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Combine the best of human data analysis with the power of AI and ChatGPT. Generative AI for Data Analytics teaches you how to accelerate essential data analytics tasks using ChatGPT. Whether you're a data expert seeking efficiency gains, an analyst looking to extend your spreadsheets with serious data tools, or a complete beginner making a ChatGPT-empowered career jump, this book is for you.

F# in Action guides you from Functional Programming novice all the way to putting F# applications into production! It leverages your existing knowledge of software development and the .NET platform to get you up-and-running fast. Learn how you can use scripts to rapidly explore .NET libraries and packages, and level up your .NET skills for data exploration and analysis.

Take control of your wealth management by building your own reliable, effective, and automated financial advisor tool.Automated digital financial advisors—also called robo-advisors—manage billions of dollars in assets. Follow the step-by-step instructions in this hands-on guide, and you’ll learn to build your robo-advisor capable of managing a real investing strategy. In Build a Robo-Advisor with Python (From Scratch) you’ll learn how to: • Measure returns and estimate the benefits of robo-advisors • Use Monte Carlo simulations to build and test financial planning tools • Construct diversified, efficient portfolios using optimization and other methods • Implement and evaluate rebalancing methods to track a target portfolio over time • Decrease taxes through tax-loss harvesting and optimized withdrawal sequencing • Use reinforcement learning to find the optimal investment path up to, and after, retirement Automated “robo-advisors” are commonplace in financial services, thanks to their ability to give high-quality investment advice at a fraction of the cost of human advisors. Build a Robo-Advisor with Python (From Scratch) teaches you to develop one of these powerful, flexible tools using popular and free Python libraries. You’ll master practical Python skills in demand in financial services, and financial planning skills that will help you take the best care of your money. All examples are accompanied by working Python code, and are easy to adjust for investors anywhere in the world. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Millions of investors use robo-advisors as an alternative to human financial advisors. In this one-of-a-kind guide, you’ll learn how to build one of your own. Your robo-advisor will assist you with all aspects of financial planning, including saving for retirement, creating a diversified portfolio, and decreasing your tax bill. And along the way, you’ll learn a lot about Python and finance! About the book Build a Robo-Advisor with Python (From Scratch) guides you step-by-step, feature-by-feature as you create a robo-advisor from the ground up. As you go, you’ll dive into techniques like reinforcement learning, convex optimization, and Monte Carlo methods that you can apply even outside the field of FinTech. When you finish, your powerful assistant will be able to create optimal asset allocations, rebalance investments while minimizing taxes, and more. What's inside • Advanced portfolio construction techniques • Tax-loss harvesting, sequencing of retirement withdrawals, and asset location • Financial planning using AI and Monte Carlo simulations • Rebalancing methods to track a portfolio over time About the reader Accessible to anyone with a basic knowledge of Python and finance—no special skills required. About the author Rob Reider is a quantitative hedge fund portfolio manager. He holds a PhD in Finance from The Wharton School and is an Adjunct Professor at NYU. Alex Michalka is head of investments research at Wealthfront. He holds a PhD from Columbia University. Table of Contents Part 1 1 The rise of robo-advisors 2 An introduction to portfolio construction 3 Estimating expected returns and covariances 4 ETFs: The building blocks of robo-portfolios Part 2 5 Monte Carlo simulations 6 Financial planning using reinforcement learning 7 Measuring and evaluating returns 8 Asset location 9 Tax-efficient withdrawal strategies Part 3 10 Optimization and portfolio construction 11 Asset allocation by risk: Introduction to risk parity 12 The Black-Litterman model Part 4 13 Rebalancing: Tracking a target portfolio 14 Tax-loss harvesting: Improving after-tax returns

D3.js in Action, Third Edition teaches you how to create an extensive portfolio of visualizations, interactive graphics, and data-driven applications using D3.js. This third edition is fully updated to the latest version of D3. It also contains new coverage of the essential aspects of modern digital visualizations.

Learn Rust in a Month of Lunches is a fast and friendly guide to Rust proficiency. Each lesson introduces a new feature of the language, from working with types to making sense of the Rust standard library. Best of all, almost all code samples run in the browser-based Rust Playground. No need to install Rust to get started on a lesson!

Think Like a Software Engineering Manager teaches you the skills you need to hire, train, and lead a successful software development team. In this practical guide, you'll explore all aspects of the Software Engineering manager's job, from operational practices along the software development lifecycle to the core skills of handling humans.

Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming: With GitHub Copilot teaches you to code the AI way. Instead of starting with slow, low-level details, you'll learn how to bring your ideas to life immediately using AI-generated code. Absolutely no programming experience required!

