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Hacking and Securing iOS Applications: Stealing Data, Hijacking Software, and How to Prevent It (Oreilly And Associate Ser.)
by Jonathan ZdziarskiIf you’re an app developer with a solid foundation in Objective-C, this book is an absolute must—chances are very high that your company’s iOS applications are vulnerable to attack. That’s because malicious attackers now use an arsenal of tools to reverse-engineer, trace, and manipulate applications in ways that most programmers aren’t aware of.This guide illustrates several types of iOS attacks, as well as the tools and techniques that hackers use. You’ll learn best practices to help protect your applications, and discover how important it is to understand and strategize like your adversary.Examine subtle vulnerabilities in real-world applications—and avoid the same problems in your appsLearn how attackers infect apps with malware through code injectionDiscover how attackers defeat iOS keychain and data-protection encryptionUse a debugger and custom code injection to manipulate the runtime Objective-C environmentPrevent attackers from hijacking SSL sessions and stealing trafficSecurely delete files and design your apps to prevent forensic data leakageAvoid debugging abuse, validate the integrity of run-time classes, and make your code harder to trace
Getting Started with Unity 2018: A Beginner's Guide to 2D and 3D game development with Unity, 3rd Edition
by Dr Edward LavieriLearn how to use Unity 2018 by creating your very own 3D game while developing your essential skillsKey FeaturesLearn to create immersive 3D games and Virtual Reality experiences with Unity 2018 Build custom scripts to make your game characters interactiveExplore and implement AritificiaI Intelligence techniques to bring your game to lifeBook Description The Unity game engine has revolutionized the gaming industry with its complete set of intuitive tools and rapid workflows, which can be used to create interactive 3D content. With Unity, you can scaffold your way from the basics and make make stunning interactive games. This book will guide you through the entire process of creating a 3D game, from downloading the Unity game engine to publishing your game. It not only gives you a strong foundation, but puts you on the path to game development. Beginning with an overview of the Unity engine and its interface, you will walk through the process of creating a game environment and learn how to use built-in assets, as well as assets created with third-party 3D modeling tools such as Blender. Moving on, you will create custom scripts to control non-player character behaviors and gameplay. You will master exciting concepts such as Heads-Up-Displays, mini-maps, game navigation, sound effects, and lighting effects. Next, you’ll learn how to create your first VR experience, right from setting up the project to image effects. You'll be familiarized with all the tools that Unity has to offer to create your own immersive VR experiences. Each section is a stepping stone toward the completion of the final game. By the end of the book, you'll have learned advanced topics such as cross-platform considerations which enable your games to run on multiple platforms.What you will learnSet up your Unity development environment and navigate its toolsImport and use custom assets and asset packages to add characters to your gameBuild a 3D game world with a custom terrain, water, sky, mountains, and treesAnimate game characters, using animation controllers, and scriptingApply audio and particle effects to the gameCreate intuitive game menus and interface elementsCustomize your game with sound effects, shadows, lighting effects, and rendering optionsDebug code and provide smooth error handlingWho this book is forIf you are an aspiring game developer interested in learning Unity 2018 and becoming familiar with its core features, then this book is for you. No prior knowledge of Unity is required.
