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“…What You Will Learn Build a foundation of basic microservices architecture design Follow an example of using event storming and domain-driven design to understand the monolithic application modified for microservices Understand, via detailed commands, how Docker is used to containerize applications Get an overview of creating microservices from a monolithic application Call microservices using RPC and messaging communication styles with MassTransit Comprehend decentralizing data and handling distributed transactions Use Azure Kubernetes Service to host and scale your microservices Know the methods to make your microservices more robust Discover testing techniques for RPC and messaging communication styles Apply the applications you build for actual use Practice cross-cutting concerns such as logging, metrics, and tracing Who This Book Is For Developers and software architects. Readers should have basic familiarity with Visual Studio and experience with .NET, ASP.NET Core, and C#…”

“…What you will learn Get to grips with Spark fundamentals and the Databricks platform Process big data using the Spark DataFrame API with Delta Lake Analyze data using graph processing in Databricks Use MLflow to manage machine learning life cycles in Databricks Find out how to choose the right cluster configuration for your workloads Explore file compaction and clustering methods to tune Delta tables Discover advanced optimization techniques to speed up Spark jobs Who this book is for This book is for data engineers, data scientists, and cloud architects who have working knowledge of Spark/Databricks and some basic understanding of data engineering principles. Readers will need to have a working knowledge of Python, and some experience of SQL in PySpark and Spark SQL is beneficial…”

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“…What's Inside First steps with AWS--no experience required Deploy web apps using EC2, RDS, S3, and Route 53 Cheap and fast system backups Setting up cloud automation About the Reader If you know your way around Windows or Linux and have a basic idea of how web applications work, you're ready to start using AWS. …”

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“…About This Book Prepare your company to navigate the rapidly-moving business world Enhance Agility in every component of your organization Build a framework that meets the unique requirements of your enterprise Who This Book Is For Enterprise Agility is a tool for anyone with the motivation to influence outcomes in an enterprise, who aspires to improve Agility. Readers from the following backgrounds will benefit: chief executive officer, chief information officer, people/human resource director, information technology director, head of change program, head of transformation, and Agile coach/consultant. …”

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“…Style and approach A step-by-step guide that enables readers to create a complete microservice ecosystem they can place into production or customize in no time…”

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