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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Most of us give little thought to the back of the book-it's just where you go to look things up. But as Dennis Duncan reveals in this delightful and witty history, hiding in plain sight is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. In the pages of the index, we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. Here, for the first time, is the...
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Series
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is the classic guide to getting smart about the market. Legendary mutual fund pioneer John C. Bogle reveals his key to getting more out of investing: low-cost index funds. Bogle describes the simplest and most effective investment strategy for building wealth over the long term: buy and hold, at very low cost, a mutual fund that tracks a broad stock market Index such as the S & P 500. While the stock market...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Get started with MongoDB. Learn about the differences between relational and document databases and how to work with the Mongo shell, build an application in Node.js, and more.
MongoDB—an open-source, document database—makes it easy to bring up an application stack and start coding. In this course, get started with MongoDB, and learn about the differences between relational and document databases. Kirsten Hunter covers working with the Mongo...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Test your pandas knowledge with this edition of Code Challenges.
Want to test your pandas skills? These concise challenges let you stretch your brain and test your talents. Instructor Harshit Tyagi shares over a dozen pandas challenges, as well as his own solutions to each problem. Harshit’s challenges cover: Reading files and initial exploration of data using pandas attributes; data cleaning; creating subsets of data using indexing and slicing;...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Prep for MTA Exam 98-364 and get a baseline understanding of the core concepts of database storage: normalization, key fields, and indexing.
Storage is a database's full-time job. Yet many IT professionals never really learn how it's done. This course is designed to change that, providing a baseline understanding of databases and their mechanics. Adam Wilbert covers normalization, a table structuring technique that reduces data redundancy; primary,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Get tips for marketing apps in the App Store and Google Play using app store optimization (ASO) to increase ranking. Explore indexing, keyword research, deep linking, and visuals.
You've written an app and are ready to send it out into the world. But with the 4+ million apps available for iOS and Android, you can't just press Publish and hope for a hit. To get apps in front of bigger audiences, developers can borrow tips and best practices from the...
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English
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At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers, and becomes a celebrity overnight. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician, the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. Young, handsome,...
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Python makes it very easy to create lists and perform a wide range of operations on them. Learn the fundamentals of building lists. Then experiment with indexing into lists, looping over lists, and making slices of lists, lists of lists, and list-like structures called tuples.
14) Advanced Redis
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Learn about advanced Redis topics, including pipelining, benchmarking, RediSearch, and RedisJSON.
In this course, explore the advanced features that the Redis database server has to offer. Instructor Janani Ravi first shows how to install and optimize your Redis operations. She then explains how to run benchmarks on your Redis server to assess the performance of Redis operations. Next, she shows how to use RediSearch, which enables querying, secondary...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Build more complex, media-driven applications with Azure Media Services. Explore the Microsoft cloud-based solutions for media encoding, streaming, and intelligent analytics.
Build more complex and demanding media-driven applications using the power of Microsoft Azure and Azure Media Services. This course explains what Azure Media Services has to offer developers of media-rich websites and apps. Instructor Sahil Malik reviews the encoding and streaming...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Take a coding deep dive into development with Azure Cosmos DB, a multi-model database that's globally distributed, and scales remarkably well.
Azure Cosmos DB is a multi-model database that's globally distributed, and scales remarkably well. In addition to boasting 99.99 % availability within a region, Cosmos DB offers several well-defined consistency models: strong, bounded-staleness, session, eventual, and consistent prefix. In this course, take...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Learn functions of Elasticsearch that go beyond simple full-text search.
With its ability to index and search documents using plain text, Elasticsearch has become one of the most popular and widely adopted search engines. In this course, Edward Capriolo goes beyond the basics of what Elasticsearch can do. Edward covers specialized data type and query support—like using pipelines to enhance data and combining fields to simplify searching. He shows...
18) SEO: Apps
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This course explains how to market your apps by following best practices for strong search engine optimization (SEO).
Your app's search ranking will continue to change as the SEO landscape evolves. This course provides the latest best practices you can follow to keep your apps discoverable. First, learn how SEO and ASO impact the ability for users to locate your app. Next, explore leading analytics tools you can use to derive insights about your...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn about NumPy, the most useful Python library for data science and numerical computing.
NumPy provides Python with an elegant syntax and powerful array processing library. NumPy is the most useful and most powerful library in Python when it comes to data science and machine learning. In this course, Terezija Semenski introduces the NumPy data structure for n-dimensional arrays, then continues by showing functions for creating and manipulating...
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