Full-Stack React Projects: Modern web development using React 16, Node, Express, and MongoDB
by Shama Hoque Sai Kishore KomanduriUnleash the power of MERN stack by building diverse web applications using React, Node.js, Express, and MongoDBKey FeaturesCreate dynamic web applications with the MERN stackLeverage the power of React in building interactive and complex user interfacesUnlock the potential of Node, Express, and MongoDB to build modern full-stack applicationsBook DescriptionThe benefits of using a full JavaScript stack for web development are undeniable, especially when robust and widely adopted technologies such as React, Node, and Express and are available. Combining the power of React with industry-tested, server-side technologies, such as Node, Express, and MongoDB, creates a diverse array of possibilities when developing real-world web applications.This book guides you through preparing the development environment for MERN stack-based web development, to creating a basic skeleton application and extending it to build four different web applications. These applications include a social media, an online marketplace, a media streaming, and a web-based game application with virtual reality features. While learning to set up the stack and developing a diverse range of applications with this book, you will grasp the inner workings of the MERN stack, extend its capabilities for complex features, and gain actionable knowledge of how to prepare MERN-based applications to meet the growing demands of real-world web applications.What you will learnSet up your development environment and develop a MERN applicationImplement user authentication and authorization using JSON Web TokensBuild a social media application by extending the basic MERN applicationCreate an online marketplace application with shopping cart and Stripe paymentsDevelop a media streaming application using MongoDB GridFSImplement server-side rendering with data to improve SEOSet up and use React 360 to develop user interfaces with VR capabilitiesLearn industry best practices to make MERN stack applications reliable and scalableWho this book is forFull-Stack React Web Development Projects is for JavaScript developers who have some experience with React, but no previous experience with full-stack development involving Node, Express, and MongoDB, and who want practical guidelines to start building different types of real-world web applications with this stack.
The Little Book on CoffeeScript: The JavaScript Developer's Guide to Building Better Web Apps
by Alex MaccawThis concise book shows JavaScript developers how to build superb web applications with CoffeeScript, the remarkable language that’s gaining considerable interest. Through example code, this guide demonstrates how CoffeeScript abstracts JavaScript, providing syntactical sugar and preventing many common errors. You’ll learn CoffeeScript’s syntax and idioms step by step, from basic variables and functions to complex comprehensions and classes.Written by Alex MacCaw, author of JavaScript Web Applications (O’Reilly), with contributions from CoffeeScript creator Jeremy Ashkenas, this book quickly teaches you best practices for using this language—not just on the client side, but for server-side applications as well. It’s time to take a ride with the little language that could.Discover how CoffeeScript’s syntax differs from JavaScriptLearn about features such as array comprehensions, destructuring assignments, and classesExplore CoffeeScript idioms and compare them to their JavaScript counterpartsCompile CoffeeScript files in static sites with the Cake build systemUse CommonJS modules to structure and deploy CoffeeScript client-side applicationsExamine JavaScript’s bad parts—including features CoffeeScript was able to fix
Programming F# 3.0: A Comprehensive Guide for Writing Simple Code to Solve Complex Problems
by Chris Smith<p>With this digital <b>Early Release</b> edition of <i>Programming F# 3.0</i>, second edition, you get the entire book bundle in its earliest form – the author's raw and unedited content – so you can take advantage of this content long before the book's official release. You'll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version.\nWhy learn F#? This multiparadigm language not only offers you an enormous productivity boost through functional programming, it also lets you develop applications using your existing object-oriented and imperative programming skills. With Programming F#, you’ll quickly discover the many advantages of Microsoft’s new language, which includes access to all the great tools and libraries of the .NET platofrm.<br/><br/>\nLearn how to reap the benefits of functional programming for your next project – whether it’s quantitative computing, large-scale data exploration, or even a pursuit of your own. With this comprehensive guide, F# former team member Chris Smith gives you a head start of the fundamentals and advanced concepts of the F# language.</p>
Programming Hive: Data Warehouse and Query Language for Hadoop (Oreilly And Associate Ser.)
by Jason Rutherglen Edward Capriolo Dean Wampler<p>This comprehensive guide introduces you to Apache Hive, Hadoop’s data warehouse infrastructure. You’ll quickly learn how to use Hive’s SQL dialect—HiveQL—to summarize, query, and analyze large datasets stored in Hadoop’s distributed filesystem. This example-driven guide shows you how to set up and configure Hive in your environment, provides a detailed overview of Hadoop and MapReduce, and demonstrates how Hive works within the Hadoop ecosystem.</p>
ClojureScript: Functional Programming for the Web (Oreilly And Associate Ser.)
by Luke Vanderhart Stuart Sierra<p>This book will be an introduction and guide to using ClojureScript, targeted at developers who know JavaScript and are willing to learn Clojure.</p>
SharePoint 2010 for Project Management: Learn How to Manage Your Projects with SharePoint (Oreilly And Associate Ser.)