Essential TypeScript 5 is a fully updated third edition of the classic Adam Freeman bestseller. It provides full coverage of TypeScript 5, including new features like decorators. You'll begin with the hows-and-whys of TypeScript, then quickly progress to practical applications of static types. No wasted pages! Each chapter is focused on the skills you need to write awesome web apps.

Build Your Own Robot introduces you to the exciting world of robotics. Your robot isn't just theory. Beginning in chapter 2 you'll write code to make your robot move and respond to touch sensors. The book gives accessible advice on available hardware and free open source software that makes creating a robot fun and affordable.

From the back cover Learn Concurrent Programming with Go teaches you how to boost the performance of your systems through the power of concurrent programming. It demystifies concurrency, explaining complex topics using simple language, easy-to-follow visuals, and relevant examples you'll face every day as a developer. You'll get an under-the-hood understanding of concurrency by building common concurrency tools like readers/writer locks, semaphores, and thread pools. By the time you're done reading, you'll be effortlessly coding concurrent applications in Go. You'll also have a great foundation to apply your new concurrency skills in almost any other language. About the reader For programmers who already know the basics of Go or another C-style language. No experience in concurrent programming required.

From the back cover Azure Security is a practical guide to the native security services of Microsoft Azure. You'll learn how to use Azure tools to improve your systems security and get an insider's perspective on establishing a DevSecOps program using the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Insightful analogies and hands-on examples help demystify tricky security concepts, while clever exercises help reinforce what you've learned. About the reader For software and security engineers building and securing Azure applications.

From the back cover This exciting second edition of Web Design Playground is fully updated with new technologies and thoughtful approaches for building modern websites. Discover timeless HTML and CSS techniques, and dive into their cool new tags and features, including Flexbox and CSS Grid. Four serious projects put your skills to the test and give you useful, real-world pages for your portfolio. Don't worry about setting up your own servers and domain names--the book comes with a free online "playground" to experiment with and get creative. You can concentrate on core skills like page layout and adding images and video, as well as learning typography, responsive design, and the other modern web design techniques. Before you know it, you'll be ready to create gorgeous pages that reflect your creativity and style. About the reader If you can use a browser, you're ready to create web pages!

Machine Learning Algorithms in Depth dives deep into the 'how' and the 'why' of machine learning algorithms. For each category of an algorithm, you will go from math-first principles to hands-on implementation in Python. You will explore dozens of examples from across all the fields of machine learning, including finance, computer vision, NLP, and more. Each example is accompanied by worked-out derivations and details as well as insightful code samples and graphics. By the time you're done reading, you will know how major algorithms work under the hood -- and be a better machine learning practitioner. About the reader For intermediate machine learning practitioners familiar with linear algebra, probability, and basic calculus.

Demand Forecasting Best Practices is a handbook of techniques for effective demand planning for products of all types. You will learn how to optimise your data, metrics, processes, models, and even people to make better decisions and deliver value to your supply chains. Discover pro tips from author Nicolas Vandeput's global career in supply chain consultancy and dodge the common mistakes you might not know you are making. Illustrations, clear explanations, and relevant real-world examples make each concept easy to understand and easy to follow. About the reader For anyone who wants to improve their demand planning process, including demand planners, S&OP managers, supply chain leaders, and data scientists.

Cyber Threat Hunting teaches you how to identify potential breaches of your security. You will learn by exploring real-life scenarios drawn from author Nadhem AlFardan's twenty years in information security. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will build a practical hunting framework and discover good practices for optimising and improving expeditions. You will learn to employ advanced techniques that draw on machine learning and statistical analysis to help spot anomalies. Best of all, this practical book comes with downloadable datasets and scenario templates to practice and hone your threat-hunting techniques. About the reader For security, network, and systems professionals familiar with security tools and Python.

A Pythonic Adventure listens in on the conversations between two aspiring Python programmers. The book's dialogue helps young programmers understand complex concepts much more easily. Characters ask questions, make mistakes, and offer different solutions -- just like in real life. Readers will develop fun and engaging Python applications, including a coffee shop app for taking orders and a LEGO minifigure exchange program. Best of all, A Pythonic Adventure dives deeper than other beginner books. Inside are important skills for any new software developer, such as how to plan an application, what to expect from users, and how to test code and check for errors. By the time they are done reading, young learners will not only know how to write code, they will know how to think about problems like professional developers! About the reader For programmers aged 10+, and older friends and mentors who are interested in teaching programming.

