Книги по программированию и IT

 Python has made software development easier, but it falls short in several areas including memory management that lead to poor performance and security. Rust, on the other hand, provides memory safety without using a garbage collector, which means that with its low memory footprint, you can build high-performant and secure apps relatively easily. However, rewriting everything in Rust can be expensive and risky as there might not be package support in Rust for the problem being solved. This is where Python bindings and pip come in.

 This book will help you, as a Python developer, to start using Rust in your Python projects without having to manage a separate Rust server or application. Seeing as you'll already understand concepts like functions and loops, this book covers the quirks of Rust such as memory management to code Rust in a productive and structured manner. You'll explore the PyO3 crate to fuse Rust code with Python, learn how to package your fused Rust code in a pip package, and then deploy a Python Flask application in Docker that uses a private Rust pip module. Finally, you'll get to grips with advanced Rust binding topics such as inspecting Python objects and modules in Rust.

 By the end of this Rust book, you'll be able to develop safe and high-performant applications with better concurrency support.

What You Will Learn

• Explore the quirks of the Rust programming language that a Python developer needs to understand to code in Rust
• Understand the trade-offs for multiprocessing and thread safety to write concurrent code
• Build and manage a software project with cargo and crates
• Fuse Rust code with Python so that Python can import and run Rust code
• Deploy a Python Flask application in Docker that utilizes a private Rust pip module
• Inspect and create your own Python objects in Rust

Who this book is for:

 This book is for Python developers who want to speed up their Python code with Rust and implement Rust in a Python system without altering the entire system. You'll be able to learn about all topics relating to Rust programming. Basic knowledge of Python is required to get the most out of this book.

 Learn the C++ programming language in a structured, straightforward, and friendly manner. This book teaches the basics of the modern C++ programming language, the C++ Standard Library, and modern C++ standards, including C++23. No previous programming experience is required.

 C++ is a language like no other, surprising in its complexity, yet wonderfully sleek and elegant in so many ways. It is also a language that cannot be learned by guessing, one that is easy to get wrong and challenging to get right. To overcome this, each section is filled with real-world examples that gradually increase in complexity. Modern C++ for Absolute Beginners, Second Edition teaches more than just programming in C++23. It provides a solid C++ foundation to build upon.

 The author takes you through the C++ programming language, the Standard Library, and C++11 to C++23 standard basics. Each chapter is accompanied by the right amount oftheory and plenty of source code examples. You will work with C++23 features and standards, yet you will also compare and take a look into previous versions of C++.

 After reading this book, you'll be able to start programming in modern C++ standards. You will do so with plenty of relevant source code examples, freely available via a dedicated GitHub repository.

What You Will Learn

• Get Introduced to modern C++ in a friendly but effective way
• Work with the basics of C++: types, operators, variables, constants, expressions, references, functions, classes, I/O, smart pointers, polymorphism, and more
• Set up the Visual Studio environment on Windows and GCC on Linux, where you can write your own code
• Declare and define functions, classes, and objects, and organize code into namespaces
• Discover object-oriented programming: classes and objects, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and more using the most advanced C++ features
• Employ best practices in organizing source code and controlling program workflow
• Get familiar with C++ language do's and don'ts, and more
• Manage the basics of lambdas, inheritance, polymorphism, smart pointers, templates, modules, contracts, concepts, and more

Who This Book Is For

 Beginner or novice programmers who wish to learn C++ programming. No prior programming experience is required.

 Книга адресована разработчикам прикладных решений в системе «1С:Предприятие 8», которые хотят научиться создавать приложения на платформе для мобильных устройств. Такие приложения могут работать на смартфонах и планшетных ПК под управлением операционных систем Android, iOS или Windows.

 На примере создания нескольких реальных мобильных приложений показаны особенности разработки: подготовка мобильного устройства, установка платформы разработчика, взаимодействие с устройством в процессе разработки, сборка готового мобильного приложения для ОС Android.

