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Django 3 By Example, Third Edition, explores key Django features and best practices that every Python web developer should be aware of. This third edition is fully updated for Django 3 and a new chapter on Django Channels for real-time features has been added. Much more than just a reference guide, this book shows you how Django works in the ...

Get an A grade in CAs with any major language, mastery of C can take you to some very interesting new places. Almost 50 years after it first appeared, it's still the world's most popular programming language and is used as the basis of global industry's core systems, including operating systems, high-performance graphics applications, and microcontrollers. This means that fluent C users are in big demand at the sharp end in cutting-edge industries--such as gaming, app development, telecommunications, engineering, and even animation--to translate innovative ideas into a smoothly functioning reality.To help you get to where you want to go with C, this 2nd edition of C Programming For Dummies covers everything you need to begin writing programs, guiding you logically through the development cycle: from initial design and testing to deployment and live iteration. By the end you'll be au fait with the do's and don'ts of good clean writing and easily able to produce the basic--and not-so-basic--building blocks of an elegant and efficient source code.* Write and compile source code* Link code to create the executable program* Debug and optimize your code* Avoid common mistakesWhatever your destination: tech industry, start-up, or just developing for pleasure at home, this easy-to-follow, informative, and entertaining guide to the C programming language is the fastest and friendliest way to get there!

Kubernetes has continued to grow and achieve broad adoption across various industries, helping you to orchestrate and automate container deployments on a massive scale. This book will give you a complete understanding of Kubernetes and how to get a cluster up and running.

With artificial intelligence on the rise, the way we run our organisations will change-and drastically. But what exactly will that future look like? David De Cremer identifies the key areas where algorithms will collide with human skills, and assesses the likely outcomes.

Minimise waste and maximise creativity with 14 stylish freehand dressmaking projects from Chinelo Bally.

As data floods into your company, you need to put it to work right away-and SQL is the best tool for the job. With the latest edition of this introductory guide, author Alan Beaulieu helps developers get up to speed with SQL fundamentals for writing database applications, performing administrative tasks, and generating reports.

Leading the Workforce of the Future mandates new levels of self-awareness. As the workplace evolves in the direction of innovation, digitalization, and rapid change, leaders must follow suit in order to remain relevant and engaging to this multigenerational workforce.This book provides concrete advice and best practices on how to engage and retain top talent. It addresses several areas to focus on to future proof yourself and your business.In this book you will discover strategies to: Become the leader your team needs you to be. Accelerate talent development. Reshape your culture. Reskill your workforce. Create an innovation mindset. Succeed with purpose.The future is no longer some far-off destination; it is already here. Don't be caught off guard!

In this fully updated and new edition, you'll get hands-on practice with the basics, including setting up cloud-based virtual machines, deploying web servers, and using hosted data stores. As you work through the book's 21 carefully planned lessons, you'll explore big-picture concerns like security, scaling, and automation. Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition teaches you the most important skills you'll need to write, deploy, and run cloud-based applications in Azure. Key Features· Understand Azure beyond point-and-click processes· Getting started, from your first login· Writing and deploying web servers· Securing your applications and dana· Automating your environment Readers should be able to write and deploy simple web or client/server applications. About the technology With hundreds of features and prebuilt services, the Microsoft Azure cloud platform is vast and powerful. To get started, you need a trustworthy guide. In this hands-on book, Microsoft engineer and Azure trainer Iain Foulds focuses on the core skills you need to create and maintain cloud-based applications. Iain Foulds is an engineer and senior content developer with Microsoft.

Bonnie Ruberg presents twenty interviews with twenty-two queer video developers whose radical, experimental, vibrant, and deeply queer work is driving a momentous shift in the medium of video games.

