Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a subset of JavaScript that’s more reliable, readable, and maintainable than the language as a whole—a subset …
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
During the past decade there has been an explosion in computation and information technology. With it have come vast amounts of data in a variety of fields such as medicine, biology, finance, and marketing. The challenge of understanding these data has led to the development of new tools in the field of statistics, and spawned new areas such …
Maximize your Excel 2013 experience using VBA application development The new Excel 2013 boasts updated features, enhanced power, and new capabilities. Naturally, that means John Walkenbach returns with a new edition of his bestselling VBA Programming book and covers all the methods and tools you need to know in order to program with Excel. With this comprehensive guide, …
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition
Widely considered one of the best practical guides to programming, Steve McConnell’s original CODE COMPLETE has been helping developers write better software for more than a decade. Now this classic book has been fully updated and revised with leading-edge practices—and hundreds of new code samples—illustrating the art and science of software construction. Capturing the body of knowledge available …
Don’t buy this book until you understand what you’re getting into. As you can tell from the 5-star reviews, beginning coders love this book. And as you can tell from the 1-star reviews, some experienced programmers don’t. What beginners like—that the book assumes no programming knowledge and is written in plain English—can make the book feel simple-minded to …
Getting to Know ArcGIS® for Desktop is a workbook that introduces the principles of GIS via hands-on exercises. Readers are shown how to use ArcGIS for Desktop software tools to display and present maps and data, and then query and analyze the data. The third edition has been reorganized and includes new topics such as exploring online resources …
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D Collector’s Guide includes: Collector’s Edition Exclusive— Reusable clings featuring art from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D. Save The World— Fully detailed walkthrough shows how to solve each puzzle, defeat each boss, and finish the game with 100% Completion. Find Your Way— Never get lost with our labeled maps that …
Summary Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition is an innovative tutorial designed for administrators. Just set aside one hour a day—lunchtime would be perfect—for a month, and you’ll be automating Windows tasks faster than you ever thought possible. You’ll start with the basics—what is PowerShell and what can you do with it. Then, you’ll …
Data in all domains is getting bigger. How can you work with it efficiently? Recently updated for Spark 1.3, this book introduces Apache Spark, the open source cluster computing system that makes data analytics fast to write and fast to run. With Spark, you can tackle big datasets quickly through simple APIs in Python, Java, and Scala. This …
A comprehensive reference to the updated and new features of Access 2013 As the world’s most popular database management tool, Access enables you to organize, present, analyze, and share data as well as build powerful database solutions. However, databases can be complex. That’s why you need the expert guidance in this comprehensive reference. Access 2013 Bible helps you …