WordPress 3 For Business Bloggers. Promote and grow your WordPress blog with advanced marketing techniques, plugins, advertising, and SEO

Paul Thewlis, Matt Mullenweg

WordPress makes the business of blogging easy. But there’s more to a successful business blog than just churning out posts. You need to understand the advanced marketing and promotion techniques to make your blog stand out from the crowd, attract visitors, benefit your brand, and deliver a worthwhile return on your investment.WordPress 3 for Business Bloggers shows you how to use WordPress to run your business blog. It covers everything you need to develop a custom look for your blog, use analytics to understand your visitors, market your blog online, and foster connections with other bloggers to increase your traffic and the value of your blog.You begin by identifying your blog’s strategic goals before going step-by-step through the advanced techniques that will grow your blog to its full business potential.You will learn how to build a custom theme for your blog and incorporate multimedia content like images and video. Advanced promotion techniques like SEO and social media marketing are covered in detail before you learn how to monetize your blog and manage its growth.WordPress 3 for Business Bloggers will help you to create a blog that brings real benefits to your business.

Learning Data Mining with Python. Harness the power of Python to analyze data and create insightful predictive models

Robert Layton, Robert Layton, Ari Chanen

IPython Notebook Essentials. Compute scientific data and execute code interactively with NumPy and SciPy

Luiz Felipe Martins

Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework. Learn to develop powerful web applications in minutes with Meteor

Isaac Strack

Mastering Angular Test-Driven Development. Build high-quality Angular apps with step-by-step instructions and practical examples

Ezéchiel Amen AGBLA

Do you want to learn how to build robust, reliable, and impressive Angular applications? If yes, then Angular test-driven development is for you!Mastering Angular Test-Driven Development is a comprehensive guide that provides you with essential resources to enhance your skills and deliver high-quality Angular applications. With a practical approach and real-world examples, the book extensively covers TDD concepts, techniques, and tools, going beyond unit testing to explore testing Angular pipes, forms, and reactive programming.In this book, you’ll learn how to validate and manipulate data using pipes, test Angular forms for input validation and user interactions, and handle asynchronous operations with reactive programming. Additionally, you’ll discover end-to-end testing using Protractor, Cypress, and Playwright frameworks, gaining valuable insights into writing robust tests for web applications, navigation, element interaction, and behavior validation. You’ll also understand how to integrate TDD with CI/CD, learning best practices for automating tests, deploying Angular applications, and achieving faster feedback loops.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to successfully implement TDD in your Angular projects with the help of practical examples, best practices, and clear explanations.

Hands-On Linux Administration on Azure. Develop, maintain, and automate applications on the Azure cloud platform - Second Edition

Kamesh Ganesan, Rithin Skaria, Frederik Vos

Thanks to its flexibility in delivering scalable cloud solutions, Microsoft Azure is a suitable platform for managing all your workloads. You can use it to implement Linux virtual machines and containers, and to create applications in open source languages with open APIs.This Linux administration book first takes you through the fundamentals of Linux and Azure to prepare you for the more advanced Linux features in later chapters. With the help of real-world examples, you’ll learn how to deploy virtual machines (VMs) in Azure, expand their capabilities, and manage them efficiently. You will manage containers and use them to run applications reliably, and in the concluding chapter, you'll explore troubleshooting techniques using a variety of open source tools.By the end of this book, you'll be proficient in administering Linux on Azure and leveraging the tools required for deployment.

Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial. This is a brilliant crash course in Oracle Data Integrator that pulls you straight into the platform through practical instructions and real-world situations rather than dry theory. Written by a team of seasoned experts

Christophe Dupupet, Julien Testut, Peter Boyd-Bowman, Bernard Wheeler, ...

Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is Oracle's strategic data integration platform for high-speed data transformation and movement between different systems. From high-volume, SOA-enabled data services, to trickle operations ñ ODI is a cutting-edge platform that offers heterogeneous connectivity, enterprise-level deployment, and strong administrative, diagnostic, and management capabilities.Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial provides you with everything you to get up and running with Oracle Data Integrator, and more! Following an example scenario, the book covers essential information about the ODI architecture and using ODI across different databases (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL), and file types such as XML, before covering Orchestrating Data Integration Workflows, Error Management, Operational Management and Monitoring, and beyond.Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial begins by describing the Oracle Data Integrator architecture and teaching you to install the product following best practices. You'll then be introduced to some of the key concepts of ODI such as the Knowledge Modules.Later topics include moving and transforming data from sources to targets including the Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Flat files, and XML files, each with illustrated hands-on examples for the different technologies. Your learning experience will be made all the more rich with chapters introducing, explaining and leveraging additional ODI functionality such as variables, reusable procedures, temporary indexes and more.Finally ODI's workflow and task orchestration capabilities are explained before introducing you to Error Management with ODI's built-in 'error hospital' and 'error recycling' capabilities for non-compliant data, not to mention tackling ODI Studio, ODI Console and Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control.

Machine Learning with R. Expert techniques for predictive modeling - Third Edition

Brett Lantz

Machine learning, at its core, is concerned with transforming data into actionable knowledge. R offers a powerful set of machine learning methods to quickly and easily gain insight from your data.Machine Learning with R, Third Edition provides a hands-on, readable guide to applying machine learning to real-world problems. Whether you are an experienced R user or new to the language, Brett Lantz teaches you everything you need to uncover key insights, make new predictions, and visualize your findings.This new 3rd edition updates the classic R data science book to R 3.6 with newer and better libraries, advice on ethical and bias issues in machine learning, and an introduction to deep learning. Find powerful new insights in your data; discover machine learning with R.

