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Unlocking Agility

An Insider's Guide to Agile Enterprise Transformation

by Jorgen Hesselberg ...

Series series Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)
Practical Guidance and Inspiration for Launching, Sustaining, or Improving Any Agile Enterprise Transformation InitiativeAs long-time competitive advantages disappear, astute executives and change agents know they must achieve true agile transformation. In Unlocking Agility, Jorgen Hesselberg reveals what works, what doesn’t, and how to overcome the daunting obstacles.Distilling 10+ years of ... Read more

$34.19 CAD

Practical Guidance and Inspiration for Launching, Sustaining, or Improving Any Agile Enterprise Transformation InitiativeAs long-time competitive advantages disappear, astute executives and change agents know they must achieve true agile transformation. In Unlocking Agility, Jorgen Hesselberg reveals what works, what doesn’t, and how to overcome the daunting obstacles.Distilling 10+ years of
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Unit Testing Principles, Practices, and Patterns

by Vladimir Khorikov ...

"This book is an indispensable resource." - Greg Wright, Kainos Software Ltd.Radically improve your testing practice and software quality with new testing styles, good patterns, and reliable automation.Key FeaturesA practical and results-driven approach to unit testingRefine your existing unit tests by implementing modern best practicesLearn the four pillars of a good unit testSafely aut... ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

"This book is an indispensable resource." - Greg Wright, Kainos Software Ltd.Radically improve your testing practice and software quality with new testing styles, good patterns, and reliable automation.Key FeaturesA practical and results-driven approach to unit testingRefine your existing unit tests by implementing modern best practicesLearn the four pillars of a good unit testSafely aut...
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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

by Robert C. Martin ...

Series series Robert C. Martin Series
Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common attribute: They care deeply about the practice of creating software. They treat it as a craft. They are professionals.In The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, legendary software expert Robert C. Martin introduces the disciplines, techniques, tools, and practices of true ... Read more

$38.69 CAD

Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common attribute: They care deeply about the practice of creating software. They treat it as a craft. They are professionals.In The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, legendary software expert Robert C. Martin introduces the disciplines, techniques, tools, and practices of true
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

by Ben Horowitz ...

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential leadership advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential leadership advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very
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Cloud Native Patterns

Designing change-tolerant software

by Cornelia Davis ...

SummaryCloud Native Patternsis your guide to developing strong applications that thrive in the dynamic, distributed, virtual world of the cloud. This book presents a mental model for cloud-native applications, along with the patterns, practices, and tooling that set them apart.About the TechnologyCloud platforms promise the holy grail: near-zero downtime, infinite scalability, short feedback ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

SummaryCloud Native Patternsis your guide to developing strong applications that thrive in the dynamic, distributed, virtual world of the cloud. This book presents a mental model for cloud-native applications, along with the patterns, practices, and tooling that set them apart.About the TechnologyCloud platforms promise the holy grail: near-zero downtime, infinite scalability, short feedback
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Professional Product Owner, The

Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive Advantage

by Don McGreal, Ralph Jocham ...

Series series The Professional Scrum Series
The Professional Product Owner’s Guide to Maximizing Value with Scrum“This book presents a method of communicating our desires, cogently, coherently, and with a minimum of fuss and bother.”—Ken Schwaber, Chairman & Founder, Scrum.orgThe role of the Product Owner is more crucial than ever. But it’s about much more than mechanics: it’s about taking accountability and refocusing on value as the ... Read more

$34.19 CAD

The Professional Product Owner’s Guide to Maximizing Value with Scrum“This book presents a method of communicating our desires, cogently, coherently, and with a minimum of fuss and bother.”—Ken Schwaber, Chairman & Founder, Scrum.orgThe role of the Product Owner is more crucial than ever. But it’s about much more than mechanics: it’s about taking accountability and refocusing on value as the
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Extreme Programming Explained

Embrace Change

by Kent Beck, Cynthia Andres ...

