Pandas Cookbook. Practical recipes for scientific computing, time series, and exploratory data analysis using Python - Third Edition

William Ayd, Matthew Harrison, Wes McKinney

Unlock the full power of pandas 2.x with this hands-on cookbook, designed for Python developers, data analysts, and data scientists who need fast, efficient solutions for real-world data challenges. This book provides practical, ready-to-use recipes to streamline your workflow. With step-by-step guidance, you'll master data wrangling, visualization, performance optimization, and scalable data analysis using pandas’ most powerful features. From importing and merging large datasets to advanced time series analysis and SQL-like operations, this cookbook equips you with the tools to analyze, manipulate, and visualize data like a pro. Learn how to boost efficiency, optimize memory usage, and seamlessly integrate pandas with NumPy, PyArrow, and databases. This book will help you transform raw data into actionable insights with ease.

Composing Software. An Exploration of Functional Programming and Object Composition in JavaScript

Eric Elliott

This book delves into functional programming and composition techniques in JavaScript, starting with core concepts like pure functions, shared state avoidance, and higher-order functions to build modular, maintainable code. Early chapters explore the fundamentals of functional programming, immutability, and its growing influence in the JavaScript community. You'll learn essential topics such as function composition, currying, and higher-order functions, as well as advanced concepts like abstract data types, functors, and monads. The book discusses the evolution of functional programming, its role in modern software development, and addresses challenges like the software crisis and composing with classes. You'll learn essential topics like object-oriented programming, focusing on factory functions, functional mixins, and object composition. You'll also understand why traditional classes complicate composition and discover strategies for creating custom data types, lenses, and transducers. The book also covers best practices, emphasizing clean, reusable code and avoiding anti-patterns like excessive mocking. By the end, you'll be ready to apply functional programming techniques to tackle complex design challenges and write more maintainable JavaScript code.

Learning SciPy for Numerical and Scientific Computing. Quick solutions to complex numerical problems in physics, applied mathematics, and science with SciPy

Erik Christensen, Francisco Javier Blanco-Silva, Sergio J Rojas G, Sergio J Rojas G (USD)

Unity 5.x Animation Cookbook. An advanced solution to all your Animation problems

Maciej Szczesnik

This recipe-based practical guide will show you how to unleash the power of animation in Unity 5.x and make your games visually impeccable. Our primary focus is on showing you tools and techniques to animate not only humanoid biped characters, but also other elements. This includes non-humanoid character animation, game world creation, UI element animation, and other key features such as opening doors, changing lights, transitioning to different scenes, using physics, setting up ragdolls, creating destructible objects and more.While discussing these topics, the book will focus on mecanim, the Unity 3D animation tool, and how you can use it to perform all these tasks efficiently and quickly. It contains a downloadable Unity project with interactive examples for all the recipes. By the end of this book, you will be confident and self-sufficient in animating your Unity 3D games efficiently.

KnockoutJS by Example. Develop rich, interactive, and real-world web applications using knockout.js

Adnan Jaswal

KnockoutJS By Example is a project-based guide that introduces the key features and concepts of knockout.js. It helps you create an application skeleton and a Hello World application. You will develop a To-Do list application that aims to show the basic features of knockout.js in action, such as data binding and observables, following which you will develop a dynamic online customer registration form that captures and validates customer information. This book will further walk you through developing a customer banking portal, which demonstrates the use of knockout.js with components such as navigation bars, tabs, carousels, master details view, panels, forms, and wizards. You will also discover how to use token-based authentication and authorization to secure the customer banking portal, and move on to creating an editable products grid with CRUD operations. Finally, you will explore how to use the Google Maps API with knockout.js.KnockoutJS By Example will not only leave you with a basic understanding of knockout.js fundamentals but also take you through some of the advanced features. It will help you get a web application up and ready instantly.

