HBase Design Patterns

Design and implement successful patterns to develop scalable applications with HBase

• Design HBase schemas for the most demanding functional and scalability requirements
• Optimize HBase's handling of single entities, time series, large files, and complex events by utilizing design patterns
• Written in an easy-to-follow style, and incorporating plenty of examples, and numerous hints and tips.

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Learning NGUI for Unity

Leverage the power of NGUI for Unity to create stunning mobile and PC games and user interfaces

• Get to grips with NGUI for both PC and mobile devices
• Create fully functional 2D and 3D cross-platform user interfaces
• A step-by-step guide, full of examples to help you quickly build widgets and user-friendly GUI for your games

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Mastering Ext JS

In this book you’ll learn to develop a complete application with ExtJS. Enhance your existing skills and get a better grasp of the JavaScript framework to create advanced Internet applications.

• Build an application with Ext JS from scratch
• Learn expert tips and tricks to make your web applications look stunning
• Create professional screens such as login, menus, grids, tree, forms, and charts.

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Xamarin Mobile Application Development for iOS

If you want to develop iOS apps with Xamarin, and this comprehensive tutorial has it all. Covering everything from the UI to using TestFlight, it’s your fast route to the App Store.

• A clear and concise look at how to create your own apps building on what you already know of C#
• Create advanced and elegant apps by yourself
• Ensure that the majority of your code can also be used with Android and Windows Mobile 8 devices

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wxPython 2.8 Application Development Cookbook

Quickly create robust, reliable, and reusable wxPython applications

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OpenGL Development Cookbook
OpenGL brings an added dimension to your graphics by utilizing the remarkable power of modern GPUs. This straight-talking cookbook is perfect for intermediate C++ programmers who want to exploit the full potential of OpenGL.

• Explores current graphics programming techniques including GPU-based methods from the outlook of modern OpenGL 3.3
• Includes GPU-based volume rendering algorithms
• Discover how to employ GPU-based path and ray tracing
• Create 3D mesh formats and skeletal animation with GPU skinning
• Explore graphics elements including lights and shadows in an easy to understand manner

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Getting Started with HTML5 WebSocket Programming

Develop and deploy your first secure and scalable real-time web application

• Start real-time communication in your web applications
• Create a feature-rich WebSocket chat application
• Learn the step-by-step configuration of the server and clients

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Raspberry Pi Media Center

Imagine controlling your TV with your smartphone, dynamically streaming content that you have on various devices across your home, as and when you want. Raspberry Pi Media Center will show you how to configure the complete experience using readily available and accessible tools, so that you too will soon be enjoying your media from the comfort of your own sofa. With this practical guide, you’ll discover how you can transform your Raspberry Pi into a powerful media center. Using Raspbmc (based on the XBMC distribution), you'll be shown how you can deploy and configure your own media center, including coverage of all the essentials from controlling your device with a TV remote or smartphone, to the creation and customization of your very own media library (including the conversion of any existing collection). You'll even be able to stream multimedia from your devices or directly from the Internet!

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ASP.NET Web API: Build RESTful web applications and services on the .NET framework

Hey! Want to build RESTful web apps with the help of ASP.NET? Today's free eBook shows you how to do just that - simply download, read, and you'll be well on your way constructing lightweight web architectures that can form the foundations of any of your development projects.

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Instant QlikView 11 Application Development

Confused about QlikView? Don't be - our free Instant guide explains it all quickly and simply. You'll soon be putting the premier business intelligence platform to work for you and your business. Get the knowledge you need to get real insight with QlikView - free today only!

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Gradle Effective Implementation Guide

Gradle Effective Implementation Guide is a great introduction and reference for using Gradle. The Gradle build language is explained with hands on code and practical applications. You learn how to apply Gradle in your Java, Scala or Groovy projects, integrate with your favorite IDE and how to integrate with well-known continuous integration servers. Start with the foundations and work your way through hands on examples to build your knowledge of Gradle to skyscraper heights. You will quickly learn the basics of Gradle, how to write tasks, work with files and how to use write build scripts using the Groovy DSL. Then as you develop you will be shown how to use Gradle for Java projects. Compile, package, test and deploy your applications with ease. When you’ve mastered the simple, move on to the sublime and integrate your code with continuous integration servers and IDEs. By the end of the «Gradle Effective Implementation Guide» you will be able to use Gradle in your daily development. Writing tasks, applying plugins and creating build logic will be second nature.