by Dux Raymond SyIf you were to analyze your team’s performance on a typical project, you’d be surprised how much time is wasted on non-productive tasks. This hands-on guide shows you how to work more efficiently by organizing and managing projects with SharePoint 2010. You’ll learn how to build a Project Management Information System (PMIS), customized to your project, that can effectively coordinate communication and collaboration among team members.Written by a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Microsoft SharePoint MVP with 15 years of IT project management experience, each chapter includes step-by-step guides as well as workshops that help you practice what you learn.Build a SharePoint PMIS that requires little assistance from your IT/IS departmentDefine access permissions for project stakeholders and team membersCentralize project artifacts and keep track of document history with version controlTrack project schedules, control changes, and manage project risksAutomate project reporting and use web parts to generate on-demand status reportsIntegrate project management tools such as Excel, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, and OutlookApply your knowledge of PMIS techniques by working with a case study throughout the book"If you are a project manager looking for a technology-based, easily implemented, and usable solution for project communications, document management, and general project organization, this book is for you!"–Susan Weese, PgMP, President and Founder, Rhyming Planet
Modern Python Standard Library Cookbook: Over 100 recipes to fully leverage the features of the standard library in Python
by Alessandro MolinaBuild optimized applications in Python by smartly implementing the standard libraryKey FeaturesStrategic recipes for effective application development in PythonTechniques to create GUIs and implement security through cryptographyBest practices for developing readily scalable, production-ready applicationsBook DescriptionThe Python 3 Standard Library is a vast array of modules that you can use for developing various kinds of applications. It contains an exhaustive list of libraries, and this book will help you choose the best one to address specific programming problems in Python.The Modern Python Standard Library Cookbook begins with recipes on containers and data structures and guides you in performing effective text management in Python. You will find Python recipes for command-line operations, networking, filesystems and directories, and concurrent execution. You will learn about Python security essentials in Python and get to grips with various development tools for debugging, benchmarking, inspection, error reporting, and tracing. The book includes recipes to help you create graphical user interfaces for your application. You will learn to work with multimedia components and perform mathematical operations on date and time. The recipes will also show you how to deploy different searching and sorting algorithms on your data.By the end of the book, you will have acquired the skills needed to write clean code in Python and develop applications that meet your needs.What you will learnStore multiple values per key in associative containersCreate interactive character-based user interfacesWork with native time and display data for your time zoneRead/write SGML family languages, both as a SAX and DOM parser to meet file sizes and other requirementsGroup equivalent items using itertools and sorted features togetherUse partials to create unary functions out of multi-argument functionsImplement hashing algorithms to store passwords in a safe wayWho this book is forIf you are a developer who wants to write highly responsive, manageable, scalable, and resilient code in Python, this book is for you. Prior programming knowledge in Python will help you make the most out of the book.
Mastering Puppet 5: Optimize enterprise-grade environment performance with Puppet
by Jason Southgate Ryan Russell-YatesLeverage Puppet 5 for medium to large scale enterprise deployment.Key FeaturesUse and deploy Puppet 5, irrespective the size of your organizationScaling, performance improvements, and managing multiple developer requestsTroubleshooting techniques, tips and tricks to make the most of Puppet 5Book DescriptionPuppet is a configuration management system and a language written for and by system administrators to manage a large number of systems efficiently and prevent configuration drift.The core topics this book addresses are Puppet's latest features and mastering Puppet Enterprise. You will begin by writing a new Puppet module, gaining an understanding of the guidelines and style of the Puppet community. Following on from this, you will take advantage of the roles and profiles pattern, and you will learn how to structure your code. Next, you will learn how to extend Puppet and write custom facts, functions, types, and providers in Ruby, and also use the new features of Hiera 5. You will also learn how to configure the new Code Manager component, and how to ensure code is automatically deployed to (multiple) Puppet servers. Next, you will learn how to integrate Puppet with Jenkins and Git to build an effective workflow for multiple teams, and use the new Puppet Tasks feature and the latest Puppet Orchestrator language extensions. Finally, you will learn how to scale and troubleshoot Puppet.By the end of the book, you will be able to deal with problems of scale and exceptions in your code, automate workflows, and support multiple developers working simultaneously.What you will learnSolve problems using modules and the roles and profiles patternExtend Puppet with custom facts, functions, types, and providersUse Hiera 5 and Code Manager/r10k to separate code from dataContinuously integrate your code using Jenkins, Git and automated testingUse exported resources and the new Puppet Orchestration featuresExplore Puppet Discovery features and their useTroubleshoot various parts of the Puppet Enterprise infrastructureScale up and scale out Puppet infrastructure using various techniquesWho this book is forIf you are a system administrator or developer who has used Puppet in production and are looking for ways to easily use Puppet in an enterprise environment, this book is for you. Some knowledge of writing simple configuration management modules would be necessary.