 Третье издание книги адаптировано к версии платформы 8.3.20 и демонстрирует ряд ее новых возможностей:

• разработку приложения мобильного клиента;
• разработку приложения мобильного клиента с автономным режимом;
• адаптацию интерфейса настольного приложения для работы на мобильном устройстве;
• использование облачного сервиса сборки мобильных приложений.

 Книга содержит большое количество рисунков и примеров кода на встроенном языке, снабженных подробными комментариями. Для создания демонстрационных примеров использованы следующие версии платформ:

• «1С:Предприятие 8.3», учебная версия (8.3.20.1479);
• мобильная платформа «1С:Предприятия» (8.3.19.51).

 Ссылка на дополнительные материалы (базы данных) приведена в книге.

 Data science happens in code. The ability to write reproducible, robust, scaleable code is key to a data science project's success—and is absolutely essential for those working with production code. This practical book bridges the gap between data science and software engineering,and clearly explains how to apply the best practices from software engineering to data science.

 Examples are provided in Python, drawn from popular packages such as NumPy and pandas. If you want to write better data science code, this guide covers the essential topics that are often missing from introductory data science or coding classes, including how to:

• Understand data structures and object-oriented programming
• Clearly and skillfully document your code
• Package and share your code
• Integrate data science code with a larger code base
• Learn how to write APIs
• Create secure code
• Apply best practices to common tasks such as testing, error handling, and logging
• Work more effectively with software engineers
• Write more efficient, maintainable, and robust code in Python
• Put your data science projects into production
• And more

 Build elegant, responsive, and stable Java Virtual Machine-based client applications (Fat Clients) with modern user interfaces. This book introduces JavaFX as a frontend technology and utilizes Kotlin instead of Java for coding program artifacts to boost code expressiveness and maintainability. Author Peter Späth employs a hands-on approach, providing practical examples and code to demonstrate each concept. Mid-level Java programming knowledge and a basic understanding of Kotlin are the only prerequisites; experience with JavaFX and frontend coding is not essential.

 JavaFX is a modern frontend programming toolkit equipped with containers, menus, buttons, sliders, text fields, and various other controls necessary for communicating with your users, all of which are covered here. Despite its name, JavaFX applications can be coded with programming languages other than Java. The central requirement is that any language targeting JavaFX compiles to artifacts runnable on a Java Virtual Machine. Over the course of this book, you’ll learn firsthand why Kotlin, with its elegant and concise syntax, is a perfect match.

 After completing Frontend Development With JavaFX and Kotlin, you will be able to build frontends of mid-to-high level complexity, depending on present Java skills, and use Kotlin as a language for addressing GUI programming needs and accessing the JavaFX API.

What You Will Learn

• Create a JavaFX + Kotlin development pipeline for Gradle, Eclipse and IntelliJ
• Use JavaFX scenes, stages, and nodes/controls
• Master JavaFX event handling, effects, and animation using Kotlin
• Understand the JavaFX Concurrency Framework and Kotlin Coroutines for JavaFX

Who This Book Is For

 Low- to mid-level Java or Kotlin developers with or without JavaFX experience who wish to learn how to build JavaFX applications with Kotlin.

 Learn the fundamentals of Java Programming with this updated guide with the latest features

What is this book about?

 Java is one of the most preferred languages among developers. It is used in everything right from smartphones and game consoles to even supercomputers, and its new features simply add to the richness of the language.

This book covers the following exciting features:

• Understand and apply object-oriented principles in Java
• Explore Java design patterns and best practices to solve everyday problems
• Build user-friendly and attractive GUIs with ease
• Understand the usage of microservices with the help of practical examples
• Discover techniques and idioms for writing high-quality Java code
• Get to grips with the usage of data structures in Java

 If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!

