Book Watch Archive


Introducing Elixir 2nd Ed (O'Reilly)
Thursday, 16 March 2017

In this hands on introduction, authors Simon St. Laurent and J. David Eisenberg show you how Elixir combines the robust functional programming of Erlang with an approach that looks more like Ruby, and includes powerful macro features for metaprogramming. Updated to cover Elixir 1.4, the second edition of this practical book helps you write simple Elixir programs by teaching one skill at a time.

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Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services and Mobile Reports (Wrox)
Wednesday, 15 March 2017

This book covers business intelligence (BI), operational reporting and Reporting Services architecture using a clear, concise tutorial approach. Paul Turley discusses effective report solution design, and shows how to improve your own reports with advanced, best-practice design, usability, query design, and filtering techniques. 

<ASIN:1119258359>

 
Understanding the Digital World (Princeton University Press)
Monday, 13 March 2017

With the subtitle "What You Need to Know About Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security", this book by  Brian W. Kernighan, co-author of the classic K&R book "The C Programming Language", covers how computers are built and how they compute; what programming is and why it is difficult; how the Internet and the web operate; and how all of these affect our security, privacy, property, and other important social, political, and economic issues.

<ASIN:069117654X>

 
Thoughtful Machine Learning with Python (O'Reilly)
Thursday, 09 March 2017

By teaching you how to code machine-learning algorithms using a test-driven approach, this practical book aims to help you gain the confidence you need to use machine learning effectively in a business environment. The book shows how to dissect algorithms at a granular level, using various tests, and discover a framework for testing machine learning code. The author Matthew Kirk provides real-world examples to demonstrate the results of using machine-learning code effectively.

<ASIN:1491924136>

 
Beginning Android Programming with Android Studio, 4th Ed (Wrox)
Wednesday, 08 March 2017

The Android 7 release (New York Cheesecake) boasts significant new features and enhancements for both smartphone and tablet applications. J. F. DiMarzio takes a hands-on approach to teaching you how to create Android applications for the latest OS and the newest devices, including both smartphones and tablets. Backed by real-world examples he goes through all phases of Android application development, from getting acquainted with Android Studio to publishing to the Marketplace.

<ASIN:1118705599>

 
Just jQuery: The Core UI (I/O Press)
Monday, 06 March 2017

jQuery has developed from its original intent as a way to smooth over the differences in the way browsers interact with JavaScript, into a much more powerful tool that fully lives up to its motto of "write less, do more". As a result jQuery is compact and can seem cryptic until you get used its common idioms. Written for JavaScript developers working with web page layout, Ian Elliot's book enables you to use jQuery easily and efficiently. It also cuts through its seeming complexity, by presenting enough explanation at every stage for you to understand what is happening.

<ASIN:1871962501>

 
Python 201 (Leanpub)
Thursday, 02 March 2017

This book is targeted at those who know the basics of Python and now you want to go to the next level. It is based on Python 3 and covers topics such as working with descriptors, super, context managers, iterators and much, much more! It is the sequel to Python 101 also by Michael Driscoll and is at an intermediate level

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Scaling Teams (O'Reilly)
Wednesday, 01 March 2017

If you're leading a startup or a new team between 10 and 150 people, this guide, subtitled Strategies for Building Successful Teams and Organizations, provides a practical approach to managing your way through these challenges. Each section covers essential strategies and tactics for managing growth, starting with a single team and exploring typical scaling points as the team grows in size and complexity.  Authors David Loftesness and Alexander Grosse provide many examples and lessons based on their experience and interviews with industry leaders.

<ASIN:149195227X>

 
Production-Ready Microservices (O'Reilly)
Monday, 27 February 2017

One of the biggest challenges for organizations that have adopted microservice architecture is the lack of architectural, operational, and organizational standardization. In this practical book subtitled "Building Standardized Systems Across an Engineering Organization", author Susan Fowler presents a set of microservice standards in depth, drawing from her experience standardizing over a thousand microservices at Uber.

 

<ASIN:1491965975>

 
Spark In Action (Manning)
Thursday, 23 February 2017

This book teaches readers to use Spark for stream and batch data processing. It starts with an introduction to the Spark architecture and ecosystem followed by a taste of Spark's command line interface. Petar Zecevic and Marko Bonaci then introduce the most fundamental concepts and abstractions of Spark, particularly Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDDs) and the basic data transformations that RDDs provide.

<ASIN:1617292605>

 
Android Programming, 3rd Ed (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)
Wednesday, 22 February 2017

This introductory Android book for programmers with Java experience is based on Big Nerd Ranch's Android bootcamps. It guides you through using hands-on example apps combined with clear explanations of key concepts and APIs. It focuses on practical techniques for developing apps compatible with Android 4.4 (KitKat) through Android 7.0 (Nougat) and beyond.

<ASIN:0134706056>

 
Efficient R Programming (O'Reilly)
Monday, 20 February 2017

This hands-on book has been written to show how to make R work effectively, and to teach novices and experienced R users how to write efficient R code. Drawing on years of experience teaching R courses, authors Colin Gillespie and Robin Lovelace provide practical advice on topics from optimizing the set-up of RStudio to using C++.

<ASIN:1491950781>

 
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