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Book Description The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information Architecture even more essential. How do you present large volumes of information to people who need to find what they’re looking for quickly? This classic primer shows information architects, designers, and Web site developers How to build large-scale and maintainable Web sites that are appealing and easy to navigate. The new edition is thoroughly updated to address emerging technologies — with recent examples, new scenarios, and information on best practices — while maintaining its focus on fundamentals. With topics that range from aesthetics to mechanics, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web explains How to create interfaces that users can understand right away. Inside, you’ll find: An overview of information architecture for both newcomers and experienced practitioners The fundamental components of an architecture, illustrating the interconnected nature of these systems. Updated, with updates for tagging, folksonomies, Social classification, and guided navigation Tools, techniques, and methods that take you from Research to strategy and design to implementation. This edition discusses blueprints, wireframes and the…

Book Description Python for Data Analysis is concerned with the nuts and bolts of manipulating, processing, cleaning, and crunching data in Python. It is also a practical, modern introduction to Scientific Computing in Python, tailored for data-intensive applications. This is a book about the parts of the Python language and libraries you’ll need to effectively solve a broad set of data Analysis problems. This book is not an exposition on analytical methods using Python as the implementation language. Written by Wes McKinney, the main author of the pandas library, this hands-on book is packed with practical cases studies. It’s ideal for analysts new to Python and for Python programmers new to Scientific Computing. Use the IPython interactive Shell as your primary Development environment Learn basic and advanced NumPy (Numerical Python) features Get started with data analysis tools in the pandas library Use high-Performance tools to load, clean, transform, merge, and reshape data Create scatter plots and static or interactive visualizations with Matplotlib Apply the pandas groupby facility to slice, dice, and summarize datasets Measure data by points in…

Book Description Create your own natural language training corpus for Machine learning. Whether you’re working with English, Chinese, or any other natural language, this hands-on book guides you through a proven annotation Development cycle—the process of adding metadata to your training corpus to help ML algorithms work more efficiently. You don’t need any Programming or linguistics experience to get started. Using detailed examples at every step, you’ll learn how the MATTER Annotation Development Process helps you Model, Annotate, Train, Test, Evaluate, and Revise your training corpus. You also get a complete walkthrough of a real-world annotation Project. Define a clear annotation goal before collecting your dataset (corpus) Learn tools for analyzing the linguistic content of your corpus Build a model and specification for your annotation Project Examine the different annotation formats, from basic XML to the Linguistic Annotation Framework Create a gold standard corpus that can be used to train and test ML algorithms Select the ML algorithms that will process your annotated data Evaluate the test results and revise your annotation task Learn how to use lightweight…

Book Description Why learn F#? With this guide, you’ll learn how this multi-paradigm language not only offers you an enormous productivity boost through functional Programming, but also lets you develop applications using your existing Object-Oriented and imperative Programming skills. You’ll quickly discover the many advantages of the language, including access to all the great tools and libraries of the .NET platform. Reap the benefits of functional Programming for your next project, whether you’re writing concurrent code, or building data- or math-intensive applications. With this comprehensive book, former F# team member Chris Smith gives you a head start on the fundamentals and walks you through advanced concepts of the F# language. Learn F#’s unique characteristics for building applications Gain a solid understanding of F#’s core syntax, including Object-Oriented and imperative styles Make your object-oriented code better by applying functional programming patterns Use advanced functional techniques, such as tail-recursion and computation expressions Take advantage of Multi-Core processors with asynchronous workflows and Parallel programming Use new type providers for interacting with Web Services and information-rich environments Learn how well F# works…

Book Description Implementing Zendesk as part of your company’s operations can be a time-consuming process. In this hands-on guide, author Stafford Vaughan provides the most comprehensive set of best practices for setting up and using Zendesk, distilled from years of training companies How to launch this popular customer service software. You’ll learn the purpose, benefits, and pitfalls of each Zendesk feature, with examples of how you can configure it to match your company’s needs and processes. Through several real-world examples, you’ll also discover how other companies use the product, so you can determine how best to put Zendesk’s potential into practice for your Business. Customize your Zendesk customer service tool with your brand Create tickets using Email, voice, chat, feedback tabs, and Social media Implement security measures, including ways to safely login from Social media sites Generate profiles and permissions for your Zendesk customers, agents, and administrators Understand the data capture Lifecycle, and control the fields your customers are required to fill out Apply techniques for making your agent process more efficient Modify Zendesk to reflect your existing…

