R Books


Implementing a Smart Data Platform

With the big data boom, the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), and the development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications, we've entered a new era of smart data. Unfortunately, not many enterprises are ready for it. Some companies are deficient in data management, while others lack standard data engineering systems. Some simply lag behind

Modern Object Pascal Introduction for Programmers

Pascal

There are numerous books and resources about Pascal available, but a significant number of them focus on the older versions of the language, lacking coverage of classes, units, or generics. For this reason, the author has written a quick introduction to what they refer to as modern Object Pascal. It is worth noting that most programmers who use it

Mining Social Media

Python HTML Pandas API Twitter

Did fake Twitter accounts help sway a presidential election? What can Facebook and Reddit archives tell us about human behavior? In Mining Social Media, senior BuzzFeed reporter Lam Thuy Vo shows you how to use Python and key data analysis tools to find the stories buried in social media. Whether you're a professional journalist, an academic resear

Blown To Bits, 2nd Edition

The digital technology explosion has blown everything to bits-and the blast has provided new challenges and opportunities. This second edition of Blown to Bits delivers the knowledge you need to take greater control of your information environment and thrive in a world that's coming whether you like it or not. Straight from internationally respecte

Developing Graphics Frameworks with Python and OpenGL

Python

Developing Graphics Frameworks with Python and OpenGL shows you how to create software for rendering complete three-dimensional scenes. The authors explain the foundational theoretical concepts as well as the practical programming techniques that will enable you to create your own animated and interactive computer-generated worlds. You will learn h

Mastering Shiny

R Shiny

Master the Shiny web framework - and take your R skills to a whole new level. By letting you move beyond static reports, Shiny helps you create fully interactive web apps for data analyses. Users will be able to jump between datasets, explore different subsets or facets of the data, run models with parameter values of their choosing, customize visu

SQL Server Backup and Restore

SQL

In this book, you'll discover how to perform each of these backup and restore operations using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), basic T-SQL scripts and Redgate's SQL Backup tool. Capturing backups using SSMS or simple scripts is perfectly fine for one-off backup operations, but any backups that form part of the recovery strategy for any given d

Automated Machine Learning

This open access book presents the first comprehensive overview of general methods in Automated Machine Learning (AutoML), collects descriptions of existing systems based on these methods, and discusses the first series of international challenges of AutoML systems. The recent success of commercial ML applications and the rapid growth of the field

RavenDB in Action

Ravendb .NET

The data you encounter in the real world is usually easier to think of as objects or documents than as the tables and rows required by a standard RDBMS. RavenDB, a modern document-oriented database written in .NET, requires no schema to be declared and enables developers to work with data more naturally. RavenDB applications are high-performance, l

JavaScript Handbook

JavaScript

The JavaScript Handbook follows the 80/20 rule: learn in 20% of the time the 80% of a topic. The author find this approach gives a well-rounded overview. This book does not try to cover everything under the sun related to JavaScript. It focuses on the core of the language, trying to simplify the more complex topics. The author hopes the contents of