Books

This book will show you how to effectively use Ableton Live's capabilities to produce music, enhancing the standard of your musical endeavors and enabling you to confidently include production methods in your music projects.

Modeling guides are often steeped in theory and formal language. The innovative approach taken in Data Modeling with Snowflake combines practical modeling concepts with Snowflake best practices and unique features, allowing you to create efficient designs that leverage the power of the Data Cloud.

Causal Inference and Discovery in Python is a comprehensive exploration of the theory and techniques at the intersection of modern causality and machine learning. It covers fundamental concepts of Pearlian causal inference, explains the theory, and provides step-by-step code examples for both traditional and advanced causal inference and discovery techniques.

This new edition has been updated for Kubernetes 1.25 and with the latest tools and code.

This book will help you understand what sensors and actuators are and how to wire and program a PLC to perform industrial control and automation tasks with ease. You’ll learn to program HMIs and SCADA and practice them using open source, free software, along with mastering the technology to advance your career in the industrial automation field.

This comprehensive guide will help you understand practical aspects of information systems auditing. It covers key areas such as governance and management of IT, information systems acquisition, development, implementation and information systems operations, business resilience, and the crucial topic of protecting information assets.

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the detection engineering lifecycle, why it’s important, and how it can be leveraged to protect your organization. Authored by three cybersecurity veterans, this practical guide covers everything from fundamental concepts to career insights, enriching your cybersecurity expertise and bolstering your CV.

Mastering Blockchain, Fourth Edition, is the blockchain bible to equip you with extensive knowledge of distributed ledger technology, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain platforms such as Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin. With updates on new concepts like privacy, scalability, and DeFi, this book will help keep your knowledge and skills up to date.

Systems Engineering Demystified helps you to adopt a model-based approach to systems engineering in a concise, clear, and consistent way. This easy-to-follow guide covers a range of concepts and techniques for modern systems engineering that will enable a significant transformation within your organization by realizing complex systems.

Immerse yourself in the world of Godot 4.0 as you craft five projects that highlight the engine’s exceptional 3D capabilities. This book will help you build your foundational skills, guiding you step-by-step through creating small-scale game projects, and preparing you to tackle large-scale endeavors.

This book shows you how to effectively use Power BI, covering everything from Fact tables and Dimension tables to different data modeling techniques. With the help of real-world scenarios, you'll be able to identify when, why, where, and how to prepare data to support an efficient Star Schema to satisfy business requirements.

PowerShell is a powerful framework and tool that can help both red and blue teamers. It’s easy to learn and provides direct access to the Windows subsystem and APIs. This book will provide you with the skills and knowledge to make the most of PowerShell from both a red and blue team perspective. You’ll learn to attack, secure, and build a robust security framework within your organization.

Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting is a comprehensive guide to mastering C++ syntax, object-oriented programming, character creation, gameplay, UI, networking, and more. You’ll gain the skills to create high-quality games using Unreal Engine 5, even without a programming background.

This fully updated third edition takes you through tried-and-tested approaches to build distributed systems and implementing microservices architecture, following a single real-world project from start to finish. You’ll learn how to make the most of Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and a full suite of related tools and frameworks for development, security, testing, and deployment.

Complete with real-world reference architectures, this book is a comprehensive guide for application and enterprise architects who want to design solutions for real-world problems using AWS.