by Kief Morris
Virtualization, cloud, containers, server automation, and software-defined networking are meant to simplify IT operations. But many organizations adopting these technologies have found that it only leads to a faster-growing sprawl of unmanageable systems. This is where infrastructure as code can help. With this practical guide, author Kief Morris of ThoughtWorks shows you how to effectively use principles, ...
Price: $38.49 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
by Siraj Raval
Take advantage of Bitcoin's underlying technology, the blockchain, to build massively scalable, decentralized applications known as dapps. In this practical guide, author Siraj Raval explains why dapps will become more widely used - and profitable - than today's most popular web apps. You'll learn how the blockchain's cryptographically stored ledger, scarce-asset model, and peer-to-peer ...
Price: $15.65 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
Designing Efficient BPM Applications 
by Christine McKinty, Antoine Mottier
Looking for efficiency gains in your business? If you're a business analyst, this practical guide will show you how to design effective business process management (BPM) applications. Every business uses business processes - these everyday tasks help you gain and retain customers, stay profitable, and keep your operations infrastructure functioning.BPM specialists Christine McKinty and Antoine Mottier ...
Price: $27.92 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
Swift Development for the Apple Watch
by Jon Manning, Paris Buttfield-Addison
Apple Watch is the sort of science-fiction gadget that people used to dream about as kids. What kinds of apps do you envision for this new device? If you're comfortable using OS X, Xcode, and iOS - and familiar with Swift - this concise book shows you the basics of building your own apps for this wrist-mounted computer with Apple's WatchKit framework.You'll learn what an Apple Watch is, what ...
Price: $16.22 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
by Jennifer Davis, Ryn Daniels
Some companies think that adopting devops means bringing in specialists or a host of new tools. With this practical guide, you'll learn why devops is a professional and cultural movement that calls for change from inside your organization. Authors Ryn Daniels and Jennifer Davis provide several approaches for improving collaboration within teams, creating affinity among teams, promoting efficient tool u...
Price: $11.27 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
Linux Pocket Guide, 3rd Edition
by Daniel J. Barrett
If you use Linux in your day-to-day work, this popular pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job reference. The third edition features new commands for processing image files and audio files, running and killing programs, reading and modifying the system clipboard, and manipulating PDF files, as well as other commands requested by readers. You'll also find powerful command-line idioms you might not be fam...
Price: $9.39 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
by Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff, Niall Richard Murphy
The overwhelming majority of a software system's lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large-scale computing systems?In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Google's Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire lifecycle...
Price: $13.28 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
by Allen B. Downey, Chris Mayfield
Currently used at many colleges, universities, and high schools, this hands-on introduction to computer science is ideal for people with little or no programming experience. The goal of this concise book is not just to teach you Java, but to help you think like a computer scientist. You'll learn how to program - a useful skill by itself - but you'll also discover how to use programming as a means ...
Price: $10.50 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
by Eric Meyer
While flowing text around images is certainly nothing new, with CSS you can float any element, from images to paragraphs to lists. In this practical guide, author Eric Meyer reveals some interesting - and surprising - ways to use CSS floats in your web design, including the latest capability to flow content past non-rectangular float shapes.Short and sweet, this book is an excerpt from the upcoming fourth e...
Price: $7.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
Transitions and Animations in CSS
by Estelle Weyl
Add life and depth to your web applications and improve user experience through the discrete use of CSS transitions and animations. With this concise guide, you'll learn how to make page elements move or change in appearance, whether you want to realistically bounce a ball, gradually expand a drop-down menu, or simply bring attention to an element when users hover over it.Short and deep, this book is a...
Price: $7.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016