Python Game Programming By Example. A pragmatic guide for developing your own games with Python

Alejandro Rodas de Paz, Joseph Howse

Developing Robust Date and Time Oriented Applications in Oracle Cloud. A comprehensive guide to efficient date and time management in Oracle Cloud

Michal Kvet

Proper date and time management is critical for the development and reliability of Oracle Databases and cloud environments, which are among the most rapidly expanding technologies today. This knowledge can be applied to cloud technology, on premises, application development, and integration to emphasize regional settings, UTC coordination, or different time zones. This practical book focuses on code snippets and discusses the existing functionalities and limitations, along with covering data migration to the cloud by emphasizing the importance of proper date and time management.This book helps you understand the historical background and evolution of ANSI standards. You’ll get to grips with data types, constructor principles, and existing functionalities, and focus on the limitations of regional parameters and time zones, which help in expanding business to other parts of the world. You’ll also explore SQL injection threats, temporal database architecture, using Flashback Technology to reconstruct valid database images from the past, time zone management, and UTC synchronization across regions.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to create and manage temporal systems, prevent SQL injection attacks, use existing functionalities and define your own robust solutions for date management, and apply time zone and region rules.

CompTIA Security+ Practice Tests SY0-501. Practice tests in 4 different formats and 6 cheat sheets to help you pass the CompTIA Security+ exam

Ian Neil

CompTIA Security+ is a core security certification that will validate your baseline skills for a career in cybersecurity. Passing this exam will not only help you identify security incidents but will also equip you to resolve them efficiently. This book builds on the popular CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide, which mirrors the SY0-501 exam pattern.This practice test-based guide covers all six domains of the Security+ SY0-501 exam: threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities; technologies and tools; architecture and design; identity and access management; cryptography and PKI; and risk management. You’ll take six mock tests designed as per the official Security+ certification exam pattern, each covering significant aspects from an examination point of view. For each domain, the book provides a dedicated cheat sheet that includes important concepts covered in the test. You can even time your tests to simulate the actual exam. These tests will help you identify gaps in your knowledge and discover answers to tricky exam questions.By the end of this book, you’ll have developed and enhanced the skills necessary to pass the official CompTIA Security+ exam.

Mastering Adobe Commerce Frontend. Build optimized, user-centric e-commerce sites with tailored theme design and enhanced interactivity

Jakub Winkler

Navigating the frontend realm of the Adobe Commerce platform can often feel like a labyrinth, given its multifaceted systems and intricate layering. This book demystifies Adobe Commerce frontend development, guiding you through its paths with clarity and precision.You'll learn how to set up your local environment, paving the way for a smooth development experience and navigate the platform's theming ecosystem, exploring layout XML systems and the power of templates. As you progress through the book, you'll leverage an array of JavaScript libraries and frameworks that Adobe Commerce boasts of, with special emphasis on RequireJS, jQuery, Knockout.JS, and UI Components. Additionally, you'll gain an understanding of the intricacies of Adobe Commerce CMS, explore frontend-related configurations in the admin panel, and unlock the secrets of frontend optimization.Practical exercises provided in the book will enable you to create top-notch Adobe Commerce sites that are functional, optimized, user-centric, and a step ahead in the ever-evolving frontend landscape.

Hands-On Blockchain for Python Developers. Empowering Python developers in the world of blockchain and smart contracts - Second Edition

Arjuna Sky Kok

We are living in the age of decentralized fi nance and NFTs. People swap tokens on Uniswap, borrow assets from Aave, send payments with stablecoins, trade art NFTs on OpenSea, and more. To build applications of this kind, you need to know how to write smart contracts.This comprehensive guide will help you explore all the features of Vyper, a programming language designed to write smart contracts. You’ll also explore the web3.py library. As you progress, you’ll learn how to connect to smart contracts, read values, and create transactions. To make sure your foundational knowledge is strong enough, the book guides you through Ape Framework, which can help you create decentralized exchanges, NFT marketplaces, voting applications, and more. Each project provides invaluable insights and hands-on experience, equipping you with the skills you need to build real-world blockchain solutions.By the end of this book, you’ll be well versed with writing common Web3 applications such as a decentralized exchange, an NFT marketplace, a voting application, and more.