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Mastering Android Application Development

Learn how to do more with the Android SDK with this advanced Android Application guide which shows you how to make even better Android apps that users will love

• Learn how to design and build better Android apps to reach new users
• Explore the latest features and tools in the Android SDK that will help you become a better developer
• From concurrency to testing – through to adding adverts and billing, this book ties together every element to help you deliver a high-quality Android application on Google Play

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Learning Java by Building Android Games

Extend your game development skills while learning Java – follow this book and learn Java for Android to enter the world of Android games development with greater confidence

• Acquaint yourself with Java and object-oriented programming, from zero previous experience
• Build four cool games for your phone and tablet, from retro arcade-style games to memory and education games, and gain the knowledge to design and create your own games too
• Walk through the fundamentals of building games and use that experience as a springboard to study advanced game development or just have fun

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Mastering Android NDK

Android NDK is used for multimedia applications that require direct access to system resources. NDK is also the key for portability, which in turn allows a reasonably comfortable development and debugging process using familiar tools such as GCC and Clang toolchains. This is a hands-on guide to extending your game development skills with Android NDK. The book takes you through many clear, step-by-step example applications to help you further explore the features of Android NDK and some popular C++ libraries and boost your productivity by debugging the development process. Through the course of this book, you will learn how to write portable multi-threaded native code, use HTTP networking in C++, play audio files, use OpenGL ES 3, and render high-quality text. Each chapter aims to take you one step closer to building your application. By the end of this book, you will be able to create an engaging, complete gaming application!

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Android 5 Programming by Example

Android - it's the most popular platform out there. So how are you going to build for it? Today's free eBook - that's how! Packed with plenty of examples that show you how to put concepts into practice, simply download it and start building your next Android app.

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20 Python Libraries You Aren't Using (But Should)

The Python ecosystem is vast and far-reaching in both scope and depth. Starting out in this crazy, open-source forest is daunting, and even with years of experience, it still requires continual effort to keep up-to-date with the best libraries and techniques. This report helps you explore some of the lesser known Python libraries and tools, including third-party modules and several extremely useful tools in the standard library that deserve more attention.

What makes this collection different from other lists online? Author Caleb Hattingh diligently spent time finding and testing hidden gems that fit several criteria: easy to install and use, cross-platform, applicable to more than one domain, and not yet popular but likely to become so soon. You will likely discover at least a couple of cool libraries that will assist you in your everyday Python activities, no matter your specialization.

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Android Wearable Programming

Expand on your Android development capabilities by building applications for Android Wear

• Get to grips with the Android Wear and Google Glass SDK to build your own wearable apps
• Incorporate voice and input features into your wearable apps and develop custom interfaces for Android TV
• A step-by-step guide to creating applications that run directly on Android Wear devices and Google Glass

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Android Game Programming by Example

Android gaming is a hot topic these days, but one of the few areas of technology that does not have an abundance of clear and useful documentation online. However, there is an ever-increasing demand for Android games. This book will help you get up to speed with the essentials of game development with Android. The book begins by teaching you the setup of a game development environment on a fundamental level. Moving on, the book deals with concepts such as building a home screen UI, implementing game objects, and painting the scene at a fixed resolution. Gradually, it builds up to the implementation of a flexible and advanced game engine that uses OpenGL ES 2 for fast, smooth frame rates. This is achieved by starting with a simple game and gradually increasing the complexity of the three complete games built step by step. By the end of the book, you will have successfully built three exciting games over the course of three engrossing and insightful projects.

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Android Studio Essentials

Get to know your way around the Android Studio IDE. We think it will simplify your life and take some of the stress out of developing your next Android app - which means you can focus on more important problems. Pick it up for free today.

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Programming ArcGIS 10.1 with Python Cookbook

This book provides the recipes you need to use Python with AcrGIS for more effective geoprocessing. Shortcuts, scripts, tools, and customizations put you in the driving seat and can dramatically speed up your workflow.