Book Description Google App Engine makes it easy to create a web application that can serve millions of people as easily as serving hundreds, with minimal up-front investment. With Programming Google App Engine, Google engineer Dan Sanderson provides practical guidance for Designing and developing your application on Google’s vast infrastructure, using App Engine’s scalable services and simple Development model. Through clear and concise instructions, you’ll learn how to get the most out of App Engine’s nearly unlimited Computing power. This second edition is fully updated and expanded to cover Python 2.7 and Java 6 support, multithreading, asynchronous service APIs, and the use of frameworks such as Django 1.3 and webapp2. Understand how App Engine handles web requests and executes application code Learn about new datastore features for queries and indexes, transactions, and data modeling Create, manipulate, and serve large data files with the Blobstore Use task queues to parallelize and distribute computation across the infrastructure Employ scalable services for Email, instant messaging, and communicating with Web Services Track resource consumption, and optimize your application for speed and cost…

Book Description If you’re considering R for statistical Computing and data visualization, this book provides a quick and practical guide to just about everything you can do with the Open Source R language and software environment. You’ll learn How to write R functions and use R packages to help you prepare, visualize, and analyze data. Author Joseph Adler illustrates each process with a wealth of examples from medicine, Business, and sports. Updated for R 2.14 and 2.15, this second edition includes new and expanded chapters on R Performance, the ggplot2 data visualization package, and parallel R Computing with Hadoop. Get started quickly with an R tutorial and hundreds of examples Explore R syntax, objects, and other language details Find thousands of user-contributed R packages online, including Bioconductor Learn How to use R to prepare data for Analysis Visualize your data with R’s graphics, lattice, and ggplot2 packages Use R to calculate statistical fests, fit models, and compute probability distributions Speed up intensive computations by writing parallel R programs for Hadoop Get a complete desktop reference to R Table…

Book Description Though Arista Networks is a relative newcomer in the data center and Cloud networking markets, the company has already had considerable success. In this book, renowned consultant and technical author Gary Donahue (Network Warrior) provides an in-depth, objective guide to Arista’s lineup of hardware, and explains why its network switches and Extensible Operating System (EOS) are so effective. Anyone with a CCNA or equivalent knowledge will benefit from this book, especially entrenched administrators, engineers, or architects tasked with building an Arista network. Is Arista right for your data center? Pick up this guide and find out. Topic highlights include: SysDB: the EOS system Database that holds state, statuses, and variables Multichassis Link Aggregation (MLAG): for linking a port-channel to multiple switches instead of just one Latency Analyzer (LANZ): the interface-buffer troubleshooting tool with a Reporting granularity of one millisecond VM Tracer: for adding, changing, and removing VLANs without human interaction Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP): for remote switch configuration Hardware advantages: including merchant silicon, low-latency networking, and power consumption Gotchas: issues with Arista switches or systems

Book Description Take advantage of iPhone and iPad sensors and advanced geolocation technologies to build state-of-the-art location applications. In this concise hands-on guide, author Alasdair Allan (Learning iOS Programming) takes you deep inside Apple’s Core Location framework, Map Kit, and other iOS tools, using illustrative examples and sample Objective-C code. Learn how to build location-aware apps for both iPhones and iPads, using code that detects hardware features and then adjusts your app’s behavior. If you’re a programmer with iOS experience, or a Mac developer familiar with Objective-C, this book helps you get off to a solid start in location-based app Development. You’ll learn about: Core Location: Understand the significant-change location service and GEO-fencing capabilities Map Kit: Embed maps into your application’s views Magnetometer: Use the on-board sensor as a digital compass GeoCoding capabilities: Translate geographic coordinates into place names, and vice versa Heat maps: Get a code walkthrough for displaying these maps on top of a standard MapKit view Third-party SDKs: Add unique GEO-location capabilities to your app from SkyHook Wireless, MapBox, and other providers

Book Description Design great Facebook, iOS, and Web games and learn from the experts what makes a Game a hit! This invaluable resource shows how to put into action the proven design and Marketing techniques from the industry’s best Game designers, who all started on a small scale. The book walks novice and experienced Game designers through the step-by-step process of conceptualizing, Designing, launching, and managing a winning game on platforms including Facebook, iOS, and the Web. The book is filled with examples that highlight key design features, explain how to market your game, and illustrate how to turn your design into a money-making venture. Provides an overview of the most popular game platforms and shows how to design games for each Contains the basic principles of game design that will help promote growth and potential to generate revenue Includes interviews with top independent game developers who reveal their success secrets Offers an Analysis of future trends that can open (or close) opportunities for game designers Game Design Secrets provides aspiring game designers a process for planning, Designing,…