Showing titles in Software Development

Are you ready to turn your gaming passion into reality? This book is your ultimate guide to mastering Godot game development. No prior experience needed! Dive into the exciting world of Godot and learn step-by-step how to design captivating 2D and 3D environments, program engaging gameplay mechanics, and create stunning visual effects. Imagine building your dream games and impressing friends and potential employers with your skills.

You can learn the most popular frameworks, use the best programming languages, and work at the biggest tech companies, but if you cultivate bad habits, it will be hard for you to become a top developer. This book doesn't offer a straight path or pre-defined formula of success. This book is a result of a quest. A quest to uncover what habits can be cultivated to become a better software engineer.

To ensure that applications are reliable and always available, more businesses today are moving applications to AWS. But many companies still struggle to design and build these cloud applications effectively. With this practical guide, software, DevOps, and cloud engineers will learn how to implement resilient designs and configurations in the cloud using hands-on independent labs.

In Mind Engineered, Moawiah Naffaa, PhD introduces a powerful new framework for understanding how artificial intelligence is reshaping human cognition. This is not a book about technology. It is a book about the human mind — and how it is quietly evolving. As AI becomes a daily thinking partner, memory shifts outward. Dialogue becomes a form of reasoning. Intelligence becomes distributed. The boundaries of cognition expand beyond the brain.

Ever tried learning Python, only to get lost in tutorials that feel too technical, too fast, or just plain confusing? You're not alone. This friendly, step-by-step beginner's guide makes Python simple, practical, and surprisingly fun even if you've never written a single line of code. With 35+ hands-on exercises and 6 real world projects, you'll go from complete beginner to confident Python programmer. No tech background required. Just 10 minutes a day.

If you’re building software today, mastering agile development is no longer optional. With 80 percent of software companies using some form of agility, collaborating on agile teams is an essential skill for high-performing engineers and tech entrepreneurs. Agile Discovery & Delivery walks listeners through the key concepts of agility from start to finish. From how agile teams figure out what to build to how they collaborate to build it. It’s the perfect agile development overview for anyone new to the industry.

Starting a blog is one of the most exciting journeys you can take in today’s digital world. It’s an opportunity to share your passions, build your personal brand, connect with like-minded readers, and even open the door to new income streams. Yet for many beginners, the dream feels intimidating. Words like domain names, hosting, plugins, SEO, and monetization sound like a foreign language. The mountain seems too steep to climb.

Do you know the power of Microsoft's Excel? Are you able to use Excel to its fullest potential? Do you want to learn Excel fast, quick and easy? Want to skip all the formal training? Can't afford a college or university class on Excel? Don't have the time? Just want to get started? Want all the formulas and shortcuts that make using Excel easy?

Are you ready to unlock the full power of AI in your daily work, business, or creative projects? Mastering Prompt Engineering is your essential audio guide to writing smarter prompts, building intelligent workflows, and thriving in an AI-first world—no technical background required.

Few of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be. The very word “code” makes it sound immutable or even inevitable. “You Are Not Expected to Understand This” demonstrates that, far from being preordained, computer code is the result of very human decisions, ones we all live with when we use social media, take photos, drive our cars, and engage in a host of other activities.

This manual will give you the incognito tools that'll make you a master of anonymity! Other books tell you to install Tor and then encrypt your hard drive...and leave it at that. I go much deeper, delving into the very engine of ultimate network security, taking it to an art form where you'll grow a new darknet persona - how to be anonymous online without looking like you're trying to be anonymous online.

Cloud Native Patterns is your guide to developing strong applications that thrive in the dynamic, distributed, virtual world of the cloud. This audiobook presents a mental model for cloud-native applications, along with the patterns, practices, and tooling that set them apart. Cloud platforms promise the holy grail: Near-zero downtime, infinite scalability, short feedback cycles, fault-tolerance, and cost control. But how do you get there? Learn these fundamental patterns and practices, and you’ll be ready to thrive in the dynamic, distributed, virtual world of the cloud.

Doug and Chuck are a couple of normal guys who happen to run a successful software development company. The thing is, they don't live in Silicon Valley. They don't have MBAs. And neither of them knows anything about computer programming. Oh, and Doug and Chuck aren't their real names. This audiobook outlines an eight-step process that enables someone with absolutely no knowledge of computer programming to start and run a successful mobile software business.

Success isn’t a clear road for software developers. There’s too much information, and it can feel overwhelming. Many developers get stuck and have no idea what to do next. Soft Skills aims to solve this. To give you a clear path with actionable steps for your career (and life). So you can get back to what you enjoy doing...solving unique puzzles and fun problems.

Expert guidance on deploying secure, standardized AI integrations in any development context MCP For Dummies is the essential guide to getting started with the open-source standard that's transforming how businesses deploy AI. With Model Context Protocol (MCP), you can connect AI to real-world...

This book teaches the complex, sometimes confounding, and often beautiful art of directing live performance for videogames. Starting from a clear and comprehensive introduction to the nuts and bolts of directing on the motion capture floor and in the voiceover booth, the book dives deeper with concrete examples from the author’s 25-year career directing seminal games from the early years to today’s blockbusters.

Microservices in .NET: Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to building microservice applications using the .NET stack. After a crystal-clear introduction to the microservices architectural style, it teaches you practical microservices development skills using ASP.NET. This second edition of the best-selling original has been revised with up-to-date tools for the .NET ecosystem, and more new coverage of scoping microservices and deploying to Kubernetes.

Roblox is a gaming platform that not only introduces kids to the metaverse of games but also a creator-friendly hub that offers developers the opportunity to showcase and improve their talents. But the real question is, can you really create your own game even without a programming background? Yes! This is precisely why this book is here—to equip you with the basics, solidify your fundamentals, and walk you through the whole coding process without getting overwhelmed by a plethora of codes on the black screen.

According to Forbes, 400 million workers could be displaced globally because of AI. But there is good news. In my book, Tomorrow’s Artificial Intelligence, I will demystify AI’s impact on jobs and empower you to navigate the changing landscape with confidence.

Outsmart the competition and turn effort into success with AI! Running a business today feels like a marathon, doesn't it? With fierce competition and high customer expectations, it seems like you're constantly being pulled in many directions. Cutting costs while boosting productivity isn't just a goal—it's your daily challenge. What if a tool could turn these challenges into growth opportunities? That tool is AI and ChatGPT. Businesses using AI have seen employee performance improve by 40% and customer complaints drop by the same margin.