Accountability. Transparency. Responsibility. These are not words that are often applied to software development.In this completely revised introduction to Extreme Programming (XP), Kent Beck describes how to improve your software development by integrating these highly desirable concepts into your daily development process.The first edition of Extreme Programming Explained is a classic. It won ... Read more

$38.69 CAD

Accountability. Transparency. Responsibility. These are not words that are often applied to software development.In this completely revised introduction to Extreme Programming (XP), Kent Beck describes how to improve your software development by integrating these highly desirable concepts into your daily development process.The first edition of Extreme Programming Explained is a classic. It won
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Effective C, 2nd Edition

An Introduction to Professional C Programming

by Robert C. Seacord ...

Effective C, 2nd edition, is an introduction to essential C language programming that will soon have you writing programs, solving problems, and building working systems.The latest release of the C programming language, C23, enhances the safety, security, and usability of the language. This second edition of Effective C has been thoroughly updated to cover C23, offering a modern introduction to C ... Read more

$46.79 CAD

Effective C, 2nd edition, is an introduction to essential C language programming that will soon have you writing programs, solving problems, and building working systems.The latest release of the C programming language, C23, enhances the safety, security, and usability of the language. This second edition of Effective C has been thoroughly updated to cover C23, offering a modern introduction to C
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Go Programming Language For Dummies

by Wei-Meng Lee ...

Ready, set, program with Go!Now is the perfect time to learn the Go Programming Language. It’s one of the most in-demand languages among tech recruiters and developers love its simplicity and power. Go Programming Language For Dummies is an easy way to add this top job skill to your toolkit. Written for novice and experienced coders alike, this book traverses basic syntax, writing functions, ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Ready, set, program with Go!Now is the perfect time to learn the Go Programming Language. It’s one of the most in-demand languages among tech recruiters and developers love its simplicity and power. Go Programming Language For Dummies is an easy way to add this top job skill to your toolkit. Written for novice and experienced coders alike, this book traverses basic syntax, writing functions,
... Read more
Effective Project Management

Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid

by Robert K. Wysocki ...

The popular guide to the project management body of knowledge, now fully updatedNow in its eighth edition, this comprehensive guide to project management has long been considered the standard for both professionals and academics, with nearly 40,000 copies sold in the last three editions! Well-known expert Robert Wysocki has added four chapters of new content based on instructor feedback, enhancing ... Read more

$53.99 CAD

The popular guide to the project management body of knowledge, now fully updatedNow in its eighth edition, this comprehensive guide to project management has long been considered the standard for both professionals and academics, with nearly 40,000 copies sold in the last three editions! Well-known expert Robert Wysocki has added four chapters of new content based on instructor feedback, enhancing
... Read more
The Staff Engineer's Path

A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

by Tanya Reilly ...

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well--or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills ... Read more

$30.95 CAD

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well--or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills
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Django for APIs

Build web APIs with Python & Django

by William Vincent ...

Completely updated for Django 4.0 & Django REST Framework 3.13!Django for APIs is a project-based guide to building modern web APIs with Django & Django REST Framework. It is suitable for beginners who have never built an API before as well as professional programmers looking for a fast-paced introduction to Django fundamentals and best practices.Over the course of 200+ pages you'll learn how to ... Read more

$43.80 CAD

Completely updated for Django 4.0 & Django REST Framework 3.13!Django for APIs is a project-based guide to building modern web APIs with Django & Django REST Framework. It is suitable for beginners who have never built an API before as well as professional programmers looking for a fast-paced introduction to Django fundamentals and best practices.Over the course of 200+ pages you'll learn how to
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Python: Journey from Novice to Expert

by Fabrizio Romano, Dusty Phillips, Rick van Hattem ...

Learn core concepts of Python and unleash its power to script highest quality Python programsAbout This BookDevelop a strong set of programming skills with Pyhton that you will be able to express in any situation, on every platform, thanks to Python's portabilityStop writing scripts and start architecting programs by applying object-oriented programming techniques in PythonLearn the trickier ... Read more

$62.90 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn core concepts of Python and unleash its power to script highest quality Python programsAbout This BookDevelop a strong set of programming skills with Pyhton that you will be able to express in any situation, on every platform, thanks to Python's portabilityStop writing scripts and start architecting programs by applying object-oriented programming techniques in PythonLearn the trickier
... Read more
Vibe Coding

Building Production-Grade Software With GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond

by Gene Kim, Steve Yegge ...