• Learn how to create geoprocessing scripts with ArcPy
• Customize and modify ArcGIS with Python
• Create time-saving tools and scripts for ArcGIS

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Learning SciPy for Numerical and Scientific Computing

For solving complex problems in mathematics, science, or engineering, SciPy is the solution. Building on your basic knowledge of Python, and using a wealth of examples from many scientific fields, this book is your expert tutor.

• Perform complex operations with large matrices, including eigenvalue problems, matrix decompositions, or solution to large systems of equations
• Step-by-step examples to easily implement statistical analysis and data mining that rivals in performance any of the costly specialized software suites
• Plenty of examples of state-of-the-art research problems from all disciplines of science, that prove how simple, yet effective, is to provide solutions based on SciPy

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Getting Started with Ghost

Reach out to the world and publish great content with the power of Ghost

• Full, detailed explanations of how to use Ghost.
• Setup Ghost on a dedicated host, or take full control by installing and configuring it on your VPS.
• Design and build fast, stylish and responsive themes to make your blog unique.

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Augmented Reality for Android Application Development

Pokemon Go has shown the world the potential of augmented reality. Make your idea for an AR app a reality with this free and practical guide to building AR apps in Android. Augmented Reality for Android Application Development enables you to implement sensor-based and computer vision-based AR applications on Android devices. You will learn about the theoretical foundations and practical details of implemented AR applications, and you will be provided with hands-on examples that will enable you to quickly develop and deploy novel AR applications on your own.

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Learning Internet of Things

Explore and learn about Internet of Things with the help of engaging and enlightening tutorials designed for Raspberry Pi

• Design and implement state-of-the-art solutions for Internet of Things using different communication protocols, patterns, C# and Raspberry Pi
• Learn the capabilities and differences between popular protocols and communication patterns and how they can be used, and should not be used, to create secure and interoperable services and things
• A step-by-step hands-on tutorial with complete source code, that provides interoperable solutions for sensors, actuators, controllers, cameras, and protocol brides

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Internet of Things with Intel Galileo

Employ the Intel Galileo board to design a world of smarter technology for your home with today's free title. This book starts by teaching you the essentials of the Intel Galileo board, its components, how to wire it, and how to use it safely. The book will teach you how to use and combine simple sensors to build more complex connected objects with the help of an Internet connection. You'll also learn how to control and read from your sensors by building a number of interesting projects. Download today and bring the IoT to your home today!

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Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints

When it comes to DIY IoT projects, an Arduino is a great place to start. Dive into today's free eBook - the last of our Internet of Things weekend - and get creative!

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R for Data Science

Learn and explore the fundamentals of data science with R

• Familiarize yourself with R programming packages and learn how to utilize them effectively
• Learn how to detect different types of data mining sequences
• A step-by-step guide to understanding R scripts and the ramifications of your changes

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R Data Visualization Cookbook

This book is packed with practical recipes, designed to provide you with all the guidance needed to get to grips with data visualization with R. It starts off with the basics of R plots and an introduction to heat maps and customizing them, before gradually taking you through creating interactive maps using the googleVis package, generating choropleth maps and contouring maps, bubble plots, and pie charts. You will then learn how to animate 2D and 3D plots in R. By the end of the book, you will be equipped with the key techniques to create impressive data visualizations with professional efficiency and precision.

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R Graphs Cookbook

Here at Packt we love graph databases - they help you see connections and relationships in data. Not sure how to get started? Today's free eBook is packed with loads of data science recipes that demonstrate how to use R for working with graph data. Make sure you don't miss it! From basic scatter plots to more detailed maps, it's got everything you need to start doing more with data.

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R Object-oriented Programming

R is best suited to produce data and visual analytics through customizable scripts and commands, instead of typical statistical tools that provide tick boxes and drop-down menus for users. This book is divided into three parts to help you perform these steps. It starts by providing you with an overview of the basic data types, data structures, and tools available in R that are used to solve common tasks. It then moves on to offer insights and examples on object-oriented programming with R; this includes an introduction to the basic control structures available in R with examples. It also includes details on how to implement S3 and S4 classes. Finally, the book provides three detailed examples that demonstrate how to bring all of these ideas together.

