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Build an Orchestrator in Go (From Scratch)
by Tim BoringDevelop a deep understanding of Kubernetes and other orchestration systems by building your own with Go and the Docker API.Orchestration systems like Kubernetes can seem like a black box: you deploy to the cloud and it magically handles everything you need. That might seem perfect—until something goes wrong and you don&’t know how to find and fix your problems. Build an Orchestrator in Go (From Scratch) reveals the inner workings of orchestration frameworks by guiding you through creating your own. In Build an Orchestrator in Go (From Scratch) you will learn how to: Identify the components that make up any orchestration system Schedule containers on to worker nodes Start and stop containers using the Docker API Manage a cluster of worker nodes using a simple API Work with algorithms pioneered by Google&’s Borg Demystify orchestration systems like Kubernetes and Nomad Build an Orchestrator in Go (From Scratch) explains each stage of creating an orchestrator with diagrams, step-by-step instructions, and detailed Go code samples. Don&’t worry if you&’re not a Go expert. The book&’s code is optimized for simplicity and readability, and its key concepts are easy to implement in any language. You&’ll learn the foundational principles of these frameworks, and even how to manage your orchestrator with a command line interface. About the technology Orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes and Nomad radically simplify managing containerized applications. Building an orchestrator from the ground up gives you deep insight into deploying and scaling containers, clusters, pods, and other components of modern distributed systems. This book guides you step by step as you create your own orchestrator—from scratch. About the book Build an Orchestrator in Go (From Scratch) gives you an inside-out perspective on orchestration frameworks and the low-level operation of distributed containerized applications. It takes you on a fascinating journey building a simple-but-useful orchestrator using the Docker API and Go SDK. As you go, you&’ll get a guru-level understanding of Kubernetes, along with a pattern you can follow when you need to create your own custom orchestration solutions. What's inside Schedule containers on worker nodes Start and stop containers using the Docker API Manage a cluster of worker nodes using a simple API Work with algorithms pioneered by Google&’s Borg About the reader For software engineers, operations professionals, and SREs. This book&’s simple Go code is accessible to all programmers. About the author Tim Boring has 20+ years of experience in software engineering. For most of that time he has worked with orchestration systems, including Borg, Kubernetes, and Nomad. Table of Contents PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1 What is an orchestrator? 2 From mental model to skeleton code 3 Hanging some flesh on the task skeleton PART 2 WORKER 4 Workers of the Cube, unite! 5 An API for the worker 6 Metrics PART 3 MANAGER 7 The manager enters the room 8 An API for the manager 9 What could possibly go wrong? PART 4 REFACTORINGS 10 Implementing a more sophisticated scheduler 11 Implementing persistent storage for tasks PART 5 CLI 12 Building a command-line interface 13 Now what?
Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST: Unleash your creativity and imagination by building exciting robotics projects
by Ashwin Shah Mr. Manoj PatelHave fun with LEGO BOOST and Scratch programming while building smart robots that can interact with the world around youKey FeaturesGet up to speed with building your first LEGO BOOST robotic modelBuild interesting robotics prototypes that can perform tasks just like real-life machinesDiscover exciting projects to bring classic LEGO bricks to life using motors and sensorsBook DescriptionLEGO BOOST is a feature-rich creative toolbox that helps kids to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills in a fun way. The LEGO BOOST kit consists of motors, sensors, and more than 840 LEGO pieces to bring various multifunctional robots to life. This book will take you on an interesting and enjoyable journey where you will have fun building robots while developing your problem-solving and logical thinking skills.This book is an end-to-end guide that will take you from a beginner to expert level of robot building with LEGO BOOST and Scratch. Starting with the unboxing and a brief introduction to LEGO BOOST, you'll quickly get your first robotic model up and running. You'll understand how to use the electronic and non-electronic components and have fun building a range of intriguing robotics projects with increasing complexity and advanced functionality. Throughout the book, you'll work on a variety of amazing projects, such as building your own R2D2, a fictional character from Star Wars, that will pique your curiosity to learn robotics and help you explore the full potential of the LEGO BOOST kit. Once you've had fun working with the projects, you'll be introduced to an interesting challenge for you to solve by yourself!By the end of this book, you'll have gained the skills to build creative robotics projects with the LEGO BOOST creative toolbox, and have built on your logical thinking and problem-solving skills.What you will learnUnbox the LEGO BOOST kit and understand how to get startedBuild simple robots with gears and sensorsDiscover the right parts to assemble your robotsProgram your BOOST robot using the Scratch 3.0 programming languageUnderstand complex mechanisms for advanced robotsDevelop engaging and intelligent robots using electronic and non-electronic componentsCreate more than 10 complete robotics projects from scratchDevelop logical thinking and unleash your creativityWho this book is forThis book will help 7 to 12-year-old children who want to learn robotics with LEGO BOOST develop their creativity, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Teachers, trainers, and parents who wish to teach robotics with LEGO BOOST and Scratch will also find this book useful.