 В учебном пособии рассматриваются существующие принципы разработки программных продуктов, такие как SOLID, а также порождающие, структурные и поведенческие паттерны проектирования GoF. Приводятся сильные и слабые стороны существующих методологий разработки программного обеспечения. Учебное пособие соответствует актуальным требованиям федерального государственного образовательного стандарта высшего образования. Учебное пособие адресовано студентам высших учебных заведений, обучающимся по направлениям 09.03.01 «Информатика и вычислительная техника» и 09.03.04 «Программная инженерия».

 Write sophisticated C# code with this complete guide to using diverse data structures and algorithms, featuring ready-to-use code snippets, detailed explanations, and illustrations

Key Features

• Master lists, stacks, queues, dictionaries, sets, and trees, among other data structures
• Delve into effective design and implementation techniques to meet your software requirements
• Visualize data structures and algorithms through illustrations for a clearer understanding of their analysis
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

 Building your own applications is exciting but challenging, especially when tackling complex problems tied to advanced data structures and algorithms. This endeavor demands profound knowledge of the programming language as well as data structures and algorithms - precisely what this book offers to C# developers.

 Starting with an introduction to algorithms, this book gradually immerses you in the world of arrays, lists, stacks, queues, dictionaries, and sets. Real-world examples, enriched with code snippets and illustrations, provide a practical understanding of these concepts. You'll also learn how to sort arrays using various algorithms, setting a solid foundation for your programming expertise. As you progress through the book, you'll venture into more complex data structures - trees and graphs - and discover algorithms for tasks such as determining the shortest path in a graph before advancing to see various algorithms in action, such as solving Sudoku.

 By the end of the book, you'll have learned how to use the C# language to build algorithmic components that are not only easy to understand and debug but also seamlessly applicable in various applications, spanning web and mobile platforms.

What you will learn

• Understand the fundamentals of algorithms and their classification
• Store data using arrays and lists, and explore various ways to sort arrays
• Build enhanced applications with stacks, queues, hashtables, dictionaries, and sets
• Create efficient applications with tree-related algorithms, such as for searching in a binary search tree
• Boost solution efficiency with graphs, including finding the shortest path in the graph
• Implement algorithms solving Tower of Hanoi and Sudoku games, generating fractals, and even guessing the title of this book

Who this book is for

 This book is for developers looking to learn data structures and algorithms in C#. While basic programming skills and C# knowledge is useful, beginners will find value in the provided code snippets, illustrations, and detailed explanations, enhancing their programming skills. Advanced developers can use this book as a valuable resource for reusable code snippets, instead of writing algorithms from scratch each time.

 Practice makes perfect pandas!

 Work out your pandas skills against dozens of real-world challenges, each carefully designed to build an intuitive knowledge of essential pandas tasks.

In Pandas Workout you’ll learn how to:

• Clean your data for accurate analysis
• Work with rows and columns for retrieving and assigning data
• Handle indexes, including hierarchical indexes
• Read and write data with a number of common formats, such as CSV and JSON
• Process and manipulate textual data from within pandas
• Work with dates and times in pandas
• Perform aggregate calculations on selected subsets of data
• Produce attractive and useful visualizations that make your data come alive

 Pandas Workout hones your pandas skills to a professional-level through two hundred exercises, each designed to strengthen your pandas skills. You’ll test your abilities against common pandas challenges such as importing and exporting, data cleaning, visualization, and performance optimization. Each exercise utilizes a real-world scenario based on real-world data, from tracking the parking tickets in New York City, to working out which country makes the best wines. You’ll soon find your pandas skills becoming second nature—no more trips to StackOverflow for what is now a natural part of your skillset.

 Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the technology

 Python’s pandas library can massively reduce the time you spend analyzing, cleaning, exploring, and manipulating data. And the only path to pandas mastery is practice, practice, and, you guessed it, more practice. In this book, Python guru Reuven Lerner is your personal trainer and guide through over 200 exercises guaranteed to boost your pandas skills.

