Computer & IT

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Conquer your phone addiction in just 30 days, and discover a happier, healthier and more fulfilled you.

Virtual Reality is the most effective device ever invented for researching what a human being actually is - and how we think and feel. Now Virtual Reality is a reality: those big headsets that make people look ridiculous, even while they radiate startled delight at whatever it is they're experiencing in there;

"e;The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you're willing to risk the consequences. "e; --from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul GrahamWe are living in the computer age, in a world increasingly designed and engineered by computer programmers and software designers, by people who call themselves hackers. Who are these people, what motivates them, and why should you care?Consider these facts: Everything around us is turning into computers. Your typewriter is gone, replaced by a computer. Your phone has turned into a computer. So has your camera. Soon your TV will. Your car was not only designed on computers, but has more processing power in it than a room-sized mainframe did in 1970. Letters, encyclopedias, newspapers, and even your local store are being replaced by the Internet.Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham, explains this world and the motivations of the people who occupy it. In clear, thoughtful prose that draws on illuminating historical examples, Graham takes readers on an unflinching exploration into what he calls "e;an intellectual Wild West."e;The ideas discussed in this book will have a powerful and lasting impact on how we think, how we work, how we develop technology, and how we live. Topics include the importance of beauty in software design, how to make wealth, heresy and free speech, the programming language renaissance, the open-source movement, digital design, internet startups, and more.

How can you decide whether this career move is right for you? And if you do, what do you need to learn to succeed? Where do you start? How do you know that you're doing it right? What does "it" even mean? And isn't management a dirty word? This book will share the secrets you need to know to manage engineers successfully

The Autodesk Fusion 360 Basics Tutorial book helps you to learn parametric modeling using the Autodesk Fusion 360 software. This book will get you started with the basics of part modeling, assembly modeling, animations, and drawings. Next, it teaches you some additional part modeling tools, top-down assembly feature, assembly joints, and dimension & annotations. Brief explanations, practical examples, and stepwise instructions make this tutorial a useful guide.

The aim of the book is to teach you the fundamentals of the Kotlin language. This book will be an update based on the latest major version of Kotlin 1.3. This book provides a detailed introduction to Kotlin that shows you all its features and will enable you to write Kotlin code to production.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the new SaaS ERP proposition by Microsoft. The latest version comes has many exciting features guaranteed to make your life easier. This book is an ideal guide to Dynamics 365 and will help you get started with implementing and designing solutions for real-world scenarios.

Most of the GNU Emacs integrated environment is written in the programming language called Emacs Lisp. The code written in this programming language is the software (the sets of instructions) that tell the computer what to do when you give it commands. Emacs is designed so that you can write new code in Emacs Lisp and easily install it as an extension to the editor. This introduction to Emacs Lisp is designed to get you started: to guide you in learning the fundamentals of programming, and more importantly, to show you how you can teach yourself to go further. This manual is available online for free at gnu.org. This manual is printed in grayscale.

Learn to use PowerShell, Microsoft's scripting language, to automate real-world tasks that IT professionals and system administrators deal with every day.

Denne bog giver en introduktion til programmeringssproget Struktureret Tekst (ST) der benyttes i Programmerbare Logiske Controllere (PLC)Indhold:- Baggrund, fordele og udfordringer ved ST-programmering- Syntaks og grundlæggende ST-programmering- Stor guide til fornuftig navngivning af variabler- CTU, TOF, TON, CASE, STRUCT, ARRAY, STRING- Guide til opdeling i program moduler og funktioner- Mere end 90 PLC-kode eksempler i farver- FIFO, RND, 3D ARRAY, digitalt filter- Eksempler: Kom fra LADDER over til ST-programmering- Guide til løsning af programmeringsopgaverBogen går systematisk frem med beskrivelse af de grundlæggende ST-begreber og programmering, herunder tips, og med inddragelse af forfatterens 25 års praktiske erfaring.Der er mange steder uddybende forklaringer til PLC-koden og der er fokus på at læseren lærer at skrive robust, læsbar, struktureret og overskuelig PLC-kode. Desuden fokuseres på at kunne skrive PLC-kode, som ikke kræver en bestemt PLC-type og PLC-kode der kan genbruges, samt PLC-løsninger, der kan benyttes internationalt.Grundlaget for bogen er et materiale, som er udarbejdet løbende med feedback fra undervisere og studerende på automationsteknolog-uddannelsen hos Erhvervs-akademi Dania. Materialet er således løbende opdateret, så det giver svar på de spørgsmål og udfordringer, de studerende typisk har gennem deres studie.ST-programmering til PLC-styringer er fra omkring år 2010 begyndt at blive mere udbredt i Danmark, og siden år 2015 er mange virksomheder i Danmark begyndt udelukkende at levere PLC-styringer, hvor der benyttes ST som det foretrukne programmeringssprog. Dette kræver at flere medarbejdere kan ST og det er et af argumenterne, for at udgive denne bog.Bogen er primært udarbejdet til brug på den videregående fuldtidsuddannelse Automationsteknolog og deltidsuddannelsen Automation og Drift.