Build and Code Creative Robots with LEGO BOOST: Unleash your creativity and imagination by building exciting robotics projects
by Ashwin ShahHave fun with LEGO BOOST and Scratch programming while building smart robots that can interact with the world around youKey FeaturesGet up to speed with building your first LEGO BOOST robotic modelBuild interesting robotics prototypes that can perform tasks just like real-life machinesDiscover exciting projects to bring classic LEGO bricks to life using motors and sensorsBook DescriptionLEGO BOOST is a feature-rich creative toolbox that helps kids to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills in a fun way. The LEGO BOOST kit consists of motors, sensors, and more than 840 LEGO pieces to bring various multifunctional robots to life. This book will take you on an interesting and enjoyable journey where you will have fun building robots while developing your problem-solving and logical thinking skills. This book is an end-to-end guide that will take you from a beginner to expert level of robot building with LEGO BOOST and Scratch. Starting with the unboxing and a brief introduction to LEGO BOOST, you'll quickly get your first robotic model up and running. You'll understand how to use the electronic and non-electronic components and have fun building a range of intriguing robotics projects with increasing complexity and advanced functionality. Throughout the book, you'll work on a variety of amazing projects, such as building your own R2D2, a fictional character from Star Wars, that will pique your curiosity to learn robotics and help you explore the full potential of the LEGO BOOST kit. Once you've had fun working with the projects, you'll be introduced to an interesting challenge for you to solve by yourself! By the end of this book, you'll have gained the skills to build creative robotics projects with the LEGO BOOST creative toolbox, and have built on your logical thinking and problem-solving skills.What you will learnUnbox the LEGO BOOST kit and understand how to get startedBuild simple robots with gears and sensorsDiscover the right parts to assemble your robotsProgram your BOOST robot using the Scratch 3.0 programming languageUnderstand complex mechanisms for advanced robotsDevelop engaging and intelligent robots using electronic and non-electronic componentsCreate more than 10 complete robotics projects from scratchDevelop logical thinking and unleash your creativityWho this book is forThis book will help 7 to 12-year-old children who want to learn robotics with LEGO BOOST develop their creativity, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Teachers, trainers, and parents who wish to teach robotics with LEGO BOOST and Scratch will also find this book useful.
Build iOS Database Apps with Swift and SQLite
by Kevin LanguedocDiscover the essential concepts and new iOS 10 SDK and Swift 3 programming language APIs to build iPhone and iPad database driven applications using the defacto standard for data storage for mobile apps, SQLite. You will learn about SQL operations, such as selecting, inserting, updating and deleting data using various data types like text, numerical types, images and even audio/video data. After working through this book, you will gain an expert view of developing iOS apps using SQlite as a data storage using Objective-C and Swift. With Build iOS Database Apps with Swift and SQLite you will also gain expert knowledge on how to create databases at runtime, including creating or modifying indexes, triggers, tables, columns, and views. The examples use time-tested code from working applications. What You'll Learn: Create database and database applications using iOS and Swift Insert, select, edit, and delete records Extend SQLite Work with multi-database apps Use SQLite with Swift Backup online SQLite databases and more Who This Book Is For: Experienced Apple iOS, Swift programmers and developers.
