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Getting Structured Data from the Internet

Running Web Crawlers/Scrapers on a Big Data Production Scale

by Jay M. Patel ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
Utilize web scraping at scale to quickly get unlimited amounts of free data available on the web into a structured format. This book teaches you to use Python scripts to crawl through websites at scale and scrape data from HTML and JavaScript-enabled pages and convert it into structured data formats such as CSV, Excel, JSON, or load it into a SQL database of your choice.This book goes beyond the ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Utilize web scraping at scale to quickly get unlimited amounts of free data available on the web into a structured format. This book teaches you to use Python scripts to crawl through websites at scale and scrape data from HTML and JavaScript-enabled pages and convert it into structured data formats such as CSV, Excel, JSON, or load it into a SQL database of your choice.This book goes beyond the
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Snowflake Data Engineering

by Maja Ferle ...

A practical introduction to data engineering on the powerful Snowflake cloud data platform.Data engineers create the pipelines that ingest raw data, transform it, and funnel it to the analysts and professionals who need it. The Snowflake cloud data platform provides a suite of productivity-focused tools and features that simplify building and maintaining data pipelines. In Snowflake Data ... Read more

$49.99 USD

A practical introduction to data engineering on the powerful Snowflake cloud data platform.Data engineers create the pipelines that ingest raw data, transform it, and funnel it to the analysts and professionals who need it. The Snowflake cloud data platform provides a suite of productivity-focused tools and features that simplify building and maintaining data pipelines. In Snowflake Data
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The Definitive ANTLR 4 Reference

by Terence Parr ...

Programmers run into parsing problems all the time. Whether it's a data format like JSON, a network protocol like SMTP, a server configuration file for Apache, a PostScript/PDF file, or a simple spreadsheet macro language--ANTLR v4 and this book will demystify the process. ANTLR v4 has been rewritten from scratch to make it easier than ever to build parsers and the language applications built on ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Programmers run into parsing problems all the time. Whether it's a data format like JSON, a network protocol like SMTP, a server configuration file for Apache, a PostScript/PDF file, or a simple spreadsheet macro language--ANTLR v4 and this book will demystify the process. ANTLR v4 has been rewritten from scratch to make it easier than ever to build parsers and the language applications built on
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MacOS Big Sur User Guide

A Complete Illustrated Guide To Mastering The New MacOS Big Sur For Beginners, Seniors, And Advanced Users With Tips And Tricks

by Phillips Russell ...

MacOS Big Sur is the new operating system for MacOS that was officially released on June 22, 2020 and made available to the general public on November 12, 2020. MacOS Big Sur is the 17th version of Apple's computers that transited from macOS 10 (also known as Mac OS X) to macOS 11 for the first time since 2000. MacOS Big Sur includes faster updates that begin in the background and finish all the ... Read more

$2.99 USD

MacOS Big Sur is the new operating system for MacOS that was officially released on June 22, 2020 and made available to the general public on November 12, 2020. MacOS Big Sur is the 17th version of Apple's computers that transited from macOS 10 (also known as Mac OS X) to macOS 11 for the first time since 2000. MacOS Big Sur includes faster updates that begin in the background and finish all the
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Working with Groupware

Understanding and Evaluating Collaboration Technology

by J.H. Erik Andriessen ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This publication has grown out of two frustrations. One is the experience that so many applications in the area of information and communication technology (lCT) are built without an eye to what the users can handle or need for their work, systematic user oriented evaluation of new tools is therefore limited. The video recorder provides a good general example of this phenomenon, but more ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This publication has grown out of two frustrations. One is the experience that so many applications in the area of information and communication technology (lCT) are built without an eye to what the users can handle or need for their work, systematic user oriented evaluation of new tools is therefore limited. The video recorder provides a good general example of this phenomenon, but more
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Learn Cocoa on the Mac

by Jack Nutting, Peter Clark ...

The Cocoa frameworks are some of the most powerful for creating native OS X apps available today. However, for a first-time Mac developer, just firing up Xcode 4 and starting to browse the documentation can be a daunting and frustrating task. The Objective-C class reference documentation alone would fill thousands of printed pages, not to mention all the other tutorials and guides included with ... Read more

$35.99 USD

The Cocoa frameworks are some of the most powerful for creating native OS X apps available today. However, for a first-time Mac developer, just firing up Xcode 4 and starting to browse the documentation can be a daunting and frustrating task. The Objective-C class reference documentation alone would fill thousands of printed pages, not to mention all the other tutorials and guides included with
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Cassandra: The Definitive Guide, (Revised) Third Edition

Distributed Data at Web Scale

by Jeff Carpenter, Eben Hewitt ...

