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Salesforce Anti-Patterns teaches you to spot errors in Salesforce patterns that may seem like a good idea at first but end up costing you dearly. This book will enable Salesforce developers and architects to understand how ingenious Salesforce architectures can be created by studying anti-patterns and solutions to problems that can later lead to serious implementation issues. While there are several books on the market that start with the question, “How do I create great Salesforce architecture?” and proceed to a solution from there, this book instead starts by asking, “What tends to go wrong with Salesforce architectures?” and proceeds to a solution from there.In this book, you’ll find out how to identify and mitigate anti-patterns in the technical domains of system architecture, data architecture, and security architecture, along with anti-patterns in the functional domain of solution architecture as well as for integration architecture. You’ll also learn about common anti-patterns affecting your Salesforce development process and governance and, finally, how to spot common problems in how architects communicate their solutions.By the end of this Salesforce book, you’ll have gained the confidence to architect and communicate solutions on the Salesforce platform while dodging common mistakes.
Building a Cyber Resilient Business. A cyber handbook for executives and boards
Dr. Magda Lilia Chelly, Shamane Tan, Hai Tran
With cyberattacks on the rise, it has become essential for C-suite executives and board members to step up and collectively recognize cyber risk as a top priority business risk. However, non-cyber executives find it challenging to understand their role in increasing the business’s cyber resilience due to its complex nature and the lack of a clear return on investment.This audiobook demystifies the perception that cybersecurity is a technical problem, drawing parallels between the key responsibilities of the C-suite roles to line up with the mission of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).The audiobook equips you with all you need to know about cyber risks to run the business effectively. Each chapter provides a holistic overview of the dynamic priorities of the C-suite (from the CFO to the CIO, COO, CRO, and so on), and unpacks how cybersecurity must be embedded in every business function. The audiobook also contains self-assessment questions, which are a helpful tool in evaluating any major cybersecurity initiatives and/or investment required.With this audiobook, you’ll have a deeper appreciation of the various ways all executives can contribute to the organization’s cyber program, in close collaboration with the CISO and the security team, and achieve a cyber-resilient, profitable, and sustainable business.
In today's dynamic landscape, crafting robust and scalable Java web applications presents formidable challenges. Spring Boot emerges as the leading framework for web and microservices development, featuring a dynamic ecosystem and seamless integrations to address a spectrum of scenarios, from scaling apps on the cloud to deploying them to production. In this book, you’ll explore its streamlined, convention-over-configuration approach, simplifying application development.You’ll start by covering recipes showcasing Spring Boot's features. As you progress, you’ll understand how it helps streamline application development while staying ahead of technology trends. The book helps you grasp concepts effectively, explores basic REST APIs, shows you how to escalate to advanced scenarios, and tackle common cloud application challenges like security, scalability, performance optimization, and automated deployments. Dedicated sections are designed to help you stay ahead of the curve with recipes that delve into the latest trends such as containers, observability, native images, DevOps, test automation, and microservices, ensuring your applications align with evolving industry standards.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build and automate the deployment of a scalable and high-performing distributed solution using Spring Boot 3.
Essential Linux Commands. 100 Linux commands every system administrator should know
The role of a system administrator is ever-evolving, with the Linux command line at its core. This makes Linux command-line mastery an essential skill to demonstrate your ability to efficiently manage and maintain systems efficiently. Essential Linux Commands addresses a diverse range of topics, including package management, file manipulation, networking strategies, system monitoring, and diagnostic tools. Each command is intricately explained to eliminate any ambiguity, ensuring ease of implementation in real-world scenarios.This book explains how to use SELinux to maintain security, run Linux machines on AWS Cloud, and transfer and download files to remote systems. With the help of practical examples and use cases, you’ll not only gain a thorough understanding of a command’s syntax but also grasp its functional breadth and limitations. The book also explores commands frequently used by system administrators to check network card statistics and firewall rules.Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced administrator, this book is an invaluable resource, filling in the gaps in your skill set and helping you improve your skills and expertise in Linux administration.
