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Like My Stuff: How to Get 750 Million Members to Buy Your Products on Facebook
by Natalie L PetouhoffFacebook is the largest, fastest growing and popular social media site in the world today. With more than half a billion members, it has been a major force in both the cultural and business area for years now, and has now changed everything with f-commerce. In this e-book, Social Media specialist Dr. Natalie Petouhoff explains how this powerful new feature works and provides strategies for businesses to boost their sales, promote their brands, and increase their online presence.Dr. Natalie helps companies understand how social media affects the bottom-line and to create strategies that provide real business value. As a USC Adjunct professor, Natalie takes her real-world experiences as a Forrester Social Media Analyst, an Agency executive and a consulting executive and translates it into practical business advice.
Game Programming Using Qt 5 Beginner’s Guide, Second Edition: Create Amazing Games With Qt 5, C++, And Qt Quick, 2nd Edition
by Pavel StrakhovQt is the leading cross-platform toolkit for all significant desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms and is becoming popular by the day, especially on mobile and embedded devices. It's a powerful tool that perfectly fits the needs of game developers. This book will help you learn the basics of Qt and will equip you with the necessary toolsets to build apps and games.
Odoo 11 Development Cookbook, Second Edition: Over 120 Unique Recipes To Build Effective Enterprise And Business Applications
by Alexandre FayolleOdoo is a full-featured open source ERP with a focus on extensibility. The flexibility and sustainability of open source is also a key selling point of Odoo. It is built on a powerful framework for rapid application development, both for back-end applications and front-end websites. The latest v10 has quite a few updates that will interest developers. The book starts by covering Odoo installation and administration and then dives deep into Odoo Server deployment.
Computer Vision with OpenCV 3 and Qt5: Build Visually Appealing, Multithreaded, Cross-platform Computer Vision Applications
by Amin Ahmadi TazehkandiDevelopers have been using OpenCV library to develop computer vision applications for a long time. However, they now need a more effective tool to get the job done and in a much better and modern way. Qt is one of the major frameworks available for this task at the moment. This book will teach you to develop applications with the combination of OpenCV 3 and Qt5.
Mastering Android Development with Kotlin
by Miloš VasićKotlin is a programming language intended to be a better Java, and it is designed to be usable and readable across large teams with different levels of knowledge. Kotlin gives more to Android than Java ever did. With this book, you will learn how to create effective and modern applications using a cutting edge programming language. We’ll teach you Android from novice to master level, and guide you to become an experienced Android developer
Penetration Testing with Shellcode: Detect, Exploit, And Secure Network-level And Operating System Vulnerabilities
by Hamza MegahedSecurity has always been a major concern for your application, your system, or your environment. This book's main goal is to build your skills for low-level security exploits, finding vulnerabilities and covering loopholes with shellcode, assembly, and Metasploit.
Microservice Patterns and Best Practices: Explore Patterns Like Cqrs And Event Sourcing To Create Scalable, Maintainable, And Testable Microservices
by Vinicius Feitosa PachecoMicroservices are a hot trend in the development world right now. Many enterprises have adopted this approach to achieve agility and the continuous delivery of applications to gain a competitive advantage. This book will take you through the different design patterns at different stages of the microservice application development process, along with best practices.
Learning ASP.NET Core 2.0
by Jason De OliveiraBeing able to develop web applications that are highly efficient while easy to maintain has become imperative in many businesses. ASP.NET Core 2.0 is an open source framework from Microsoft, which makes it easy to build cross-platform web applications that are modern and dynamic. This book will take you through all of the essential concepts in ASP.NET Core 2.0, so you can learn how to build powerful web applications.
