Azure Containers Explained. Leverage Azure container technologies for effective application migration and deployment

Wesley Haakman, Richard Hooper

Whether you’re working with a start-up or an enterprise, making decisions related to using different container technologies on Azure has a notable impact your app migration and modernization strategies. This is where companies face challenges, while choosing the right solutions and deciding when to move on to the next technology. Azure Containers Explained helps you make the right architectural choices for your solutions and get well-versed with the migration path to other platforms using practical examples.You’ll begin with a recap of containers as technology and where you can store them within Azure. Next, you’ll explore the different Microsoft Azure container technologies and understand how each platform, namely Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Instances (ACI), Azure Functions, and Azure App Services, work – you’ll learn to implement them by grasping their respective characteristics and use cases. Finally, you’ll build upon your own container solution on Azure using best practices from real-world examples and successfully transform your business from a start-up to a full-fledged enterprise.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to effectively cater to your business and application needs by selecting and modernizing your apps using various Microsoft Azure container services.

Learning Construct 2. Design and create your own engaging, extensible, and addictive game using Construct 2

Aryadi Subagio

Stencyl Essentials. Build beautiful, unique, cross-platform games rapidly with the free Stencyl 2D game engine and toolset

Richard Sneyd

Instant OSGi Starter. The essential guide to modular development with OSGi

Johan Edstrom, Johan Edstorm, Jamie Goodyear

OSGi is a tried and true modularity standard for Java. It has in recent years gained a lot of traction and tooling; becoming frequently used in Enterprise containers and distributed software systems. Instant OSGi Starter is where you should start before beginning your first OSGi based project. You'll be exposed to the core concepts, gain practical experience with the most important features, and learn about the basic tenets of modular code practices. This book begins with the fundamental tools needed for building modular applications, top features with basic tenets of modular core practices and provides useful insights into resources and the community.As this book progresses you will be able to get started programming in OSGi whilst looking at the default three layer design so the application will be architected towards modularity and simplicity.Through exploring several tools and technologies and browsing the communities you will be able to work towards modular programming in OSGi.

Creators of Intelligence. Industry secrets from AI leaders that you can easily apply to advance your data science career

Dr. Alex Antic, John K. Thompson

A Gartner prediction in 2018 led to numerous articles stating that 85% of AI and machine learning projects fail to deliver.” Although it's unclear whether a mass extinction event occurred for AI implementations at the end of 2022, the question remains: how can I ensure that my project delivers value and doesn't become a statistic?The demand for data scientists has only grown since 2015, when they were dubbed the new “rock stars” of business. But how can you become a data science rock star? As a new senior data leader, how can you build and manage a productive team? And what is the path to becoming a chief data officer?Creators of Intelligence is a collection of in-depth, one-on-one interviews where Dr. Alex Antic, a recognized data science leader, explores the answers to these questions and more with some of the world's leading data science leaders and CDOs.Interviews with: Cortnie Abercrombie, Edward Santow, Kshira Saagar, Charles Martin, Petar Veličković, Kathleen Maley, Kirk Borne, Nikolaj Van Omme, Jason Tamara Widjaja, Jon Whittle, Althea Davis, Igor Halperin, Christina Stathopoulos, Angshuman Ghosh, Maria Milosavljevic, Dr. Meri Rosich, Dat Tran, and Stephane Doyen.

Feature Engineering for Modern Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn. Mastering data preparation and transformation for robust ML models

Cuantum Technologies LLC

Feature engineering is essential for building robust predictive models. This book delves into practical techniques for transforming raw data into powerful features using Scikit-Learn. You'll explore automation, deep learning integrations, and advanced topics like feature selection and model evaluation. Learn to handle real-world data challenges, enhance accuracy, and streamline your workflows.Through hands-on projects, readers will gain practical experience with techniques such as clustering, pipelines, and feature selection, applied to domains like retail and healthcare. Step-by-step instructions ensure a comprehensive learning journey, from foundational concepts to advanced automation and hybrid modeling approaches.By combining theory with real-world applications, the book equips data professionals with the tools to unlock the full potential of machine learning models. Whether working with structured datasets or integrating deep learning features, this guide provides actionable insights to tackle any data transformation challenge effectively.

Mastering Clip Studio Paint. Discover advanced CSP techniques to create breathtaking illustrations quickly and easily

Bruna Belfort

Packed with powerful tools for creating high-quality illustrations, Clip Studio Paint (CSP) is a digital artist’s dream, but truly harnessing its potential to transform your art requires you to master its advanced features and techniques. Written by Bruna Belfort, a seasoned digital artist with over 15 years of experience in creating digital art and a gift for making complex techniques easy to grasp, Mastering Clip Studio Paint is your ultimate guide to standing out in the digital art world.This book guides you through efficient workspace customization, streamlining workflows, and organizing projects with precision, deepening your understanding with each turn of the page. You'll learn time-saving painting techniques, create clean line art, maximize layer efficiency, and customize brushes for advanced painting styles. The book allows you to explore 3D space and materials as you manipulate objects on the canvas, illuminate your artwork with 3D lighting, and create immersive backgrounds. Along the way, you'll gain insights into character design, environment illustrations, and digital painting that will expand your creative toolkit.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to confidently tackle any creative challenge with CSP, optimizing your artistic process, applying advanced techniques, and adding depth and dimension to your artwork.

Kibana 8.x - A Quick Start Guide to Data Analysis. Learn about data exploration, visualization, and dashboard building with Kibana

Krishna Shah

Unleash the full potential of Kibana—an indispensable tool for data analysts to seamlessly explore vast datasets, uncover key insights, identify trends and anomalies, and share results. This book guides you through its user-friendly interface, interactive visualizations, and robust features, including real-time data monitoring and advanced analytics, showing you how Kibana revolutionizes your approach to navigating and analyzing complex datasets.Starting with the foundational steps of installing, configuring, and running Kibana, this book progresses systematically to explain the search and data visualization capabilities for data stored in the Elasticsearch cluster. You’ll then delve into the practical details of creating data views and optimizing spaces to better organize the analysis environment. As you advance, you'll get to grips with using the discover interface and learn how to build different types of extensive visualizations using Lens.By the end of this book, you’ll have a complete understanding of how Kibana works, helping you leverage its capabilities to build an analytics and visualization solution from scratch for your data-driven use case.