LLM Prompt Engineering for Developers. The Art and Science of Unlocking LLMs' True Potential
LLM Prompt Engineering For Developers begins by laying the groundwork with essential principles of natural language processing (NLP), setting the stage for more complex topics. It methodically guides readers through the initial steps of understanding how large language models work, providing a solid foundation that prepares them for the more intricate aspects of prompt engineering.As you proceed, the book transitions into advanced strategies and techniques that reveal how to effectively interact with and utilize these powerful models. From crafting precise prompts that enhance model responses to exploring innovative methods like few-shot and zero-shot learning, this resource is designed to unlock the full potential of language model technology.This book not only teaches the technical skills needed to excel in the field but also addresses the broader implications of AI technology. It encourages thoughtful consideration of ethical issues and the impact of AI on society. By the end of this book, readers will master the technical aspects of prompt engineering & appreciate the importance of responsible AI development, making them well-rounded professionals ready to focus on the advancement of this cutting-edge technology.
Stuart Butler, Tom Oliver, Christopher J. Headleand
Design patterns serve as a toolkit of techniques and practices that enable you to write code that’s not only faster, but also more manageable. With this book, you’ll explore a range of design patterns and learn how to apply them to projects developed in Unreal Engine 5.You’ll begin by delving into the foundational principles of coding and develop a solid understanding of the concepts, challenges, and benefits of using patterns in your code. As you progress, you’ll identify patterns that are woven into the core of Unreal Engine 5 such as Double Buffer, Flyweight, and Spatial Partitioning, followed by some of the existing tool sets that embody patterns in their design and usage including Component, Behavior Tree, and Update.In the next section of the book, you’ll start developing a series of gameplay use cases in C++ to implement a variety of design patterns such as Interface and Event-based Observers to build a decoupled communications hierarchy. You’ll also work with Singleton, Command, and State, along with Behavioral Patterns, Template, Subclass Sandbox, and Type Object. The final section focuses on using design patterns for optimization, covering Dirty Flag, Data Locality, and Object Pooling.By the end, you’ll be proficient in designing systems with the perfect C++/Blueprint blend for maintainable and scalable systems.
Mastering Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online is an essential guide for businesses aiming to optimize operations and maintain a competitive edge. This comprehensive resource provides a systematic roadmap for navigating the complexities of Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online, guided by enterprise architect and Microsoft 365 MVP Rodrigo Pinto, who is renowned for his innovative productivity-enhancing development strategies.Through real-world examples and expert insights, you'll learn how to create efficient workflows, manage user access, implement robust security measures, and leverage automation to streamline your processes. You’ll get to grips with using Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI to automate repetitive tasks, build custom applications, and visualize your data. This book focuses on SharePoint Online's role in document management and team collaboration, covering structure planning, processes, automation, implementing robust security measures, and maintaining compliance aligned with your business needs. It also provides strategies and case studies for migrating to Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online and explores future trends and useful tips on implementation, collaboration, DevOps, Microsoft 365 development, and IT management.By the end of this book, you’ll acquire the necessary skills to maximize productivity, collaboration, and efficiency in your digital workspace.
OpenStack provides flexibility and control for designing and deploying robust and scalable cloud infrastructures, which has led to it having one of the largest open source communities in the cloud market. This book delves deep into the OpenStack architecture, dissecting each component to guide you in architecting your cloud with precision. From essential components to cutting-edge services, this book offers a step-by step approach, ensuring you grasp the fundamentals before exploring the latest advancements.This updated edition guides you through the deployment process, integrating secure best practices inspired by the DevSecOps philosophy. You’ll also explore the Antelope release, covering new services such as container management and software-defined networking (SDN). The book outlines best practices for running and managing fault-tolerant, secure, monitored, and high-performing setups. In the last part, it navigates the convergence of public and private clouds, covering hybrid models through use cases of managing Kubernetes-based applications in OpenStack private and public clouds.By the end of the book, you’ll be well versed in the latest OpenStack advancements, ready to lead your organization on a successful cloud journey.
