by Gabriel Ford, Sadie Ford, Melissa Ford
Can 8-year-olds write computer programs? You bet they can! In Scratch, young coders use colorful blocks and a rich graphical environment to create programs. They can easily explore ideas like input and output, looping, branching, and conditionals. Scratch is a kid-friendly language created by MIT that is a safe and fun way to begin thinking like a programmer, without the complexity of a traditional programm...
Price: $19.50 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2017
Learn Amazon Web Services in a Month of Lunches 
by David Clinton
Cloud computing has transformed the way we build and deliver software. With the Amazon Web Services cloud platform, you can trade expensive glass room hardware and custom infrastructure for virtual servers and easy-to-configure storage, security, and networking services. Better, because you don't own the hardware, you only pay for the computing power you need! Just learn a few key ideas and techniques ...
Price: $13.29 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2017
FREE EBOOK - Exploring the Data Jungle
by Brian Godsey
Some people like to believe that all data is ready to be used immediately. Not so! Data in the wild is hard to track and harder to understand, and the first job of data scientists to identify and prepare data so it can be used. To find your way through the data jungle successfully, you need the right perspective and guidance. (There's no point hacking at overgrowth with a spoon after all!) Identify and...
Publisher: Manning | Release: 2017
by Michael Keeling
Great software comes from great designers. Learn the essential software architecture fundamentals every programmer needs to know. With hands-on examples in every chapter, tips and advice from respected architects, practical scenarios, and dozens of architectural design activities, Design It! shows you how to lead your team as a software architect to create excellent software.Uncover the big ideas behind sof...
Price: $18.78 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2017
Functional Programming: A PragPub Anthology
by Michael Swaine
Functional programming is on the rise because it lets you write simpler, cleaner code, and its emphasis on immutability makes it ideal for maximizing the benefits of multiple cores and distributed solutions. So far nobody's invented the perfect functional language - each has its unique strengths. In Functional Programming: A PragPub Anthology, you'll investigate the philosophies, tools, and idioms...
Price: $35.13 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2017
by Erica Sadun
Apple's Swift programming language has finally reached stability, and developers are demanding to know how to program the language properly. Swift Style guides you through the ins and outs of Swift programming best practices. This is the first best practices book for serious, professional Swift programmers and for programmers who want to shine their skills to be hired in this demanding market.A style g...
Price: $18.95 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2017
The Cucumber Book, 2nd Edition
by Matt Wynne, Aslak Hellesoy, Steve Tooke
Express your customers wild ideas as a set of clear, executable specifications that everyone on the team can read. Feed those examples into Cucumber and let it guide your development. Build just the right code to keep your customers happy. You can use Cucumber to test almost any system or any platform.Get started by using the core features of Cucumber and working with Cucumber's Gherkin DSL to describe...
Price: $22.99 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2017
by Benjamin Tan Wei Hao
Ruby developers use the Ruby language as the yardstick for expressivity, flexibility, and elegance - and a large part of this is due to blocks, lambdas, and procs. These language features make Ruby one of the most beautiful and pleasant languages to work with. Learn how to understand and craft code that will take you closer to Ruby mastery.Start with the basics of closures and then dive into blocks, as you ...
Price: $35.82 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2017
FREE EBOOK - The Data Science Design Manual
by Steven S. Skiena
This engaging and clearly written textbook/reference provides a must-have introduction to the rapidly emerging interdisciplinary field of data science. It focuses on the principles fundamental to becoming a good data scientist and the key skills needed to build systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data. The Data Science Design Manual is a source of practical insights that highlights what real...
Price: $61.52 | Publisher: Springer | Release: 2017
Identity and Data Security for Web Development
by Jonathan LeBlanc, Tim Messerschmidt
Developers, designers, engineers, and creators can no longer afford to pass responsibility for identity and data security onto others. Web developers who don't understand how to obscure data in transmission, for instance, can open security flaws on a site without realizing it. With this practical guide, you'll learn how and why everyone working on a system needs to ensure that users and data are p...
Price: $33.33 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016