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“…Coverage includes · Understanding the HTML5 innovations that make it possible to create amazingly rich games · Setting up a state-of-the-art open source HTML5 game development environment · Using JavaScript to drive sophisticated interactions between users and games · Building basic games fast, with the prototype-based Simple Game Framework (SGF) · Generating movement and gameplay with the canvas tag and surface · Creating games with SVG vector graphics using the RaphaëlJS Javascript library · Using Three.js to build powerful WebGL 3D games with far less complexity · Developing games without JavaScript, using Google Web Toolkit (GWT) or CoffeeScript · Building a complete multiplayer game server using Node.js and WebSockets · Planning and choosing tools for mobile game development with HTML5 · Optimizing game performance with offline cache, minification, and other techniques Learning HTML5 Game Programming is the fastest route to success with HTML5 game development—whether you’re a long-time game developer or a web/mobile programmer building games for the first time…”

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“…Here the ‘Looking-Glass’ is the powerful DISC framework, and we see it used to enable different kind of TDD (Team-Driven Development) through the use of stories, examples, models, and guidance.” -- Brad Appleton , Agile coach/consultant in a Fortune 100 telecom company; coauthor of Software Configuration Management Patterns “This book is essential reading for any engineering team that’s serious about Agile development. …”

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“…What's Inside Objective-C from the ground up Developing with Xcode 4 Examples that work unmodified on iPhone Table of Contents PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH OBJECTIVE-C Building your first iOS application Data types, variables, and constants An introduction to objects Storing data in collections PART 2 BUILDING YOUR OWN OBJECTS Creating classes Extending classes Protocols Dynamic typing and runtime type information Memory management PART 3 MAKING MAXIMUM USE OF FRAMEWORK FUNCTIONALITY Error and exception handling Key-Value Coding and NSPredicate Reading and writing application data Blocks and Grand Central Dispatch Debugging techniques…”

“…You can further build robotic applications on your drone utilizing critical software libraries and tools from the ROS framework. With the help of DroneKit and MAVLink (for reliable communication), you can customize applications via cloud and mobile to interact with your UAV. …”

“…By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the latest advancements in the GAN framework using various examples and datasets, and you will have developed the skills you need to implement GAN architectures for several tasks and domains, including computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and audio processing. …”

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“…What You Will Learn Get to grips with docker fundamentals and how to dockerize an application for the Continuous Delivery process Configure Jenkins and scale it using Docker-based agents Understand the principles and the technical aspects of a successful Continuous Delivery pipeline Create a complete Continuous Delivery process using modern tools: Docker, Jenkins, and Ansible Write acceptance tests using Cucumber and run them in the Docker ecosystem using Jenkins Create multi-container applications using Docker Compose Managing database changes inside the Continuous Delivery process and understand effective frameworks such as Cucumber and Flyweight Build clustering applications with Jenkins using Docker Swarm Publish a built Docker image to a Docker Registry and deploy cycles of Jenkins pipelines using community best practices In Detail The combination of Docker and Jenkins improves your Continuous Delivery pipeline using fewer resources. …”

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“…You will build XAI solutions in Python, TensorFlow 2, Google Cloud's XAI platform, Google Colaboratory, and other frameworks to open up the black box of machine learning models. …”

“…You'll also understand how to organize and prioritize project tasks using Agile frameworks, such as Kanban and Scrum, and verify specifications against the delivered code. …”

“…What you will learn Become familiar with the fundamentals of the Ansible framework Set up role-based variables and dependencies Avoid common mistakes and pitfalls when writing automation code in Ansible Extend Ansible by developing your own modules and plugins Contribute to the Ansible project by submitting your own code Follow best practices for working with cloud environment inventories Troubleshoot issues triggered during Ansible playbook runs Who this book is for If you are a DevOps engineer, administrator, or any IT professional looking to automate IT tasks using Ansible, this book is for you. …”

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“…The revised chapter on Pricing Policy provides a theoretically-grounded framework to describe specific policies for managing price changes for situations such as: -Cost-based price increases -Price reductions in a recession -Discounts The chapter on Value Creation now addresses the difference between how to consider value when it is driven by tangible monetary drivers (saving money on gas) versus the more subjective psychological drivers (doing the right thing for the environment). …”