This book features 14 original projects that will inspire you to create your own digitally printed textile designs. Digital techniques are inspired by traditional handcrafts such as patchwork and embroidery, and utilize Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
Computer-aided design (CAD) and rapid prototyping (RP) are now a fundamental part of the professional practice of product design and are therefore essential skills for product design undergraduate students. This book provides students with all the tools needed to get to grips with the range of both CAD software and RP processes used in the industry.
Men’s Health The Big Book of Uncommon Knowledge combines thousands of DIY tips, bits of advice, how-to articles, and other skills a modern man must master to be the best he can be―and have a good laugh while doing it.
The Bees in Your Backyard provides an engaging introduction to the roughly 4,000 different bee species found in the United States and Canada, dispelling common myths about bees while offering essential tips for telling them apart in the field.
Modern cars are more connected than ever before. Infotainment and navigation systems, diagnostics, WiFi, software assisted steering, and other innovations form a complex network that helps make driving a breeze. But these innovations also expose all modern vehicles to new attacks by malicious hackers that jeopardize the safety and security of millions of vehicles.
Every day, over half a billion iOS users blindly entrust mobile devices with their personal information. If you write an application that mishandles that information, you’ll create a goldmine for attackers-and a catastrophe for you and your customers. Whether you develop iOS apps or test their defenses, it’s critical that you know how to track down and eliminate security threats before they become real issues.
Wish your favorite PC game had a more informative heads up display? What if you could instantly collect all that loot from your latest epic battle? You don’t need to be a sorcerer to transform a game you like into a game you love. Just make a bot to do the grunt work for you!
Modern malware is always evolving because malware authors are constantly finding new ways to bypass security and avoid detection. Defending against (and even discovering) the latest malicious software requires cunning and extensive expertise because attackers have become much more sophisticated.
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This book breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that’s never been done before-it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own. Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book has ever done-it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why.
Python Crash Course is a fast-paced, thorough introduction to programming with Python that will have you writing programs, solving problems, and making things that work in no time.
You’ve bested creepers, traveled deep into caves, and maybe even gone to The End and back-but have you ever transformed a sword into a magic wand? Built a palace in the blink of an eye? Designed your own color-changing disco dance floor?
R is the world’s most popular programming language for data analysis and statistical modeling. The Book of R provides an in-depth, beginner-friendly guide to the R language, and teaches you how to use R for common statistical analyses.
Have you ever wanted to make a video game, but didn’t know where to start? 2D Unity is an approachable guide to making your own games using Unity, the powerful, free-to-use development platform.
Making music doesn’t have to be about dropping big bucks in the guitar shop or endlessly fiddling with expensive software. You can make good noise out of bits of wood and wire, plastic and steel. When you build your own instruments, creating your own sound comes naturally.
How can you design technology that becomes a part of a user’s life and not a distraction from it? This practical book explores the concept of calm technology, a method for smoothly capturing a user’s attention only when necessary, while calmly remaining in the background most of the time. You’ll learn how to design products that work well, launch well, are easy to support, easy to use, and remain unobtrusive.
If you’re a programmer new to JavaScript, or even a beginner with little or no programming experience, this latest edition of practical book offers complete, no-nonsense coverage of this essential web development language. Learning JavaScript follows proven learning principles to help you absorb the concepts at an easy pace, so you’ll learn how to create powerful and responsive applications in any browser.
With this hands-on guide, you’ll learn how Apache Cassandra handles hundreds of terabytes of data while remaining highly available across multiple data centers-capabilities that have attracted Facebook, Twitter, and other data-intensive companies. Updated for Cassandra 3.0, this second edition provides the technical details and practical examples you need to assess this database management system and put it to work in a production environment.
Whether you want to design apps, websites, or just have an intelligent conversation about design, these quick-and-dirty lessons are for you. Based on the popular UX Crash Course from Joel Marsh’s blog-read over a million times-this book follows the real-life UX process from start-to-finish, so you can apply the skills as you learn. It is also perfect for managers, programmers, salespeople, and marketers who want to know more about designing digital products and services.
Automation is the new skillset that network engineers need to pick up. Much like sysadmins have had to learn how to use new tools like Chef and Puppet, network engineers are learning that they just can’t do things manually anymore. With examples in each chapter, this practical book provides you with baseline skills in network programmability and automation, using a range of technologies including Linux, Python, JSON, and XML. No previous knowledge of software development, programming, automation, or DevOps is required.
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