Book Watch

R has traditionally been seen as difficult for non-statisticians to learn, and most R books assume far too much knowledge to be of help. This book avoids that error, aiming the material at users new to statistical programming and modeling. Author and professional data scientist Jared P. Lander focuses on the 20 percent of R functionality needed to accomplish 80 percent of modern data tasks.

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This overview of cloud computing by R Chopra is written in a "self-teaching" format with tips and insights about cloud computing, its architecture, applications, information on security and privacy, and numerous case studies.The book also includes questions for discussion and "Cloud Computing Lab Experiments".

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With a subtitle of 'Develop, Deploy, and Scale', this practical guide demonstrates how the open source Cloud Foundry application platform can reduce the develop-to-deploy cycle time. Author Duncan C. E. Winn argues that it also raises the value line for application operators by changing the way applications and supporting services are deployed and run.

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Designed to provide a step-by-step approach to clarify all of the key concepts of operating systems, the book covers all the topics from basics to mobile device operating systems. Authors R. Garg and G. Verm cover the basic concepts of operating systems such as architecture, CPU scheduling, memory management, file systems, and I/O.

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In this practical book, author Jason Dixon examines why Graphite is one of the most popular tools for monitoring and graphing the performance of computer systems. The book helps you use this open source tool to track the operational data you need to monitor your systems and track application-level metrics for profiling your services.

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The Python 3 Standard Library contains hundreds of modules for interacting with the operating system, interpreter, and Internet–all extensively tested and ready to jump-start application development. Author Doug Hellmann introduces every major area of the Python 3.x library through source code and output examples.

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Written for programmers with a background in another high-level language, this book applies the Deitel signature live-code approach to teaching programming and explores the Java 9 language and APIs in depth. The authors, Harvey and Paul Deitel, present concepts in fully tested programs, complete with code walkthroughs, syntax shading, code highlighting and program outputs.

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This book aims to give programmers sufficient knowledge of Python 3 to be able to work on their own projects. In adition to covering all of the basic concepts, author James R. Parker has included a chapter on PyGame, which allows a programmer to handle graphics, mouse and keyboard interaction, and play sounds and videos. The demonstration example for that chapter is a Lunar Lander game.

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