Wydawca: Packt Publishing
Alkin Tezuysal, Ibrar Ahmed, Peter Zaitsev
Database Design and Modeling with PostgreSQL and MySQL will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to architect, build, and optimize efficient databases using two of the most popular open-source platforms.As you progress through the chapters, you'll gain a deep understanding of data modeling, normalization, and query optimization, supported by hands-on exercises and real-world case studies that will reinforce your learning. You'll explore topics like concurrency control, backup and recovery strategies, and seamless integration with web and mobile applications. These advanced topics will empower you to tackle complex database challenges confidently and effectively. Additionally, you’ll explore emerging trends, such as NoSQL databases and cloud-based solutions, ensuring you're well-versed in the latest developments shaping the database landscape. By embracing these cutting-edge technologies, you'll be prepared to adapt and innovate in today's ever-evolving digital world.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to understand the technologies that exist to design a modern and scalable database for developing web applications using MySQL and PostgreSQL open-source databases.
Saba Shah, Rod Waltermann
Spark has become a de facto standard for big data processing. Migrating data processing to Spark saves resources, streamlines your business focus, and modernizes workloads, creating new business opportunities through Spark’s advanced capabilities. Written by a senior solutions architect at Databricks, with experience in leading data science and data engineering teams in Fortune 500s as well as startups, this book is your exhaustive guide to achieving the Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark certification on your first attempt.You’ll explore the core components of Apache Spark, its architecture, and its optimization, while familiarizing yourself with the Spark DataFrame API and its components needed for data manipulation. You’ll also find out what Spark streaming is and why it’s important for modern data stacks, before learning about machine learning in Spark and its different use cases. What’s more, you’ll discover sample questions at the end of each section along with two mock exams to help you prepare for the certification exam.By the end of this book, you’ll know what to expect in the exam and gain enough understanding of Spark and its tools to pass the exam. You’ll also be able to apply this knowledge in a real-world setting and take your skillset to the next level.
Stephanie Rivera, Anastasia Prokaieva, Amanda Baker, Hayley...
Discover what makes the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform the go-to choice for top-tier machine learning solutions. Written by a team of industry experts at Databricks with decades of combined experience in big data, machine learning, and data science, Databricks ML in Action presents cloud-agnostic, end-to-end examples with hands-on illustrations of executing data science, machine learning, and generative AI projects on the Databricks Platform.You’ll develop expertise in Databricks' managed MLflow, Vector Search, AutoML, Unity Catalog, and Model Serving as you learn to apply them practically in everyday workflows. This Databricks book not only offers detailed code explanations but also facilitates seamless code importation for practical use. You’ll discover how to leverage the open-source Databricks platform to enhance learning, boost skills, and elevate productivity with supplemental resources.By the end of this book, you'll have mastered the use of Databricks for data science, machine learning, and generative AI, enabling you to deliver outstanding data products.
Alejandro Duarte
Vaadin is an open-source Java framework used to build modern user interfaces. Vaadin 8 simplifies application development and improves user experience. The book begins with an overview of the architecture of Vaadin applications and the way you can organize your code in modules.Then it moves to the more advanced topics about advanced topics such as internationalization, authentication, authorization, and database connectivity. The book also teaches you how to implement CRUD views, how to generate printable reports, and how to manage data with lazy loading.By the end of this book you will be able to architect, implement, and deploy stunning Vaadin applications, and have the knowledge to master web development with Vaadin.
Jonas Christensen, Nakul Bajaj, Manmohan Gosada, Kirk...
In the rapidly advancing data-driven world where data quality is pivotal to the success of machine learning and artificial intelligence projects, this critically timed guide provides a rare, end-to-end overview of data-centric machine learning (DCML), along with hands-on applications of technical and non-technical approaches to generating deeper and more accurate datasets.This book will help you understand what data-centric ML/AI is and how it can help you to realize the potential of ‘small data’. Delving into the building blocks of data-centric ML/AI, you’ll explore the human aspects of data labeling, tackle ambiguity in labeling, and understand the role of synthetic data. From strategies to improve data collection to techniques for refining and augmenting datasets, you’ll learn everything you need to elevate your data-centric practices. Through applied examples and insights for overcoming challenges, you’ll get a roadmap for implementing data-centric ML/AI in diverse applications in Python.By the end of this book, you’ll have developed a profound understanding of data-centric ML/AI and the proficiency to seamlessly integrate common data-centric approaches in the model development lifecycle to unlock the full potential of your machine learning projects by prioritizing data quality and reliability.
Thomas Kurian Theakanath
Datadog is an essential cloud monitoring and operational analytics tool which enables the monitoring of servers, virtual machines, containers, databases, third-party tools, and application services. IT and DevOps teams can easily leverage Datadog to monitor infrastructure and cloud services, and this book will show you how.The book starts by describing basic monitoring concepts and types of monitoring that are rolled out in a large-scale IT production engineering environment. Moving on, the book covers how standard monitoring features are implemented on the Datadog platform and how they can be rolled out in a real-world production environment. As you advance, you'll discover how Datadog is integrated with popular software components that are used to build cloud platforms. The book also provides details on how to use monitoring standards such as Java Management Extensions (JMX) and StatsD to extend the Datadog platform. Finally, you'll get to grips with monitoring fundamentals, learn how monitoring can be rolled out using Datadog proactively, and find out how to extend and customize the Datadog platform.By the end of this Datadog book, you will have gained the skills needed to monitor your cloud infrastructure and the software applications running on it using Datadog.
Greg Deckler
DAX provides an extra edge by extracting key information from the data that is already present in your model. Filled with examples of practical, real-world calculations geared toward business metrics and key performance indicators, this cookbook features solutions that you can apply for your own business analysis needs.You'll learn to write various DAX expressions and functions to understand how DAX queries work. The book also covers sections on dates, time, and duration to help you deal with working days, time zones, and shifts. You'll then discover how to manipulate text and numbers to create dynamic titles and ranks, and deal with measure totals. Later, you'll explore common business metrics for finance, customers, employees, and projects. The book will also show you how to implement common industry metrics such as days of supply, mean time between failure, order cycle time and overall equipment effectiveness. In the concluding chapters, you'll learn to apply statistical formulas for covariance, kurtosis, and skewness. Finally, you'll explore advanced DAX patterns for interpolation, inverse aggregators, inverse slicers, and even forecasting with a deseasonalized correlation coefficient.By the end of this book, you'll have the skills you need to use DAX's functionality and flexibility in business intelligence and data analytics.