Books

Build real machine learning applications with TensorFlow.js, from your first model to production-ready systems. Learn how to train and deploy models in the browser and Node.js, tackle real-world challenges and explore modern techniques with practical JavaScript and TypeScript examples you can run and adapt.

Whenever I've worked on a service, there's always been a morning when it stops being a demo. Then traffic arrives from somewhere nobody planned for, a nightly job overruns into the working day, and a number somebody chose months ago turns out to be wrong. That morning was a different story, though. The thing that separates a survival program from one that doesn't is a set of habits, and those habits can be learned. So, this second edition is organised around them rather than around syntax.

Build more than web apps. Learn how Elixir and Phoenix work under the hood, from BEAM fundamentals and concurrency to LiveView, fault tolerance, testing and production deployment. With practical examples that grow into realistic systems, this book shows you how to build web applications that stay fast, resilient and ready to scale.

Take your Delphi skills beyond the basics and learn how to build real-world web applications with DMVCFramework. From your first REST API to secure, scalable services, this practical guide covers the tools, patterns and techniques you need to build, test and deploy production-ready applications with confidence.

Build a real, production-grade design system on the web platform — Prism DS, from a single custom element to an AI-agent-ready component library — with every example tested in a real browser before it made it into the book.

Build robust web applications and REST APIs with Haskell and Servant. This practical guide takes you from core Haskell concepts to type-safe API design, PostgreSQL, JWT authentication, testing and deployment. Along the way, you’ll build a complete versioned API using patterns that make real-world Servant projects reliable and maintainable.

Bring the browser and the physical world together. Learn how to build secure, reliable JavaScript and TypeScript apps that communicate directly with real hardware. From serial terminals and sensor dashboards to test stations and device tools, this hands-on guide takes you from first connection to production-ready systems.

Build fast, modern web applications with Python and FastAPI. Starting with your first endpoint, you’ll develop a real application step by step while learning databases, authentication, WebSockets, testing, Docker and deployment. By the end, you’ll know how to turn Python code into secure, production-ready systems.

Build real-time web apps that hold up beyond the demo. This hands-on guide takes you from WebSocket fundamentals and Socket.IO essentials to security, Redis scaling, monitoring and production deployment. Learn how the pieces work, why they matter and how to build fast, reliable systems ready for serious traffic.

Master Django by building the kind of web applications people actually use. Start with the fundamentals, then move into APIs, security, performance, frontend integration and production deployment. With practical projects and professional techniques throughout, this guide takes you from your first Django app to software built for the real world.

A hacked WordPress site can look perfectly normal. Follow real investigations across files, databases, hidden users, cron jobs, hosting, DNS, checkout pages, and blacklists—and learn how to find the full compromise, remove it safely, and stop it from coming back.

Bring real Python to the browser. This practical guide takes you from Pyodide fundamentals to production-ready applications, with hands-on examples, proven patterns and clear-eyed trade-offs. Learn how Python and WebAssembly fit together, what works in the real world and how to build confidently for the web.

Master Spring Boot from the ground up and learn what it takes to build software that is ready for the real world. From Java fundamentals to secure microservices, testing and production deployment, this practical guide turns modern Spring Boot concepts into skills you can confidently put to work.

Go beyond the frontend and learn what happens behind the scenes. Build real servers, databases, APIs, and authentication from the ground up—then learn how to use AI to build faster without sacrificing your understanding or your users' security.

Build crawlers that perform at scale without becoming a security liability, then learn to spot and stop the bots targeting your systems. Packed with production-ready code, real-world architectures and practical case studies, this book takes you deep into crawling, fingerprinting, bot detection, WAFs, machine learning and incident response.