Imagine what you could do if scalability wasn't a problem. With this hands-on guide, you'll learn how the Cassandra database management system handles hundreds of terabytes of data while remaining highly available across multiple data centers. This revised third edition--updated for Cassandra 4.0 and new developments in the Cassandra ecosystem, including deployments in Kubernetes with K8ssandra- ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Imagine what you could do if scalability wasn't a problem. With this hands-on guide, you'll learn how the Cassandra database management system handles hundreds of terabytes of data while remaining highly available across multiple data centers. This revised third edition--updated for Cassandra 4.0 and new developments in the Cassandra ecosystem, including deployments in Kubernetes with K8ssandra-
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Writing and Querying MapReduce Views in CouchDB

Tools for Data Analysts

by Bradley Holt ...

If you want to use CouchDB to support real-world applications, you'll need to create MapReduce views that let you query this document-oriented database for meaningful data. With this short and concise ebook, you'll learn how to create a variety of MapReduce views to help you query and aggregate data in CouchDB’s large, distributed datasets.You'll get step-by-step instructions and lots of sample ... Read more

$13.99 USD

If you want to use CouchDB to support real-world applications, you'll need to create MapReduce views that let you query this document-oriented database for meaningful data. With this short and concise ebook, you'll learn how to create a variety of MapReduce views to help you query and aggregate data in CouchDB’s large, distributed datasets.You'll get step-by-step instructions and lots of sample
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JavaScript Object Programming

by Martin Rinehart ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This brief book explains the advantages of the object model, inheritance, both classical and prototypical, and shows how these concepts can be implemented in JavaScript. It also shows how object programming (OP) opens a new world of design possibilities that go far beyond inheritance.This book will help the intermediate JavaScript programmer learn to use both types of inheritance. For classical ... Read more

$28.99 USD

This brief book explains the advantages of the object model, inheritance, both classical and prototypical, and shows how these concepts can be implemented in JavaScript. It also shows how object programming (OP) opens a new world of design possibilities that go far beyond inheritance.This book will help the intermediate JavaScript programmer learn to use both types of inheritance. For classical
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Make a 2D RPG in a Weekend

Second Edition: With RPG Maker MV

by Darrin Perez ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Updated for RPG Maker MV using JavaScript, Make a 2D RPG in a Weekend shows you how to create your very own dungeon crawler game in RPG Maker MV in a single weekend. The entire process, from start to finish, is covered within this book. You will see a variety of dungeon maps and events, all broken down for your convenience.One of the hardest parts of game development is actually finishing a game, ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Updated for RPG Maker MV using JavaScript, Make a 2D RPG in a Weekend shows you how to create your very own dungeon crawler game in RPG Maker MV in a single weekend. The entire process, from start to finish, is covered within this book. You will see a variety of dungeon maps and events, all broken down for your convenience.One of the hardest parts of game development is actually finishing a game,
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Stream Analytics with Microsoft Azure

Real-time data processing for quick insights using Azure Stream Analytics

by Anindita Basak, Ryan Murphy, Manpreet Singh, Krishnaswamy Venkataraman ...

Develop and manage effective real-time streaming solutions by leveraging the power of Microsoft AzureKey FeaturesAnalyze your data from various sources using Microsoft Azure Stream AnalyticsDevelop, manage and automate your stream analytics solution with Microsoft AzureA practical guide to real-time event processing and performing analytics on the cloudBook DescriptionMicrosoft Azure is a very ... Read more

$37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Develop and manage effective real-time streaming solutions by leveraging the power of Microsoft AzureKey FeaturesAnalyze your data from various sources using Microsoft Azure Stream AnalyticsDevelop, manage and automate your stream analytics solution with Microsoft AzureA practical guide to real-time event processing and performing analytics on the cloudBook DescriptionMicrosoft Azure is a very
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Jupyter for Data Science

Exploratory analysis, statistical modeling, machine learning, and data visualization with Jupyter

by Toomey ...

