O Reilly: 1860 books
Head First Statistics
A Brain-Friendly Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Wouldn't it be great if there were a statistics book that made histograms, probability distributions, and chi square analysis more enjoyable than going to the dentist? Head First Statistics brings this typically dry subject to life, teaching you everything you want and need to know about statistics...
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists
50 Essential Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
Statistical methods are a key part of of data science, yet very few data scientists have any formal statistics training. Courses and books on basic statistics rarely cover the topic from a data science perspective. This practical guide explains how to apply various statistical methods to data science,...
Designing for Sustainability
A Guide to Building Greener Digital Products and Services
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Pixels use electricity, and a lot of it. If the Internet were a country, it would be the sixth largest in terms of electricity use. That’s because today’s average web page has surpassed two megabytes in size, leading to slow load times, frustrated users, and a lot of wasted energy. With this practical...
Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices
Write the Best PL/SQL Code of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2007
In this compact book, Steven Feuerstein, widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts on the Oracle PL/SQL language, distills his many years of programming, teaching, and writing about PL/SQL into a set of best practices-recommendations for developing successful applications. Covering the...
Field Guide to Hadoop
An Introduction to Hadoop, Its Ecosystem, and Aligned Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
If your organization is about to enter the world of big data, you not only need to decide whether Apache Hadoop is the right platform to use, but also which of its many components are best suited to your task. This field guide makes the exercise manageable by breaking down the Hadoop ecosystem into...
Practical Machine Learning with H2O
Powerful, Scalable Techniques for Deep Learning and AI
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Machine learning has finally come of age. With H2O software, you can perform machine learning and data analysis using a simple open source framework that’s easy to use, has a wide range of OS and language support, and scales for big data. This hands-on guide teaches you how to use H20 with only...
Unlocking Financial Data
A Practical Guide to Technology for Equity and Fixed Income Analysts
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Investors recognize that technology is a powerful tool for obtaining and interpreting financial data that could give them the one thing everyone on Wall Street wants: an edge. Yet, many don’t realize that you don’t need to be a programmer to access behind-the-scenes financial information from...
Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide
Business Thinking and Strategies Behind Successful Web 2.0 Implementations
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2018
Web 2.0 makes headlines, but how does it make money? This concise guide explains what's different about Web 2.0 and how those differences can improve your company's bottom line. Whether you're an executive plotting the next move, a small business owner looking to expand, or an entrepreneur planning...
Social eCommerce
Increasing Sales and Extending Brand Reach
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Want to make money online? Then ignore social media at your own risk. Social media is vital if you want to your business to thrive, and though you can’t control the conversations, you can influence them. This book will teach you how.
If mismanaged, social media can create more noise than...
by Aaron Miller
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
So, you have your Kindle and are ready to start reading. Great! But did you know that you can play music on the Kindle while you are reading that new bestselling novel? How about sharing your thoughts about the book with friends via Facebook and Twitter? More than just an e-reader, Amazon's popular...
Effective Monitoring and Alerting
For Web Operations
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
With this practical book, you’ll discover how to catch complications in your distributed system before they develop into costly problems. Based on his extensive experience in systems ops at large technology companies, author Slawek Ligus describes an effective data-driven approach for monitoring...
RESTful Java with JAX-RS 2.0
Designing and Developing Distributed Web Services
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Learn how to design and develop distributed web services in Java, using RESTful architectural principles and the JAX-RS 2.0 specification in Java EE 7. By focusing on implementation rather than theory, this hands-on reference demonstrates how easy it is to get started with services based on the REST...
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know
Collective Wisdom from the Experts
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2009
In this truly unique technical book, today's leading software architects present valuable principles on key development issues that go way beyond technology. More than four dozen architects -- including Neal Ford, Michael Nygard, and Bill de hOra -- offer advice for communicating with stakeholders,...
Reactive Programming with RxJava
Creating Asynchronous, Event-Based Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
In today’s app-driven era, when programs are asynchronous and responsiveness is so vital, reactive programming can help you write code that’s more reliable, easier to scale, and better-performing. With this practical book, Java developers will first learn how to view problems in the reactive way,...