Software Engineering

In the future, historians may look back on human progress and draw a sharp line designating "before scrum" and "after scrum". Scrum is that groundbreaking. It already drives most of the world's top technology companies. And now it's starting to spread to every domain where people wrestle with complex projects.

Il dato è il petrolio del XXI secolo. Grandi compagnie come Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Ibm e via elencando, sono tra le società con il maggior valore di capitalizzazione al mondo e continuano a crescere. La data driven economy è una realtà che non riguarda solo le grandi compagnie citate, ma tutti i settori. La consapevolezza che il dato crea un vantaggio competitivo è una realtà per tutte le aziende. Una delle tecnologie che è importante conoscere per chi vuole capire il mondo dei Big Data è Apache Hadoop.

Structured Query Language (SQL) is the gold standard for interacting with modern databases. Used by companies all over the world, SQL allows users to manipulate the contents, architecture, and existence of a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) with just a few commands. Knowledge of this simple, yet powerful tool is becoming ubiquitous in workplaces big and small, corporate and public. From young startups to multinational conglomerates - businesses of all types need to effectively manage and process their data.

Imagine that software could be constantly updated without our involvement! No need to figure out hardware specifications. Nothing to interrupt our digital activities. No waiting for lengthy downloads and reboots. What if it all just happened in the background and we could simply enjoy the benefits? Liquid Software explores a future in which developers code high-quality applications that securely flow to end users with zero downtime. The authors bring insights from their more than 50 years of collective experience in building software in modern development environments.

Confessional. “How-to”. Entertaining. Software world is in a disruptive phase. Technology is changing, business needs are changing, and so should the techies. Without sugar coating and without conforming to be politically right, this audiobook will remove the haziness and share the truth to thrive as a techie at work and life. After completing more than a decade in the tech world, Ramakrishna Reddy, tells it like it is.

Discover what is involved with Lean Software Development and Kanban so that you can more efficiently deliver software to your customers. Incorporating lean manufacturing and lean IT principles and practices are essential to delivering software to your customers quickly and easily. This audiobook, A Gentle Introduction to Lean Software Development, will help you understand how the lean principles can be applied to software development, lean software architecture, and lean software strategies, so that you can more efficiently deliver software to your customers.

New technologies, patterns, and frameworks are being developed every year so it's hard to stay up-to-date. This audiobook is intended to help to bridge that gap. The book does not provide secret recipes or uncover new patterns. The goal was to create a guide that provides a conventional overview of key .NET software development topics and helps formalize definitions of concepts such as the .NET Framework, Object-Oriented Programming, and design patterns.

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is not a revolutionary new technology. Instead, it is better to think of this as being a new way of organizing computer network functionality. SDN allows the network to be virtualized. That's where the real power of SDN comes from, and that's what we'll be exploring in this book.

The dramatic increase in cyber compromises over the past five years, specifically of software supply chains, prompted intense scrutiny of measures to strengthen the resilience of supply chains for software used throughout government and critical infrastructure. Several policies and working groups at multiple levels within the U.S. Government focus on this need to ensure the authenticity, integrity, and trustworthiness of software products.

Today's tech unicorns develop software differently. They've developed a way of working that lets them scale like an enterprise while working like a startup. These techniques can be learned. This book takes you behind the scenes and shows you how companies like Google, Facebook, and Spotify do it. Leverage their insights, so your teams can work better together, ship higher-quality product faster, innovate more quickly, and compete with the unicorns.

Based on elements found in Nature and structure patterns from Chaos theory, it revolutionizes the production and outcome of any software endeavor. Applicable to teams of all sizes, from startups to global enterprises, DevStreams is poised to change the way software gets done in the years to come.

An Introduction to Scrum gives the listener the opportunity to learn exactly what scrum is all about and to be able to learn the basic functions of it as well. It is a great tool that can be used for application development or to manage software projects. The author ensures that things are kept simple so that the listener has no problems at all understanding and executing what they are taught in the book.

Believe it or not, there is a striking similarity between medieval castle design and how we protect networks and data in the 21st century. By examining how our ancestors fought off invading armies, it becomes much easier to understand the latest strategies for keeping hackers at-bay.

Xanpan is...a cross between XP and Kanban...is an example of a roll-your-own method...is distilled from Allan Kelly’s own experiences running development teams and then helping multiple teams adopt Agile working methods and practices. Xanpan draws ideas from Kanban and Lean, XP and Scrum, product management and business analysis, and many other places. Allan tells the Xanpan story through a series of boards which tell the story of different teams.

Software developers are in high demand and can earn a high income. Believe it or not, these jobs also don’t require a college degree. Many people are able to become self-taught software engineers and developers every day. With this short book, you can learn how to take the first steps. It will teach you strategies for how to choose a language to learn and how and where to learn a programming language.

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U.S. spy satellites over Asia make a disturbing discovery. An arachnid, an elephant-sized creature created by an alien race, is roaming a forest in North Korea. How did it get there? What is its purpose? Is it a weapon of some kind? When there’s complete radio silence from the North Koreans, and further satellite images show the area around the creature being evacuated, the U.S. decides to send a joint military and scientific team to investigate.

As the last star fighter in squadron 111, Midshipman Henry Gallant is on his way from Jupiter to Mars. With the United Planets' fleet on the verge of annihilation, he can expect no help as he passes through the asteroid belt and threatening aliens. In an era of genetic engineering, he is the only Natural (non-genetically enhanced) officer left in the fleet. His classmates and superior officers have all expressed their concern that he will not be up to the demands of the space service.

Most tech companies have removed their requirement for a computer science or related degree. If you can crack their interview, you are in. In this age, the skill to crack technical interviews is a must-have for every developer. With this ability, a developer can gain a lot of confidence and unlock amazing future possibilities for oneself. This book lists the top 11 questions and the topics that you need to prepare for your technical interviews.

The world is moving towards trillions of connected devices that in a few years will be not smartphones, but virtually anything - most of which has never been connected before. This connecting the unconnected will enable the Internet of Things - the rise of which is both exciting and confusing. The authors evaluate the opportunities that emerge as a result of the Internet of Things focusing on the impact to individuals, industries and societies.