Any programmer working with a dynamically typed language will tell you how hard it is to scale to more lines of code and more engineers. Thats why Facebook, Google, and Microsoft invented gradual static type layers for their dynamically typed JavaScript and Python code. This practical book shows you how one such type layer, TypeScript, is unique among them: it makes programming fun with its powerful static type system.If youre a programmer with intermediate JavaScript experience, author Boris Cherny will teach you how to master the TypeScript language. Youll understand how TypeScript can help you eliminate bugs in your code and enable you to scale your code across more engineers than you could before.In this book, youll:Start with the basics: Learn about TypeScripts different types and type operators, including what theyre for and how theyre usedExplore advanced topics: Understand TypeScripts sophisticated type system, including how to safely handle errors and build asynchronous programsDive in hands-on: Use TypeScript with your favorite frontend and backend frameworks, migrate your existing JavaScript project to TypeScript, and run your TypeScript application in production

Microsoft Power BI Dashboards Step by Step guides you through creating world-class business analysis dashboards that integrate today's most widely-used data sources, using any of Microsoft's Power BI platforms, including the new Power BI Premium. Author Errin O'Connor has worked with 70+ Fortune® 500 companies and led 450+ Power BI engagements: he is singularly well-qualified to guide you through successfully designing, architecting, and implementing Power BI in your organisation. Using real-world examples and success stories, this full-colour, hands-on guide walks through the key decisions analysts and developers need to make upfront, and introduces all the concepts, skills, and techniques you'll need to achieve your goals. Coverage includes: Aggregating data and data elements from numerous internal and external data sources Building rich, live dashboards to monitor crucial data from across your organisation Developing dynamic visualisations, including charts, maps, graphs, and more Creating stunning interactive reports Driving user adoption through effective training Taking full advantage of Microsoft's powerful new Power BI Premium Whether you're new to Power BI or you've already built Power BI dashboards, O'Connor supports you throughout your entire data journey, as you bring raw data to life through dynamic visualisations that deliver actionable intelligence for your entire organisation.

Harden the human firewall against the most current threatsSocial Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking reveals the craftier side of the hacker's repertoire--why hack into something when you could just ask for access? Undetectable by firewalls and antivirus software, social engineering relies on human fault to gain access to sensitive spaces; in this book, renowned expert Christopher Hadnagy explains the most commonly-used techniques that fool even the most robust security personnel, and shows you how these techniques have been used in the past. The way that we make decisions as humans affects everything from our emotions to our security. Hackers, since the beginning of time, have figured out ways to exploit that decision making process and get you to take an action not in your best interest. This new Second Edition has been updated with the most current methods used by sharing stories, examples, and scientific study behind how those decisions are exploited.Networks and systems can be hacked, but they can also be protected; when the "system" in question is a human being, there is no software to fall back on, no hardware upgrade, no code that can lock information down indefinitely. Human nature and emotion is the secret weapon of the malicious social engineering, and this book shows you how to recognize, predict, and prevent this type of manipulation by taking you inside the social engineer's bag of tricks.* Examine the most common social engineering tricks used to gain access* Discover which popular techniques generally don't work in the real world* Examine how our understanding of the science behind emotions and decisions can be used by social engineers* Learn how social engineering factors into some of the biggest recent headlines* Learn how to use these skills as a professional social engineer and secure your company* Adopt effective counter-measures to keep hackers at bayBy working from the social engineer's playbook, you gain the advantage of foresight that can help you protect yourself and others from even their best efforts. Social Engineering gives you the inside information you need to mount an unshakeable defense.

The Art of Titanfall 2 is the ultimate guide to the development of Respawn Entertainment's fast-paced, visually stunning first-person shooter. This is a must-have for any fan of the dynamic and destructive world of Titanfall 2.

Machine learning has become an integral part of many commercial applications and research projects, but this field is not exclusive to large companies with extensive research teams. If you use Python, even as a beginner, this book will teach you practical ways to build your own machine learning solutions.

Explains how to incorporate effective domain modeling into the software development process. This book offers readers a systematic approach to domain-driven design, presenting a set of design best practices, experience-based techniques, and fundamental principles that facilitate the development of software projects facing complex domains.

This edition describes C as defined by the ANSI standard. This book is meant to help the reader learn how to program in C. The book assumes some familiarity with basic programming concepts like variables, assignment statements, loops, and functions. A novice programmer should be able to read along and pick up the language.