Your one-stop guide to building an efficient data science pipeline using JupyterKey Features\[\*\]Get the most out of your Jupyter notebook to complete the trickiest of tasks in Data Science\[\*\]Learn all the tasks in the data science pipeline—from data acquisition to visualization—and implement them using Jupyter\[\*\]Get ahead of the curve by mastering all the applications of Jupyter for data ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Your one-stop guide to building an efficient data science pipeline using JupyterKey Features\[\*\]Get the most out of your Jupyter notebook to complete the trickiest of tasks in Data Science\[\*\]Learn all the tasks in the data science pipeline—from data acquisition to visualization—and implement them using Jupyter\[\*\]Get ahead of the curve by mastering all the applications of Jupyter for data
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Regression Analysis with R

Design and develop statistical nodes to identify unique relationships within data at scale

by Giuseppe Ciaburro, Pierre Paquay, Manoj Kumar, Shaikh Salamatullah ...

Build effective regression models in R to extract valuable insights from real dataKey FeaturesImplement different regression analysis techniques to solve common problems in data science - from data exploration to dealing with missing valuesFrom Simple Linear Regression to Logistic Regression - this book covers all regression techniques and their implementation in RA complete guide to building ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build effective regression models in R to extract valuable insights from real dataKey FeaturesImplement different regression analysis techniques to solve common problems in data science - from data exploration to dealing with missing valuesFrom Simple Linear Regression to Logistic Regression - this book covers all regression techniques and their implementation in RA complete guide to building
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The Discipline of Organizing: Professional Edition

by Robert J. Glushko ...

Note about this ebook: This ebook exploits many advanced capabilities with images, hypertext, and interactivity and is optimized for EPUB3-compliant book readers, especially Apple's iBooks and browser plugins. These features may not work on all ebook readers.We organize things. We organize information, information about things, and information about information. Organizing is a fundamental issue ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Note about this ebook: This ebook exploits many advanced capabilities with images, hypertext, and interactivity and is optimized for EPUB3-compliant book readers, especially Apple's iBooks and browser plugins. These features may not work on all ebook readers.We organize things. We organize information, information about things, and information about information. Organizing is a fundamental issue
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Governing the Machine

How to Navigate the Risks of AI and Unlock its True Potential

by Mr Ray Eitel-Porter, Paul Dongha, Miriam Vogel ...

*WINNER ('SPECIALIST BUSINESS BOOK' CATEGORY), BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2026*"Responsible AI isn't just a technical challenge – it's a leadership imperative. This book offers essential guidance for anyone navigating the promise of deploying AI at scale. Read this book to understand how."Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and bestselling author of Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI ... Read more

$28.99 USD

*WINNER ('SPECIALIST BUSINESS BOOK' CATEGORY), BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2026*"Responsible AI isn't just a technical challenge – it's a leadership imperative. This book offers essential guidance for anyone navigating the promise of deploying AI at scale. Read this book to understand how."Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and bestselling author of Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI
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Practical Web Design for Absolute Beginners

by Adrian W. West ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn the fundamentals of modern web design, rather than relying on CMS programs, such as WordPress or Joomla!. You will be introduced to the essentials of good design and how to optimize for search engines. You will discover how to register a domain name and migrate a website to a remote host. Because you will have built the web pages yourself, you will know exactly how HTML and CSS work. You ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Learn the fundamentals of modern web design, rather than relying on CMS programs, such as WordPress or Joomla!. You will be introduced to the essentials of good design and how to optimize for search engines. You will discover how to register a domain name and migrate a website to a remote host. Because you will have built the web pages yourself, you will know exactly how HTML and CSS work. You
... Read more
Bayesian Networks in R

with Applications in Systems Biology

by Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, Marco Scutari, Sophie Lèbre ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Bayesian Networks in R with Applications in Systems Biology is unique as it introduces the reader to the essential concepts in Bayesian network modeling and inference in conjunction with examples in the open-source statistical environment R. The level of sophistication is also gradually increased across the chapters with exercises and solutions for enhanced understanding for hands-on ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Bayesian Networks in R with Applications in Systems Biology is unique as it introduces the reader to the essential concepts in Bayesian network modeling and inference in conjunction with examples in the open-source statistical environment R. The level of sophistication is also gradually increased across the chapters with exercises and solutions for enhanced understanding for hands-on
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Introduction to Logic Circuits & Logic Design with Verilog

by Brock J. LaMeres ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This textbook for courses in Digital Systems Design introduces students to the fundamental hardware used in modern computers. Coverage includes both the classical approach to digital system design (i.e., pen and paper) in addition to the modern hardware description language (HDL) design approach (computer-based). Using this textbook enables readers to design digital systems using the modern HDL ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This textbook for courses in Digital Systems Design introduces students to the fundamental hardware used in modern computers. Coverage includes both the classical approach to digital system design (i.e., pen and paper) in addition to the modern hardware description language (HDL) design approach (computer-based). Using this textbook enables readers to design digital systems using the modern HDL
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Star Schema The Complete Reference

by Christopher Adamson ...

