Introducing Ethereum and Solidity 
by Chris Dannen
Learn how to use Solidity and the Ethereum project - second only to Bitcoin in market capitalization. Blockchain protocols are taking the world by storm, and the Ethereum project, with its Turing-complete scripting language Solidity, has rapidly become a front-runner. This book presents the blockchain phenomenon in context; then situates Ethereum in a world pioneered by Bitcoin.See why professionals and non...
Price: $6.12 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2017
Learn Computer Science with Swift
by Jesse Feiler
Master the basics of solving logic puzzles, and creating algorithms using Swift on Apple platforms. This book is based on the curriculum currently being used in common computer classes. You'll learn to automate algorithmic processes that scale using Swift in the context of iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS.Begin by understanding how to think computationally: to formulate a computational problem and recogni...
Price: $17.23 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2017
Social Media Analytics Strategy
by Alex Goncalves
This book shows you how to use social media analytics to optimize your business performance. The tools discussed will prepare you to create and implement an effective digital marketing strategy. From understanding the data and its sources to detailed metrics, dashboards, and reports, this book is a robust tool for anyone seeking a tangible return on investment from social media and digital marketing.Social ...
Price: $27.04 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2017
Expert Apache Cassandra Administration
by Sam R. Alapati
Follow this handbook to build, configure, tune, and secure Apache Cassandra databases. Start with the installation of Cassandra and move on to the creation of a single instance, and then a cluster of Cassandra databases.Cassandra is increasingly a key player in many big data environments, and this book shows you how to use Cassandra with Apache Spark, a popular big data processing framework. Also covered ar...
Price: $35.60 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2017
Practical Machine Learning with Python
by Tushar Sharma, Raghav Bali, Dipanjan Sarkar
Master the essential skills needed to recognize and solve complex problems with machine learning and deep learning. Using real-world examples that leverage the popular Python machine learning ecosystem, this book is your perfect companion for learning the art and science of machine learning to become a successful practitioner. The concepts, techniques, tools, frameworks, and methodologies used in this book ...
Price: $14.51 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2017
by Manisha Biswas, Abhishek Nandy
Master reinforcement learning, a popular area of machine learning, starting with the basics: discover how agents and the environment evolve and then gain a clear picture of how they are inter-related. You'll then work with theories related to reinforcement learning and see the concepts that build up the reinforcement learning process. Reinforcement Learning discusses algorithm implementations important...
Price: $31.44 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2017
by Deepali Mayekar
Implement a headless/decoupled Drupal design to build easily maintainable web applications. This book begins by showing you CMS workflows and best practices to give you the basics you need for working with decoupled Drupal. As part of this process, Decoupling Drupal reveals the advantages of using content management systems and explains that decoupled Drupal is the answer to various problems faced in creati...
Price: $26.04 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2017
by Jason Dixon
Graphite has become one of the most powerful monitoring tools available today, due to its ease of use, rapid graph prototyping abilities, and a friendly rendering API. With this practical guide, system administrators and engineers will learn how to use this open source tool to track operational data you need to monitor your systems, as well as application-level metrics for profiling your services.Author Jas...
Price: $35.52 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2017
Interactive Data Visualization for the Web, 2nd Edition
by Scott Murray
Create and publish your own interactive data visualization projects on the web - even if you have little or no experience with data visualization or web development. It's inspiring and fun with this friendly, accessible, and practical hands-on introduction. This fully updated and expanded second edition takes you through the fundamental concepts and methods of D3, the most powerful JavaScript library f...
Price: $33.82 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2017
by Kurt Cagle, Amelia Bellamy-Royds, Dudley Storey
Using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) for illustrations only scratches the surface of this format's potential on the web. With this practical guide, you'll learn how to use SVG not only for illustrations but also as graphical documents that you can integrate into complex HTML5 web pages, and style with custom CSS. Web developers will discover ways to adapt designs by adding data based graphics, dyn...
Price: $48.77 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2017