Network Automation Cookbook. Proven and actionable recipes to automate and manage network devices using Ansible

Karim Okasha

Network Automation Cookbook is designed to help system administrators, network engineers, and infrastructure automation engineers to centrally manage switches, routers, and other devices in their organization's network. This book will help you gain hands-on experience in automating enterprise networks and take you through core network automation techniques using the latest version of Ansible and Python. With the help of practical recipes, you'll learn how to build a network infrastructure that can be easily managed and updated as it scales through a large number of devices. You'll also cover topics related to security automation and get to grips with essential techniques to maintain network robustness. As you make progress, the book will show you how to automate networks on public cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure. Finally, you will get up and running with Ansible 2.9 and discover troubleshooting techniques and network automation best practices. By the end of this book, you'll be able to use Ansible to automate modern network devices and integrate third-party tools such as NAPALM, NetBox, and Batfish easily to build robust network automation solutions.

Mastering Python Data Visualization. Generate effective results in a variety of visually appealing charts using the plotting packages in Python

Kirthi Raman, Sebastian Cheung, Kirthi Venkatraman

Moodle Security. Learn how to install and configure Moodle in the most secure way possible

Moodle Trust, Darko Miletic

Practical Plone 3: A Beginner's Guide to Building Powerful Websites

Alex Clark, Clayton Parker, Darci Hanning, David Convent, ...

Plone is a highly extensible content management system built on Zope application server, which is written in Python. But, you need to have good programming skills to design and develop Plone web applications. Does that mean you can't have a Plone website if you don't have good programming skills? Of course not! You can develop your Plone websites through a graphical interface where you don't need to fiddle with code.This book will give you clear understanding of how to use Plone 3 to meet your content management needs. Starting from the basics, this book will walk you through the easy-to-use features of Plone and help you create a feature-rich website through its point-and-click feature.A variety of authors have contributed chapters to this book in the hope that you, the reader, will get a good understanding of Plone and be able to use it effectively. This beginners' guide will introduce the great CMS and its features and then take you further in web development. The book will introduce you to Plone's advanced UI features and show you how to create such a UI platform for your website. You will learn how to manage the contents like web pages, news items, and so on. Working with custom portlets will help you enhance the web components for your site. Each chapter will show you how to add features to your site and develop its functionality. Each chapter can be read independently; you need not go through the previous one to continue further. You can pick and choose the topics depending on your interest and requirement.

Security Monitoring with Wazuh. A hands-on guide to effective enterprise security using real-life use cases in Wazuh

Rajneesh Gupta, Santiago Bassett

Strengthen your cybersecurity posture with Wazuh’s powerful security monitoring and compliance capabilities.Security Monitoring with Wazuh is a comprehensive, hands-on guide that helps you deploy, configure, and optimize Wazuh to detect threats, automate incident response, and enforce compliance. With real-world use cases, step-by-step configurations, and tool integrations, this book equips you to build an enterprise-grade defense system.You'll begin by setting up an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) using Wazuh and integrating Suricata to monitor network and host-based threats. Moving forward, you'll explore malware detection, vulnerability assessment, and security automation with SOAR. The book also covers threat intelligence, incident response, and proactive threat hunting, helping you detect and mitigate cybersecurity risks effectively.Beyond detection, you'll enforce compliance with industry standards such as MITRE ATT&CK, PCI DSS, and GDPR, ensuring regulatory adherence and security best practices. By integrating Wazuh with TheHive, Cortex, MISP, and other security tools, you'll streamline threat analysis and response.By the end of this book, you'll master Wazuh's full potential, enabling you to deploy, manage, and enhance security monitoring across your infrastructure—from on-premises to cloud environments.

