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R in Action, Second Edition teaches you how to use the R language by presenting examples relevant to scientific, technical, and business developers. Focusing on practical solutions, the book offers a crash course in statistics, including elegant methods for dealing with messy and incomplete data. You'll also master R's extensive graphical capabilities for exploring and presenting data visually. And this expanded second edition includes new chapters on forecasting, data mining, and dynamic report writing.

This book aims to help software engineers and developers capture their ideal job offer and manage their medium-to-long-term career growth in the global artificial intelligence arena. We will focus on artificial intelligence software engineers and developers in this series.

You have a limited amount of time to create software, especially when you’re given a deadline, self-imposed or not. You’ll want to make sure that the software you build is at least decent but more importantly, on time. How do you balance quality with time? This audiobook dives into these very important topics. After listening to Scrum Essentials, you will know about scrum roles, sprints, scrum artifacts, and much more.

Starting a career as a software engineer without a computer science degree is a long and difficult journey, Hasan Armstrong discovered this whilst attempting to switch from a career in healthcare to software engineering. He now works as a software engineer and incorporates all the lessons he has learnt in this book. This book will provide a road map to getting a job as a software engineer without a computer science degree, as well as providing solutions to the obstacles you may face along the way.

Big Data teaches you to build big data systems using an architecture designed specifically to capture and analyze web-scale data. This book presents the Lambda Architecture, a scalable, easy-to-understand approach that can be built and run by a small team. You'll explore the theory of big data systems and how to implement them in practice. In addition to discovering a general framework for processing big data, you'll learn specific technologies like Hadoop, Storm, and NoSQL databases.

Whether you are at a beginner or intermediate level, this book is crafted just for you. Learn Python fundamentals. This is your beginner's step-by-step guide to one of the most essential, renowned, and practical programming languages in the 21st century. Python is a general purpose program used by many start-ups. Its design emphasizes code readability.

Thoroughly reviewed and eagerly anticipated by the agile community, User Stories Applied offers a requirements process that saves time, eliminates rework, and leads directly to better software. The best way to build software that meets users' needs is to begin with "user stories": simple, clear, brief descriptions of functionality that will be valuable to real users. In User Stories Applied, Mike Cohn provides you with a front-to-back blueprint for writing these user stories and weaving them into your development lifecycle.

Learn how to master Agile software development practices. This book teaches you how you can adopt Agile development practices into your organization the right way.

A decade ago, developers built information-sharing software by writing a lot of custom code in a single code base, then adding layers of caching. Now we build information systems: interdependent software and services, data platforms, and event streams. Many of our software-to-systems initiatives fail, though, and when they do, we double down on traditional linear approaches. But linear thinking cannot resolve systems challenges. We need to shift to systems thinking.

Discover the world of Language Learning Models (LLMs) and chatbot development with this comprehensive guide. Designed for learners of all levels, this book provides a step-by-step approach to understanding, creating, and deploying LLM chatbots. Starting with the fundamentals, it explores the intricacies of natural language processing and machine learning, enabling you to grasp how chatbots comprehend and generate human-like language.

From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, in a book that interrogates who they are, how they think, what qualifies as greatness in their world, and what should give us pause. They are the most quietly influential people on the planet, and Coders shines a light on their culture.

Baby Zeke returns! It has been many months since Baby Zeke learned he was the warrior in the Balance of The Four. In his new book, Baby Zeke: Return of the Warrior: An Unofficial Minecraft Book, you will learn what Baby Zeke has been doing during his months of silence. And, you will follow his surprising adventures in pursuit of a magical llama.

C# in Depth, Third Edition updates the best-selling second edition to cover the features of C# 5, including the challenges of writing maintainable asynchronous code. It preserves the uniquely insightful look into the tricky areas and dusty corners of C# that only expert Jon Skeet can provide.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed industries like healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and entertainment, boosting efficiency and productivity. However, many fear AI will replace human jobs, especially in software engineering. This book, "Why AI Will Not Eliminate Software Engineering Jobs," addresses these concerns.

This audiobook is a highlight reel of content revolving around the software developer's life.

Being a software developer is a magical thing. You type text into a computer, and users see buttons on screens, movies on their phones, control drones, order food, control their lights, and do so much more. Software development is a superpower! But how do you do it? How do you become a software developer? And when you are one, how do you deal with all the daily things of software development?

A love letter to Dark Souls and a guided tour of its world. The book leverages interviews with the game's creator Hidetaka Miyazaki, as well as original analysis to uncover the mystery of what makes the game so riveting, enduring, and influential.

Want to know the secret to becoming an expert software engineer and getting any job you want? The answer is simple: experience. In this book, I will show you the system I use to design, develop, and deliver open source software; steer you away from the mistakes I’ve made along the way; and help you build an impressive résumé of projects that’ll get you that job you’ve always wanted, and in time, will earn you the right to call yourself an expert.

Did you know that coding and programming jobs are one of the most secure and best-paid jobs around the world? According to BSL, the median annual wage for computer programmers was $84,280 in 2018. The field is growing strong and companies are headhunting coders. But even if you don't want to become a professional coder, programming skills increase your salary in other fields such as marketing, finance, and business analysis. Several studies have shown that programming skills added more than $20,000 to the annual salary.

In 1962, Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley created a software company when the concept of software barely existed. Freelance Programmers employed women to work on complex projects such as Concorde's black box recorder from the comfort of their own homes. Shirley empowered a generation of women in technology, giving them unheard of freedom to choose their own hours and manage their own workloads. The business thrived, and Shirley gradually transferred ownership to her staff, creating 70 millionaires in the process.