Mere end halvdelen af de virksomheder, der har outsourcet på it-området oplever, at de ikke får indfriet deres forventninger til aftalen. Over 30 % har hjemtaget en eller flere it-opgaver, de har haft outsourcet. Det kræver både tid og ressourcer at gennemføre en it-outsourcing proces, og det er tilsvarende en tids- og ressourcekrævende at genopbygge kompetence i egen organisation, hvis outsourcing opgaver skal hjemtages. Derfor ligger der et stort potentiale i at få it-outsourcing aftalerne til at fungere bedre.Bogen går ind analyserer dette dilemma og kommer med en række forslag til, hvordan man opnår succes med sin it-outsourcing. Den henvender sig til de virksomheder og organisationer, der overvejer it-outsourcing eller allerede har outsourcet på it-området, samt til management konsulenter og jurister, der rådgiver på området og til it-outsourcing leverandørerne. De bøger, der er skrevet om it-outsourcing tager typisk udgangspunkt i de kommercielle og strategiske overvejelser omkring outsourcing. Der mangler en bog, der adresserer de udfordringer, der er i dag på it-outsourcing området, og hvor løsningerne tager udgangspunktet i refleksioner over praktiske erfaringer på området.Kim Lyster har i over 20 år arbejdet med it-outsourcing for virksomheder som Dan Computer Management (i dag CSC), Olivetti, Wang Global, Getronics, Eterra, EDS, Ementor og KMD.Forfatteren har indgået outsourcing aftaler med mere end 50 virksomheder og organisationer. Han har i den forbindelse haft mulighed for at følge de fleste af opgaverne over tid og set hvor det fungerede godt, og hvor der var udfordringer. Samtidig har forfatteren deltaget i en række faglige fora og netværk på området og har holdt indlæg på en række konferencer om it-outsourcing. Det er de praktiske erfaringer fra de mange års arbejde med it-outsourcing, der er baggrunden for mange af refleksionerne, forfatteren giver udtryk for i bogen.

Build robust, scalable web applications using ASP.NET Core 8, Angular, and Entity Framework CorePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesCombine ASP.NET Core and Angular to build highly versatile web applicationsCreate a production-ready Single-Page Application (SPA) or Progressive Web Application (PWA)Adopt a full-stack approach to handle data management, API documentation, Web APIs, end-to-end testing, security, and deploymentBook DescriptionIf you want to learn how to use ASP.NET Core with Angular effectively, this hands-on guide is for you.Improve the way you create, debug, and deploy web applications while keeping up to date with the latest developments in .NET 8 and modern Angular, including .NET Minimal APIs and the new Angular standalone API defaults.You'll begin by setting up SQL Server 2022 and building a data model with Entity Framework Core. You'll progress to fetching and displaying data, handling user input with Angular reactive forms, and implementing front-end and back-end validators for maximum effect. After that, you will perform advanced debugging and explore unit testing features with xUnit for .NET, and Jasmine and Karma for Angular. You'll use Identity API endpoints in ASP.NET Core and functional route guards in Angular to add authentication and authorization to your apps. Finally, you'll learn how to deploy to Windows, Linux, and Azure.By the end of this book, you will understand how to tie together the front-end and back-end to build and deploy secure and robust web applications.What you will learnExplore the new Angular and ASP.NET Core template with Visual Studio 2022Use modern interfaces and patterns such as the HTML5 pushState API, webhooks, and UI data bindingsAdd real-time capabilities to Angular apps with SignalR and gRPCImplement authentication and authorization using JWTsPerform DBMS structured logging using providers such as SeriLogConvert a standard web application to a progressive web application (PWA)Deploy an Angular app to Azure Static Web AppsAdd GraphQL support to back-end and front-end using HotChocolate and Apollo AngularWho this book is forThis book is for developers who have some familiarity with ASP.NET Core and Angular and want to learn how to use them effectively together.Table of ContentsIntroducing ASP.NET and AngularGetting ReadyLooking AroundFront-End and Back-End InteractionsData Model with Entity Framework CoreFetching and Displaying DataForms and Data ValidationCode Tweaks and Data ServicesBack-End and Front-End DebuggingASP.NET Core and Angular Unit TestingAuthentication and AuthorizationProgressive Web AppsBeyond REST - Web API with GraphQLReal-Time Updates with SignalRWindows, Linux, and Azure Deployment

Warhammer 40,000: The Ultimate Guide dives into the vast universe of the 41st Millennium with hundreds of beautiful photographs showcasing miniatures from every faction, following key characters through the evolution of their models and exploring Warhammer 40,000 in pinpoint detail through the lens of its incredible miniatures. This essential visual journey through the history of Warhammer 40,000 is written by NYT bestselling authors Gav Thorpe and Guy Haley, and is packed with insight into the game's defining miniatures.