Build, Run, and Sell Your Apple Consulting Practice: Business And Marketing For Ios App Start Ups
by Charles EdgeStarting an app development company is one of the most rewarding things you’ll ever do. Or it sends you into bankruptcy and despair. If only there was a guide out there, to help you along the way. This book is your guide to starting, running, expanding, buying, and selling a development consulting firm. But not just any consulting firm, one with a focus on Apple. Apple has been gaining adoption in businesses ranging from traditional 5 person start ups to some of the largest companies in the world. Author Charles Edge has been there since the days that the Mac was a dying breed in business, then saw the advent of the iPhone and iPad, and has consulted for environments ranging from the home user to the largest Apple deployments in the world. Now there are well over 10,000 shops out there consulting on Apple in business and more appearing every day.Build, Run, and Sell Your Apple Consulting Practice takes you through the journey, from just an idea to start a company all the way through mergers and finally into selling your successful and growing Apple development business.What You'll LearnCreate and deploy grassroots as well as more traditional marketing plansEngage in the community of developers and companies that will hire you and vice versaEffecively buy and sell your time and talents to grow your business while remaining agileWho This Book Is ForBusiness owners looking to grow and diversify their companies as well as developers, engineers, and designers working on Apple apps who would like to branch out into starting their own consulting business.
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
by Tony FadellTony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.So that’s what this book is. An advice encyclopedia. A mentor in a box. Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs deciding whether to sell their company—Build is full of personal stories, practical advice and fascinating insights into some of the most impactful products and people of the 20th century.Each quick 5-20 page entry builds on the previous one, charting Tony’s personal journey from a product designer to a leader, from a startup founder to an executive to a mentor. Tony uses examples that are instantly captivating, like the process of building the very first iPod and iPhone. Every chapter is designed to help readers with a problem they’re facing right now—how to get funding for their startup, whether to quit their job or not, or just how to deal with the jerk in the next cubicle.Tony forged his path to success alongside mentors like Steve Jobs and Bill Campbell, icons of Silicon Valley who succeeded time and time again. But Tony doesn’t follow the Silicon Valley credo that you have to reinvent everything from scratch to make something great. His advice is unorthodox because it’s old school. Because Tony’s learned that human nature doesn’t change. You don’t have to reinvent how you lead and manage—just what you make. And Tony’s ready to help everyone make things worth making.
Buildbox 2.x Game Development
by Ty AudronisBuild rich, high production value mobile games and distribute them across different platforms with Buildbox About This Book * Create captivating 2D & 2.5D (isometric) video games for all platforms * Leverage Buildbox to monetize and prepare your games for distribution * This step-by-step tutorial will get you generating complex and media rich games with no coding experience Who This Book Is For This book caters to those who have an interest or desire to create their own mobile games either as a hobbyist or who are looking to enhance their skills as a professional games developer. No coding experience is required. What You Will Learn * Create the illusion of a 3D background in your game using parallax * Add advanced controls and obstacles to our first world * Develop assets (graphic and audio) for the Buildbox engine * Design games based on the capabilities and limitations of Buildbox and their target platforms * Compile and distribute video games on various channels such as Steam, iOS store, Android stores, and the Mac App Store * Optimize your games to get the absolute best quality within platform restrictions * Conquer common issues experienced with Buildbox development In Detail Buildbox is an "any skill level" development platform to develop video games with no coding experience. It also exports these games to be compiled for any platform (from Windows to Mac to iOS to Android and Blackberry) all using the same graphic user interface. Using an example as a tutorial, we will relate the driving principles and you'll see how you can implement these principles to develop any games on the platform. We begin by setting expectations and providing a brief overview of the software. But it's not long before you "dive in" to creating your first video game. You will actually have a playable level ("world") by the end of the second chapter. Later on, you'll learn everything from basic graphics creation to advanced world design while you refine your first game, called "Ramblin' Rover." All along the way, you will see how certain functions could be used in tandem to create other types of games; hoping to spark imagination. We will follow the principles and process of monetization through ads and in-game rewards. Lastly, we will go through the process of exporting, compiling, and preparing your storefront to sell the games you will eventually create. Style and approach This book follows a tutorial-based approach that teaches through examples, while also providing the necessary principles to enable you to abstract these principles into any game you want to make.
Building 3D Digital Games: Design and Program 3D Games (Dummies Junior)
by Sarah GuthalsA technology book for kids! Do you want to create 3D digital games that'll impress your friends, family, and even yourself? This book shows you how to use Alice, a free 3D game programming environment, to make seriously cool video games you'll have as much fun building as you will playing! Create your own adventure—recreate your favorite story by giving the characters new choices and writing your own ending When zombies attack—make your very own escape room maze and attempt to defeat the enemy before it defeats you Technology Requirements: Hardware – PC or tablet with internet connection running Windows® 7 or higher or Mac with internet connection running Mac OS X® 10.7 or higher Software – Alice–a free programming platform that can be downloaded at alice.org.