AI Explained. Uncovering the Reality, Risks, and Rewards of Artificial Intelligence
This book leads readers on a comprehensive journey through artificial intelligence, beginning with an introduction to its foundational concepts. Early on, readers are guided through what AI is and why it’s becoming a transformative force in today’s world. They’ll then explore the technical processes behind AI creation, learning how data and algorithms power intelligent systems, making complex technology accessible and understandable.Further on, the book delves into practical applications and ethical considerations. Readers discover the positive ways AI is improving our lives, from breakthroughs in healthcare to innovations in everyday industries. Following this, it presents a balanced view of AI’s potential risks, discussing the ethical concerns and societal challenges that arise with misuse, encouraging thoughtful reflection on AI’s impact.Towards the end, the book tackles critical future challenges and solutions. It discusses the threat of rogue AI behaviors and highlights strategies to prevent AI from acting unpredictably. The final section offers an optimistic outlook on the responsible development of AI, encouraging readers to envision a future where AI can drive positive change. By journey’s end, readers will feel equipped with a nuanced understanding of AI, its real-world significance, and its ethical implications.
Embark on a creative journey with ZBrush, the leading software for creating characters, creatures, and props in films, games, and 3D printing. This guide will take you through its powerful yet user-friendly workflows, allowing you to explore its dynamic organic sculpting, painting, and hard-surface modeling tools.The first part of this book is dedicated to helping you become familiar with ZBrush’s user interface and learning the very basics, from sculpting brushes and painting the model with Polypaint to setting up lights and rendering images. You’ll also create a demon bust with the help of ZBrush’s concept sculpting tool, DynaMesh. In the second part, you’ll get to grips with the creation of a humanoid character that is optimized for 3D printing. Focusing on anatomy, poly-modeling, and preparing the model for 3D printing, you’ll acquire the skills essential for sculptors. The final part delves into portrait sculpting, where you’ll learn everything from basic facial anatomy to hair creation with FiberMesh.By the end of this book, you'll have developed the expertise necessary to succeed in the ever-evolving world of 3D character modeling, complemented by portfolio and social media tips for showcasing your standout work.
Subash Natarajan, Jeveen Jacob
Unleash the power of cloud computing with Multi-Cloud Handbook for Developers, your guide to mastering the nuances of cloud-native and multi-cloud, covering practical strategies for design, development, and management. Explore the essential concepts, challenges, and methodologies critical for navigating the complex landscape of modern cloud computing.Using core architectural and design principles (such as microservices and 12-factor architecture) and advanced strategies (such as distributed application design patterns, domain-driven design (DDD), and API-first strategies), you’ll learn how to build portable and efficient apps across various cloud platforms. You’ll understand how to leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC), continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), GitOps, and DevOps practices, along with containerization and orchestration techniques using Docker and Kubernetes. You’ll also get to grips with data, security, compliance, and cloud cost management strategies in multi-cloud environments.With real-world case studies, best practices, and insights into future trends, this book will equip you with the skills to develop, manage, troubleshoot, and innovate cloud-native applications across diverse cloud platforms, positioning you at the forefront of the cloud computing revolution.
The drastic surge in the demand for XR development has led to an imminent need for comprehensive resources, learning material, and overall know-how in this area. This one-stop resource will ensure that professionals venturing into XR development can access all XR-related techniques to build appealing XR applications, without relying on Google every step of the way.This book is your guide to developing XR applications with Unity 2021.3 or later versions, helping you to create VR, AR, and MR experiences of increasing complexity. The chapters cover the entire XR application development process from setting up an interactive XR scene using the XR Interaction Toolkit or AR Foundation, adding physics, animations, continuous movement, teleportation, sound effects, and visual effects, to testing and deploying to VR headsets, simulators, smartphones, and tablets. Additionally, this XR book takes you on a journey from the basics of Unity and C# to advanced techniques such as building multiplayer applications and incorporating hand- and gaze-tracking capabilities.By the end of this book, you'll be fully equipped to create cutting-edge XR projects for engaging individual, academic, and industrial use cases that captivate your audience.