About the book

 Pandas Workout is a thoughtful collection of practice problems, challenges, and mini-projects designed to build your data analysis skills using Python and pandas. The workouts use realistic data from many sources: the New York taxi fleet, Olympic athletes, SAT scores, oil prices, and more. Each can be completed in ten minutes or less. You’ll explore pandas’ rich functionality for string and date/time handling, complex indexing, and visualization, along with practical tips for every stage of a data analysis project.

What's inside

• Clean data with less manual labor
• Retrieving and assigning data
• Process and manipulate text
• Calculations on selected data subsets

About the reader

 For Python programmers and data analysts.

«Программирование на Python с нуля» — это идеальная книга для тех, кто хочет познакомиться с основами одного из самых популярных языков программирования. С её помощью вы отправитесь в увлекательное путешествие от первых строк кода до создания полноценной игры.
В книге вы не только изучите ключевые элементы Python, но и попрактикуетесь в их использовании благодаря практическим упражнениям от автора. По мере чтения задачи будут становиться всё сложнее и интереснее.
К концу книги вы сможете не только создать свою первую научно-фантастическую игру, но и расшифровать секретное сообщение. Это руководство подойдёт даже тем, кто совсем не имеет опыта в программировании.
 

In today's fast-paced world, Android development is an ever-evolving field that requires regular updates to stay ahead of the latest trends and technologies. The "Tiny Android Projects Using Kotlin" book is an excellent resource for developers who want to learn how to build Android apps using the latest tools and frameworks. Kotlin is the preferred language for Android development, making this book a practical and hands-on guide to learning the language and creating high-quality Android apps.
The book consists of 12 chapters that take you through a step-by-step process of building practical Android apps using Kotlin, XML, and Jetpack Compose. The first chapter introduces the role of Kotlin and Android in software development today. You will learn about the advantages of using Kotlin over other programming languages for Android development and the fundamental components of an Android app.Chapter 2 dives into the application development process using common elements of XML and Android Activities. By the end of the chapter, readers will have built their first Android application project, which calculates the BMI of a person based on height and weight.
In Chapters 3 and 4, readers will embark on their second project, a quiz application. Through this project, they will learn about more XML elements and create more complex user interfaces. They will also learn how to navigate between Activity screens and apply logic to UI elements.
Chapter 5 introduces readers to fragments, a crucial component of Android UI design. Through this chapter, readers will learn how to create reusable UI components while building their third project, an onboarding screen for Android devices.
Finally, Chapter 6 takes readers through the process of building a weather application. This chapter introduces them to REST APIs, an essential aspect of many applications that allows them to connect to a server over the internet.
 

The book is for Java or Kotlin developers with some experience in JavaFX, or those who are just starting out. It's designed to help you learn how to create JavaFX apps using Kotlin. By the end of the book, you'll be able to build basic to advanced apps for JavaFX with Kotlin.
You don't need any experience with JavaFX or front-end coding to read this book. You also don't have to be an expert in Kotlin, but it would be helpful if you've read some introductory books or tutorials about Kotlin or JavaFX. The Kotlin and JavaFX documentation is also a great resource that you can refer to while reading.
 

While writing this book, I realized that it was almost impossible to satisfy every potential reader's needs when it comes to game development. Game development is a diverse industry with many different platforms and genres, and each one has its own unique characteristics that cannot be covered in a single book. Therefore, I decided to focus on a specific audience: game programmers who are working on mobile or indie games using the Unity engine. These programmers are in the process of refactoring their code to make it more maintainable and scalable, and they have a basic understanding of the Unity engine and the C# language. Senior programmers working on larger-scale games may find some examples in this book to be limited, but they will still find valuable insights into the challenges they face in their own projects.Daily, however, the content of this book may offer another perspective on the use of design patterns in Unity. Therefore, feel free to skip any chapter if you are already familiar with the theory and would like to see how I have implemented a specific pattern.