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Learning R for Geospatial Analysis

Geospatial analysis. It's actually pretty easy to get started - well, it is with today's free eBook. Download it now and find out how to put R to work to investigate and explore geospatial data. Whether you're a data geek or just insatiably curious, we recommend you dive in and begin reading!

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Big Data Analytics with R and Hadoop

If you’re an R developer looking to harness the power of big data analytics with Hadoop, then this book tells you everything you need to integrate the two. You’ll end up capable of building a data analytics engine with huge potential. Build a powerful data analytics engine that can process analytics algorithms over a large scale dataset in a scalable manner.

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Kali Linux Social Engineering

The greatest weakness in any security system is the human element. Find out how to use the exceptional Kali Linux platform to exploit those weaknesses through social engineering techniques. Learn the essential techniques to keep your systems secure with this free eBook today!

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Managing Windows Servers with Chef

Harness the power of Chef to automate management of Windows-based systems using hands-on examples with today's Free Learning! This book begins with an introduction to the functionality and benefits of using Chef to manage Windows systems. From there, you are shown an overview of the Chef architecture and how to prepare a Windows host so that it can be managed by Chef, followed by an example of writing code to install a popular .NET application with Chef. This book looks at how Windows system administrators can effectively leverage Chef as an automated system management tool to simplify their lives through managed infrastructure. By the end of the book, you will be able to deploy software, provision hosts (including cloud servers), develop and test recipes for multiple platforms, and manage Windows hosts using the powerful tools that Chef provides.

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Blender Cycles: Lighting and Rendering Cookbook

If you’re already au fait with Blender, this book gives extra power to your artist’s elbow with a fantastic grounding in Cycles. Packed with tips and recipes, it makes light work of the toughest concepts.

• Get acquainted with the lighting and rendering concepts of the Blender Cycles engine
• Learn the concepts behind nodes shader system and get the best out of Cycles in any situation
• Packed with illustrations and a lot of tips and tricks to make your scenes come to life

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Responsive Media in HTML5

Learn effective administration of responsive media within your website or CMS system using practical techniques

• Learn how to add images and videos to your site using responsive techniques such as sprites and JavaScript libraries
• Understand some of the pitfalls of creating responsive media, such as «format not supported,» and how we can avoid these issues during the development process
• Apply the basic techniques of creating responsive images and video content to popular frameworks such as WordPress, Bootstrap, or Less CSS

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Jasmine JavaScript Testing

If you want to take your JavaScript coding to a new level of reliability and proficiency, this book is for you. Discover how to use Jasmine for unit testing whilst learning best practice for the whole JavaScript universe.

• Learn the power of test-driven development while creating a fully-featured web application
• Understand the best practices for modularization and code organization while putting your application to scale
• Leverage the power of frameworks such as BackboneJS and jQuery while maintaining the code quality
• Automate everything from spec execution to build; leave repetition to the monkeys

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Expert Python Programming

Looking to discover the world of Python programming from an Expert's perspective? Take the time to download this 372 page masterclass to the world of high level Python and discover just what you need to know to see your projects reach new heights! From beginning with setting up the best development environment, and along the way looking at agile methodologies in Python, and applying proven object-oriented principles to your design you'll see how the experts really tackle difficult jobs with this great language.

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Learning Python Design Patterns

Claim this 100 page eBook free today. Written for intermediate Python programmers, this excellent tutorial will help streamline your work through the use of Design Patterns. You’ll learn through example and clear explanations to expand your know-how and speed up your output. Get to grips with seven of the better-known design patterns to improve your Python code.

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Python 3 Object Oriented Programming

All this week we’re offering you a free Python book every day and what better way to get started then with this beloved Packt classic? Object-oriented makes programming a real pleasure and with this guide you can learn how to make it your own with clear examples throughout. Discover the OOP principle you need to know and correctly implement them with Python for maximum effectiveness as you’re introduced to the libraries, tools, and know how that will make your life so much easier!

