by Valery Kholodkov
Nginx is an open source and cross-platform reverse proxy server designed for low memory usage and high performance and concurrency.This book provides both basic and in-depth knowledge to help you effectively solve challenges with Nginx, or comfortably go through a transition period when switching to Nginx.Starting with the basics, you will learn by example how to set up, configure, and operate an Nginx inst...
Price: $34.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
by Krzysztof Rakowski
With modern software systems being increasingly complex, providing a scalable communication architecture for applications in different languages is tedious. The Apache Thrift framework is the solution to this problem! It helps build efficient and easy-to-maintain services and offers a plethora of options matching your application type by supporting several popular programming languages, including C++, Java,...
Price: $13.46 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
by Daniel Sauble
When building mobile apps, it's easy to forget about the moments when your users lack a good Internet connection. Put your phone in airplane mode, open a few popular apps, and you'll quickly see how they handle being offline. From Twitter to Pinterest to Apple Maps, some apps might handle being offline better - but very few do it well. A poor offline experience will result in frustrated users who ...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Learning Network Programming with Java 
by Richard M Reese
Network-aware applications are becoming more prevalent and play an ever-increasing role in the world today. Connecting and using an Internet-based service is a frequent requirement for many applications. Java provides numerous classes that have evolved over the years to meet evolving network needs. These range from low-level socket and IP-based approaches to those encapsulated in software services.This book...
Price: $49.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
by Francesco Sapio
With the increasing interest in game development, it's essential to design and implement a UI that reflects the game settings and shows the right information to the player. The Unity system is used to create complex and aesthetically pleasing user interfaces in order to give a professional look and feel to a game. Although the new Unity UI system is powerful and quite easy to use, by integrating it wit...
Price: $25.90 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
by Arun Tigeraniya
Python is a versatile programming language that can be used for a wide range of technical tasks - computation, statistics, data analysis, game development, and more. Though Python is easy to learn, it's range of features means there are many aspects of it that even experienced Python developers don't know about. Even if you're confident with the basics, its logic and syntax, by digging deeper...
Price: $39.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
by Saurabh Chhajed
The ELK stack - Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, is a powerful combination of open source tools. Elasticsearch is for deep search and data analytics. Logstash is for centralized logging, log enrichment, and parsing. Kibana is for powerful and beautiful data visualizations. In short, the Elasticsearch ELK stack makes searching and analyzing data easier than ever before.This book will introduce you to the...
Price: $44.45 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Image Processing with ImageJ, 2nd Edition
by Jurjen Broeke, Jose Maria Mateos Perez, Javier Pascau
Advances in image processing have been vital for the scientific and technological communities, making it possible to analyze images in greater detail than ever before. But as images become larger and more complex, advanced processing techniques are required. ImageJ is built for the modern challenges of image processing - it's one of the key tools in its development, letting you automate basic tasks so ...
Price: $20.98 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Creating Data Stories with Tableau Public
by Ashley Ohmann, Matt Floyd
Tableau Public is a very useful tool in anyone's data reporting toolbox that allows authors to add an interactive data element to any article. It allows investigative journalists and bloggers to tell a "data story", allowing others to explore your data visualization. The relative ease of Tableau Public visualization creation allows data stories to be developed rapidly. It allows readers to ex...
Price: $34.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Objective-C Memory Management Essentials 
by Gibson Tang, Maxim Vasilkov
Objective-C Memory Management Essentials will familiarize you with the basic principles of Objective-C memory management, to create robust and effective iOS applications. You will begin with a basic understanding of memory management, and why memory leaks occur in an application, moving on to autorelease pools and object creation/storage to get an idea of how memory is allocated. You will also see what ARC ...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015