Blockchain technologies are disrupting some of the world’s biggest industries and this book provides a fast way to catch up with the essentials. Written by Tiana Lawrence, who was involved in founding and analyzing blockchain solutions, it serves to help those who need to understand what a blockchain can do (and can't do). This revised edition walks you through how a blockchain securely records data across independent networks. It offers a tour of some of the world’s best-known blockchains, including those that power Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It also provides a glance at how blockchain solutions are affecting the worlds of finance, supply chain management, insurance, and governments.

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This book starts with a brief introduction to Neo4j and its query language, CYPHER, before moving on to how to set up a real life project based on Neo4j, from the proof of concept to an operating production-grade graph database. Authors Sylvain Roussy, Nicolas Mervaillie, and Nicolas Rouyer focus on methodology, integrations with existing systems, performance, monitoring and security. The format of the book is that the authors tell you a story, a graph project story, where the protagonists are members of a technical team who specializes in the representation and manipulation of strongly connected data. The plot starts when a client come in with his project. You will attend their working sessions and see how they develop the project, fight over approaches, and ultimately solve the problems they encounter.

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This book teaches you how to develop full-stack web applications using the MEAN stack. This edition was completely revised and updated to cover MongoDB 4, Express 4, Angular 7, Node 11, and the latest mainstream release of JavaScript ES2015. Authors Simon Holmes and Clive Harber show how to create a static site in Express and Node, then expanding on that to integrate a MongoDB database, build an API, and add an authentication system. The book has many pro tips for building dynamic and responsive data-driven web applications.

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Subtitled "Learn how to build STO and stablecoin decentralized applications", this book is a guide to understanding, developing, and testing popular security-token smart contracts. Authors Weimin Sun, Xun (Brian) Wu, and Angela Kwok cover key Blockchain and Ethereum platforms concepts. The book includes a step-by-step guide to developing STO smart contracts on Ethereum, and covers how to monetize digital tokens under various U.S. securities laws.

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Fully updated to cover Laravel 5.8, the latest release, the second edition of this practical guide provides an introduction to one of today’s most popular web frameworks. Author Matt Stauffer delivers a high-level overview and concrete examples to help experienced PHP web developers get started with Laravel right away, aiming to show how the rapid application development framework and its vast ecosystem of tools let you quickly build new sites and applications with clean, readable code.

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This book teaches you practical techniques to improve abstraction and design, to write comprehensible code, and to build maintainable bug-free applications Author Pierre-Yves Saumont teaches you to approach common programming challenges with a fresh, functional programming inspired perspective. As you work through the many examples, you'll dive deep into handling errors and data properly, managing state, and taking advantage of laziness. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook.

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With the subtitle "Developing Enterprise Applications in JavaScript" this book shows how to use Oracle's JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET) for internal back office and intranet applications. Author Daniel Curtis walks through the process of developing a functional application using Oracle JET. The example built throughout the book is a support ticket system using a variety of different components bundled with the toolkit, including lists, inputs, and visualizations.

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Subtitled "Greedy Algorithms and Dynamic Programming", this book, based on Professor Tim Roughgarden's Stanford/Coursera MOOC, sets out to be an accessible, no-nonsense, and programming language-agnostic introduction to algorithms. The book includes hints or solutions to all quizzes and problems, and a series of YouTube videos accompanies the book. Part 3 covers greedy algorithms (scheduling, minimum spanning trees, clustering, Huffman codes) and dynamic programming (knapsack, sequence alignment, shortest paths, optimal search trees).

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Subtitled Theory and Practice for Next-Generation Spatial Computing, in this book, authors Erin Pangilinan, Steve Lukas, and Vasanth Mohan examine the AR and VR development pipeline and provide hands-on practice to help hone skills. Step-by-step tutorials show how to build practical applications and experiences grounded in theory. Industry specialists, including Timoni West, Victor Prisacariu, and Nicolas Meuleau, are used to help explain the technology behind spatial computing.

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This book shows how to use the Bash command-line shell interface to communicate with the operating system kernel and how to employ Bash's programming abilities. Author Mike McGrath begins by demonstrating Bash commands for system navigation and file manipulation, and moves on to describe advanced features such as command history, command-line editing, and environment customization. He introduces Bash programming with examples of flow control, command switches, input/output, and debugging so readers learn how to create their own executable programs by copying the examples.

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This is the second edition of a best selling Python book that gives a straightforward introduction to the core of Python programming. Author Eric Matthes provides a foundation in general programming concepts, Python fundamentals, and problem solving. Three real world projects in the second part of the book allow readers to apply their knowledge in useful ways by creating a simple video game, using data visualization techniques to make graphs and charts, and building and deploying an interactive web application.

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Subtitled "Computer Modeling & Animation", this book is a manual describing the operation of Blender version 2.80. In this revised 5th edition, author John M. Blain coversthe new improved interface, new workspaces and new eevee render system. The book also introduces the program's graphical user interface and shows how to implement tools for modeling and animating characters and creating scenes with the application of color, texture and special lighting effects.

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