Mastering Vim. Efficient and effortless editing with Vim and Vimscript - Second Edition

Ruslan Osipov

Discover what makes Vim one of the most popular text editors in the world, renowned for its blend of efficiency, customization, extensibility, and portability. With Mastering Vim, you’ll come to appreciate its extensive plugin system and seamless integration with various tools, which enable Vim to provide developers with an extensible and customizable development environment for programmers.This comprehensive guide to Vim will help you become more efficient at editing text: be it prose or code. Starting from the basics, advanced movement, and text operations, you’ll learn how Vim can be used as a full-fledged IDE. You’ll then progress to refactoring, debugging, building, testing, version control, plugins, and Vimscript through practical guidance. This second edition comes packed with fully revamped examples that are both engaging and easy to understand, complemented by drawings and diagrams that help to visualize the concepts covered in the book. Updated to cover Vim 9, this edition includes updated installation and troubleshooting instructions, along with examples in Vim9script.By the end of this Vim book, you’ll be well-versed in Vim and have the skills you need to build a complete application using this popular text editor.

Natural Language Processing with Java and LingPipe Cookbook. Over 60 effective recipes to develop your Natural Language Processing (NLP) skills quickly and effectively

Frederick Baldwin, Krishna Dayanidhi

Less Web Development Essentials. Use CSS preprocessing to streamline the development and maintenance of your web applications

Bass Jobsen

Less is a CSS preprocessor that essentially improves the functionality of simple CSS with the addition of several features. The book begins by teaching you how Less facilitates the process of web development. You will quickly then move on to actually creating your first layout using Less and compiling your very first Less code.Next, you will learn about variables and mixins and how they will help in building robust CSS code. In addition, you'll learn how to keep your code clean and test it by using style guides. We will then move on to the concept of Bootstrapping and the strength of using Less with Twitter Bootstrap. Going one step further, you will be able to customize Twitter's Bootstrap 3 using Less.Finally, you will learn how to integrate Less into your WordPress themes and explore other web apps that use Less. By leveraging this powerful CSS preprocessor, you will be able to consistently produce amazing web applications while making CSS code development an enjoyable experience.

Mastering Dart. Master the art of programming high-performance applications with Dart

Sergey Akopkokhyants

Microsoft Certified Azure Data Fundamentals (Exam DP-900) Certification Guide. The comprehensive guide to passing the DP-900 exam on your first attempt

Marcelo Leite

Passing the DP-900 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals exam opens the door to a myriad of opportunities for working with data services in the cloud. But it is not an easy exam and you'll need a guide to set you up for success and prepare you for a career in Microsoft Azure.Absolutely everything you need to pass the DP-900 exam is covered in this concise handbook. After an introductory chapter covering the core terms and concepts, you'll go through the various roles related to working with data in the cloud and learn the similarities and differences between relational and non-relational databases. This foundational knowledge is crucial, as you'll learn how to provision and deploy Azure's relational and non-relational services in detail later in the book. You'll also gain an understanding of how to glean insights with data analytics at both small and large scales, and how to visualize your insights with Power BI. Once you reach the end of the book, you'll be able to test your knowledge with practice tests with detailed explanations of the correct answers.By the end of this book, you will be armed with the knowledge and confidence to not only pass the DP-900 exam but also have a solid foundation from which to embark on a career in Azure data services.

Learning Couchbase. Design documents and implement real world e-commerce applications with Couchbase

Henry Potsangbam

This book achieves its goal by taking up an end-to-end development structure, right from understanding NOSQL document design to implementing full fledged eCommerce application design using Couchbase as a backend. Starting with the architecture of Couchbase to get you up and running, this book quickly takes you through designing a NoSQL document and implementing highly scalable applications using Java API. You will then be introduced to document design and get to know the various ways to administer Couchbase. Followed by this, learn to store documents using bucket. Moving on, you will then learn to store, retrieve and delete documents using smart client base on Java API. You will then retrieve documents using SQL like syntax call N1QL. Next, you will learn how to write map reduce base views. Finally, you will configure XDCR for disaster recovery and implement an eCommerce application using Couchbase.

Hands-On Exploratory Data Analysis with Python. Perform EDA techniques to understand, summarize, and investigate your data

Suresh Kumar Mukhiya, Usman Ahmed

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) is an approach to data analysis that involves the application of diverse techniques to gain insights into a dataset. This book will help you gain practical knowledge of the main pillars of EDA - data cleaning, data preparation, data exploration, and data visualization.You’ll start by performing EDA using open source datasets and perform simple to advanced analyses to turn data into meaningful insights. You’ll then learn various descriptive statistical techniques to describe the basic characteristics of data and progress to performing EDA on time-series data. As you advance, you’ll learn how to implement EDA techniques for model development and evaluation and build predictive models to visualize results. Using Python for data analysis, you’ll work with real-world datasets, understand data, summarize its characteristics, and visualize it for business intelligence.By the end of this EDA book, you’ll have developed the skills required to carry out a preliminary investigation on any dataset, yield insights into data, present your results with visual aids, and build a model that correctly predicts future outcomes.

The Professional Scrum Master Guide. The unofficial guide to Scrum with real-world projects

Fred Heath

This book demonstrates the real-world applications of Scrum in a variety of scenarios, all with practical examples. You’ll understand why the structure of your Scrum team matters, and how to create and manage sprint and product backlogs. Each chapter concludes with relevance to the exam, reinforcing what you’ve learned as you work through the book and making sure you have an edge when it comes to earning your certificate.The statements made and opinions expressed herein belong exclusively to Packt Publishing Ltd and are not shared by or represent the viewpoint of Scrum.org. This training does not constitute an endorsement of any product, service or point of view. Scrum.org makes no representations, warranties or assurances of any kind, express or implied, as to the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, availability or currency of the content contained in this presentation or any material related to this presentation. In no event shall Scrum.org, its agents, officers, employees, licensees or affiliates be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business information, or loss of information) arising out of the information or statements contained in the training. Any reliance you place on such content is strictly at your own risk.