Building 3D Models with modo 701
by Juan Jimenez GarciaThe book will focus on creating a sample application throughout the book, building gradually from chapter to chapter.If you are new to the 3D world, this is the key to getting started with a modern software in the modern visualization industry. Only minimal previous knowledge is needed.If you have some previous knowledge about 3D content creation, you will find useful tricks that will differentiate the learning experience from a typical user manual from this, a practical guide concerning the most common problems and situations and how to solve them.
Building A Global Information Assurance Program
by Raymond J Curts Douglas E. CampbellGovernments, their agencies, and businesses are perpetually battling to protect valuable, classified, proprietary, or sensitive information but often find that the restrictions imposed upon them by information security policies and procedures have significant, negative impacts on their ability to function. These government and business entities are
Building A High-Performance Team
by Sarah CookIT managers' work cannot be achieved without collaboration and teamwork. "Building a High-Performance Team" is intended to provide IT managers with informative and practical advice and tips on how to create a high-performance team.
Building A Wireless Office
by Gilbert HeldSales of IEEE 802.11x compliant wireless LANs are exploding. Unfortunately the manuals accompanying the equipment do not address topics such as site selection, equipment interoperability with products from other vendors, and how to acquire and configure the different firewall, network address translation, and router software necessary when connecting to the Internet. Building a Wireless Office is a how-to guide that explains technical issues in non-technical terms. Written for a wide audience, it teaches how wireless LANs operate, the difference between available and emerging products, and why wireless LANs that operate at higher data rates may not be suitable or cost effective for all organizations.
Building AI Driven Marketing Capabilities: Understand Customer Needs and Deliver Value Through AI
by Simon Grima Pallavi Tyagi Neha Zaidi Mohit MauryaThis book provides insight into technologies that offer competitive advantage in marketing. These technologies can help us with describing and predicting customer behavior with the help of analytics, designing of radical products, creating of meaningful value, optimization of distribution, informing and promoting solutions, and making marketing more effective overall by aligning marketing with business goals. A range of technologies, such as analytics, big data, artificial intelligence, IoT, machine learning are expected to transform future businesses. Understanding customer needs, matching them to solutions and delivering value can all be dramatically optimized with the help of technology. Businesses need to realize that AI has already made inroads in marketing and can be expected to wield its influence across functional areas in the foreseeable future. The business world is headed towards acceptance of technology to synthesize knowledge by interpreting diverse information and facilitating decision making.This book is an attempt to reflect deployment of technologies across businesses and sectors. As the functional discipline comes together, harnessing a gamut of technologies becomes indispensable to deliver a superior customer experience and driving profits. Marketers should thus adopt the concepts of openness, convergence, and creation of value through new emerging technologies. A resultant hyper connected market will thus have to adopt innovative changes in its existing processes and services. The proposed book offers its readers an insight into technological interventions in various aspects of marketing domain. From understanding various technologies as an enabler to marketing efforts and its impact on decision making and mapping of various facets of customer experience, this book is recommended for marketers and learners to understand the advantages of using technology. What You Will LearnThe developments and applications of Artificial Intelligence in marketingThe precise, practical framework necessary to discover, utilize, and embrace AI potential to optimize the outcomes for company growthAutomation and optimization of media planning through AIWho This Book is ForThe book is designed for marketers, academicians, business professionals, data scientists, practitioners, and researchers.
