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Crystalynn Shelton
Unlock smarter, faster, and more confident bookkeeping with the new edition of the bestselling Mastering QuickBooks series – the most comprehensive guide to US QuickBooks Online. Written for small business owners, bookkeepers, accountants, and ProAdvisors, it takes you from setup and fundamentals through advanced workflows, real-world case studies, and Intuit’s newest AI-powered tools.You’ll learn how to automate invoices, payments, and expense tracking with AI Agents, and how to use Intuit Assist for reconciliations, cash flow analysis, and forecasting. Expanded coverage of eCommerce integrations with Shopify, Amazon, and Square helps you simplify multi-channel sales, while updated payroll, inventory, and compliance chapters ensure you stay aligned with the latest regulations. Three in-depth case studies – retail, services, and property management show QuickBooks in action, making it easy to apply your learning to real businesses. Whether you’re new to QuickBooks or a seasoned professional, this edition will help you save time, reduce errors, and make smarter financial decisions with confidence.
Mark J. Price
Building modern apps and services with C# and .NET isn’t just about knowing the syntax—it’s about knowing the right tools for the job. Whether you’re building for web, desktop, or mobile, the .NET ecosystem offers a vast range of technologies. But with so many choices, it’s easy to get stuck in a narrow skillset. Apps and Services with .NET 10 helps you build real-world experience across the breadth of what .NET has to offer.This edition covers practical implementations across a diverse set of technologies. You'll build APIs with ASP.NET Core Minimal API, gRPC, GraphQL, and SignalR, and create user-facing applications using Blazor for the web, Avalonia for desktop, and .NET MAUI for mobile. You’ll also explore native AOT (Ahead-of-Time) compilation for high-performance web services, along with caching, messaging, and long-running background tasks. Each chapter provides hands-on projects and real-world context for when and why to use each tool.By the end, you’ll have a full-stack command of modern .NET. You’ll know how to select the right UI tech for your target platform, build APIs that scale, architect reliable backend services, and confidently adopt newer patterns. You won’t just understand the tools—you’ll know how to put them together to deliver robust, user-friendly, cross-platform apps in production environments.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Mark J. Price
C# and .NET continue to power modern cross-platform and enterprise development. With the release of C# 14 and .NET 10, developers gain access to a more capable, efficient, and future-ready platform for building websites, services, and applications across Windows, Linux, and macOS.This fully updated tenth edition takes a practical, hands-on approach. You’ll start with core C# and object-oriented programming concepts, then progress through building, testing, and debugging applications while working with .NET libraries, filesystems, serialization, and LINQ. The book covers key C# 14 enhancements—such as field modifiers, partial events, and instance constructors, explained through real-world examples.You’ll also build modern web solutions using ASP.NET Core 10, Blazor, and Minimal APIs, including support for native AOT compilation, making this book well suited for cloud-native, microservice, and container-based development.By the end of the book, you’ll be confident in building maintainable, high-performance websites and services aligned with modern .NET development practices.
Mark J. Price
.NET is more powerful—and more complex—than ever. As the ecosystem evolves, so do the expectations from developers. Mastering the tools and patterns of professional .NET development can be the difference between simply shipping code and delivering resilient, scalable software. Tools and Skills for .NET 10 is a practical guide to leveling up in today’s .NET world, offering both hard technical skills and career strategies to help you thrive.Inside, you’ll learn how to manage codebases with Git and implement debugging and memory analysis techniques that save hours of guesswork. The book also covers best practices for writing and maintaining documentation for your code, services, and APIs, which is crucial for team collaboration. You’ll explore cryptography for securing data and concurrency for building responsive apps. Further chapters explore dependency injection, testing for performance and reliability, and packaging your apps in Docker containers.By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped not only with technical skills but also with the confidence to apply them in real environments. Whether you're aiming for a promotion, switching jobs, or preparing for technical interviews, you'll have the skills and the language to present yourself as a capable, well-rounded .NET developer ready for anything the industry throws at you.
Corey P. Schultz
This hands-on guide will help you become a penetration testing expert by gaining command of the powerful tools of Kali Linux, from versions 2024.3 through 2025.1, aligned with the latest features introduced and applying them in real-world security assessments.This cookbook’s third edition is updated to include the latest advancements in cybersecurity. The author leverages their 20 years of industry experience to guide you through installing Kali on multiple platforms, setting up lab environments, and using modern tools, such as Nmap, Metasploit, Wireshark, OpenVAS, and AI-driven reconnaissance. You’ll also explore automated social engineering, wireless hacking, web and database exploitation, and advanced persistence techniques, delivering a comprehensive and up-to-date penetration testing resource. Recognizing the critical role of human factors in security, this edition expands on social engineering tactics, including psychological principles and AI-driven automation, to craft highly effective attack campaigns.By the end of this book, you’ll have strengthened your grasp of the entire penetration testing process, from environment setup and reconnaissance to vulnerability analysis, exploitation, and maintaining access, and be equipped with industry-standard tools to enhance your effectiveness as a security professional.