The Tableau Certified Data Analyst certification validates the essential skills needed to explore, analyze, and present data, propelling your career in data analytics. Whether you're a seasoned Tableau user or just starting out, this comprehensive resource is your roadmap to mastering Tableau and achieving certification success.The book begins by exploring the fundamentals of data analysis, from connecting to various data sources to transforming and cleaning data for meaningful insights. With practical exercises and realistic mock exams, you'll gain hands-on experience that reinforces your understanding of Tableau concepts and prepares you for the challenges of the certification exam.As you progress, expert guidance and clear explanations make it easy to navigate complex topics as each chapter builds upon the last, providing a seamless learning experience—from creating impactful visualizations to managing content on Tableau Cloud.Written by a team of experts, this Tableau book not only helps you pass the certification exam but also equips you with the skills and confidence needed to excel in your career. It is an indispensable resource for unlocking the full potential of Tableau.
Lamis Chebbi, Aristeidis Bampakos
RxJS is a powerful reactive extension for JavaScript, specializing in asynchronous and event-driven programming, but you don’t find many books on using RxJS in Angular applications. Written by an industry expert with over a decade of experience, this book helps you navigate reactive patterns, efficient data management, and the streamlined implementation of common features with minimal code.This second edition aligns with the latest version of Angular, introducing new reactive patterns based on Angular Signals, which play a pivotal role in enabling fine-grained reactivity within Angular and enhancing change detection and user interface rendering. Throughout the book, you’ll construct a complete application that incorporates the latest Angular features, such as standalone components, new built-in control flow, deferrable views, and more. You’ll also focus on cultivating skills to handle data reactively, thus improving the application's overall quality, user experience, and developer productivity. The book covers best practices for testing asynchronous streams and optimizing app performance.By the end of this RxJS and Angular book, you’ll not only be able to develop Angular applications by implementing reactive patterns, but also grasp all the best practices, ensuring a well-rounded understanding of RxJS within the Angular framework.
Taylor Field-Draper, Natasha West
Roblox is a massively popular online gaming platform, but it can be challenging to maneuver for beginners who don’t know where to start, as well as seasoned developers who tend to struggle with limited scripting tools that make transitioning from other platforms such as Unity more difficult.The Ultimate Roblox Game Building Cookbook is an invaluable asset for any Roblox developer looking to take their skills to the next level. With a wide range of recipes, this Roblox book covers everything from the basics of game development on the platform to advanced techniques for creating immersive experiences.As you progress through the chapters, you'll gain a deep understanding of the proper workflow and building methods that will enable you to create extraordinary virtual worlds. You'll gain insights into creating complex game mechanics, such as multiplayer games, working with textures, and special effects in games. This cookbook will also provide you with tips from top Roblox developers, as well as valuable guidance on how to monetize your games and stay up to date with the latest trends in the Roblox development community.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a comprehensive understanding of Roblox game development and design.
This is the digital and cloud era, and Microsoft Azure is one of the top cloud computing platforms. It’s now more important than ever to understand how the cloud functions and the different services that can be leveraged across the cloud.This book will give you a solid understanding of cloud concepts and Microsoft Azure, starting by taking you through cloud concepts in depth, then focusing on the core Azure architectural components, solutions, and management tools. Next, you will understand security concepts, defense-in-depth, and key security services such as Network Security Groups and Azure Firewall, as well as security operations tooling such as Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel. As you progress, you will understand how identity, governance, privacy, and compliance are managed in Azure. Finally, you will get to grips with cost management, service-level agreements, and service life cycles. Throughout, the book features a number of hands-on exercises to support the concepts, services, and solutions discussed. This provides you with a glimpse of real-world scenarios, before finally concluding with practice questions for AZ-900 exam preparation.By the end of this Azure book, you will have a thorough understanding of cloud concepts and Azure fundamentals, enabling you to pass the AZ-900 certification exam easily.
