment for you. You'll move into item generation and learn the different techniques to procedurally create game items. Thereafter, you'll be guided through the more abstract PCG areas such as scaling difficulty to the player and even generating music! The book helps you set up systems within your games where algorithms create computationally generated levels, art assets, quests, stories, characters, and weapons; these can substantially reduce the burden of manually creating every aspect of the game.Finally, you'll get to try out your new PCG skills on 3D terrain generation.Style and approachAn easy-to-follow, project-based guide that will let you build a complete game by the end of the book using PCG.

Harness the power of RStudio to create web applications, R packages, markdown reports and pretty data visualizationsAbout This BookDiscover the multi-functional use of RStudio to support your daily work with R codeLearn to create stunning, meaningful, and interactive graphs and learn to embed them into easy communicable reports using multiple R packagesDevelop your own R packages and Shiny web apps to share your knowledge and collaborate with others.Who This Book Is ForThis book is aimed at R developers and analysts who wish to do R statistical development while taking advantage of RStudio’s functionality to ease their development efforts. R programming experience is assumed as well as being comfortable with R’s basic structures and a number of functions.What You Will LearnDiscover the RStudio IDE and details about the user interfaceCommunicate your insights with R Markdown in static and interactive waysLearn how to use different graphic systems to visualize your dataBuild interactive web applications with the Shiny framework to present and share your resultsUnderstand the process of package development and assemble your own R packagesEasily collaborate with other people on your projects by using Git and GitHubManage the R environment for your organization with RStudio and Shiny serverApply your obtained knowledge about RStudio and R development to create a real-world dashboard solutionIn DetailRStudio helps you to manage small to large projects by giving you a multi-functional integrated development environment, combined with the power and flexibility of the R programming language, which is becoming the bridge language of data science for developers and analyst worldwide. Mastering the use of RStudio will help you to solve real-world data problems.This book begins by guiding you through the installation of RStudio and explaining the user interface step by step. From there, the next logical step is to use this knowledge to improve your data analysis workflow. We will do this by building up our toolbox to create interactive reports and graphs or even web applications with Shiny. To collaborate with others, we will explore how to use Git and GitHub with RStudio and how to build your own packages to ensure top quality results. Finally, we put it all together in an interactive dashboard written with R.Style and approachAn easy-to-follow guide full of hands-on examples to master RStudio.Beginning from explaining the basics, each topic is explained with a lot of details for every feature.

Unleash the power of shell *s to solve real-world problems by breaking through the practice of writing tedious code About This Book Learn how to efficiently and effectively build shell *s and develop advanced applications with this handy book Develop high quality and efficient solutions by writing professional and real-world *s, and debug *s by checking and shell tracing A step-by-step tutorial to automate routine tasks by developing *s from a basic level to very advanced functionality Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for those who are proficient at working with Linux and who want to learn about shell *ing to improve their efficiency and practical skills. By the end of this book, you will be able to confidently use your own shell *s in the real world. What You Will Learn Familiarize yourself with the various text filtering tools available in Linux Combine the fundamental text and file processing commands to process data and automate repetitive tasks Understand expressions and variables and how to use them practically Automate decision-making and save a lot of time and effort of revisiting code Get to grips with advanced functionality such as using traps and signals and using dialogs to develop screens Start up a system and customize a Linux system Take an in-depth look at regular expressions and pattern matching to understand the capabilities of *ing In Detail Linux is the one of the most powerful and universally adopted OSes. Shell is a program that gives the user direct interaction with the operating system. Scripts are collections of commands that are stored in a file. The shell can read this file and act on the commands as if they were typed on the keyboard. Shell *ing is used to automate day-to-day administration, and for testing or product development tasks.This book covers Bash, GNU Bourne Again SHell, preparing you to work in the exciting world of Linux shell *ing. We start with an introduction to the Shell environment and explain basic commands used in Shell. Next we move on to check, kill, and control the execution of processes in Linux OS. Further, we teach you about the filter tools available in Linux and explain standard output and standard errors devices.Then we will ensure you understand Shell’s interpretation of commands and get a firmer grasp so you use them in practice. Next, you’ll experience some real-world essentials such as debugging and perform Shell arithmetic fluently. Then you’ll take a step ahead and learn new and advanced topics in Shell *ing, such as starting up a system and customizing a Linux system. Finally, you’ll get to understand the capabilities of *ing and learn about Grep, Stream Editor, and Awk.Style and approach This practical book will go from the very basics of shell *ing to complex, customized automation. The idea behind this book is to be as practical as possible and give you the look and feel of what real-world *ing is like.

Attain expert-level proficiency with Git for enhanced productivity and efficient collaboration by mastering advanced distributed version control features About This Book Set up Git for solo and collaborative development Harness the full power of Git version control system to customize Git behavior, manipulate history, integrate external tools and explore platform shortcuts A detailed guide, which explains how to apply advanced Git techniques and workflows and ways to handle submodules Who This Book Is For If you are a Git user with reasonable knowledge of Git and familiarity with basic concepts such as branching, merging, staging, and workflows, this is the book for you. Basic knowledge of installing Git and software configuration management concepts is essential. What You Will Learn Explore project history, find revisions using different criteria, and filter and format how history looks Manage your working directory and staging area for commits and interactively create new revisions and amend them Set up repositories and branches for collaboration Submit your own contributions and integrate contributions from other developers via merging or rebasing Customize Git behavior system-wide, on a per-user, per-repository, and per-file basis Take up the administration and set up of Git repositories, configure access, find and recover from repository errors, and perform repository maintenance Chose a workflow and configure and set up support for the chosen workflow In Detail Git is one of the most popular types of Source Code Management (SCM) and Distributed Version Control System (DVCS). Despite the powerful and versatile nature of the tool enveloping strong support for nonlinear development and the ability to handle large projects efficiently, it is a complex tool and often regarded as “user-unfriendly”. Getting to know the ideas and concepts behind the architecture of Git will help you make full use of its power and understand its behavior. Learning the best practices and recommended workflows should help you to avoid problems and ensure trouble-free development. The book scope is meticulously designed to help you gain deeper insights into Git's architecture, its underlying concepts, behavior, and best practices. Mastering Git starts with a quick implementation example of using Git for a collaborative development of a sample project to establish the foundation knowledge of Git operational tasks and concepts. Furthermore, as you progress through the book, the tutorials provide detailed de*ions of various areas of usage: from archaeology, through managing your own work, to working with other developers. This book also helps augment your understanding to examine and explore project history, create and manage your contributions, set up repositories and branches for collaboration in centralized and distributed version control, integrate work from other developers, customize and extend Git, and recover from repository errors. By exploring advanced Git practices, you will attain a deeper understanding of Git’s behavior, allowing you to customize and extend existing recipes and write your own. Style and approach Step-by-step instructions and useful information make this book the ultimate guide to understanding and mastering Git. This book will show road to mastery example by example, while explaining mental model of Git. The Introduction section covers the 'Essentials' just for refreshing the basics. The main highlight is that the concepts are based on HOW the technology/framework works and not just practical 'WHAT to do'.