Program Management for Improved Business Results, 2nd EditionProgram Management for Improved Business Results, Second Edition is a practical guide to real-world program management, written to align with the rigorous PMI PgMP certification standards. The book explains the benchmarks and best practices that help shape a superior program manager, and provides case studies that illustrate the real-world application of management concepts. Written by a team composed of both industry professionals and academics, the book strikes a balance between theory and practice that facilitates understanding and better prepares candidates for the PgMP. Managers at all levels will learn the insights and techniques that are shaping modern management expectations. ...
Introducing ElixirElixir is an excellent language if you want to learn about functional programming, and with this hands-on introduction, you'll discover just how powerful and fun Elixir can be. This language combines the robust functional programming of Erlang with a syntax similar to Ruby, and includes powerful features for metaprogramming.
This book shows you how to write simple Elixir programs by teaching one skill at a time. Once you pick up pattern matching, process-oriented programming, and other concepts, you'll understand why Elixir makes it easier to build concurrent and resilient programs that scale up and down with ease. ...
AngularJS ServicesThis book provides you with the skills and best practices needed to create AngularJS services. It starts with the fundamentals of what services are and their role in a typical AngularJS application. You will walk through the development of a real-world application using services across the various application layers and then move on to create services that provide cross-cutting concerns such as messaging, logging, and authentication.
Next, the book covers services that provide data access showing you how to interact with external cloud-based data services and how to cache data on the client to reduce network latency. The book then shows you how to write services that leverage other cloud-based services to create mashups and include functionality in your application without writing a lot of code. ...
NumPy Cookbook- Learn advanced Indexing and linear algebra
- Know reshaping automatically
- Dive into Broadcasting and Histograms
- Profile NumPy code and visualize your profiling results
- Speed up your code with Cython
- Use the array interface to expose foreign memory to NumPy
- Use universal functions and interoperability features
- Learn about Matplotlib and Scipy which is often used in conjunction with NumPy ...
Java 7 Concurrency CookbookMaster all that Java 7 has to offer for concurrent programming.
Get to grips with thread management, the Fork / Join framework, concurrency classes and much more in this book.
A practical Cookbook packed with recipes for achieving the most important Java Concurrency tasks. ...
wxPython 2.8 Application Development CookbookDevelop flexible applications in wxPython.
Create interface translatable applications that will run on Windows, Macintosh OSX, Linux, and other UNIX like environments.
Learn basic and advanced user interface controls.
Packed with practical, hands-on cookbook recipes and plenty of example code, illustrating the techniques to develop feature rich applications using wxPython. ...
Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager CookbookPractical cookbook with recipes that will help you get the most out of Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager.
Learn the various methods and best practices administrating and using Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager.
Save money and time on your projects by learning how to correctly solve specific problems and scenarios that arise while using System Center Service Manager. ...
Microsoft Windows PowerShell 3.0 First LookExplore and experience the new features found in PowerShell 3.0.
Understand the changes to the language and the reasons why they were implemented.
Discover new cmdlets and modules available in Windows 8 and Server 8.
Quickly get up to date with the latest version of Powershell with concise descriptions and simple examples. ...
Gradle Effective Implementation GuideCreate Gradle build scripts from clear examples. Write build logic with the Gradle build language. Compile, test and check your Java, Scala and Groovy applications. Write your own custom tasks and plugins. Use Gradle on continous integrations servers Jenkins, TeamCity and Bamboo. Integrate Gradle with Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA. ...
OpenVPN 2 CookbookSet of recipes covering the whole range of tasks for working with OpenVPN. The quickest way to solve your OpenVPN problems! Set up, configure, troubleshoot and tune OpenVPN. Uncover advanced features of OpenVPN and even some undocumented options. ...