Moodle is a learning platform or Course Management System (CMS) that is easy to install and use, but the real challenge is in developing a learning process that leverages its power and maps the learning objectives to content and assessments for an integrated and effective course…
Selecting the correct concurrency architecture has a significant impact on the design and performance of your applications. Concurrency and parallelism are synonymous to performance and high-end scalability, and this book equips you with all the tools and techniques necessary to…
Through a series of recent breakthroughs, deep learning has boosted the entire field of machine learning. Now, even programmers who know close to nothing about this technology can use simple, efficient tools to implement programs capable of learning from data. This practical boo…
"In Rhetorical Code Studies, Kevin Brock explores how software code serves as a means of meaningful communication through which amateur and professional software developers construct arguments--arguments that are not only made up of logical procedures but also of implicit and ex…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Functional and Logic Programming, FLOPS 2020, held in Akita, Japan*, in September 2020. The 12 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. They cover all as…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on OpenMP, IWOMP 2020, held in Austin, TX, USA, in September 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 21 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and sel…
Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm organized around objects rather than actions and data rather than logic. With the newest release of C#, there are some new additions that improve Object-oriented Programming. This book teaches Object-oriented programmin…
Real-time applications have dominated the field of web applications for years. Real-time isn't limited to only displaying data as soon as it's available. It shows its real power when used with interactive experiences in which users and systems can instantly communicate with one …
Learn TypeScript 3 by Building Web Applications is a practical guide which gives you hands-on experience with Typescript by guiding you to write multiple modern Web applications. While building these applications from scratch and enhancing them, you will learn the basics as well…
For most startups and tech firms, the cost of maintenance is many times higher than the cost of development. Writing understandable, consistent, and maintainable code from outset is the only way to prevent this. This book provides you with the tools to code a feature-rich platfo…
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 21st International Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming, TFP 2020, which was held in Krakow, Poland, during February 13-14, 2020. TFP is an international forum for researchers with interests in all aspects of functi…
Learn the Spring Boot 3 micro framework and build your first Java-based cloud-native applications and microservices. Spring Boot is the lightweight, nimbler cousin to the bigger Spring Framework, with plenty of "bells and whistles." This updated edition includes coverage of Spri…
Learn the essentials of working with Flutter and Dart to build full stack applications that meet the needs of a cloud-driven world. Together, the Flutter open source UI software development kit and the Dart programming language for client development provide a unified solution t…
React is an open-source JavaScript library that is used for building user interfaces or UI components. This React book is designed to take you through the most valuable design patterns in React, helping you learn how to apply design patterns and best practices in real-world scen…
This book provides an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of modern probabilistic programming and presents applications in e.g., machine learning, security, and approximate computing. Comprehensive survey chapters make the material accessible to graduate students and non-e…
Chatbot research and design: Third International Workshop, CONVERSATIONS 2019,…
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Design, CONVERSATIONS 2019, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in November 2019. The 18 revised full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected f…
This book will take you on a journey of refactoring existing code to adopt dependency injection using the various methods available in Go. You will gain knowledge of how and when to best leverage each technique to transform code into something simple and flexible.
The Delphi Quick Syntax Reference is a succinct code and syntax reference guide to Delphi. It presents the fundamental knowledge to get newcomers started with the language and provides a refresher to seasoned or returning Delphi developers. It covers all the new features added b…