by Tom Barker
Performance is a hugely important area of web development. If your site runs slowly, users are going to leave, and the problem only grows as your site gets more popular. Pro JavaScript Performance gives you the tools you need to keep your sites smooth and responsive no matter how many users you have.Best practices are changing or becoming redefined continually because of changes and optimizations at the int...
Price: $34.98 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
by Joseph Adler
If you're considering R for statistical computing and data visualization, this book provides a quick and practical guide to just about everything you can do with the open source R language and software environment. You'll learn how to write R functions and use R packages to help you prepare, visualize, and analyze data. Author Joseph Adler illustrates each process with a wealth of examples from me...
Price: $8.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Wes McKinney
Python for Data Analysis is concerned with the nuts and bolts of manipulating, processing, cleaning, and crunching data in Python. It is also a practical, modern introduction to scientific computing in Python, tailored for data-intensive applications. This is a book about the parts of the Python language and libraries you'll need to effectively solve a broad set of data analysis problems. This book is ...
Price: $11.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Mike Dewar
Learn how to create beautiful, interactive, browser-based data visualizations with the D3 JavaScript library. This hands-on book shows you how to use a combination of JavaScript and SVG to build everything from simple bar charts to complex infographics. You'll learn how to use basic D3 tools by building visualizations based on real data from the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority.Using historical ...
Price: $12.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Peter Harrington
A machine is said to learn when its performance improves with experience. Learning requires algorithms and programs that capture data and ferret out the interesting or useful patterns. Once the specialized domain of analysts and mathematicians, machine learning is becoming a skill needed by many.Machine Learning in Action is a clearly written tutorial for developers. It avoids academic language and takes yo...
Price: $22.27 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2012
Processing 2: Creative Programming Cookbook 
by Jan Vantomme
Processing is probably the best known creative coding environment that helps you bridge the gap between programming and art. It enables designers, artists, architects, students and many others to explore graphics programming and computational art in an easy way, thus helping you boost your creativity."Processing 2: Creative Programming Cookbook" will guide you to explore and experience the...
Price: $26.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2012
The ThoughtWorks Anthology, Volume 2
by Michael Swaine
When you hit a rough spot in software development, it's nice to know that someone has been there before. The domain experts at ThoughtWorks share what they've learned in this anthology, bringing together the best field-tested insights in IT and software development. You'll benefit from their experience in areas from testing to information visualization, from object oriented to functional prog...
Price: $7.08 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2012
by Jacek Artymiak
OpenOffice Calc is the most powerful and widespread open source spreadsheet application in existence. It is the only real alternative to Excel. Jacek Artymiak is widely regarded as the authority on OpenOffice Calc. He takes you, step by step, from the interface and handling Calc files to working with data sources small and large. Artymiak then extends the reader's skillset to data visualization, writin...
Price: $40.33 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2011
by Allen B. Downey
If you know how to program, you have the skills to turn data into knowledge using the tools of probability and statistics. This concise introduction shows you how to perform statistical analysis computationally, rather than mathematically, with programs written in Python.You'll work with a case study throughout the book to help you learn the entire data analysis process - from collecting data and gener...
Price: $81.90 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Pete Warden
To help you navigate the large number of new data tools available, this guide describes 60 of the most recent innovations, from NoSQL databases and MapReduce approaches to machine learning and visualization tools. Descriptions are based on first-hand experience with these tools in a production environment.This handy glossary also includes a chapter of key terms that help define many of these tool categories...
Price: $14.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011