Books

If you want a book nerd in your corner, you've now got one. I've read more than a hundred pregnancy and parenting books, and I take notes. These are my short-and-sweet summaries so you can dig in only where you need. If you're looking for a friend's guide to all the information there is out there, this is my guide.

We are living in a time when motherhood is far harder than it should be. For me, pregnancy felt equal parts overwhelming, disorienting, beautiful, and inspiring. This book is a collection of 40+ of my favorite affirmations to help you through the powerful, awe-inspiring, and often overwhelming journey that is the portal into parenthood.

In 2009, I published Scrum Product Ownership - Ed. 1. Then the 2'nd Ed. in 2013. This is the 3'rd edition, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the original book. It's evolved from a beginners guide to be a more balanced reference for beginners, practitioner, and expert Product Owners.

Ever have a sticky situation you don't know how to get out of? From a nosy neighbor to a client that just won't respect your boundaries, to a friend who doesn't seem to get it—I've got you covered. For years I've written out scripts for friends to earn more money, save time, and create space. Now I've put all of my best scripts into this book.

This book is your easy way to start learn famous DevOps tools, explains why you should choose it and how you can use all the tools together. The main focus is GitLab and Jenkins. We are positive that this book helps to make the first step for engineers who think about changing their career as a lot of our students did.

From the author that brought you the acclaimed series of niche and quirky JavaScript books, the half-elven ranger, deadly archer, master of the two-handed sword and dual scimitar wielder, protector of Veleiron, Falcon of the Crepuscle, silent death of the swamps of Zulk comes a new gripping adventure of epic proportions, love, betrayal and Vim

You know next to nothing about Docker but need to create and run your first containerized application using Docker within a week. Don't worry: this book has you covered.

Have you ever wanted to start a business in China? The book is an ideas library with detailed execution plans to help non-Chinese entrepreneurs start a business in China, within fields of coding, AI and Machine Learning, IoT, Internet, Consumer Products and Services, Investment, Fintech, Data Analytics, B2B and MarTech.

Everyone should be able to learn to program. This book teaches beginners to program with the C# language. It builds a foundation on which to base a lifetime of programming. This book targets .NET Core 3 and C# 8.

GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data.

Agile testing, or testing in agile contexts, is really hard to get the balance right. Far too often, it's a development-driven activity. The 3-Pillars tries to bring the profession, art and craft of testing back into agile contexts at a leadership level. With the point being higher-performance teams AND delivering results!

Unlock the power of code craftsmanship with "Craft Your Code." According to a study, the 10 to 1 rule of writing and programming, good software and good writing requires every line to be rewritten, on an average of 10 times. Get ready to unlock the secrets of clear, concise, and comprehensible code with "Craft Your Code".

Mensen maken verhalen, verhalen maken onze agile organisaties. In 2018 hebben acht enthousiaste storytellers een methode ontwikeld en toegepast om gebruikmakend van creatieve technieken verhalen te vangen en te analyseren over de mens en Agile. Een ontdekkings reis naar het besef dat de essentie van de mens creatief en verhalend is.

Were you ever told that you can't multiply vectors? Did the crazy combinations of signs and derivatives in Maxwell's equations scream "there must be some underlying structure!" Did you ever wonder how to express a general solution of Maxwell's equations? Here's a book that attempts to provide a systematic answer to some of these questions.