Vladimir Dementyev
Rails accelerates web development with its convention-over-configuration principle and MVC pattern. But as your app grows, that simplicity can turn into tangled complexity, making it harder to maintain and extend. The second edition of Layered Design for Ruby on Rails Applications helps tackle this challenge head on, guiding you toward a more scalable and maintainable architecture.Written by a seasoned software engineer and open source contributor to Ruby on Rails, this updated edition refines the proven techniques from the first edition and introduces timely new topics that reflect today’s development challenges. You’ll dive deeper into state machines and workflows, learning how to identify, embed, and eventually isolate them for clarity and resilience. You’ll also explore the exciting frontier of abstractions in the AI era, treating LLMs as APIs, structuring agent layers, and integrating third-party libraries to keep your AI features organized and testable.By embracing layered abstractions, you’ll not only reduce complexity but also improve your ability to adapt to change - whether adding new features, scaling systems, or weaving AI capabilities into your applications.By the end of the book, you’ll be equipped to design clean, extensible, and future-ready Rails applications.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Thomas Bailey, Alessandro Biessek
The Fourth edition of Flutter for Beginners is fully updated for the latest Flutter and Dart releases, ready to guide you from taking your first steps in Flutter to publishing your first cross-platform app. Designed for new developers and those transitioning from other technologies, this practical guide shows you how to build, test, and release high-quality mobile apps for iOS, Android, and the web.With a project-based approach, this book will help you master the fundamentals of Dart and Flutter’s widget-driven architecture while building a complete app from scratch. Each chapter builds on the last with step-by-step explanations that will teach you how to design beautiful interfaces, manage state, handle navigation and user input, and add animations that bring your UI to life.You’ll explore popular third-party plugins such as Firebase and Google Maps, learn to debug and test your code effectively, and prepare your app for release on multiple platforms.By the end of this book, you’ll have the hands-on experience and confidence to design, build, and publish your own Flutter apps using the latest best practices.
Lance Phillips, Nigel G Honey
Micro-content drives today’s social media and business marketing, but poor editing and low-quality video can quickly turn viewers away. DaVinci Resolve helps you elevate your content using professional-grade technology trusted in Hollywood films, TV shows, and commercials.In this practical, beginner-friendly guide, Lance Phillips, a Blackmagic Design Certified Training Partner with over 30 years of teaching and industry experience, shows you how to create polished video content for social media, business, and the web using DaVinci Resolve. Selected sections of the book are presented in color to clearly illustrate visual workflows and key editing concepts. While the book is written using DaVinci Resolve 20, most workflows, techniques, and concepts apply to DaVinci Resolve 18 and later versions.You’ll learn how to create complete short-form videos using the Cut page, apply efficient editing techniques such as split edits, syncing externally recorded audio, and recording voiceovers directly into your project. You’ll also explore essential sound editing workflows and simple yet powerful visual effects, including green screen, split screen, and picture-in-picture.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to confidently edit, finish, and publish short-form videos to platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and Vimeo.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Abdelilah Hamdani, Jason van Gumster, Carlos Barreto
Creating photorealistic 3D scenes in Blender can be tricky sometimes due to modeling inaccuracies, scale issues, flat materials, and lighting that fails to match real-world references. These problems can make scenes look artificial and inconsistent.Based on Blender 5, this updated second edition simplifies the complexities by guiding you through clear, practical workflows to overcome those challenges. You’ll start by addressing common modeling and proportion mistakes, then move on to realistic texturing and unwrapping to create stunning scenes based on actual references.As you progress, you’ll create natural assets such as plants, rocks, water, flowers, and terrain, learning how to assemble them into believable environments. The book introduces modern Blender workflows, including a dedicated chapter on node-based methods for creating and scattering plants. You will then focus on lighting and rendering, using Cycles, HDRIs, and accurate color management to achieve realistic results, before finalizing your scenes with rendering and compositing.By the end, you’ll be equipped to create beautiful, photorealistic renders that stand out.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Andrew Taylor, Lior Bela, Lavanya Lakshman
Microsoft Intune Cookbook, Second Edition is a hands-on guide for IT administrators managing and supporting modern endpoints, built around the latest Intune capabilities and endpoint security enhancements. Written by Andrew Taylor, an experienced Intune practitioner and active community contributor, it focuses on everyday admin tasks and turns them into clear, repeatable recipes. You’ll start by preparing an Intune tenant and setting up key Entra ID foundations, then work through managing Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Linux using practical, proven workflows. Along the way, you’ll configure policies, enroll devices, deploy apps, and strengthen security with compliance, Defender integration, encryption, and conditional access. You’ll also go beyond the portal by using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph to automate routine work, reduce manual effort, and make changes at scale. Monitoring and reporting are covered so you can track device health, security posture, and deployment outcomes with confidence.Advanced scenarios include secure remote support, privilege elevation, cloud-based certificate management, real-time queries, and AI-assisted guidance to speed up troubleshooting and decision-making. By the end, you’ll have practical techniques you can apply immediately to run a modern, cloud-first Intune environment.