Python is the go-to language for developers, engineers, data scientists, and hobbyists worldwide. Known for its versatility, Python can efficiently power applications, offering remarkable speed, safety, and scalability. This book distills Python into a collection of straightforward recipes, providing insights into specific language features within various contexts, making it an indispensable resource for mastering Python and using it to handle real-world use cases.The third edition of Modern Python Cookbook provides an in-depth look into Python 3.12, offering more than 140 new and updated recipes that cater to both beginners and experienced developers. This edition introduces new chapters on documentation and style, data visualization with Matplotlib and Pyplot, and advanced dependency management techniques using tools like Poetry and Anaconda. With practical examples and detailed explanations, this cookbook helps developers solve real-world problems, optimize their code, and get up to date with the latest Python features.
Paul Singh, Anurag Karuparti, John Maeda
Generative artificial intelligence technologies and services, including ChatGPT, are transforming our work, life, and communication landscapes. To thrive in this new era, harnessing the full potential of these technologies is crucial. Generative AI for Cloud Solutions is a comprehensive guide to understanding and using Generative AI within cloud platforms.This book covers the basics of cloud computing and Generative AI/ChatGPT, addressing scaling strategies and security concerns. With its help, you’ll be able to apply responsible AI practices and other methods such as fine-tuning, RAG, autonomous agents, LLMOps, and Assistants APIs. As you progress, you’ll learn how to design and implement secure and scalable ChatGPT solutions on the cloud, while also gaining insights into the foundations of building conversational AI, such as chatbots. This process will help you customize your AI applications to suit your specific requirements.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of the capabilities of Generative AI and cloud computing, empowering you to develop efficient and ethical AI solutions for a variety of applications and services.
UX for Enterprise ChatGPT Solutions. A practical guide to designing enterprise-grade LLMs
Richard H. Miller, Jeff Johnson
Many enterprises grapple with new technology, often hopping on the bandwagon only to abandon it when challenges emerge. This book is your guide to seamlessly integrating ChatGPT into enterprise solutions with a UX-centered approach.UX for Enterprise ChatGPT Solutions empowers you to master effective use case design and adapt UX guidelines through an engaging learning experience. Discover how to prepare your content for success by tailoring interactions to match your audience’s voice, style, and tone using prompt-engineering and fine-tuning. For UX professionals, this book is the key to anchoring your expertise in this evolving field. Writers, researchers, product managers, and linguists will learn to make insightful design decisions. You’ll explore use cases like ChatGPT-powered chat and recommendation engines, while uncovering the AI magic behind the scenes. The book introduces a and feeding model, enabling you to leverage feedback and monitoring to iterate and refine any Large Language Model solution. Packed with hundreds of tips and tricks, this guide will help you build a continuous improvement cycle suited for AI solutions.By the end, you’ll know how to craft powerful, accurate, responsive, and brand-consistent generative AI experiences, revolutionizing your organization’s use of ChatGPT.
Ajit Puthiyavettle, Imaya Kumar Jagannathan, Rodrigue Koffi
Building systems that can withstand failure is key to running a successful business on the cloud. Learn from distinguished AWS experts—Ajit, Imaya, and Rodrigue—who bring over four decades of experience in architecting enterprise-scale solutions, speaking at major AWS conferences, and implementing resilience strategies across diverse industries, as they guide you through building highly available and fault-tolerant applications on AWS.This book explores resiliency, offering steps to design, build, and operate resilient architectures on AWS. You’ll master data security practices, backup strategies, and automation techniques, helping you build strong defenses and reliable recovery plans for resilience against disruptions. You’ll also learn how to apply AWS Well-Architected pillars to design applications with redundancy, loose coupling, graceful degradation, and fault isolation. With architecture examples, you’ll validate your design’s effectiveness through resilient patterns, performance monitoring, and chaos engineering.By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with best practices for creating robust cloud infrastructures to ensure business continuity and success and become proficient at creating fault-tolerant systems, optimizing performance, and ensuring reliability across regions.