Это одно из лучших и наиболее полных описаний основ инфраструктуры Scrum! Книга будет полезна всем, кто интересуется этим процессом, независимо от уровня опыта.

Кенни отлично справился с задачей — он доступно объяснил главные принципы инфраструктуры Scrum, используя простые и наглядные иллюстрации.

Сейчас существует множество книг о Scrum, но эта книга предлагает новый подход: автор проверяет методику в реальных условиях, знакомых тем, кто занимается разработкой программного обеспечения.

Кенни использует реальные примеры и ясные иллюстрации, чтобы показать, что является основой для успешной гибкой разработки. Читатели поймут, почему так важно стремиться к качеству, и осознают, что нельзя достичь всего сразу.

 Учебное пособие «Программирование на языке высокого уровня» представляет собой курс по изучению языка Object Pascal. Пособие предназначено для широкого круга читателей: как для начинающих программистов, так и для тех, кто уже знаком с основами программирования и в будущем собирается стать профессиональным программистом. Пособие состоит из двух частей. Часть 1 предназначена для начинающих программистов. В ней рассматриваются основы программирования на языке Object Pascal и работа в среде программирования Borland Developer Studio 2006 Delphi for Microsoft Win32. В части 2 представлен материал, предназначенный для тех, кто хочет получить полное представление о языке Object Pascal и научиться программировать на профессиональном уровне. Предложенный теоретический материал сопровождается подробно разобранными примерами программ и схем алгоритмов. Для закрепления материала предлагаются контрольные вопросы, тесты и задания для самостоятельного решения. Для школьников, студентов средних специальных заведений и вузов (технических, экономических и других специальностей), изучающих дисциплину «Программирование», может быть рекомендовано преподавателям, слушателям курсов повышения квалификации, а также может быть использовано как самоучитель.

 В «Рецептах Python» используется простой, но эффективный метод освоения 63-х базовых навыков программирования на Python. Сначала формулируется вопрос, например «Как найти элементы в последовательности?» Затем приводится базовое решение на чистом понятном коде. Далее исследуются другие интересные подходы, такие как поиск подстрок или пользовательские классы. Перед переходом к следующему вопросу полученные навыки закрепляются с помощью решения задач.

 Автор рассматривает все языковые средства, необходимые для уверенного владения Python. По ходу знакомства с книгой вы изучите лучшие приемы написания питонического кода. В освоении каждого инструмента помогут конкретные рекомендации и рисунки. Многочисленные перекрестные ссылки указывают на возможность повторного использования рассматриваемых средств и концепций в различных контекстах.

 Программисты с опытом работы на других языках высокого уровня смогут на практике освоить современный С++ и «большую четверку» его новых возможностей: диапазоны, концепты, модули и корутины.

 200+ практических примеров реального исходного кода позволят быстро овладеть идиомами современного С++, используя популярные компиляторы: Visual C++®, GNU® g++, Apple® Xcode® и LLVM®/Clang. Знание базы позволит перейти к контейнерам стандартной библиотеки С++ array и vector; функциональному программированию с диапазонами и представлениями C++20; строкам, файлам и регулярным выражениям; объектно-ориентированному программированию с классами, наследованием, динамическим и статическим полиморфизмом; перегрузке операторов, семантике копирования и перемещения, RAII и умным указателям; исключениям и ожидаемым в С++23 контрактам; контейнерам, итераторам и алгоритмам стандартной библиотеки; шаблонам, концептам С++20 и метапрограммированию; модулям С++ 20 и технологии разработки больших программ; конкурентности, параллелизму, параллельным алгоритмам стандартной библиотеки С++17 и С++20 и корутинам С++20.

