Practical Free Alternatives to Commercial Software 
by Steve Oualline, Grace Oualline
Get all the things done you're used to doing with pricey software at a fraction of the cost. There are hundreds of free programs out there that work just as well as the commercial programs people pay hundreds of dollars for. This book tells you how to find and use the most popular and useful of these.The Open Source movement is a system where programmers can share code and collectively improve programs...
Price: $30.96 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
by Rashid Khan, Anik Das
Learn best practices for building bots by focusing on the technological implementation and UX in this practical book. You will cover key topics such as setting up a development environment for creating chatbots for multiple channels (Facebook Messenger, Skype, and KiK); building a chatbot (design to implementation); integrating to IFTT (If This Then That) and IoT (Internet of Things); carrying out analytics...
Price: $27.63 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
Pro Entity Framework Core 2 for ASP.NET Core MVC
by Adam Freeman
Model, map, and access data effectively with Entity Framework Core 2, the latest evolution of Microsoft's object-relational mapping framework that allows developers to access data using .NET objects, and the most common data access layer used in ASP.NET Core MVC 2 projects.Best-selling author Adam Freeman explains how to get the most from Entity Framework Core 2 in MVC projects. He begins by describing...
Price: $43.75 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
Pro PowerShell Desired State Configuration, 2nd Edition
by Ravikanth Chaganti
Use Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to configure your infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud. In an environment where changes and deployments are happening all the time, DSC makes the necessary adjustments to the system so you don't have to. Pro Desired State Configuration shows you how.PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a powerful configuration management platfor...
Price: $50.93 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
Deep Learning with Applications Using Python
by Navin Kumar Manaswi
Build deep learning applications, such as computer vision, speech recognition, and chatbots, using frameworks such as TensorFlow and Keras. This book helps you to ramp up your practical know-how in a short period of time and focuses you on the domain, models, and algorithms required for deep learning applications. Deep Learning with Applications Using Python covers topics such as chatbots, natural language ...
Price: $39.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
Modern API Design with ASP.NET Core 2
by Fanie Reynders
Use ASP.NET Core 2 to create durable and cross-platform web APIs through a series of applied, practical scenarios. Examples in this book help you build APIs that are fast and scalable. You'll progress from the basics of the framework through to solving the complex problems encountered in implementing secure RESTful services. The book is packed full of examples showing how Microsoft's ground-up rew...
Price: $12.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
Modern Data Access with Entity Framework Core
by Holger Schwichtenberg
C# developers, here's your opportunity to learn the ins-and-outs of Entity Framework Core, Microsoft's recently redesigned object-relational mapper. Benefit from hands-on learning that will teach you how to tackle frustrating database challenges, such as workarounds to missing features in Entity Framework Core, and learn how to optimize the performance of your applications, head-on!Modern Data Acc...
Price: $34.19 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
by Josh Garverick
Design an enterprise solution from scratch that allows the migration of a legacy application. Begin with the planning and design phase and be guided through all the stages of selecting the architecture framework that fits your enterprise.Join Microsoft MVP Josh Garverick as he addresses all major areas of design and implementation - application, infrastructure, data, security, and deployment - while leverag...
Price: $33.21 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
by Suren Machiraju, Suraj Gaurav
Deploy web applications on Azure using DevOps tools. This book gives solutions to real-world Cloud deployment scenarios which will enable you to become adept in DevOps work for Azure.You'll start by seeing an overview of DevOps for Azure deployments where you will also survey the available tools, including Octopus Deploy and TeamCity. Here, you will learn how to use TeamCity as a CI tool and Octopus De...
Price: $23.71 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
by Oscar Medina, Ethan Schumann
Deploy a SharePoint farm in a repeatable, predictable, and reliable fashion using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques to automate provisioning. Savvy IT pros will learn how to use DevOps practices and open source tools to greatly reduce costs, and streamline management operations for SharePoint farms deployed via Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or on premise.DevOps for SharePoint will help you navigat...
Price: $27.12 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018