Mastering Swift 4 - Fourth Edition
by Jon HoffmanDive into the latest release of the Swift programming language with this advanced development book for building highly performant applications. About This Book • Harness the latest and most advanced features of Swift 4 to develop quality iOS and macOS applications • Comprehensive coverage of all the advanced features of Swift and guidance on advanced design techniques • Dive deep into protocol extensions, learn new error handling model, and use featured Swift design patterns to write more efficient code • Get to grips with advanced design techniques to write smarter, cleaner Swift code Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who want to delve into the newest version of Swift. If you are a developer who learns best by looking at and working with code, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of Apple's tools is beneficial but not mandatory. What You Will Learn • Delve into the core components of Swift 4.0, including operators, collections, control flows, and functions • Create and use classes, structures, and enumerations • Understand protocol-oriented design and see how it can help you write better code • Develop a practical understanding of subscripts and extensions • Add concurrency to your applications using Grand Central Dispatch and Operation Queues • Implement generics and closures to write very flexible and reusable code • Make use of Swift's error handling and availability features to write safer code In Detail Swift is the definitive language for Apple development today. It's a vital part of any iOS and macOS developer's skillset, helping them to build the most impressive and popular apps on the App Store—the sort of apps that are essential to iPhone and iPad users every day. With version 4.0, the Swift team has added new features to improve the development experience, making it easier to get the results you want and customers expect. Inside, you'll find the key features of Swift 4.0 and quickly learn how to use the newest updates to your development advantage. From Objective-C interoperability and ARC to closures and concurrency, this advanced Swift guide will develop your expertise and help you become fluent in this vital programming language. We'll give you an in-depth knowledge of some of the most sophisticated elements of Swift development, including protocol extensions, error-handling, design patterns, and concurrency. We'll guide you on how to use and apply them in your own projects. You'll see how to leverage the power of protocol-oriented programming to write flexible and easier-to-manage code. Style and Approach A Step-by-step advanced guide
Unity 2017 Game AI Programming, Third Edition: Leverage The Power Of Artificial Intelligence To Program Smart Entities For Your Games
by Ray BarreraWhether you are developing traditional, serious, educational, or any other kind of game, understanding how to apply artificial intelligence can take the fun-factor to the next level! This book will not only uncover the newly released features in Unity 2017 but also teach you how to implement it in your game. Moreover, you will be working with different AI concepts and will help you to use it in your game to make it more awesome.
Learn Qt 5: Build Modern, Responsive Cross-platform Desktop Applications With Qt, C++, And Qml
by Nicholas SherriffQt is a mature and powerful framework for delivering sophisticated applications across a multitude of platforms. It has a rich history in the Linux world, is widely used in embedded devices and has made great strides in the Mobile arena over the past few years. However, in the Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X worlds, the dominance of C#/.NET and Objective-C/Cocoa mean that Qt is often overlooked.) solution from scratch, with distinct library, user interface and unit test projects.
Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins: A Beginner's Guide To Implementing Continuous Integration And Continuous Delivery Using Jenkins 2
by Nikhil PathaniaA step-by-step guide to quickly set up Jenkins across various platforms and create a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipeline using all the new features introduced in Jenkins 2.x such as Pipeline as a Code, Multibranch pipeline, Blue Ocean Plugin, and more.
Mastering Unity 2017 Game Development with C#
by Alan ThornDo you want to take the leap from being an everyday Unity developer to being a pro game developer? Then look no further! This book is your one stop solution to creating mesmerizing games with lifelike features and amazing gameplay. This book takes an in-depth focus on a practical project with Unity, building a first-person game with many features. You will make the most of the Unity 2017 advanced features while you develop the game in its entirety.
Mastering Linux Security and Hardening: Secure Your Linux Server And Protect It From Intruders, Malware Attacks, And Other External Threats
by Donald A. TevaultFor the past couple of decades, Linux has been extremely popular with systems administrators, for everything from creating networks and servers to automating their entire working environment. However, security has always been the major concern. With not many resources available in the Linux security domain, this book will be an invaluable resource to help you get your Linux systems properly secured.
RESTful Web API Design with Node.js 10 - Third Edition.: Learn To Create Robust Restful Web Services With Node.js, Mongodb, And Express.js
by Valentin BojinovRESTful services have become the standard data feed providers for social services, news feeds, and mobiles. If you want to build fast REST APIs and want to deliver a large amount of data to millions of users, you'll find this book extremely useful. This book will teach you to create scalable RESTful applications based on the Node.js platform.
Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms: Write Complex And Powerful Javascript Code Using The Latest Ecmascript, 3rd Edition
by Loiane GronerA data structure is a particular way of organizing data in a computer to utilize resources efficiently. Data structures and algorithms are the base of every solution to any programming problem. With this book, you will learn to write complex and powerful code using the latest ES 8 features.
Advanced Infrastructure Penetration Testing: Defend Your Systems From Methodized And Proficient Attackers
by Chiheb ChebbiThis book is a hands-on experience and a comprehensive understanding of advanced penetration testing techniques and vulnerability assessment and management. It takes you far beyond common techniques to compromising complex network devices , modern operating systems and help you secure high security environments.
JavaScript and JSON Essentials: Build Light Weight, Scalable, And Faster Web Applications With The Power Of Json, 2nd Edition
by Bruno Joseph D'MelloJSON is an established and standard format used to exchange data. This book shows how JSON plays different roles in full web development through examples. By the end of this book, you'll have a new perspective on providing solutions for your applications and handling their complexities.
Network Programming with Rust: Build Fast And Resilient Network Servers And Clients By Leveraging Rust's Memory-safety And Concurrency Features
by Abhishek ChandaRust has steadily become one of the most important new programming languages in recent years. One the one hand, it is low-level enough to provide fine-grained control over memory while providing memory-safety through compile-time validation. Rust also guarantees data race-free parallelism. All these features make it uniquely suitable for writing low-level networking applications. This book will help developers get started on writing such applications in Rust.
Functional Python Programming - Second Edition: Discover The Power Of Functional Programming, Generator Functions, Lazy Evaluation, The Built-in Itertools Library, And Monads, 2nd Edition
by Steven F. LottPython is an easy-to-learn and extensible programming language that offers a number of functional programming features. This practical guide demonstrates the Python implementation of a number of functional programming techniques and design patterns. Through this book, you’ll understand what functional programming is all about, its impact on the programming workflow, why it's important, and how to implement it in Python.
Getting Started with Unity 2018: A Beginner's Guide To 2d And 3d Game Development With Unity, 3rd Edition
by Edward LavieriThe Unity game engine has revolutionized the gaming industry with its complete set of intuitive tools.. This book will guide you through the entire process of creating a 3D VR 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.
Implementing Splunk 7, Third Edition: Effective Operational Intelligence To Transform Machine-generated Data Into Valuable Business Insight, 3rd Edition
by James D. MillerThis book will help you implement Splunk 7's new services and will show you how to utilize them to quickly and efficiently process machine-generated big data. You will explore Splunk Cloud and the Machine Learning Toolkit and use them with ease throughout your organization. By the end of the book, you will have learned to implement these services in your tasks at work.
Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints, Second Edition: Build Nine Projects By Working With Widgets, Geometry Management, Event Handling, And More, 2nd Edition
by Bhaskar ChaudharyTkinter is the built-in GUI package that comes with standard Python distributions. It is a cross-platform package, which means you build once and deploy everywhere. It is simple to use and intuitive in nature, making it suitable for learners. This book will enable you to use Tkinter effectively through working on nine versatile projects.
Mastering Blockchain, Second Edition: Distributed Ledger Technology, Decentralization, And Smart Contracts Explained, 2nd Edition
by Imran BashirBlockchain is a distributed database that enables permanent, transparent, and secure storage of data. The blockchain technology is the backbone of cryptocurrency and it is gaining popularity with people who work in the finance, government, and arts sectors. This book is an up-to-date, one-stop guide to this leading technology and its implementation in the real world.
Splunk 7 Essentials, Third Edition: Demystify Machine Data By Leveraging Datasets, Building Reports, And Sharing Powerful Insights, 3rd Edition
by J-P ContrerasThis book will uncover the new features in Splunk 7.