PolyBase Revealed
Harness the power of PolyBase data virtualization software to make data from a variety of sources easily accessible through SQL queries while using the T-SQL skills you already know and have mastered. PolyBase Revealed shows you how to use the Pol...

Jumpstart Snowflake
Explore the modern market of data analytics platforms and the benefits of using Snowflake computing, the data warehouse built for the cloud. With the rise of cloud technologies, organizations prefer to deploy their analytics using cloud providers ...

C# 8 Quick Syntax Reference, 3rd edition
This quick C# 8 guide is a condensed code and syntax reference to the C# programming language, updated with the latest features of C# 8 for .NET and Windows 10. This book presents the essential C# 8 syntax in a well-organized format that can be used ...

Asian Founders at Work
What does it take to successfully launch and scale a startup in Asia? While much of modern business literature covers Silicon Valley and its founders, building a company in Asia - a world center of technology and innovation - is a vastly different jo...

Pro Apache NetBeans
Take a detailed look at the NetBeans IDE and new features in the NetBeans Platform. Learn about support for JShell, the Jigsaw Module System, and Local Variable Type Inference, focusing on what this new version of NetBeans brings to developers who ar...

Quick Start Guide to Dart Programming
Get started with Dart and learn to program with this language suitable for high-performing, modern applications. You'll gain the basics and be ready to move to the next level: web and mobile apps. While you won't learn the specifics of programming we...

Identity Attack Vectors
Discover how poor identity and privilege management can be leveraged to compromise accounts and credentials within an organization. Learn how role-based identity assignments, entitlements, and auditing strategies can be implemented to mitigate the th...

Learn TensorFlow 2.0
Learn how to use TensorFlow 2.0 to build machine learning and deep learning models with complete examples. The book begins with introducing TensorFlow 2.0 framework and the major changes from its last release. Next, it focuses on building Supervis...

Deep Learning Pipeline
Build your own pipeline based on modern TensorFlow approaches rather than outdated engineering concepts. This book shows you how to build a deep learning pipeline for real-life TensorFlow projects. You'll learn what a pipeline is and how it works...

Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification
New or intermediate developers will want to use this hands-on guide to prepare for the Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder credential, awarded for designing, building, and implementing applications using the declarative customization capabiliti...

Developing Cognitive Bots Using the IBM Watson Engine
Cognitive Virtual Bots are taking the technology and user experience world by storm. This book provides clear guidance on how different cognitive platforms can be used to develop Cognitive Virtual Assistants that enable a conversation by using Dialog...

Building Web Applications with .NET Core 2.1 and JavaScript, 2nd edition
Roll up your sleeves and jump into building web applications using .NET Core 2.1 and the most popular JavaScript frameworks. You will start by building a data access layer using Entity Framework Core, a RESTful service using ASP.NET Core, and then...

Prepare Your Data for Tableau
Focus on the most important and most often overlooked factor in a successful Tableau project - data. Without a reliable data source, you will not achieve the results you hope for in Tableau. This book does more than teach the mechanics of data prepar...

Beginning Bazel
Discover Bazel, a new build and software test set of tools for today's programmers and developers. This book shows you how to speed up your builds and tests, and how to use Bazel in the context of your favorite programming language. You'll see that ...

Learning Bulma
Learn to use Bulma in your HTML file by applying easy-to-understand practical examples to create responsive and mobile-first websites. Featuring a step-by-step approach, this book encourages you to modify its code examples and review the changes ...

Apple Device Management
Working effectively with Apple platforms at a corporate or business level includes not only infrastructure, but a mode of thinking that administrators have to adopt to find success. A mode of thinking that forces you to leave 30 years of IT dogma at ...

Interactive Object-Oriented Programming in Java, 2nd edition
Gain the fundamental concepts of object-oriented programming with examples in Java. This 2nd edition comes with detailed coverage and enhanced discussion on fundamental topics such as inheritance, polymorphism, abstract classes, interfaces, and packa...

Hands On Google Cloud SQL and Cloud Spanner
Discover the methodologies and best practices for getting started with Google Cloud Platform relational services - CloudSQL and CloudSpanner. The book begins with the basics of working with the Google Cloud Platform along with an introduction to t...

Augmenting Customer Experience with SharePoint Online
Build, enrich, and transform customer experience using SharePoint Online. This book will discuss different SharePoint Online approaches that you can use to enhance customer experience, including digital portals, enterprise content management, Microso...

Advanced API Security, 2nd edition
Prepare for the next wave of challenges in enterprise security. Learn to better protect, monitor, and manage your public and private APIs. Enterprise APIs have become the common way of exposing business functions to the outside world. Exposing fun...