Learning iBeacon

Craig Gilchrist

Implementing Azure DevOps Solutions. Learn about Azure DevOps Services to successfully apply DevOps strategies

Henry Been, Maik van der Gaag

Implementing Azure DevOps Solutions helps DevOps engineers and administrators to leverage Azure DevOps Services to master practices such as continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), containerization, and zero downtime deployments.This book starts with the basics of continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automated deployments. You will then learn how to apply configuration management and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) along with managing databases in DevOps scenarios. Next, you will delve into fitting security and compliance with DevOps. As you advance, you will explore how to instrument applications, and gather metrics to understand application usage and user behavior. The latter part of this book will help you implement a container build strategy and manage Azure Kubernetes Services. Lastly, you will understand how to create your own Azure DevOps organization, along with covering quick tips and tricks to confidently apply effective DevOps practices.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the knowledge you need to ensure seamless application deployments and business continuity.

Graph Data Processing with Cypher. A practical guide to building graph traversal queries using the Cypher syntax on Neo4j

Ravindranatha Anthapu

While it is easy to learn and understand the Cypher declarative language for querying graph databases, it can be very difficult to master it. As graph databases are becoming more mainstream, there is a dearth of content and guidance for developers to leverage database capabilities fully. This book fills the information gap by describing graph traversal patterns in a simple and readable way.This book provides a guided tour of Cypher from understanding the syntax, building a graph data model, and loading the data into graphs to building queries and profiling the queries for best performance. It introduces APOC utilities that can augment Cypher queries to build complex queries. You’ll also be introduced to visualization tools such as Bloom to get the most out of the graph when presenting the results to the end users.After having worked through this book, you’ll have become a seasoned Cypher query developer with a good understanding of the query language and how to use it for the best performance.

Enhancing Your Cloud Security with a CNAPP Solution. Unlock the full potential of Microsoft Defender for Cloud to fortify your cloud security

Yuri Diogenes

Cloud security is a pivotal aspect of modern IT infrastructure, essential for safeguarding critical data and services. This comprehensive book explores Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), guiding you through adopting, deploying, and managing these solutions effectively. Written by Yuri Diogenes, Principal PM at Microsoft, who has been with Defender for Cloud (formerly Azure Security Center) since its inception, this book distills complex concepts into actionable knowledge making it an indispensable resource for Cloud Security professionals.The book begins with a solid foundation detailing the why and how of CNAPP, preparing you for deeper engagement with the subject. As you progress, it delves into practical applications, including using Microsoft Defender for Cloud to enhance your organization's security posture, handle multicloud environments, and integrate governance and continuous improvement practices into your operations.Further, you'll learn how to operationalize your CNAPP framework, emphasizing risk management & attack disruption, leveraging AI to enhance security measures, and integrating Defender for Cloud with Microsoft Security Exposure Management. By the end, you'll be ready to implement and optimize a CNAPP solution in your workplace, ensuring a robust defense against evolving threats.

3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder. A fast paced guide to designing and printing organic 3D shapes

Joe Larson

This book will cover the very basic but essential techniques you need to model an organic and functional object for 3D printing using Blender. Starting with pen and paper and then moving on to the computer, you will create your first project in Blender, add basic geometric shapes, and use techniques such as extruding and subdividing to transform these shapes into complex meshes. You will learn how modifiers can automatically refine the shape further and combine multiple shapes into a single 3D printable model. By the end of the book, you will have gained enough practical hands-on experience to be able to create a 3D printable object of your choice, which in this case is a 3D print-ready octopus pencil holder.

Oracle ADF Enterprise Application Development - Made Simple

Sten E Vesterli

Puppet for Containerization. Manage, orchestrate, and deploy containers with Puppet

Scott Coulton

This book teaches you how to take advantage of the new benefits of containerization systems such as Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Docker UCP, without losing the panoptical power of proper configuration management. You will learn how to integrate your containerized applications and modules with your Puppet workflow. You will also understand how to manage, monitor, and orchestrate hosts to keep deployed containers running seamlessly. With the help of this book, you can efficiently automate and document with containers, as a part of your system.The book will also cover use cases of deploying Puppet within a containerized environment.

Salesforce Advanced Administrator Certification Guide. Become a Certified Advanced Salesforce Administrator with this exam guide

Enrico Murru

The Salesforce Advanced Administrator certification extends beyond administrator certification, covering advanced platform features and functions such as configuration, automation, security, and customization. Complete with comprehensive coverage of all these topics and exam-oriented questions and mock tests, this Salesforce book will help you earn advanced administrator credentials. You'll start your journey by mastering data access security, monitoring and auditing, and understanding best practices for handling change management and data across organizations. The book then delves into data model management for improving data quality and lets you explore Sales features such as products, schedules, quotes, and forecasting capabilities. As you progress, this book will guide you in working with content management to set up and maintain Salesforce content. You'll also master organizing your files and data using reports and dashboards. Finally, you'll learn how to use a combination of automation tools to solve business problems.By the end of the book, you will have developed the skills required to get your advanced administrator credentials.