Series series The Complete Reference
The definitive guide to dimensional design for your data warehouseLearn the best practices of dimensional design. Star Schema: The Complete Reference offers in-depth coverage of design principles and their underlying rationales. Organized around design concepts and illustrated with detailed examples, this is a step-by-step guidebook for beginners and a comprehensive resource for experts.This all ... Read more

$55.99 USD

The definitive guide to dimensional design for your data warehouseLearn the best practices of dimensional design. Star Schema: The Complete Reference offers in-depth coverage of design principles and their underlying rationales. Organized around design concepts and illustrated with detailed examples, this is a step-by-step guidebook for beginners and a comprehensive resource for experts.This all
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Learn PHP 8

Using MySQL, JavaScript, CSS3, and HTML5

by Steve Prettyman ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Write solid, secure, object-oriented code in the new PHP 8. In this book you will create a complete three-tier application using a natural process of building and testing modules within each tier. This practical approach teaches you about app development and introduces PHP features when they are actually needed rather than providing you with abstract theory and contrived examples.In Learn PHP 8, ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Write solid, secure, object-oriented code in the new PHP 8. In this book you will create a complete three-tier application using a natural process of building and testing modules within each tier. This practical approach teaches you about app development and introduces PHP features when they are actually needed rather than providing you with abstract theory and contrived examples.In Learn PHP 8,
... Read more
Business Analysis

Fourth edition

by Debra Paul, James Cadle, Malcolm Eva, Craig Rollason, Jonathan Hunsley ...

Business analysis is a key discipline within business transformation projects. Too often business changes are introduced without such analysis, leading to failed projects, wasted investment and unnecessary business disruption. Effective business analysis enables greater project success, informed investment and beneficial business outcomes.Business Analysis describes the entire landscape for ... Read more

$60.99 USD

Business analysis is a key discipline within business transformation projects. Too often business changes are introduced without such analysis, leading to failed projects, wasted investment and unnecessary business disruption. Effective business analysis enables greater project success, informed investment and beneficial business outcomes.Business Analysis describes the entire landscape for
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Interpretable Machine Learning with Python

Build explainable, fair, and robust high-performance models with hands-on, real-world examples

by Serg Masís ...

A deep dive into the key aspects and challenges of machine learning interpretability using a comprehensive toolkit, including SHAP, feature importance, and causal inference, to build fairer, safer, and more reliable models. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesInterpret real-world data, including cardiovascular disease data and the COMPAS recidivism ... Read more

$37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A deep dive into the key aspects and challenges of machine learning interpretability using a comprehensive toolkit, including SHAP, feature importance, and causal inference, to build fairer, safer, and more reliable models. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesInterpret real-world data, including cardiovascular disease data and the COMPAS recidivism
... Read more
Quick Start Guide to Large Language Models

Strategies and Best Practices for Using ChatGPT and Other LLMs

by Sinan Ozdemir ...

The Practical, Step-by-Step Guide to Using LLMs at Scale in Projects and ProductsLarge Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are demonstrating breathtaking capabilities, but their size and complexity have deterred many practitioners from applying them. In Quick Start Guide to Large Language Models, pioneering data scientist and AI entrepreneur Sinan Ozdemir clears away those obstacles and provides a ... Read more

$43.99 USD

The Practical, Step-by-Step Guide to Using LLMs at Scale in Projects and ProductsLarge Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are demonstrating breathtaking capabilities, but their size and complexity have deterred many practitioners from applying them. In Quick Start Guide to Large Language Models, pioneering data scientist and AI entrepreneur Sinan Ozdemir clears away those obstacles and provides a
... Read more
Blockchain Quick Reference

A guide to exploring decentralized blockchain application development

by Brenn Hill, Samanyu Chopra, Paul Valencourt ...

Understand the Blockchain revolution and get to grips with Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, and Corda.Key FeaturesResolve common challenges and problems faced in the Blockchain domainStudy architecture, concepts, terminologies, and DappsMake smart choices using Blockchain for personal and business investmentsBook DescriptionBlockchain Quick Reference takes you through the electrifying world of ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Understand the Blockchain revolution and get to grips with Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, and Corda.Key FeaturesResolve common challenges and problems faced in the Blockchain domainStudy architecture, concepts, terminologies, and DappsMake smart choices using Blockchain for personal and business investmentsBook DescriptionBlockchain Quick Reference takes you through the electrifying world of
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