GenAI is fundamentally changing the world of software development like nothing since the internet. Vibe Coding is a first-of-its-kind, groundbreaking book that shows developers how to embrace this new frontier.Science fiction is now reality. Programmers no longer need to toil over code and syntax. They can now describe what they want and watch it materialize instantly. Welcome to the future—Vibe ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

GenAI is fundamentally changing the world of software development like nothing since the internet. Vibe Coding is a first-of-its-kind, groundbreaking book that shows developers how to embrace this new frontier.Science fiction is now reality. Programmers no longer need to toil over code and syntax. They can now describe what they want and watch it materialize instantly. Welcome to the future—Vibe
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Building Mobile Apps at Scale

39 Engineering Challenges

by Gergely Orosz ...

While there is a lot of appreciation for backend and distributed systems challenges, there tends to be less empathy for why mobile development is hard when done at scale.This book collects challenges engineers face when building iOS and Android apps at scale, and common ways to tackle these. By scale, we mean having numbers of users in the millions and being built by large engineering teams.For ... Read more

$20.87 CAD

While there is a lot of appreciation for backend and distributed systems challenges, there tends to be less empathy for why mobile development is hard when done at scale.This book collects challenges engineers face when building iOS and Android apps at scale, and common ways to tackle these. By scale, we mean having numbers of users in the millions and being built by large engineering teams.For
... Read more
Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play

Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play

by Luke Hohmann ...

Innovation Through UnderstandingsmThe toughest part of innovation? Accurately predicting what customers want, need, and will pay for. Even if you ask them, they often can’t explain what they want. Now, there’s a breakthrough solution: Innovation Games. Drawing on his software product strategy and product management consulting experience, Luke Hohmann has created twelve games that help you uncover ... Read more

$43.19 CAD

Innovation Through UnderstandingsmThe toughest part of innovation? Accurately predicting what customers want, need, and will pay for. Even if you ask them, they often can’t explain what they want. Now, there’s a breakthrough solution: Innovation Games. Drawing on his software product strategy and product management consulting experience, Luke Hohmann has created twelve games that help you uncover
... Read more
Writing High-Performance Applications in Rust: Profiling, Benchmarking, and Optimization

Modern Systems Programming with Rust

by Dorian Reed ...

Series series Modern Systems Programming with Rust
Unlock the true speed of Rust.Rust guarantees memory safety and concurrency without data races, but the compiler alone cannot make your application fast. To achieve C-level performance, you must look beyond zero-cost abstractions and understand how your code interacts with the physical hardware.Writing High-Performance Applications in Rust is the definitive guide for intermediate and advanced ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the true speed of Rust.Rust guarantees memory safety and concurrency without data races, but the compiler alone cannot make your application fast. To achieve C-level performance, you must look beyond zero-cost abstractions and understand how your code interacts with the physical hardware.Writing High-Performance Applications in Rust is the definitive guide for intermediate and advanced
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Learning Microsoft Azure

Cloud Computing and Development Fundamentals

by Jonah Carrio Andersson ...

If your organization plans to modernize services and move to the cloud from legacy software or a private cloud on premises, this book is for you. Software developers, solution architects, cloud engineers, and anybody interested in cloud technologies will learn fundamental concepts for cloud computing, migration, transformation, and development using Microsoft Azure.Author and Microsoft MVP Jonah ... Read more

$51.83 CAD

If your organization plans to modernize services and move to the cloud from legacy software or a private cloud on premises, this book is for you. Software developers, solution architects, cloud engineers, and anybody interested in cloud technologies will learn fundamental concepts for cloud computing, migration, transformation, and development using Microsoft Azure.Author and Microsoft MVP Jonah
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Use Cases: Requirements in Context

Requirements in Context

by Daryl Kulak, Eamonn Guiney ...