Akash Mukherjee, Jason D. Clinton
In an era of relentless cyber threats, organizations face daunting challenges in fortifying their defenses against increasingly sophisticated attacks. The Complete Guide to Defense in Depth offers a comprehensive roadmap to navigating the complex landscape, empowering you to master the art of layered security.This book starts by laying the groundwork, delving into risk navigation, asset classification, and threat identification, helping you establish a robust framework for layered security. It gradually transforms you into an adept strategist, providing insights into the attacker's mindset, revealing vulnerabilities from an adversarial perspective, and guiding the creation of a proactive defense strategy through meticulous mapping of attack vectors. Toward the end, the book addresses the ever-evolving threat landscape, exploring emerging dangers and emphasizing the crucial human factor in security awareness and training. This book also illustrates how Defense in Depth serves as a dynamic, adaptable approach to cybersecurity.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a profound understanding of the significance of multi-layered defense strategies, explored frameworks for building robust security programs, and developed the ability to navigate the evolving threat landscape with resilience and agility.
Blender is one of the most versatile tools in the 3D software industry, and with a growing audience and constantly expanding set of features, it has become more powerful, useful, and in demand than ever before. This updated fourth edition of Photorealistic Materials and Textures in Blender Cycles is an all-inclusive guide to procedural texturing, rendering, and designing materials in Blender, covering all aspects of the 3D texturing workflow.The book begins by introducing you to Blender’s material nodes and material property functions, and then helps you create photorealistic textures by understanding texture maps and mapping them to 3D models. As you advance, you’ll learn to design high-quality environments and lighting using HDRIs and Blender’s lighting options. By exploring, breaking down, and studying the underlying mechanics that allow you to develop these elements, you’ll create any material, texture, or environment and use it to improve your artwork and present them in a professional way. Finally, you’ll discover how to correctly set up scenes and render settings, and get to grips with the key elements of achieving realism.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of materials, textures, shading, lighting, rendering, and all the critical aspects of achieving the highest quality with your 3D artwork.
Software Architecture with Kotlin explores the various styles of software architecture with a focus on using the Kotlin programming language. The author draws on their 20+ years of industry experience in developing large-scale enterprise distributed systems to help you grasp the principles, practices, and patterns that shape the architectural landscape of modern software systems.The book establishes a strong foundation in software architecture, explaining key concepts such as architectural qualities and principles, before teaching you how architectural decisions impact the quality of a system, such as scalability, reliability, and extendability. The chapters address modern architecture topics such as microservices, serverless, and event-driven architectures, providing insights into the challenges and trade-offs involved in adopting these architectural styles. You’ll also discover practical tools that’ll help you make informed decisions and mitigate risks. All architectural patterns in this book are demonstrated using Kotlin.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained practical expertise by using real-world examples, along with a solid understanding of Kotlin, to become a more proficient and impactful software architect.
Minimal CMake. Learn the best bits of CMake to create and share your own libraries and applications
Minimal CMake guides you through creating a CMake project one step at a time. The book utilizes the author's unique expertise in game and engine development to craft compelling examples of how CMake can be used to build complex software. The chapters introduce concepts gradually, each one building on the last. Throughout the course of the book, you will progress from a simple console application all the way through to a full windowed app.The book will help you build a strong foundation in CMake that will translate to future projects. You'll learn how to integrate existing software libraries to enhance your app's functionality, how to build reusable libraries to share with others, and how to manage developing for multiple platforms simultaneously, including macOS, Windows, and Linux. You'll also find out how CMake facilitates testing and how to package your application ready for distribution.The book aims to not overwhelm you with everything there is to know about CMake. Instead, it focuses on the most relevant and important parts that will help you become productive quickly.By the end of this book, you will be a confident CMake user and will have gained the skills and experience to build and share your own libraries and applications.