Hybrid Cloud for Developers: Develop and deploy cost-effective applications on the AWS and OpenStack platforms with ease
by Manoj HirwayDevelop and manage applications on the AWS and OpenStack platforms with this comprehensive learning guide.Key FeaturesA step-by-step guide to help you develop applications on the hybrid cloud platform. Acquire an in-depth understanding of the OpenStack and AWS cloud platforms.Extensive source code examples for OpenStack and AWS applications.Easily troubleshoot OpenStack and AWS issues.Understand the best practices and security measures for the hybrid cloud platform.Book DescriptionThis book introduces you to the hybrid cloud platform, and focuses on the AWS public cloud and OpenStack private cloud platforms. It provides a deep dive into the AWS and OpenStack cloud platform services that are essential for developing hybrid cloud applications. You will learn to develop applications on AWS and OpenStack platforms with ease by leveraging various cloud services and taking advantage of PaaS.The book provides you with the ability to leverage the flexibility of choosing a cloud platform for migrating your existing resources to the cloud, as well as developing hybrid cloud applications that can migrate virtual machine instances from AWS to OpenStack and vice versa. You will also be able to build and test cloud applications without worrying about the system that your development environment supports.The book also provides an in-depth understanding of the best practices that are followed across the industry for developing cloud applications, as well as for adapting the hybrid cloud platform. Lastly, it also sheds light on various troubleshooting techniques for OpenStack and AWS cloud platform services that are consumed by hybrid cloud applications.By the end of this book, you will have a deep understanding of the hybrid cloud platform and will be able to develop robust, efficient, modular, scalable, and flexible cloud applications.What you will learn Understand the hybrid cloud platform Explore the AWS and OpenStack cloud platforms in depth Develop AWS applications with source code examples Develop OpenStack applications with source code examples Troubleshoot OpenStack and AWS Learn hybrid cloud best practices Understand security measures on the hybrid cloudWho this book is forIf you are an IT professional, developer, or a DevOps engineer looking to develop and manage your applications on the hybrid cloud platform, then this book is for you. Some prior knowledge of the public and private cloud will enhance your skills. Developers looking to build applications using AWS or OpenStack services will also benefit from this book.
Information Management and Big Data: Second Annual International Symposium, Simbig 2015, Cusco, Peru, September 2-4, 2015, And Third Annual International Symposium, Simbig 2016, Cusco, Peru, September 1-3, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (Communications In Computer And Information Science #656)
by Hugo Alatrista-Salas Juan Antonio Lossio-VenturaThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Annual International Symposium on Information Management and Big Data, SIMBig 2017, held in Lima, Peru, in September 2017.The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions. The papers address issues such as Data Science, Big Data, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing, Text Mining, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Semantic Web, Ontologies, Web Mining, Knowledge Representation and Linked Open Data, Social Web and Web Science, Information Visualization.
Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making Native Apps with Standards-Based Web Tools (Oreilly And Associate Ser.)
by Brian Jepson Brian Macdonald Jonathan StarkIf you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android applications. Now updated for HTML5, the second edition of this hands-on guide shows you how to use open source web standards to design and build apps that can be adapted for any Android device.You’ll learn how to create an Android-friendly web app on the platform of your choice, and then use Adobe’s free PhoneGap framework to convert it to a native Android app. Discover why device-agnostic mobile apps are the wave of the future, and start building apps that offer greater flexibility and a much broader reach.Convert a website into a web application, complete with progress indicators and other featuresAdd animation with JQTouch to make your web app look and feel like a native Android appMake use of client-side data storage with apps that run when the Android device is offlineUse PhoneGap to hook into advanced Android features, including the accelerometer, geolocation, and alertsTest and debug your app on the Web with real users, and submit the finished product to the Android Market
Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide: Take Command of Your Mac
by Daniel J. BarrettUnlock the secrets of the Terminal and discover how this powerful tool solves problems the Finder can't handle. With this handy guide, you'll learn commands for a variety of tasks, such as killing programs that refuse to quit, renaming a large batch of files in seconds, or running jobs in the background while you do other work. Get started with an easy-to-understand overview of the Terminal and its partner, the shell. Then dive into commands neatly arranged into two dozen categories, including directory operations, file comparisons, and network connections. Each command includes a concise description of its purpose and features. Log into your Mac from remote locations Search and modify files in powerful ways Schedule jobs for particular days and times Let several people use one Mac at the same time Compress and uncompress files in a variety of formats View and manipulate Mac OS X processes Combine multiple commands to perform complex operations Download and install additional commands from the Internet
C# Database Basics: Moving from Visual Basic and VBA to C#
by Michael SchmalzWorking with data and databases in C# certainly can be daunting if you’re coming from VB6, VBA, or Access. With this hands-on guide, you’ll shorten the learning curve considerably as you master accessing, adding, updating, and deleting data with C#—basic skills you need if you intend to program with this language.No previous knowledge of C# is necessary. By following the examples in this book, you’ll learn how to tackle several database tasks in C#, such as working with SQL Server, building data entry forms, and using data in a web service. The book’s code samples will help you get started on your own projects.Create a Windows Forms application with a datagridConnect to multiple data sources, including Access and SQL ServerAdd, edit, and update data in a database you choose and designEnable users to choose their data source at runtimeLearn the roles of DataTable, DataView, BindingSource, Filters, and other objectsUnderstand where variables are declared and how they impact the codeBuild a simple web service that connects to a database
Node for Front-End Developers: Writing Server-Side JavaScript Applications
by Garann MeansIf you know how to use JavaScript in the browser, you already have the skills you need to put JavaScript to work on back-end servers with Node. This hands-on book shows you how to use this popular JavaScript platform to create simple server applications, communicate with the client, build dynamic pages, work with data, and tackle other tasks.Although Node has a complete library of developer-contributed modules to automate server-side development, this book will show you how to program with Node on your own, so you truly understand the platform. Discover firsthand how well Node works as a web server, and how easy it is to learn and use.Set up Node and learn how to build scaffolding for a web applicationWork with Node natively to see how it functions as a web serverUnderstand how Node receives client data from GET and POST requestsUse the Socket.IO module to facilitate realtime client-server communicationChoose from among several Node templates to create dynamic pagesLearn how to connect to a database, and store data in filesImplement the Model-View-Controller pattern, and share Node modules with server and client
Getting Started with CouchDB: Extreme Scalability at Your Fingertips
by Mc BrownCouchDB is a new breed of database for the Internet, geared to meet the needs of today's dynamic web applications. With this concise introduction, you'll learn how CouchDB's simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data makes it ideal for the type of data and rapid response users now demand from your applications--and how easy CouchDB is to set up, deploy, maintain, and scale. The code-packed examples in this book will help you learn how to work with documents, populate a simple database, replicate data from one database to another, and a host of other tasks. Install CouchDB on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, or (if you must) from the source code Interact with data through CouchDB's RESTful API, and use standard HTTP operations, such as PUT, GET, POST, and DELETE Use Futon--CouchDB's web-based interface-- to manage databases and documents, and to configure replications Learn how to create, update, and delete documents in JSON format, and how to create and delete databases Work with design documents to get the formatting and indexing your application requires