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TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript with the potential to solve many of the headaches for which JavaScript is famous. But TypeScript has a learning curve of its own, and understanding how to use it effectively can take time. This book guides you through 62 specific ways to improve your use of TypeScript.Author Dan Vanderkam, a principal software engineer at Sidewalk Labs, shows you how to apply these ideas, following the format popularized by Effective C++ and Effective Java (both from Addison-Wesley). Youll advance from a beginning or intermediate user familiar with the basics to an advanced user who knows how to use the language well.Effective TypeScript is divided into eight chapters:Getting to Know TypeScriptTypeScripts Type SystemType InferenceType DesignWorking with anyTypes Declarations and @typesWriting and Running Your CodeMigrating to TypeScript

Do you want to build web pages but have no prior experience? This friendly guide is the perfect place to start. Youll begin at square one, learning how the web and web pages work, and then steadily build from there. By the end of the book, youll have the skills to create a simple site with multicolumn pages that adapt for mobile devices.Each chapter provides exercises to help you learn various techniques and short quizzes to make sure you understand key concepts.This thoroughly revised edition is ideal for students and professionals of all backgrounds and skill levels. It is simple and clear enough for beginners, yet thorough enough to be a useful reference for experienced developers keeping their skills up to date.Build HTML pages with text, links, images, tables, and formsUse style sheets (CSS) for colors, backgrounds, formatting text, page layout, and even simple animation effectsLearn how JavaScript works and why the language is so important in web designCreate and optimize web images so theyll download as quickly as possibleNEW! Use CSS Flexbox and Grid for sophisticated and flexible page layoutNEW! Learn the ins and outs of Responsive Web Design to make web pages look great on all devicesNEW! Become familiar with the command line, Git, and other tools in the modern web developers toolkitNEW! Get to know the super-powers of SVG graphics

If you're a passionate photographer and you're ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast's Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you're diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast's Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography.The Enthusiast's Guide to iPhone Photography: 63 Photographic Principles You Need to Know teaches you what you need to know in order to shoot great images with your iPhone. Chapters are broken down into numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Photographer and author Sen Duggan covers the iPhone's basic and advanced camera controls, the apps you need most for shooting and processing your images, and the principles you need to know in order to capture and share great, creative, beautiful images with your mobile device. Lessons include:4. Five Essential Apps You Need11. Capture Action with Burst Mode13. Portrait Mode34. Night Photography38. Double Exposures and Composites43. The Video Settings59. Share on Social MediaWritten in a friendly and approachable manner, and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast's Guide to iPhone Photography is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you'll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

Used by the UK government and extensively throughout the world, PRINCE2(R) uses seven principles, seven themes and seven processes, which the author believes can be tailored to any project, in any environment, at any time and with anyone - be it work-related or not.This step-by-step guide:Explains the principles of PRINCE2 in straightforward, manageable chunks;Emphasises how to apply PRINCE2 in practice, using real-life examples;Is written by an experienced PRINCE2 practitioner and trainer, so you can be sure that the information is based upon approaches that work;Gives clear explanations and practical illustrations in each section;Explains how to effectively apply PRINCE2's principles, themes and processes to your projects and other real-world scenarios; andHas been updated for PRINCE2 2017.A guide to effective project managementThis book will guide you through each step of your project, clearly defining the underlying principles that should be applied to every project, regardless of what is going on inside or outside the project environment. They are sound, proven rules, which can be used as markers on the way to project success.PRINCE2 is principle-based rather than prescriptive. The principles are:Universal in that they apply to every project;Self-validating in that they have been proven in practice over many years; andEmpowering because they give practitioners greater confidence and the ability to influence and shape how a project will be managed.Susan Tuttle has 20 years' experience in project management, programme management and change management, producing exceptional results across diverse industries. She is an accredited trainer in PRINCE2. Her training style is influenced by her strong commitment to human development. She uses learner-centred theories and principles in her training and writing to help explain and communicate difficult topics.

In this practical guide, the relationship between incident response and digital forensics is explored and you will learn how to undertake each and balance them to meet the needs of an organisation in the event of an information security incident. Best practice tips and real-life examples are included throughout.