Haskell Bookcamp builds your skills with production-quality Haskell code by creating interesting projects. As you work through each application, you will master Haskell basics and functional programming and dip into the language's advanced features. Haskell's abstract concepts can be confusing--so you will learn them from the ground up with real-world examples rather than tedious academic exercises. Learn how to structure real-world applications, work with the Haskell toolchain effectively and what to look out for when writing critical sections in the programme's logic. Best of all, each project in this book is fully extensible and customisable, so you can keep tinkering with your favourites! About the reader For readers who know how to program in an object-orientated language.

Open up How Computers Make Books, and you will learn how computers use math and computer science to lay out and produce a book. Explore text, fonts, and means of putting ink onto the page. Dive into the history of typesetting and printing and see how that history informs today's technology for both physical books and eBooks. You will learn the importance of both mathematical calculation and artistic taste and how only a combination of the two leads to beautiful books. By the time you are done reading, you will have a better understanding of how computer science can solve problems and the complex technology that went into every book you own. About the reader This book is for everyone--from those clueless but curious about computer science to tech professionals interested in the ingenious solutions created to solve the big problems of printing.

about the book ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to creating web applications with ASP.NET Core 7.0. You'll quickly progress from HTTP concepts to advanced framework customization. Illustrations and annotated code make learning visual and easy, while hands-on examples demonstrate logins, dependency injection, security, and more. This updated edition covers the latest features and new paradigms of ASP.NET Core 7, such as minimal APIs and minimal hosting. About the reader For intermediate C# developers.

Creativity is essential to being a successful programmer. Each chapter in The Creative Programmer introduces you to a new theme of creativity that is derived from scientifically sound research. Discover the importance of communication, how constraints can make you more creative, methods to improve your critical thinking, and more. Short stories, examples, and exercises will help you understand each new idea and clearly demonstrate how you can apply them to programming. You will even be able to track your progress against a scientifically validated Creative Programming Problem Solving Test! Along the way, you will enjoy examples and stories that show what makes creative technical geniuses tick. About the reader For programmers of all experience and skill levels.

Grokking Concurrency is a friendly guide for any developer, perplexed about concurrency. It focuses on the fundamentals, explaining concurrent programming and asynchrony in a math and jargon-free way. Fun illustrations and diagrams make complex concepts easy to understand. The book presents the most important concurrency features with examples in the accessible Python language. No matter what language you use, you'll learn best practices for implementing concurrency. About the reader For readers who know the basics of programming. Examples are in Python.

Statistics Slam Dunk: Statistical analysis with R on real NBA data is an interesting and engaging how-to guide for statistical analysis using R. It is packed with practical statistical techniques, each demonstrated using real-world data taken from NBA games. In each chapter, you will discover a new (and sometimes surprising!) insight into basketball, with careful step-by-step instructions on how to generate those revelations. You will get practical experience cleaning, manipulating, exploring, testing, and otherwise analysing data with base R functions and useful R packages. R's visualisation capabilities shine through in the book's 300 visualizations, and almost 30 plots and charts including Pareto charts and Sankey diagrams. Much more than a beginner's guide, this book explores advanced analytics techniques and data wrangling packages. You will find yourself returning again and again to use this book as a handy reference! About the reader Requires a beginning knowledge of basic statistics concepts. No advanced knowledge of statistics, machine learning, R - or basketball - required.

Acing the System Design Interview teaches you how to effectively demonstrate your system design expertise in an interview environment. In this in-depth guide, author Zhiyong Tan shares what he has learned on both sides of the interview table. The book's serious technical overviews cover everything there is to know about system design - from the frameworks for functional partitioning, to different API paradigms. You will learn how to quickly assess a question, identify an advantageous approach, and then clearly articulate it to an interviewer. A structured approach to preparing for your interview, handy note-taking techniques, and self-evaluation templates help you prep and assess how you did, and therefore improve your future performance. Along the way, you will also learn appropriate questions to ask your interviewer and methods to take good interview notes. About the reader For software engineers, software architects, and engineering managers looking to advance their careers.

.NET MAUI in Action teaches you to build cross-platform applications with the skills you already have as a .NET developer. There's no platform-specific knowledge needed to get started; you'll learn everything you need about Android, iOS, and more through the book's hands-on guidance. You'll dive straight into creating apps and rapidly progress from "Aloha World" to To-Do list apps, a movie recommender app, and eventually a full-stack solution using enterprise architecture patterns. You'll also learn how to use GitHub Actions to deploy robust, testable, and maintainable apps. Learn how to deliver a consistent look and feel for your apps across platforms while tailoring your user experience to relevant devices. Throughout, you'll use the built-in controls of .NET MAUI and learn how to develop your own custom solutions. You'll soon be confidently delivering complex apps without mastering platform-specific skill sets. About the reader For experienced .NET developers.