Biostatistics with Python. Apply Python for biostatistics with hands-on biomedical and biotechnology projects

Darko Medin

This book leverages the author’s decade-long experience in biostatistics and data science to simplify the practical use of biostatistics with Python. The chapters show you how to clean and describe your data effectively, setting a solid foundation for accurate analysis and proficiency in biostatistical inference to help you draw meaningful conclusions from your data through hypothesis testing and effect size analysis.The book walks you through predictive modeling to harness the power of Python to create robust predictive analytics that can drive your research and professional projects forward. You'll explore clinical biostatistics, learn how to design studies, conduct survival analysis, and synthesize evidence from multiple studies with meta-analysis – skills that are crucial for making informed decisions based on comprehensive data reviews. The concluding chapters will enhance your ability to analyze biological variables, enabling you to perform detailed and accurate data analysis for biological research. This book's unique blend of biostatistics and Python helps you find practical solutions that make complex concepts easy to grasp and apply.By the end of this biostatistics book, you’ll have moved from theoretical knowledge to practical experience, allowing you to perform biostatistical analysis confidently and accurately.

Learning Tableau 2022. Create effective data visualizations, build interactive visual analytics, and improve your data storytelling capabilities - Fifth Edition

Joshua N. Milligan, Blair Hutchinson, Mark Tossell, Roberto Andreoli

Learning Tableau 2022 helps you get started with Tableau and data visualization, but it does more than just cover the basic principles. It helps you understand how to analyze and communicate data visually, and articulate data stories using advanced features.This new edition is updated with Tableau’s latest features, such as dashboard extensions, Explain Data, and integration with CRM Analytics (Einstein Analytics), which will help you harness the full potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive modeling in Tableau.After an exploration of the core principles, this book will teach you how to use table and level of detail calculations to extend and alter default visualizations, build interactive dashboards, and master the art of telling stories with data.You’ll learn about visual statistical analytics and create different types of static and animated visualizations and dashboards for rich user experiences. We then move on to interlinking different data sources with Tableau’s Data Model capabilities, along with maps and geospatial visualization. You will further use Tableau Prep Builder’s ability to efficiently clean and structure data.By the end of this book, you will be proficient in implementing the powerful features of Tableau 2022 to improve the business intelligence insights you can extract from your data.

Scratch Cookbook. If want to get your programming know-how off the starting blocks in a fun, involving way, then this guide to Scratch is perfect. In no time you'll be building your own interactive programs that include animations and sound

Brandon Milonovich

Scratch 2.0 is an easy to use programming language that allows you to animate stories and create interactive games. Scratch also gives you the capability of using programming to calculate complicated calculations for you.Scratch Cookbook will lead you through easy-to-follow recipes that give you everything you need to become a more advanced programmer.Scratch Cookbook will take you through the essential features of Scratch. You'll then work through simple recipes to gain an understanding of the more advanced features of Scratch.You will learn how to create animations using Scratch. Sensory board integration (getting input from the outside environment) will also be covered, along with using Scratch to solve complicated and tedious calculations for you. You'll also learn how to work through the exciting process of project remixing where you build on the work of others.Scratch Cookbook will give you everything you need to get started with building your own programs in Scratch that involve sounds, animations, and user interaction.

Unity 4.x Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide. A seat-of-your-pants manual for building fun, groovy little games quickly with Unity 4.x - Third Edition

Ryan Henson Creighton

Unity is one of the biggest game engines in the world, providing the user with a range of important tools that they need to bring their ideas into reality. Beginner game developers are optimistic, passionate, and ambitious, but that ambition can be dangerous! Too often, budding indie developers and hobbyists bite off more than they can chew. Games like Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, and Fruit Ninja are fun, simple games that have delighted players and delivered big profits to their creators. This is the perfect climate for new game developers to succeed by creating simple games with Unity, starting today.This book teaches you the ins and outs of the unique Unity game engine interface. Clear and concise code examples written in both Unity Javascript and C# take you through the step-by-step process of building five small, functional games. With this understanding you can start making your own mark on the game industry!With absolutely no programming or game development experience, you will learn how to build five simple games in Unity by following step-by-step instructions, peppered with amusing analogies and anecdotes from an experienced indie developer. Following a primer on simplifying your game ideas to that single “something” that keeps players coming back for more, dive into the Unity game engine by creating a simple bat-and-ball game. From there, you'll build a complete memory game using only the Unity GUI system. After building a 2.5D mouse avoider game, you'll learn how to re-skin the project to completely change the game's theme. Incorporating everything you've learned, you'll return to complete the bat-and-ball game by adding scoring, replay flow, sound effects, and animations. Finally, in the new bonus chapter, you'll program some simple AI (Artificial Intelligence) for a tic tac toe game.Unity 4.x Game Development by Example is a fun and light-hearted exploration of one of the most powerful game engines on the market today. Find out what all the fuss is about by getting up to speed using this book!

