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Rui Miguel Santos Madeira, Dawid Gorny
Cinder is one of the most exciting frameworks available for creative coding. It is developed in C++ for increased performance and allows for the fast creation of visually complex, interactive applications.Cinder Creative Coding Cookbook will show you how to develop interactive and visually dynamic applications using simple-to-follow recipes.You will learn how to use multimedia content, draw generative graphics in 2D and 3D, and animate them in compelling ways. Beginning with creating simple projects with Cinder, you will use multimedia, create animations, and interact with the user.From animation with particles to using video, audio, and images, the reader will gain a broad knowledge of creating applications using Cinder.With recipes that include drawing in 3D, image processing, and sensing and tracking in real-time from camera input, the book will teach you how to develop interesting applications.Cinder Creative Coding Cookbook will give you the necessary knowledge to start creating projects with Cinder that use animations and advanced visuals.
Giovanni Visai
As Unreal Engine 5 continues to conquer all industries thanks to its real-time technology, UE skills are becoming more sought after than ever. This three-part book covers all the processes behind the creation of a stunning environment in UE 5.Starting with the steps for installing the game engine and learning about its potential, you’ll quickly progress toward generating a variety of different upwards scaling outputs, each bigger than the previous one. After completing the first part and getting realistic shots of a single object, you’ll delve into the world of landscapes, procedural material and foliage, the Landmass plugin, and water tools by creating an environment using Megascan assets. At this point, you’ll know everything you need to create a fascinating and realistic environment. The final part of this book will teach you how to craft cinematic shots by working with cinematic tools, post processing, and framing tools, and by rendering a photorealistic shot in the last chapter.By the end of this Unreal Engine book, you'll be able to create outstanding and realistic environments using the powerful tools provided by UE as well as have an understanding of the importance of filming and composition in world building.
Hemang Doshi
With the latest updates and revised study material, this second edition of the Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide provides an excellent starting point for your CISA certification preparation. The book strengthens your grip on the core concepts through a three-step approach. First, it presents the fundamentals with easy-to-understand theoretical explanations. Next, it provides a list of key aspects that are crucial from the CISA exam perspective, ensuring you focus on important pointers for the exam. Finally, the book makes you an expert in specific topics by engaging you with self-assessment questions designed to align with the exam format, challenging you to apply your knowledge and sharpen your understanding.Moreover, the book comes with lifetime access to supplementary resources on an online platform, including CISA flashcards, practice questions, and valuable exam tips. With unlimited access to the website, you’ll have the flexibility to practice as many times as you desire, maximizing your exam readiness.By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the proficiency to successfully obtain the CISA certification and significantly upgrade your auditing career.
Hemang Doshi
Are you looking to prepare for the CISA exam and understand the roles and responsibilities of an information systems (IS) auditor?The CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide is here to help you get started with CISA exam prep.This book covers all the five CISA domains in detail to help you pass the exam. You’ll start by getting up and running with the practical aspects of an information systems audit. The book then shows you how to govern and manage IT, before getting you up to speed with acquiring information systems. As you progress, you’ll gain knowledge of information systems operations and understand how to maintain business resilience, which will help you tackle various real-world business problems. Finally, you’ll be able to assist your organization in effectively protecting and controlling information systems with IT audit standards.By the end of this CISA book, you'll not only have covered the essential concepts and techniques you need to know to pass the CISA certification exam but also have the ability to apply them in the real world.
Hemang Doshi, Javen Khoo Ai Wee
Following on from the success of its bestselling predecessor, this third edition of the CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide serves as your go-to resource for acing the CISA exam. Written by renowned CISA expert Hemang Doshi, this guide equips you with practical skills and in-depth knowledge to excel in information systems auditing, setting the foundation for a thriving career.Fully updated to align with the 28th edition of the CISA Official Review Manual, this guide covers the latest exam objectives and provides a deep dive into essential IT auditing areas, including IT governance, systems development, and asset protection. The book follows a structured, three-step approach to solidify your understanding. First, it breaks down the fundamentals with clear, concise explanations. Then, it highlights critical exam-focused points to ensure you concentrate on key areas. Finally, it challenges you with self-assessment questions that reflect the exam format, helping you assess your knowledge.Additionally, you’ll gain access to online resources, including mock exams, interactive flashcards, and invaluable exam tips, ensuring you’re fully prepared for the exam with unlimited practice opportunities.By the end of this guide, you’ll be ready to pass the CISA exam with confidence and advance your career in auditing.
Stuart Fordham
Over 90 recipes to maximize automated solutions and policy-drive application profiles using Cisco ACIAbout This BookConfidently provision your virtual and physical infrastructure for application deploymentIntegrate Cisco ACI with hypervisors and other third party devicesPacked with powerful recipes to automate your IT operationsWho This Book Is ForIf you are a network administrator, system administrator, or engineer and are aware of the basics of Cisco ACI but want to start using it to automate your tasks, then this book is for youWhat You Will LearnMaster the Cisco ACI architectureDiscover the ACI fabric with easy-to-follow stepsSet up quality of service within ACIConfigure external networks with Cisco ACIIntegrate with VMware and track VMware virtual machinesConfigure apply and verify access policiesExtend or migrate a VMware virtual-machine LAN inside the ACI fabricMonitor ACI with third party tools and troubleshoot issuesIn DetailCisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is a tough architecture that automates IT tasks and accelerates data-center application deployments.This book focuses on practical recipes to help you quickly build, manage, and customize hybrid environment for your organization using Cisco ACI. You will begin by understanding the Cisco ACI architecture and its major components. You will then configure Cisco ACI policies and tenants. Next you will connect to hypervisors and other third-party devices. Moving on, you will configure routing to external networks and within ACI tenants and also learn to secure ACI through RBAC. Furthermore, you will understand how to set up quality of service and network programming with REST, XML, Python and so on. Finally you will learn to monitor and troubleshoot ACI in the event of any issues that arise.By the end of the book, you will gain have mastered automating your IT tasks and accelerating the deployment of your applications.Style and approachA set of exciting recipes to automate your IT operations related to datacenters, the Cloud, and networking tasks
Glen D. Singh
Achieving the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 certification helps you to kickstart your career in cybersecurity operations. This book offers up-to-date coverage of 200-201 exam resources to fully equip you to pass on your first attempt.The book covers the essentials of network security concepts and shows you how to perform security threat monitoring. You'll begin by gaining an in-depth understanding of cryptography and exploring the methodology for performing both host and network-based intrusion analysis. Next, you'll learn about the importance of implementing security management and incident response strategies in an enterprise organization. As you advance, you'll see why implementing defenses is necessary by taking an in-depth approach, and then perform security monitoring and packet analysis on a network. You'll also discover the need for computer forensics and get to grips with the components used to identify network intrusions. Finally, the book will not only help you to learn the theory but also enable you to gain much-needed practical experience for the cybersecurity industry.By the end of this Cisco cybersecurity book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 certification exam, and have a handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide.
Victor Wu
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) is a data center server platform that is used for computing, deploying, and storing resources in data center environments.This cookbook aims to teach you about various tasks you can implement to improve your existing method of configuring and deploying UCS. You will start by learning how to upgrade your firmware on Brocade and Cisco Fibre Channel Switch and will move on to enhance your knowledge of LAN connectivity. We will then discuss how to configure Windows 2008 and 2012 local boot in Cisco UCS. Next, you will learn how to install the operating system on Cisco UCS and use Cisco UCS Power Calculator to calculate the UCS consumption. Finally, we’ll take a look at backup solutions.By the end of the book, you will know several ways to build and compute in data center environment using Cisco UCS.