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Python for Secret Agents

Claim this 216 page eBook free today. Analyze, encrypt, and uncover intelligence data using Python, the essential tool for all aspiring secret agents. This book will guide new field agent trainees through putting together a Python-based toolset to gather, analyze, and communicate data. It starts by covering the basics and then moves on to sections such as file exchange, image processing, geocoding, simple trigonometry, and more sensitive statistical processing. Learn Python the fun way through practical secret agent projects!

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Python Unlocked

Claim this 217 page eBook free today. Become more fluent in Python—learn strategies and techniques for smart and high-performance Python programming. Python Unlocked walks you through the most effective techniques and best practices for high performance Python programming - showing you how to make the most of the Python language. You’ll get to know objects and functions inside and out, and will learn how to use them to your advantage in your programming projects. We know you're an exceptional Python developer - now unlock the final secrets of complete Python mastery.

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Building Machine Learning Systems with Python

Expand your Python knowledge and learn all about machine-learning libraries in this user-friendly guide! Packed with 290 pages of best practices, tutorials, and more Building Machine Learning system with Python shows you exactly how to find patterns through raw data. The book starts by brushing up on your Python ML knowledge and introducing libraries, and then moves on to more serious projects on datasets, Modelling, Recommendations, improving recommendations through examples and sailing through sound and image processing in detail!

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Implementing Splunk: Big Data Reporting and Development for Operational Intelligence

Learn to transform your machine data into valuable IT and business insights with this comprehensive and practical tutorial

• Learn to search, dashboard, configure, and deploy Splunk on one machine or thousands
• Start working with Splunk fast, with a tested set of practical examples and useful advice
• Step-by-step instructions and examples with a comprehensive coverage for Splunk veterans and newbies alike

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Unity Multiplayer Games

Take your gaming development skills into the online multiplayer arena by harnessing the power of Unity 4 or 3. This is not a dry tutorial – it uses exciting examples and an enthusiastic approach to bring it all to life.

• Create a variety of multiplayer games and apps in the Unity 4 game engine, still maintaining compatibility with Unity 3.
• Employ the most popular networking middleware options for Unity games
• Packed with ideas, inspiration, and advice for your own game design and development

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Penetration Testing with the Bash shell

Make the most of Bash shell and Kali Linux’s command line based security assessment tools.

• Utilize the command line to create, run, and execute tests
• Learn useful command line based information processing utilities and unlock the problem solving power of a Linux terminal
• Practical demonstrations using in-depth explanations and screenshots to help you use the Linux Bash terminal to tackle a collection of common security-related problems.

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Nagios Core Administration Cookbook

Want to get more from Nagios Core? This book shows system and network administrators how to use the framework to its fullest as a monitoring framework for checks on any kind of network services, from the smallest home network to much larger production multi-site services. You will discover that Nagios Core is capable of doing much more than pinging a host or to see whether websites respond!

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Advanced Express Web Application Development

For experienced JavaScript developers this 148 page book is all you need to build highly scalable, robust applications using Express. It takes you step by step through the development of a single page application so you learn empirically. Building an Express application that is reliable, robust, maintainable, testable, and can scale beyond a single server requires a bit of extra thought and effort. Express applications that need to survive in a production environment will need to reach out to the Node ecosystem and beyond, for support. This free eBook shows you how.

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3D Printing Blueprints

A new industrial age is here. Machines designed to build useful and interesting objects have moved from the factory to the home. Whether you have a 3D printer or not, learning how to design your first 3D models is the best way to become part of the 3D printing movement. 3D Printing Blueprints will teach you, step by step, the tools and techniques of using Blender, a free 3D modelling program, to build 3D models for printing with simple and fun hands-on projects. Through the course of doing the blueprints you will custom build one-of-a-kind objects that you can call your own, so download today and visit your nearest Hackspace to get creating your own 3D miniatures and more today!

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Natural Language Processing with Java and LingPipe Cookbook

NLP is at the core of web search, intelligent personal assistants, marketing, and much more; and LingPipe is a toolkit for processing text using computational linguistics. This book starts with the foundational but powerful techniques of language identification, sentiment classifiers, and evaluation frameworks. It goes on to detail how to build a robust framework to solve common NLP problems, before ending with advanced techniques for complex heterogeneous NLP systems!

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