Take control of your personal data. Learn how companies manipulate and exploit your data and what you can do to access, delete, and monetise it yourself. The data you generate every day makes big companies rich. In Data for All, bestselling author John K Thompson outlines how this one-sided data economy is about to come to a dramatic end. Thompson pulls back the curtain to reveal the true nature of data ownership and explains how you can turn your data from an exploited resource into a financial asset. More about the book Both a handbook and a manifesto, Data for All is a must-read for anyone who wants to take control of their personal data. It lays out how businesses collect, use, and exploit data, providing a clear explanation of how the legislation overturns the existing system. By following this direct and accessible guide, you will completely change the way you handle your data. In this fascinating book, you will learn how to oversee who accesses your data, how much different types of data are worth, and how to keep private details private. You wil soon stop being a passive source of free data, and start earning a "data dividend"--hundreds or thousands of dollars paid out simply for your daily online activities. About the reader This text is for anyone curious or concerned about how their data is used, and what they can do to reclaim ownership. No technical knowledge is required. About the author John K. Thompson is an international technology executive with over 35 years of experience in the fields of data, advanced analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He was an executive partner at Gartner, and he was responsible for the advanced analytics business unit of the Dell Software Group. John is the author of Analytics Teams: Harnessing Analytics and Artificial Intelligencefor Business Improvement and co-author of Analytics: How to win with Intelligence. He holds a bachelor of science degree in Computer Science from Ferris State University and an MBA in Marketing from DePaul University.

Bayesian Optimization in Action teaches you how to build Bayesian Optimisation systems from the ground up. This book transforms state-of-the-art research into usable techniques that you can easily put into practice -- all fully illustrated with useful code samples. You will hone your understanding of Bayesian Optimisation through engaging examples -- from forecasting the weather to finding the optimal amount of sugar for coffee and even deciding if someone is psychic! Along the way, you will explore scenarios with multiple objectives, when each decision has its own cost, and when feedback is in the form of pairwise comparisons. With this collection of techniques, you will be ready to find the optimal solution for everything -- from transport and logistics to cancer treatments. About the reader For machine learning practitioners who are confident in math and statistics.

Think Like a CTO is full of step-by-step guidance for succeeding as a Chief Technology Officer. Author Alan Williamson has mentored numerous CTOs who have been catapulted into the big leagues by private equity investment, acquisition, and rapid growth. In this book, he shares his hard-won lessons on how to survive and thrive in the fast-paced role. Inside you'll find practical frameworks for solving common challenges, including conducting bias-free interviewing, setting up meaningful performance reviews, and establishing teams built around a clear charter of responsibilities. Each chapter explores real scenarios CTOs face and includes the invaluable advice of veteran CTOs, recruitment specialists, and other industry experts. Harness the advice and tools in this book, and you'll soon be making data-driven decisions and putting your own brand of leadership on your CTO role.

Great search is all about delivering the right results. Today's search engines are expected to be smart and understand the nuances of natural language queries, as well as each user's preferences and context. AI-Powered Search is an authoritative guide to applying leading-edge data science techniques to search. It teaches you how to build search engines that automatically understand the intention of a query in order to deliver significantly better results. Author Trey Grainger is an expert on leading techniques for crowdsourced relevancy and semantic search and has helped develop numerous algorithms which have transformed search. Working through code in interactive notebooks, you will deploy intelligent search systems that deliver real-time personalisation and contextual understanding of each user, domain, and query through a self-learning search platform that can tune its own results automatically. About the reader For software developers or data scientists familiar with the basics of search engine development.

Guide machine learning projects with the techniques in this unique project management guide. Managing Machine Learning Projects is a comprehensive guide to delivering successful machine learning projects from idea to production. The book is laid out as a series of fictionalised sprints that take you from pre-project requirements and proposal development all the way to deployment. You will discover battle-tested techniques for ensuring you have the appropriate data infrastructure, coordinating ML experiments, and measuring model performance. With this book as your guide, you will know how to bring a project to a successful conclusion, and how to use your lessons learned for future projects. About the reader This book is for anyone interested in better management of machine learning projects. No technical skills are required!

Tiny CSS Projects develops your CSS skills through 12 delightfully creative mini-projects. Each project sets you up with a premade HTML skeleton to use as a foundation for your work. You will build up your portfolio of common and useful web designs including a loading screen, eCommerce checkout, and animated social media buttons. As you tackle each tiny project, you will learn about animation, transitions, layout, styling forms, and even typography. All the skills you master are easy to transfer to full-size applications! About the reader For readers who know the basics of HTML and frontend development. No previous experience of CSS is required.