Book Watch Archive


Supercharged Python (Addison-Wesley)
Friday, 01 November 2019

This book is written for people who have learned the fundamentals of the language but want to take their skills to the next level. Authors Brian Overland and John Bennett cover topics including advanced list and string techniques; all the ways to handle text and binary files and financial applications. The book also covers advanced techniques for writing classes; generators and decorators; and how to master packages such as Numpy.

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Terraform: Up & Running (O'Reilly)
Wednesday, 30 October 2019

This second edition of a hands-on book subtitled "Writing Infrastructure as Code" shows the fastest way to get up and running with DevOps language Terraform. Author Yevgeniy Brikman uses code examples to demonstrate Terraform’s simple, declarative programming language for deploying and managing infrastructure with a few commands. The book goes from Terraform basics to running a full stack that can support a massive amount of traffic and a large team of developers.

<ASIN:1492046906>

 
GANs in Action (Manning)
Monday, 28 October 2019

Subtitled "Deep Learning with Generative Adversarial Networks", this book aims to teach you how to build and train your own Generative Adversarial Network. Authors Jakub Langr and Vladimir Bok start by creating simple generator and discriminator networks that are the foundation of GAN architecture. The book continues with examples showing how to train GANs to generate high-resolution images, image-to-image translation, and targeted data generation.

<ASIN:1617295566>

 
Learn CUDA Programming (Packt)
Friday, 25 October 2019

Subtitled "A beginner's guide to GPU programming and parallel computing with CUDA 10.x and C/C++",  in this book authors Jaegeun Han and Bharatkumar Sharma explore different GPU programming methods using libraries and directives, such as OpenACC, with extension to languages such as C, C++, and Python. The book also looks at optimizing the performance of apps using CUDA programming platforms with various libraries, compiler directives (OpenACC), and other languages.

<ASIN:1788996240>

 
UNIX: A History and a Memoir
Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Written for the 50th anniversary of Unix, this book covers the fascinating story of how Unix began and how it took over the world. Author Brian Kernighan, a member of the original group of Unix developers and the creator of several fundamental Unix programs, has produced an account that is part history and part memoir explaining what Unix is, how it came about, and why it matters. Accessible to non-specialists, the book is written for anyone with an interest in computing or the history of inventions. 

<ASIN:1695978552>

 
Professional JavaScript for Web Developers 4th Ed (Wrox)
Monday, 21 October 2019

Written for intermediate-to-advanced programmers, this book jumps right into the technical details to help you clean up your code and become a more sophisticated JavaScript developer. From JavaScript-specific object-oriented programming and inheritance, to combining JavaScript with HTML and other markup languages, author Matt Frisbie walks you through the fundamentals and beyond. This new fourth edition has been updated to cover through ECMAScript 2019; new frameworks and libraries, new techniques, new APIs, and more are explained in detail for the professional developer, with a practical focus that helps you put your new skills to work on real-world projects.

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Hands-on Azure Boards (Apress)
Friday, 18 October 2019

Subtitled "Configuring and Customizing Process Workflows in Azure DevOps Services", in this book authors Chaminda Chandrasekara and Pushpa Herath cover Azure Boards configuration and advanced administration. The book starts from setting up Azure Boards projects and goes as far as multiple modules, security options, and working with the REST API and CLI.

<ASIN:1484250451>

 
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow (O'Reilly)
Wednesday, 16 October 2019

Updated in this second edition to cover TensorFlow 2.0, this book aims to show programmers who know little about machine learning how to use simple, efficient tools to implement programs capable of learning from data. Author Aurélien Géron uses two production-ready Python frameworks, Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow, to illustrate the concepts and tools for building intelligent systems. The book covers a range of techniques, starting with simple linear regression and progressing to deep neural networks.

<ASIN:1492032646>

 
Haskell from the Very Beginning (Coherent Press)
Monday, 14 October 2019

The book is aimed at both new and experienced programmers eager to explore functional languages such as Haskell. Author John Whitington takes a no-prerequisites approach to teaching the basics of a modern general-purpose programming language. Each small, self-contained chapter introduces a new topic, building until the reader can write quite substantial programs.

<ASIN:095767113X>

 
The Joy of Search (MIT Press)
Friday, 11 October 2019

This book explains how to frame search queries so they will yield information and describes the best ways to use such resources as Google Earth, Google Scholar, Wikipedia, and Wikimedia.  With the subtitle, "A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics" it is by Daniel Russell,  Google's Űber Tech Lead for Search Quality and User Happiness who also created two free online courses on Power Search which as still available. Russell also shows why metadata is important, and how to triangulate information from multiple sources.

<ASIN:0262042878>

 
Programming Kotlin (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
Wednesday, 09 October 2019

With the subtitle' "Create Elegant, Expressive, and Performant JVM and Android Applications", this book aims to help you master Kotlin to create performant, concise, and easy to maintain applications. Author Venkat Subramaniam starts with scripting with Kotlin before moving on to object-oriented programming. Other parts of the book look at Kotlin's functional-style capabilities, how to create internal domain-specific languages (DSLs), asynchronous programming, and Java interop.

<ASIN:1680506358>

 
Windows 10 Special Edition (In Easy Steps)
Monday, 07 October 2019

In this book author Mike McGrath walks the reader through Windows 10 basics. Billed as a "special edition - to venture further" and also referred to as 3rd edition, the book builds on Windows 10 In Easy Steps and Windows 10 for Seniors, taking the user to the next level. Written to help non-technical PC-users to make the most of their Windows 10 computer, the book then gently guides the reader through more advanced features, all in the familiar In Easy Steps style. Includes a chapter on troubleshooting to serve as a handy reference.

<ASIN:1840788070>

 
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