 Погрузитесь в увлекательный мир тестирования программного обеспечения вместе с книгой, которая является настоящим концентратом чистейших знаний для новичков и профессионалов! Автор делится секретами мастерства, подробно рассказывая о более 15 видах тестирования и более 20 методах проектирования тестов (техниках тест-дизайна). И это только вершина айсберга знаний, изложенных в книге. Вы будете поражены глубиной информации и открытием знаний собранных в одном месте, о которых даже не догадывались. Книга насыщена ценнейшими советами, основанными на практическом опыте. Многочисленные примеры помогут быстрее освоить представленный в книге материал. Вооружившись знаниями из этой книги, вы будете уверенно разбираться в нюансах тестирования программного обеспечения и с лёгкостью применять знания на практике! Книга может по праву считаться настольной книгой специалиста по тестированию.

 Rust's popularity is growing, due in part to features like memory safety, type safety, and thread safety. But these same elements can also make learning Rust a challenge, even for experienced programmers. This practical guide helps you make the transition to writing idiomatic Rust—while also making full use of Rust's type system, safety guarantees, and burgeoning ecosystem.

 If you're a software engineer who has experience with an existing compiled language, or if you've struggled to convert a basic understanding of Rust syntax into working programs, this book is for you. By focusing on the conceptual differences between Rust and other compiled languages, and by providing specific recommendations that programmers can easily follow, Effective Rust will soon have you writing fluent Rust, not just badly translated C++.

• Understand the structure of Rust's type system
• Learn Rust idioms for error handling, iteration, and more
• Discover how to work with Rust's crate ecosystem
• Use Rust's type system to express your design
• Win fights with the borrow checker
• Build a robust project that takes full advantage of the Rust tooling ecosystem

 Organized with a strong focus on open data, Data Science Fundamentals with R, Python, and Open Data discusses concepts, techniques, tools, and first steps to carry out data science projects, with a focus on Python and RStudio, reflecting a clear industry trend emerging towards the integration of the two. The text examines intricacies and inconsistencies often found in real data, explaining how to recognize them and guiding readers through possible solutions, and enables readers to handle real data confidently and apply transformations to reorganize, indexing, aggregate, and elaborate.

 This book is full of reader interactivity, with a companion website hosting supplementary material including datasets used in the examples and complete running code (R scripts and Jupyter notebooks) of all examples. Exam-style questions are implemented and multiple choice questions to support the readers’ active learning. Each chapter presents one or more case studies.

 Written by a highly qualified academic, Data Science Fundamentals with R, Python, and Open Data discuss sample topics such as:

• Data organization and operations on data frames, covering reading CSV dataset and common errors, and slicing, creating, and deleting columns in R
• Logical conditions and row selection, covering selection of rows with logical condition and operations on dates, strings, and missing values
• Pivoting operations and wide form-long form transformations, indexing by groups with multiple variables, and indexing by group and aggregations
• Conditional statements and iterations, multicolumn functions and operations, data frame joins, and handling data in list/dictionary format

 Data Science Fundamentals with R, Python, and Open Data is a highly accessible learning resource for students from heterogeneous disciplines where Data Science and quantitative, computational methods are gaining popularity, along with hard sciences not closely related to computer science, and medical fields using stochastic and quantitative models.

 Learning a computer language like R can be either frustrating, fun, or boring. Having fun requires challenges that wake up the learner’s curiosity but also provide an emotional reward on overcoming them. This book is designed so that it includes smaller and bigger challenges, in what I call playgrounds, in the hope that all readers will enjoy their path to R fluency. Fluency in the use of a language is a skill that is acquired through practice and exploration. Although rarely mentioned separately, fluency in a computer programming language involves both writing and reading. The parallels between natural and computer languages are many, but differences are also important. For students and professionals in the biological sciences, humanities, and many applied fields, recognizing the parallels between R and natural languages should help them feel at home with R. The approach I use is similar to that of a travel guide, encouraging exploration and describing the available alternatives and how to reach them. The intention is to guide the reader through the R landscape of 2020 and beyond.