Building AI-Powered Products: The Essential Guide to AI and GenAI Product Management
by Marily NikaDrawing from her experience at Google and Meta, Dr. Marily Nika delivers the definitive guide for product managers building AI and GenAI powered products. Packed with smart strategies, actionable tools, and real-world examples, this book breaks down the complex world of AI agents and generative AI products into a playbook for driving innovation to help product leaders bridge the gap between niche AI and GenAI technologies and user pain points. Whether you're already leading product teams or are an aspiring product manager, and regardless of your prior knowledge with AI, this guide will empower you to confidently navigate every stage of the AI product lifecycle. Confidently manage AI product development with tools, frameworks, strategic insights, and real-world examples from Google, Meta, OpenAI, and moreLead product orgs to solve real problems via agentic AI and GenAI capabilitiesGain AI Awareness and technical fluency to work with AI models, LLMs, and the algorithms that power them; get cross-functional alignment; make strategic trade-offs; and set OKRs
Building APIs with Node.js
by Caio Ribeiro PereiraLearn how to build scalable APIs using the Node. js platform and ES6 (EcmaScript 2015) with this quick, informative guide. Developing systems for the wide range of devices available in the modern world requires the construction of APIs designed to work only with data in a centralized manner, allowing client-side applications to be developed separately and have a unique interface for the final user. Node. js has proven itself to be an excellent platform for building REST APIs because of its single-thread architecture. It has a low learning curve and can be understood by anyone who has a basic understanding of the JavaScript language. Use Building APIs with Node. js today to understand how Node. js APIs work, and how you can build your own. What You Will Learn Build scalable APIs using the Node. js platform Use ES6, Express, Passport, ApiDoc, Mocha, Helmet and more Integrate an SQL database through Sequelize. js and build a single page application using Vanilla. js Who This Book Is For Ideal for developers who have a basic understanding of JavaScript and Node. js.
Building Analytics Teams: Harnessing analytics and artificial intelligence for business improvement
by Douglas B. Laney John K. ThompsonMaster the skills necessary to hire and manage a team of highly skilled individuals to design, build, and implement applications and systems based on advanced analytics and AI Key Features Learn to create an operationally effective advanced analytics team in a corporate environment Select and undertake projects that have a high probability of success and deliver the improved top and bottom-line results Understand how to create relationships with executives, senior managers, peers, and subject matter experts that lead to team collaboration, increased funding, and long-term success for you and your team Book Description In Building Analytics Teams, John K. Thompson, with his 30+ years of experience and expertise, illustrates the fundamental concepts of building and managing a high-performance analytics team, including what to do, who to hire, projects to undertake, and what to avoid in the journey of building an analytically sound team. The core processes in creating an effective analytics team and the importance of the business decision-making life cycle are explored to help achieve initial and sustainable success. The book demonstrates the various traits of a successful and high-performing analytics team and then delineates the path to achieve this with insights on the mindset, advanced analytics models, and predictions based on data analytics. It also emphasizes the significance of the macro and micro processes required to evolve in response to rapidly changing business needs. The book dives into the methods and practices of managing, developing, and leading an analytics team. Once you've brought the team up to speed, the book explains how to govern executive expectations and select winning projects. By the end of this book, you will have acquired the knowledge to create an effective business analytics team and develop a production environment that delivers ongoing operational improvements for your organization. What you will learn Avoid organizational and technological pitfalls of moving from a defined project to a production environment Enable team members to focus on higher-value work and tasks Build Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AA&AI) functions in an organization Outsource certain projects to competent and capable third parties Support the operational areas that intend to invest in business intelligence, descriptive statistics, and small-scale predictive analytics Analyze the operational area, the processes, the data, and the organizational resistance Who this book is for This book is for senior executives, senior and junior managers, and those who are working as part of a team that is accountable for designing, building, delivering and ensuring business success through advanced analytics and artificial intelligence systems and applications. At least 5 to 10 years of experience in driving your organization to a higher level of efficiency will be helpful.
Building Android Apps in Python Using Kivy with Android Studio: With Pyjnius, Plyer, and Buildozer
by Ahmed Fawzy GadStart building Python-based Android applications using Kivy with Android Studio. Through in-depth examples, this book teaches you everything you need to create your first Android application in Python and publish on Google Play.Building Android Apps in Python Using Kivy with Android Studio takes you through the basics of Kivy by discussing its application structure, widgets, and event handling. The KV language is then introduced for separating the logic and GUI by adding widgets within a KV file. You will then learn how to utilize Android camera using Kivy, build the HTTP server using Flask, and create and manage multiple screens to help you design your own applications. Through detailed step-by-step instructions, you will create your first multi-level cross-platform game that includes animation and sound effects. Following this, the process of converting the Kivy application into an Android application using Buildozer and Python-4-Android is covered in detail. You will then learn how to edit the generated Android Studio project into Android Studio by adding extensions to the original application. The widgets added in Kivy could be handled within Android Studio. Moreover, Android views could be added to enrich the Kivy application. The resulting Android application created with Kivy can be hosted on Google Play to download and install as a regular Android application.At the end, this book will give you the basic knowledge of Kivy needed to build cross-platform Android applications, produce an Android Studio project, and understand how it all works in detail. What You Will LearnBuild cross-platform applications from scratch using Kivy in detailCreate a cross-platform interactive multi-level game from the ground upExamine the pipeline of building an Android app from the Python Kivy appUnderstand the structure of the Android Studio project produced by KivyRecognize how to extend the application within Android Studio by adding more Android views to the application main activity. Who This Book Is ForPython developers with no previous experience in Kivy who are looking to create their first Android application completely in Python.
Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
by Brian Jepson Jonathan Stark<p>If you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android applications. This hands-on book shows you how to use these open source web standards—instead of Java—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 convert it to a native Android app with Adobe's free PhoneGap framework.</p>
Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making Native Apps With Standards-based Web Tools (Oreilly And Associate Ser.)
by Paco Hope Jonathan Stark Paco Nathan John Papaconstantinou Paco LagerstromIf you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android applications. This hands-on book shows you how to use these open source web standards to design and build apps that can be adapted for any Android device -- without having to use Java.You'll learn how to create an Android-friendly web app on the platform of your choice, and then convert it to a native Android app with the free PhoneGap framework. Discover why device-agnostic mobile apps are the wave of the future, and start building apps that offer greater flexibility and a broader reach.Learn the basics for making a web page look great on the Android web browserConvert a website into a web application, complete with progress indicators and moreAdd animation with jQTouch to make your web app look and feel like a native Android appTake advantage of client-side data storage with apps that run even 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 under load with real users, and then submit the finished product to the Android MarketThis book received valuable community input through O'Reilly's Open Feedback Publishing System (OFPS). Learn more at http://labs.oreilly.com/ofps.html.
Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making Native Apps with Standards-Based Web Tools (Oreilly And Associate Ser.)
by Brian Jepson Jonathan Stark Brian MacDonaldIf 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
Building Android Games with Cocos2d-x
by Raydelto HernandezIf you have a basic understanding of the C++ programming language and want to create videogames for the Android platform, then this technology and book is ideal for you.
Building Android UIs with Custom Views
by Raimon Rafols MontaneCreate engaging user experiences and awesome user interfaces using this guide About This Book • Move beyond default UI templates, create and customize amazing UIs with Android Custom View • Enable smooth data flow and create futuristic UIs by creating flexible custom views • Scale your apps with responsive and data intensive views Who This Book Is For This book is for Android developers who want to create great user interfaces and move beyond the basics of the standard UI elements. They must have basic Android development knowledge along with basic Java programming. What You Will Learn • Extend the standard UI widget framework by creating Custom views • Add complex rendering, animations, and interactions to your views • Optimize performance and decrease battery usage • Implement custom views to share between multiple projects, or share it publicly • Create 3D custom views using OpenGL ES In Detail To build great user interfaces for your Android apps that go beyond the standard UI elements, you need to use custom Android views. With these, you can give your app a distinctive look and ensure that it functions properly across multiple devices. This book will help you construct a great UI for your apps by teaching you how to create custom Android views. You will start by creating your first Android custom view and go through the design considerations. You will then see how the right choices will enable your custom view to perform seamlessly across multiple platforms and Android versions. You will create custom styleable attributes that work with Android XML layouts, learn to process touch events, define custom attributes, and add properties and events to them. By the end of this book, you will be able to create apps with custom views that are responsive and adaptable to make your app distinctive and an instant hit with its users. Style and approach The approach will be that of a step by step practical tutorial. The book will take you through a complete journey, right from creating your first Android view to customizing it to enable it to support any complex app.
