For courses in Python Programming

Now in its 3rd Edition, Practice of Computing Using Python continues to introduce both majors and non-majors taking CS1 courses to computational thinking using Python, with a strong emphasis on problem solving through computer science. The authors have chosen Python for its simplicity, powerful built-in data structures, advanced control constructs, and practicality. The text is built from the ground up for Python programming, rather than having been translate...

Dit is agile is een fascinerende reis langs alle facetten van agile, zoals backlogs, stand-up meetings, retrospectives, specification by example, agile dashboards en test driven development. Sander Hoogendoorn deelt in dit boek zijn ruime kennis en ervaring met het coachen van en werken in agile teams. Dankzij de vele illustraties en praktijkvoorbeelden is Dit is agile niet alleen een duidelijke gids voor beginners, maar bevat het ook talloze tips en nieuwe inzichten voor de ervaren lezer.

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SmarTEST:slim testen van informatiesystemen

Egbert Bouman is productmanager

testen bij Valori.

Hij heeft meer dan twintig jaar ervaring met IT-kwaliteit en testen van informatiesystemen.

Als testmanager, adviseur, docent en publicist heeft hij zijn sporen verdiend.

Testen in de echte wereld

SmarTEST combineert systematisch testen met moderne systeemontwikkeling in complexe IT-projecten.

Voor iedereen Ook voor opdrachtgevers en projectleiders die effectief willen (laten) testen, een helder boek zoek...

Mensen zijn denkende stukjes van de evoluerende kosmos. Onze samenleving lijkt

echter een noodtoestand te naderen qua klimaat, milieu en mondiale conflicten.

Bert Koene, natuurkundige en historisch onderzoeker, verkent onze voor-

geschiedenis en onderzoekt toekomstscenario’s.

Hij laat zien dat de fysieke wereld heel anders in elkaar zit dan wij intuïtief

denken, maar ook dat zij als het ware is gemáákt voor leven. Oorzaak van onze

huidige crises is volgens Koene het feit dat het gevoel n...

The New State of the Art in Information Security: Now Covers Cloud Computing, the Internet of Things, and Cyberwarfare Students and IT and security professionals have long relied on Security in Computing as the definitive guide to computer security attacks and countermeasures. Now, the authors have thoroughly updated this classic to reflect today's newest technologies, attacks, standards, and trends. Security in Computing, Fifth Edition, offers complete, timely coverage of all aspects of comp...

Provides readers an understanding of IP routing protocols, teaches how to implement these protocols using Cisco routers, and brings readers up-to-date with protocol and implementation enhancements. This book also includes features that enhance routing integrity and secure routers from attacks initiated through routing protocols.

The practice of enterprise application development has benefited from the emergence of many new enabling technologies. Multi-tiered object-oriented platforms, such as Java and .NET, have become commonplace. These new tools and technologies are capable of building powerful applications, but they are not easily implemented.

Common failures in enterprise applications often occur because their developers do not understand the architectural lessons that experienced object developers have learned. ...

Enterprise Integration Patterns provides an invaluable catalog of sixty-five patterns, with real-world solutions that demonstrate the formidable of messaging and help you to design effective messaging solutions for your enterprise. The authors also include examples covering a variety of different integration technologies, such as JMS, MSMQ, TIBCO ActiveEnterprise, Microsoft BizTalk, SOAP, and XSL. A case study describing a bond trading system illustrates the patterns in practice, and the book...

Machine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour is cancerous, or deciding whether someone gets bail. They now influence discoveries in chemistry, biology and physics - the study of genomes, extra-solar planets, even the intricacies of quantum systems.

We are living through a revolution in artificial intelligence that is not slowing down. This major shift is based on simple mathematics, some of which goes back centuries...

An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date.