This book describes how to gather and define software requirements using a process based on use cases. It shows systems analysts and designers how use cases can provide solutions to the most challenging requirements issues, resulting in effective, quality systems that meet the needs of users.Use Cases, Second Edition: Requirements in Context describes a three-step method for establishing ... Read more

$43.19 CAD

This book describes how to gather and define software requirements using a process based on use cases. It shows systems analysts and designers how use cases can provide solutions to the most challenging requirements issues, resulting in effective, quality systems that meet the needs of users.Use Cases, Second Edition: Requirements in Context describes a three-step method for establishing
... Read more
1000 SQL Interview Questions and Answers

1000 most important and frequently asked structured query language questions and answers to crack interviews

by Vamsee Puligadda ...

Knowledge for Free...Get that job, you aspire for!Want to switch to that high paying job? Or are you already been preparing hard to give interview the next weekend?Do you know how many people get rejected in interviews by preparing only concepts but not focusing on actually which questions will be asked in the interview?Don't be that person this time.This is the most comprehensive Structured Query ... Read more

$3.36 CAD

Knowledge for Free...Get that job, you aspire for!Want to switch to that high paying job? Or are you already been preparing hard to give interview the next weekend?Do you know how many people get rejected in interviews by preparing only concepts but not focusing on actually which questions will be asked in the interview?Don't be that person this time.This is the most comprehensive Structured Query
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Game Programming Patterns

by Robert Nystrom ...

The biggest challenge facing many game programmers is completing their game. Most game projects fizzle out, overwhelmed by the complexity of their own code. Game Programming Patterns tackles that exact problem. Based on years of experience in shipped AAA titles, this book collects proven patterns to untangle and optimize your game, organized as independent recipes so you can pick just the patterns ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The biggest challenge facing many game programmers is completing their game. Most game projects fizzle out, overwhelmed by the complexity of their own code. Game Programming Patterns tackles that exact problem. Based on years of experience in shipped AAA titles, this book collects proven patterns to untangle and optimize your game, organized as independent recipes so you can pick just the patterns
... Read more
The Genius of Lisp

by Cees de Groot ...

Journey through the fascinating story of Lisp: How it came about and why it was designed the way it was. Meet the geniuses involved in its creation, including Alonzo Church, Alan Turing, and the father of Lisp and artificial intelligence, John McCarthy. Lisp has informed the design of most programming languages in use today, and to learn how Lisp was constructed is to learn what programming is all ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Journey through the fascinating story of Lisp: How it came about and why it was designed the way it was. Meet the geniuses involved in its creation, including Alonzo Church, Alan Turing, and the father of Lisp and artificial intelligence, John McCarthy. Lisp has informed the design of most programming languages in use today, and to learn how Lisp was constructed is to learn what programming is all
... Read more
The Cold Start Problem

How to Start and Scale Network Effects

by Andrew Chen ...

A startup executive and investor draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and as an executive at Uber to address how tech’s most successful products have solved the dreaded "cold start problem"—by leveraging network effects to launch and scale toward billions of users.Although software has become easier to build, launching and scaling new products and ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

A startup executive and investor draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and as an executive at Uber to address how tech’s most successful products have solved the dreaded "cold start problem"—by leveraging network effects to launch and scale toward billions of users.Although software has become easier to build, launching and scaling new products and
... Read more
Types and Programming Languages

by Benjamin C. Pierce ...

A comprehensive introduction to type systems and programming languages.A type system is a syntactic method for automatically checking the absence of certain erroneous behaviors by classifying program phrases according to the kinds of values they compute. The study of type systems—and of programming languages from a type-theoretic perspective—has important applications in software engineering, ... Read more

$97.19 CAD

A comprehensive introduction to type systems and programming languages.A type system is a syntactic method for automatically checking the absence of certain erroneous behaviors by classifying program phrases according to the kinds of values they compute. The study of type systems—and of programming languages from a type-theoretic perspective—has important applications in software engineering,
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