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Software and infrastructure only create value when they pull in the same direction as the business. This book shows IT leaders how to get there: from shaping IT strategy and the architecture roadmap to the daily discipline of IT and architecture governance, all built on a pattern-based approach that adapts to your organization rather than forcing it into a template.Grounded in established frameworks such as TOGAF, COBIT, and ITIL, it pairs solid fundamentals with numerous real-world examples — and gives growing weight to compliance and IT security, now central concerns of any IT management agenda.This English edition is based on the German standard work on the subject, fully revised in its 4th edition (late 2024). It is current with TOGAF 10 and reflects recent developments in business-oriented enterprise architecture — including the open-source tool EDGY and patterns for digital strategy — alongside the latest trends in IT risk management and cybersecurity architecture.

One of the most comprehensive no-fluff guides for Python software developers to help them write clean code every day. The book is packed with principles and patterns that help developers, from novices and juniors to seniors and experts, to write cleaner code.

A collection of proven software engineering and architecture design method elements to accelerate project work and reduce technical risk. Suited for API design and (micro-)service architectures. Activity descriptions and artifact templates for non-functional requirements, domain models, architectural decision records, API contracts. Sample content.

Build bulletproof Spring Boot microservices—from monolith migration to domain-driven design and event-driven patterns—while mastering the production essentials of resilience, observability, and zero‑downtime delivery. Turn complex domains into clean, scalable services with bounded contexts, aggregates, repositories, and domain events, then ship faster with rate‑limited APIs, backoff‑retries, and Kubernetes rollouts. If leading Java teams to reliable, cloud‑ready microservices is the goal, this is the hands‑on guide that gets systems into production with confidence.

“Happily purchased. Handy to have these in one place. Thank you!” — Kent Beck “Excellent new thinking on Domain-Driven Design. It's full of real practical experience in getting the most value from domain modelling. Just like the Eric Evans' DDD book, this gives more insight each time you read it.” — Ian Russell

This book provides a cookbook of guidelines on designing beautiful (simple to use) and practical (simple to implement) RESTful API.

Every web application has security headers, cookies, TLS configurations, and CORS policies that need to be correct. Most teams find out they're wrong only after a penetration test — or worse, after an incident. This book shows you how to build a scanner that catches these issues automatically. You'll create a Python CLI tool that uses Hurl (declarative HTTP testing) to assert security properties, SSLyze to validate TLS protocol versions, and AI to generate specific remediation for every failure it finds. The output: structured JSON reports, visual HTML dashboards, and AI-generated security posture assessments. **What you'll build:** - 9 declarative Hurl security test files (headers, cookies, CORS, HSTS, CSP, CSRF, redirects, TLS) - A preprocessor that handles domain substitution and authentication - An output parser with built-in remediation guidance for every test - A TLS scanner validating SSL 2.0/3.0 disabled and TLS 1.2/1.3 enabled - An AI analyzer that generates context-specific fixes using Ollama, OpenAI, or Bedrock - An HTML reporter with dark-themed visual dashboards - Docker multi-architecture deployment - CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions **Who this is for:** - Developers who want security checks before deploying - DevSecOps engineers building CI/CD security gates - Penetration testers who need quick baseline assessments - Security students learning web vulnerability concepts hands-on - Platform teams enforcing security standards across services Every failure includes: what was expected, what was received, why it matters, how to fix it, and a documentation link. AI adds domain-specific code examples on top.

What you've got here is a hands-on walkthrough of Spring Boot 4.0, where we'll build a single application from start to finish, using the command line and then packaging it as a JAR at the end. Each chapter adds one real capability, like a REST endpoint, a database, an error handler, a security layer or a test suite. Each chapter gets straight into the code, and you can run, modify and break it to see what happens.There's even a dedicated troubleshooting chapter at the end that deals with the exact errors beginners actually encounter in practice, not just hypothetical ones.

As the author, I (Anshuman Mishra) have written this book with the spirit of mentorship — not just to explain how chatbots work, but to help you build one confidently and ethically. I have taught AI, programming, and computer science for nearly two decades, and I have seen countless students struggle to bridge the gap between theory and implementation.This book closes that gap. It teaches you what to do, why to do it, and how to do it right. It’s not just a manual — it’s a journey from curiosity to mastery.You are not just learning to build a chatbot; you are learning to create intelligence — responsibly, creatively, and with purpose.

Most asyncio tutorials introduce async and await on page one and ask you to take the runtime on faith. This book does it the other way around. You build a working event loop in thirty lines of plain Python — no asyncio import — and meet the keywords as labels for parts of a runtime you have already watched run. By the end, async Python stops being intimidating and starts being readable.

A practical backend interview reference covering modern Python and Django development (397 manuscript pages).

Become a Job-Ready API Automation Engineer Using PlaywrightAPI testing is now a must-have skill for modern QA engineers. Companies expect testers to validate backend systems, automate workflows, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.This practical guide teaches you how to master API Testing using Playwright and TypeScript from scratch — even if you are transitioning from manual testing.In this book, you will learn how to:✔ Understand APIs, HTTP, and JSON from a tester’s perspective ✔ Write real API automation tests using Playwright ✔ Handle authentication, dynamic data, and environments ✔ Design a scalable API test automation framework ✔ Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines ✔ Combine API and UI testing for faster automation ✔ Prepare for API testing and Playwright interviewsBy the end of this book, you will have the knowledge and confidence to build professional API automation frameworks and advance your QA career.Perfect for: QA Engineers, Manual Testers, Automation Testers, SDET Aspirants

A practical backend interview reference covering modern Java and Spring Boot development (1363 manuscript pages).

We'll build an agent step-by-step, starting with a small loop that accepts input and produces structured output. As we go, we'll add tools, validation, model switching, runtime adapters, and packaging techniques that'll let the agent move from a simple script to a reusable application.

A step-by-step Playwright + TypeScript guide for manual testers or who wants to switch to becoming automation engineers.