Mastering Windows Presentation Foundation. Build responsive UIs for desktop applications with WPF - Second Edition

Sheridan Yuen

Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides a rich set of libraries and APIs for developers to create engaging user experiences. This book features a wide range of examples, from simple to complex, to demonstrate how to develop enterprise-grade applications with WPF.This updated second edition of Mastering Windows Presentation Foundation starts by introducing the benefits of using the Model-View-View Model (MVVM) software architectural pattern with WPF, then moves on, to explain how best to debug our WPF applications. It explores application architecture, and we learn how to build the foundation layer of our applications.It then demonstrates data binding in detail, and examines the various built-in WPF controls and a variety of ways in which we can customize them to suit our requirements. We then investigate how to create custom controls, for when the built-in functionality in WPF cannot be adapted for our needs.The latter half of the book deals with polishing our applications, using practical animations, stunning visuals and responsive data validation. It then moves on, to look at improving application performance, and ends with tutorials on several methods of deploying our applications.

Practical Maya Programming with Python. Unleash the power of Python in Maya and unlock your creativity

Robert Galanakis

Hybrid Cloud Management with Red Hat CloudForms. Build, manage, and control an open hybrid cloud infrastructure using Red Hat CloudForms

Sangram Rath

Data Analytics Made Easy. Analyze and present data to make informed decisions without writing any code

Andrea De Mauro, Francesco Marzoni, Andrew J. Walter

Data Analytics Made Easy is an accessible beginner’s guide for anyone working with data. The book interweaves four key elements:Data visualizations and storytelling – Tired of people not listening to you and ignoring your results? Don’t worry; chapters 7 and 8 show you how to enhance your presentations and engage with your managers and co-workers. Learn to create focused content with a well-structured story behind it to captivate your audience.Automating your data workflows – Improve your productivity by automating your data analysis. This book introduces you to the open-source platform, KNIME Analytics Platform. You’ll see how to use this no-code and free-to-use software to create a KNIME workflow of your data processes just by clicking and dragging components.Machine learning – Data Analytics Made Easy describes popular machine learning approaches in a simplified and visual way before implementing these machine learning models using KNIME. You’ll not only be able to understand data scientists’ machine learning models; you’ll be able to challenge them and build your own.Creating interactive dashboards – Follow the book’s simple methodology to create professional-looking dashboards using Microsoft Power BI, giving users the capability to slice and dice data and drill down into the results.

Java Concurrency and Parallelism. Master advanced Java techniques for cloud-based applications through concurrency and parallelism

Jay Wang

If you’re a software developer, architect, or systems engineer, exploring Java’s concurrency utilities and synchronization in the cloud, this book is an essential resource. Tech visionary Jay Wang, with over three decades of experience transforming industry giants, brings unparalleled expertise to guide you through Java’s concurrency and parallel processing in cloud computing.This comprehensive book starts by establishing the foundational concepts of concurrency and parallelism, vital for cloud-native development, and gives you a complete overview, highlighting challenges and best practices. Wang expertly demonstrates Java’s role in big data, machine learning, microservices, and serverless computing, shedding light on how Java’s tools are effectively utilized in these domains. Complete with practical examples and insights, this book bridges theory with real-world applications, ensuring a holistic understanding of Java in cloud-based scenarios. You’ll navigate advanced topics, such as synchronizing Java’s concurrency with cloud auto-scaling and GPU computing, and be equipped with the skills and foresight to tackle upcoming trends in cloud technology.This book serves as your roadmap to innovation and excellence in Java cloud applications, giving you in-depth knowledge and hands-on practice for mastering Java in the cloud era.