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This concise book is a quick start-up primer on the Gradle build and release tool. You'll learn about Gradle and how to set it up to use. You'll learn about the Gradle life cycle and how to effectively leverage and use it. Also, you'll learn the basics of using site plugins and …
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Java I/O, NIO and NIO. 2 is a power-packed book that is an accelerated guide and reference on buffers, files, sockets, datagrams, and pipe channels as found in the Java I/O, NIO, and NIO. 2 reference implementations. In this book, you'll also learn how and when to use selectors,…
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Learn the techniques for object recognition, 3D reconstruction, stereo imaging, and other computer vision applications using examples on different functions of OpenCV. About This Book Learn how to apply complex visual effects to images with OpenCV 3.x and Python Extract features…
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Learn to use the Java Persistence API (JPA) and other related APIs as found in the Java EE 8 platform from the perspective of one of the specification creators. A one-of-a-kind resource, this in-depth book provides both theoretical and practical coverage of JPA usage for experie…
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Joint 22nd International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems and the 17th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems, FMICS-AVoCS 2017, held in Turin, Italy, in September 2017.…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving, ITP 2017, held in Brasilia, Brazil, in September 2017. The 28 full papers, 2 rough diamond papers, and 3 invited talk papers presented were carefully reviewed and s…
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