Building Apple Watch Projects
by Stuart GrimshawDiscover exciting and fun projects by building brilliant applications for the Apple Watch About This Book * Explore the opportunities opened up to developers by Apple's latest device: the Apple Watch * Be a crackerjack at developing software across a broad range of watch app categories * From an eminent author, master all stages of development, from the first stage through to a completed project Who This Book Is For If you have some basic knowledge of programming in Swift and are looking for the best way to get started with Apple Watch development, this book is just the right one for you! What You Will Learn * Understand the concept of the Apple Watch as an autonomous device as well as it being paired with the iPhone * Get your app up and running * Design exciting, inspiring, and attractive layouts for your apps * Make your user interface more engaging using images and animation * Enable your Watch and iPhone apps to transport and share data * Leverage the feature-rich set of WatchKit technologies provided by Apple * Connect your apps to the Internet * Submit your app to the App Store In Detail With Apple's eagerly anticipated entry into the wearable arena, the field is wide open for a new era of app development. The Apple Watch is one of the most important technologies of our time. This easy-to-understand book takes beginners on a delightful journey of discovering the features available to the developer, right up to the completion of medium-level projects ready for App Store submission. It provides the fastest way to develop real-world apps for the Apple Watch by teaching you the concepts of Watch UI, visual haptic and audio, message and data exchange between watch and phone, Web communication, and finally Visual, haptic as well as audio feedback for users. By the end of this book, you will have developed at least four fully functioning apps for deployment on watchOS 2. Style and approach This is a step-by-step guide to developing apps for the Apple Watch with the help of screenshots and fully coded working examples.
Building Applications on Mesos: Leveraging Resilient, Scalable, and Distributed Systems
by David GreenbergHow can Apache Mesos make a difference in your organization? With this practical guide, you’ll learn how this cluster manager directs your datacenter’s resources, and provides real time APIs for interacting with (and developing for) the entire cluster. You’ll learn how to use Mesos as a deployment system, like Ansible or Chef, and as an execution platform for building and hosting higher-level applications, like Hadoop.Author David Greenberg shows you how Mesos manages your entire datacenter as a single logical entity, eliminating the need to assign fixed sets of machines to applications. You’ll quickly discover why Mesos is the ultimate DevOps tool.Understand Mesos architecture, and learn how it manages CPU, memory, and other resources across a clusterBuild an application on top of Mesos with Marathon, a platform for hosting services on MesosCreate new, production-ready frameworks for MesosWrite a custom executor to provide richer interaction between the Mesos scheduler and workersDive into advanced topics, including the reconciliation process, Docker integration, dynamic reservations, and persistent volumesLearn about today’s Mesos initiatives that will likely become tomorrow’s features
Building Applications with Azure Resource Manager (ARM): Leverage IaC to Vastly Improve the Life Cycle of Your Applications
by David RendónLearn how to leverage infrastructure as code with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and the best practices to build, test, debug, and deploy your applications in Microsoft Azure using ARM templates and the new domain-specific language Bicep.As organizations consider moving partially or fully to the cloud, infrastructure as code (IaC) has become a key component to improving time to market for their applications. However, it is critical that enterprise infrastructure professionals use the right resources and strategies to build the infrastructure required to run applications in the cloud. Azure cloud-native components and capabilities automate the build and deployment process, offering a myriad of compelling reasons to leverage IaC to build your applications in Azure.Starting with the evolution of the software-defined approach and building on the basic concepts of infrastructure as code, this book provides you with comprehensive guidance to learn Azure Resource Manager from the ground up. You will learn the best practices for deploying and maintaining application infrastructure, such as template authoring tooling enhancements, Azure DevOps integrations, and updates to the deployment platform.After reading this book, you will understand the breadth and use cases of ARM capabilities and tooling within Microsoft Azure. You will be able to build, test, debug, and deploy your ARM templates and know how to use infrastructure as code to better manage the life cycle of your applications in Azure.What You Will LearnIntroduces the concepts of infrastructure as code and how to leverage it using Azure Resource ManagerTeaches how to enable and deploy Azure Resource Manager templatesCovers the basic core elements of an ARM template to start authoring your templates and building your applications in the cloudDives into core components such as parameters, variables, functions, dependencies, deployment modes, loops, conditions), enabling nested templates Reveals the built-in services and features in Azure, allowing the debugging process and validation process of the ARM templatesDiscusses “Bicep” the language for ARM templates and the DevOps integration to deploy ARM templatesWho This Book Is ForPeople who build, install, repair, or maintain the hardware and software associated with computer systems on-premises and who want to learn about the deployment and provisioning process of applications in the Microsoft Cloud using an infrastructure as code approach through Azure Resource Manager. Readers should have an Azure account and be familiar with the main Azure services (storage, compute, networking, management). Basic knowledge of PowerShell is also useful.