Book Watch Archive


Mastering 3D Printing, 2nd Ed (Apress)
Friday, 26 June 2020

This book is "A Guide to Modeling, Printing, and Prototyping" for new 3D printer owners, makers of all kinds, entrepreneurs, technology educators, and anyone curious about what you can do with a 3D printer. Authors Joan Horvath and Rich Cameron show how to get the most out of your printer, including how to design models, choose materials, work with different printers, and integrate 3D printing with traditional prototyping to make techniques like sand casting more efficient.

<ASIN:148425841X>

 
Thinking in Pandas (Apress)
Thursday, 25 June 2020

With the explanatory subtitle "How to Use the Python Data Analysis Library the Right Way", this book shows how to work effectively with pandas, the Python data analysis library, by exploring its underlying implementation and data structures.  Author Hannah Stepanek explains how to load and normalize data in pandas efficiently, and reviews some of the most commonly used loaders and several of their most powerful options. The book also shows how to 

<ASIN:148425838X>

 
Django 3 By Example 3rd Ed (Packt)
Monday, 22 June 2020

This book teaches how to develop web applications with Python and Django through four professional level Django projects. Author Antonio Melé teaches Django 3 features, how to solve common web development problems, how to implement best practices, and how to successfully deploy applications. The projects are a blog application, a social image bookmarking website, an online shop, and ...

<ASIN:1838981950>

 
The Internet of Things: From Data to Insight (Wiley)
Friday, 19 June 2020

Written by experts in the field, this book addresses the IoT technology stack, from connectivity through data platforms to end-user case studies, and considers the tradeoffs between business needs and data security and privacy throughout. There is a particular emphasis on data processing technologies that enable the extraction of actionable insights from data to inform improved decision making. These include artificial intelligence techniques such as stream processing, deep learning and knowledge graphs, as well as data interoperability and the key aspects of privacy, security and trust.

<ASIN:1119545269>

 
Pro ASP.NET Core 3 8th Ed (Apress)
Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Subtitled "Develop Cloud-Ready Web Applications Using MVC, Blazor, and Razor Pages", this edition has has been thoroughly updated for ASP.NET Core 3. Author Adam Freeman puts ASP.NET Core 3 into context, and takes a deep dive into the tools and techniques required to build modern, extensible web applications. New features and capabilities such as MVC 3, Razor Pages, Blazor Server, and Blazor WebAssembly are covered, along with demonstrations of how they can be applied in practice.

<ASIN:1484254392>

 
Professional Programming Tools for C and C++ (Nielsen)
Monday, 15 June 2020

This book presents a quick start to a full range of tools you can use for programming and shipping quality software written in the C or C++ programming languages. In each chapter the authors, Anton Gerdelan addresses an important program development task, and introduces tools for completing the task on all the major desktop operating systems to get you started right away with practical instructions, adding hints and tips for common issues at the end of each chapter.

<ASIN:1527258483>

 
Startup Myths and Models (Columbia Business School Publishing)
Friday, 12 June 2020

This witty guide to the dilemmas of entrepreneurship, subtitled "What You Won't Learn in Business School" debunks widespread misconceptions about how the world of startups works and offers hard-earned advice for every step of the journey. Instead of startup myths―legends spun from a fantasy version of Silicon Valley― author Rizwan Virk provides startup models―frameworks that help make thoughtful decisions about starting, growing, managing, and selling a business.

<ASIN:0231194528>

 
Spark in Action 2nd Ed (Manning)
Wednesday, 10 June 2020

While this book is a second edition, it isn't really. It's a new book covering Apache Spark 3 from a different author and is designed to show how to create end-to-end analytics applications. Author Jean-Georges Perrin has based the book around interesting Java-based examples, including a complete data pipeline for processing NASA satellite data. Java, Python, and Scala code samples hosted on GitHub accompany the book. 

<ASIN:1617295523>

 
Artificial Intelligence By Example 2nd Ed (Packt)
Monday, 08 June 2020

This book serves as a starting point to understanding how AI is built, with the help of AI examples, from computer programs such as a simple chess engine to cognitive chatbots. In this edition . author Denis Rothman also has new examples for hybrid neural networks, combining reinforcement learning (RL) and deep learning (DL), chained algorithms, combining unsupervised learning with decision trees, random forests, combining DL and genetic algorithms, conversational user interfaces (CUI) for chatbots, neuromorphic computing, and quantum computing.

<ASIN:1839211539>

 
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering (Stripe Press)
Friday, 05 June 2020

Can we train ourselves to think in a way that will enable world-changing understandings and insights to emerge? Mathematician and Turing Award winner Richard Hamming said we can, and he first inspired a generation of engineers, scientists, and researchers in 1986 with "You and Your Research"; an analysis of why some scientists do great work, why most don't, why he did, and why you should, too. This book, subtitled "Learning to Learn" expands on those ideas. Originally published in 1996 and adapted from a course that Hamming taught at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, this edition includes a new foreword by Bret Victor, and more than 70 redrawn graphs and charts.

<ASIN:1732265178>

 
C# 8.0 in a Nutshell (O'Reilly)
Wednesday, 03 June 2020

This is a thoroughly updated edition providing a one-volume reference to the C# language . Authors Joseph Albahari and Eric Johannsen have organized the book around around concepts and use cases. C# 8.0 in a Nutshell provides intermediate and advanced programmers with a concise map of C# and .NET knowledge.

<ASIN:1492051136>

 
iOS Programming, 7th Ed (Big Nerd Ranch)
Monday, 01 June 2020

Updated for Xcode 11, Swift 5, and iOS 13, this book leads the reader through the essential concepts, tools, and techniques for developing iOS applications. Throughout the book, authors Christian Keur and Aaron Hillegass explain what's important and share their insights into the larger context of the iOS platform. Based on Big Nerd Ranch's iOS training and its well-tested materials and methodology, this bestselling guide teaches iOS concepts and coding in tandem.

<ASIN:0135264022>

 
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