Java EE 7 Development with NetBeans 8. Develop professional enterprise Java EE applications quickly and easily with this popular IDE

David R Heffelfinger

Accelerating IoT Development with ChatGPT. A practical guide to building your first IoT project using AI-assisted coding and cloud integration

Jun Wen

Unlike other IoT books that focus on theory and generic applications, this guide takes a practical approach, empowering you to leverage ChatGPT to build your very first IoT prototype. With over 20 years of experience in wireless and IoT technologies and a background as an instructor, Jun Wen expertly guides you from project kick-off to a fully functional prototype.The book emphasizes the transformative impact of ChatGPT for IoT, teaching you how to use ChatGPT to generate code for your applications, even with limited coding experience. You’ll be introduced to using PlatformIO IDE within Visual Studio Code and discover the cutting-edge RISC-V architecture, the ESP32 MCU, Arduino-compatible sensors, and integration methods for AWS and the ThingsBoard dashboard. Working through 10 different project examples, including flame detection, smoke detection, and air quality measurement, you’ll become proficient in the functions and specifications of each sensor and the use cases they solve.By the end of this book, you’ll be ready to undertake IoT development projects, bridging the gap between your ideas and functional creations.

Adobe InDesign Masterclass. A comprehensive guide to taking your digital design skills from beginner to professional

Mohammed Jogie, Don Ryun Chang, Felix Ofori Dartey

Adobe InDesign is a powerful multi-page layout publishing tool for creating static and interactive content across print and digital platforms.This book will empower you to develop high-quality publications for digital and online projects. You’ll be guided through the workspace, tools, and trans-disciplinary design projects for various outputs, as well as creating custom award-winning designs. The book is written for creatives with an emphasis on creative outcomes and the tools that support your creative vision. Develop multiple design projects from the ground up to high-quality finished designs. You’ll also learn how to create professional and impactful visual communication pieces. Additionally, you’ll connect data sources like Microsoft Word and Excel to InDesign’s powerful design tools. You’ll then examine the best design practices using features such as Liquid Layout, PDF/X, ePub, and Publish Online. Finally, you’ll explore the latest third party and InDesign AI features and how to use them to fast-track your creative projects.By the end of this Adobe InDesign book, you’ll be able to confidently create different types of communication and design pieces in an efficient workflow.

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.

TrixBox Made Easy. A step-by-step guide to installing and running your home and office VoIP system

Kerry Garrison, Barrie Dempster, Kerry Garrison (Project)

TrixBox is a telephone system based on the popular open source Asterisk PBX (Private Branch eXchange) Software. TrixBox allows an individual or organization to setup a telephone system with traditional telephone networks as well as Internet based telephony or VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). SugarCRM can be integrated with Asterisk, and is bundled with Trixbox offering real power and flexibility.The book begins by introducing telephony concepts before detailing how to plan a telephone system and moving on to the installation, configuration, and management of a feature packed PBX.This book is rich with practical examples and tools. It provides examples of well laid out telephone systems with accompanying spreadsheets to aid the reader in building stable telephony infrastructure.

Spring Essentials. Build mission-critical enterprise applications using Spring Framework and Aspect Oriented Programming

Shameer Kunjumohamed, Hamidreza Sattari

Spring is an open source Java application development framework to build and deploy systems and applications that run on the JVM. It is the industry standard and the most popular framework among Java developers with over two-thirds of developers using it.Spring Essentials makes learning Spring so much quicker and easier with the help of illustrations and practical examples. Starting from the core concepts of features such as inversion of Control Container and BeanFactory, we move on to a detailed look at aspect-oriented programming. We cover the breadth and depth of Spring MVC, the WebSocket technology, Spring Data, and Spring Security with various authentication and authorization mechanisms. Packed with real-world examples, you’ll get an insight into utilizing the power of Spring Expression Language in your applications for higher maintainability. You’ll also develop full-duplex real-time communication channels using WebSocket and integrate Spring with web technologies such as JSF, Struts 2, and Tapestry. At the tail end, you will build a modern SPA using EmberJS at the front end and a Spring MVC-based API at the back end.By the end of the book, you will be able to develop your own dull-fledged applications with Spring.

Implementing VMware vCenter Server. This book starts with the basics then leads you by the hand through a complete Vmware vCenter Server implementation course. Designed to help you administer and manage your environment on a day to day basis

Konstantin Kuminsky, Kostantin Kuminsky

Mastering DynamoDB. Master the intricacies of the NoSQL database DynamoDB to take advantage of its fast performance and seamless scalability

Tanmay Deshpande