Java EE 8 Development with Eclipse: Develop, test, and troubleshoot Java Enterprise applications rapidly with Eclipse, 3rd Edition
by Ram KulkarniDevelop and deploy fully functional applications and microservices utilising Tomcat, Glassfish servers, Cloud and docker in Java EE 8 Key FeaturesExplore the complete workflow of developing enterprise Java applicationsDevelop microservices with Docker Container and deploy it in cloudSimplify Java EE application developmentBook DescriptionJava EE is one of the most popular tools for enterprise application design and development. With recent changes to Java EE 8 specifications, Java EE application development has become a lot simpler with the new specifications, some of which compete with the existing specifications. This guide provides a complete overview of developing highly performant, robust and secure enterprise applications with Java EE with Eclipse.The book begins by exploring different Java EE technologies and how to use them (JSP, JSF, JPA, JDBC, EJB, and more), along with suitable technologies for different scenarios. You will learn how to set up the development environment for Java EE applications and understand Java EE specifications in detail, with an emphasis on examples. The book takes you through deployment of an application in Tomcat, GlassFish Servers, and also in the cloud. It goes beyond the basics and covers topics like debugging, testing, deployment, and securing your Java EE applications. You'll also get to know techniques to develop cloud-ready microservices in Java EE.What you will learnSet up Eclipse, Tomcat, and Glassfish servers for Java EE application developmentUse JSP, Servlet, JSF, and EJBs to create a user interface and write business logicCreate Java EE database applications using JDBC and JPAHandle asynchronous messages using MDBs for better scalabilityDeploy and debug Java EE applications and create SOAP and REST web servicesWrite unit tests and calculate code coverageUse Eclipse MAT (Memory Analysis Tool) to debug memory issuesCreate and deploy microservicesWho this book is forIf you are a Java developer with little or no experience in Java EE application development, or if you have experience in Java EE technology but are looking for tips to simplify and accelerate your development process, then this book is for you.
PySpark Cookbook: Over 60 recipes for implementing big data processing and analytics using Apache Spark and Python
by Denny Lee Tomasz DrabasCombine the power of Apache Spark and Python to build effective big data applicationsKey FeaturesPerform effective data processing, machine learning, and analytics using PySparkOvercome challenges in developing and deploying Spark solutions using PythonExplore recipes for efficiently combining Python and Apache Spark to process dataBook DescriptionApache Spark is an open source framework for efficient cluster computing with a strong interface for data parallelism and fault tolerance. The PySpark Cookbook presents effective and time-saving recipes for leveraging the power of Python and putting it to use in the Spark ecosystem.You’ll start by learning the Apache Spark architecture and how to set up a Python environment for Spark. You’ll then get familiar with the modules available in PySpark and start using them effortlessly. In addition to this, you’ll discover how to abstract data with RDDs and DataFrames, and understand the streaming capabilities of PySpark. You’ll then move on to using ML and MLlib in order to solve any problems related to the machine learning capabilities of PySpark and use GraphFrames to solve graph-processing problems. Finally, you will explore how to deploy your applications to the cloud using the spark-submit command.By the end of this book, you will be able to use the Python API for Apache Spark to solve any problems associated with building data-intensive applications.What you will learnConfigure a local instance of PySpark in a virtual environment Install and configure Jupyter in local and multi-node environmentsCreate DataFrames from JSON and a dictionary using pyspark.sqlExplore regression and clustering models available in the ML moduleUse DataFrames to transform data used for modelingConnect to PubNub and perform aggregations on streamsWho this book is forThe PySpark Cookbook is for you if you are a Python developer looking for hands-on recipes for using the Apache Spark 2.x ecosystem in the best possible way. A thorough understanding of Python (and some familiarity with Spark) will help you get the best out of the book.
Functional and Logic Programming: 14th International Symposium, Flops 2018, Nagoya, Japan, May 9-11, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10818)
by Martin Sulzmann John P. GallagherThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Functional and Logic Programming, FLOPS 2018, held in Nagoya, Japan, in May 2018. The 17 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. They cover all aspects of the design, semantics, theory, applications, implementations, and teaching of declarative programming focusing on topics such as functional-logic programming, re-writing systems, formal methods and model checking, program transformations and program refinements, developing programs with the help of theorem provers or SAT/SMT solvers, language design, and implementation issues.
Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services: 9th International Conference, Mobicase 2018, Osaka, Japan, February 28 - March 2, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #240)
by Yusuke Gotoh Sozo Inoue Ren Ohmura Kazuya MuraoThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services (MobiCASE 2015) held in Osaka, Japan, February 28 – March 2, 2018. The 10 full papers and 13 demo/ poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The conference papers are covering intelligent caching; activity recognition and crowdsourcing; mobile frameworks; middleware; interactive applications; and mobility.
Planning for Big Data
by Edd DumbillIn an age where everything is measurable, understanding big data is an essential. From creating new data-driven products through to increasing operational efficiency, big data has the potential to make your organization both more competitive and more innovative. As this emerging field transitions from the bleeding edge to enterprise infrastructure, it's vital to understand not only the technologies involved, but the organizational and cultural demands of being data-driven. Written by O'Reilly Radar's experts on big data, this anthology describes:The broad industry changes heralded by the big data era What big data is, what it means to your business, and how to start solving data problems The software that makes up the Hadoop big data stack, and the major enterprise vendors' Hadoop solutions The landscape of NoSQL databases and their relative merits How visualization plays an important part in data work
MySQL Troubleshooting: What To Do When Queries Don't Work
by Sveta SmirnovaStuck with bugs, performance problems, crashes, data corruption, and puzzling output? If you’re a database programmer or DBA, they’re part of your life. The trick is knowing how to quickly recover from them. This unique, example-packed book shows you how to handle an array of vexing problems when working with MySQL.Written by a principal technical support engineer at Oracle, MySQL Troubleshooting provides the background, tools, and expert steps for solving problems from simple to complex—whether data you thought you inserted doesn’t turn up in a query, or the entire database is corrupt because of a server failure. With this book in hand, you’ll work with more confidence.Understand the source of a problem, even when the solution is simpleHandle problems that occur when applications run in multiple threadsDebug and fix problems caused by configuration optionsDiscover how operating system tuning can affect your serverUse troubleshooting techniques specific to replication issuesGet a reference to additional troubleshooting techniques and tools, including third-party solutionsLearn best practices for safe and effective troubleshooting—and for preventing problems
Machine Learning for Hackers: Case Studies and Algorithms to Get You Started
by John Myles White Drew ConwayIf you're an experienced programmer interested in crunching data, this book will get you started with machine learning--a toolkit of algorithms that enables computers to train themselves to automate useful tasks. Authors Drew Conway and John Myles White help you understand machine learning and statistics tools through a series of hands-on case studies, instead of a traditional math-heavy presentation. Each chapter focuses on a specific problem in machine learning, such as classification, prediction, optimization, and recommendation. Using the R programming language, you'll learn how to analyze sample datasets and write simple machine learning algorithms. Machine Learning for Hackers is ideal for programmers from any background, including business, government, and academic research. Develop a naïve Bayesian classifier to determine if an email is spam, based only on its text Use linear regression to predict the number of page views for the top 1,000 websites Learn optimization techniques by attempting to break a simple letter cipher Compare and contrast U.S. Senators statistically, based on their voting records Build a "whom to follow" recommendation system from Twitter data
jQuery Mobile: Up and Running
by Maximiliano FirtmanWould you like to build one mobile web application that works on iPad and Kindle Fire as well as iPhone and Android smartphones? This introductory guide to jQuery Mobile shows you how. Through a series of hands-on exercises, you’ll learn the best ways to use this framework’s many interface components to build customizable, multiplatform apps. You don’t need any programming skills or previous experience with jQuery to get started.By the time you finish this book, you’ll know how to create responsive, Ajax-based interfaces that work on a variety of smartphones and tablets, using jQuery Mobile and semantic HTML5 code.Understand how jQuery Mobile works with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScriptWork with UI components to format content and create forms, lists, navbars, and buttonsCreate dynamic content with JavaScript, Ajax, and the jQuery core frameworkCustomize your entire user interface with themes and CSS3Enable users to install your app from the browser and work with it offlineDistribute through app stores by packaging your creation as a native app