Features

• R as it is currently used
• Few prescriptive rules―mostly the author’s preferences together with alternatives
• Explanation of the R grammar emphasizing the "R way of doing things"
• Tutoring for "programming in the small" using scripts
• The grammar of graphics and the grammar of data described as grammars
• Examples of data exchange between R and the foreign world using common file formats
• Coaching for becoming an independent R user, capable of both writing original code and solving future challenges
• What makes this book different from others:
• Tries to break the ice and help readers from all disciplines feel at home with R
• Does not make assumptions about what the reader will use R for
• Attempts to do only one thing well: guide readers into becoming fluent in the R language

 Go, the high-performance language from Google, is rapidly gaining traction in the machine learning world. Its speed, concurrency, and built-in features make it ideal for building efficient, scalable ML models. But where do you start?

 This book is written by a seasoned developer and machine learning expert, providing you with practical, hands-on guidance based on real-world experience. After reading this book, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and tools to create robust, performant models without sacrificing clarity or maintainability.

 What's Inside

• Hands-on projects covering various machine learning tasks, from regression and classification to image recognition and natural language processing.
• In-depth explanations of key concepts like linear algebra, tensor operations, and optimization algorithms, all tailored to the Go programming language.
• Practical tips and best practices for writing clean, efficient, and maintainable Go code for machine learning.
• Guidance on selecting the right libraries and tools for your specific needs.
• Real-world examples and case studies showcasing the power of Go in machine learning.

About the Reader

 This book is designed for programmers with some coding experience who are interested in applying Go to machine learning. Whether you're a data scientist, software engineer, or simply curious about Go's potential, this guide will empower you to create impactful ML models.

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 Get practical advice on how to leverage AI development tools for all stages of code creation, including requirements, planning, design, coding, debugging, testing, and documentation. With this book, beginners and experienced developers alike will learn how to use a wide range of tools, from general-purpose LLMs (ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude) to code-specific systems (GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, Cursor, and Amazon CodeWhisperer).

 You'll also learn about more specialized generative AI tools for tasks such as text-to-image creation.

 Author Tom Taulli provides a methodology for modular programming that aligns effectively with the way prompts create AI-generated code. This guide also describes the best ways of using general purpose LLMs to learn a programming language, explain code, or convert code from one language to another.

 This book examines:

• The core capabilities of AI-based development tools
• Pros, cons, and use cases of popular systems such as GitHub Copilot and Amazon CodeWhisperer
• Ways to use ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other generic LLMs for coding
• Using AI development tools for the software development lifecycle, including requirements, planning, coding, debugging, and testing
• Prompt engineering for development
• Using AI-assisted programming for tedious tasks like creating regular expressions, starter code, object-oriented programming classes, and GitHub Actions
• How to use AI-based low-code and no-code tools, such as to create professional UIs.

 Master effective navigation of neural networks, including convolutions and transformers, to tackle computer vision and NLP tasks using Python

Key Features

• Understand the theory, mathematical foundations and the structure of deep neural networks
• Become familiar with transformers, large language models, and convolutional networks
• Learn how to apply them on various computer vision and natural language processing problems Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

 The field of deep learning has developed rapidly in the past years and today covers broad range of applications. This makes it challenging to navigate and hard to understand without solid foundations. This book will guide you from the basics of neural networks to the state-of-the-art large language models in use today.

 The first part of the book introduces the main machine learning concepts and paradigms. It covers the mathematical foundations, the structure, and the training algorithms of neural networks and dives into the essence of deep learning.

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• Establish theoretical foundations of deep neural networks
• Understand convolutional networks and apply them in computer vision applications
• Become well versed with natural language processing and recurrent networks
• Explore the attention mechanism and transformers
• Apply transformers and large language models for natural language and computer vision
• Implement coding examples with PyTorch, Keras, and Hugging Face Transformers
• Use MLOps to develop and deploy neural network models

Who this book is for

 This book is for software developers/engineers, students, data scientists, data analysts, machine learning engineers, statisticians, and anyone interested in deep learning. Prior experience with Python programming is a prerequisite.