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Arduino Enthusiast E-Book Bundle for $10
KEY FEATURES
If you’re interested in designing and building your own wearables, the Arduino platform is perfect for you. With this e-book, you’ll learn to create your own wearable projects by mastering different electronic components–such as LEDs and sensors–then applying your learnings through practical projects. You’ll consolidate your new skills in your final project, utilizing all the concepts you’ve learned to create a smartwatch complete with fitness tracking, Internet-based notifications, GPS, and time-telling.
- Develop a basic understanding of wearable computing w/ 218 pages of content
- Learn about Arduino & compatible prototyping platforms suitable for creating wearables
- Understand the design process surrounding the creation of wearable objects
- Gain insight into materials suitable for developing wearable projects
- Design & create projects w/ various kinds of electronic components: interactive bike gloves, GPRS locator watch, etc.
- Dive into programming for interactivity
- Learn how to connect & interface wearables w/ Bluetooth & Wi-Fi
- Get your hands dirty w/ your own personalized designs
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this e-book: lifetime
- Access options: download for offline access
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required (for download)
- Basic knowledge of Arduino programming recommended
THE EXPERT
Tony Olsson is an Arduino enthusiast and author of this e-book. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This e-book is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!
KEY FEATURES
Whether you’re a seasoned developer or an Arduino newbie, you’ll find this book useful for building amazing smart electronic devices. Start by building a sound effects generator using recorded audio-wave files you’ve made or obtained from the Internet. You’ll then build DC motor controllers operated by a web page, slide switch, or touch sensor, and end by constructing an electronic operating status display for an FM radio circuit using Arduino.
- Build interactive electronic devices using the Arduino w/ 252 pages of content
- Learn about web page, touch sensor, Bluetooth & infrared controls
- Add SD & wave-file libraries to your Arduino code
- Get to grips w/ SD card SPI communications
- Interface an IR detection circuit to Arduino
- Wire an OLED LCD to Arduino
- Install the Nordic nRF8001 Bluetooth Low Energy code to Arduino
- Build an HMI (Human Machine Interface) from a web page using JavaScript
- Connect Arduino to a virtual server (Breakout.js)
- Wire a small DC motor driver to Arduino w/ a transistor & diode circuit
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this e-book: lifetime
- Access options: download for offline access
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required (for download)
THE EXPERT
Don Wilcher is an electrical engineer who also moonlights as an author, instructor, and entrepreneur. He has experience working in various fields, including the automotive, industrial, and consumer industries, and teaches electrical engineering courses at ITT Tech. Don also spends his time developing Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects, writing DIY electronics books, and blogging for Design News Magazine. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This e-book is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!
KEY FEATURES
Dive into over 50 step-by-step recipes to build virtually any Arduino project, whether simple or advanced. Topics encompass Arduino development essentials ranging from programming buttons to operating motors, managing sensors, and controlling displays. You’ll also find tips and tricks for troubleshooting any development problems and pushing your project to the next level.
- Master all principle aspects of integration using the Arduino w/ 246 pages of content
- Learn tools & components needed to build engaging electronics
- Make the most of your board w/ practical tips and tricks
- Read data from sensors & take action based on the environment
- Use the Arduino to turn on lights, write to screens, or play light shows
- Manipulate motors & other actuators to control different objects’ movement
- Set up electronic circuits on a breadboard to interact w/ the Arduino
- Explore hacks to push your project to the next level
- Make your projects wireless & have them communicate with the computer
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this e-book: lifetime
- Access options: download for offline access
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required (for download)
THE EXPERT
Cornel Amariei is a Romanian inventor and entrepreneur in the fields of Robotics and 3D printing. He has been working with the Arduino platform since 2007, and has built hundreds of Arduino projects ranging from quadcopters to levitating magnets and underwater robots. Currently, he splits his time between his undergraduate studies in electric engineering and computer science at Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany, and his startups and R&D job. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This e-book is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!
KEY FEATURES
Arduino is the ideal platform with which to experiment on Internet of Things projects, and this e-book the ideal medium through which to learn. You’ll work through eight projects that will teach you how to assemble devices that communicate with one another, access data over the Internet, store and retrieve data, and interact with users. These projects also serve as blueprints for any other IoT projects you hope to tackle in the future.
- Build Internet-based Arduino devices to secure your home w/ 210 pages of content
- Connect sensors and actuators to the Arduino & access Internet data
- Make a powerful Internet-controlled relay w/ an embedded web server to monitor & control home appliances
- Build a portable Wi-Fi signal strength sensor to give haptic feedback about signal strength to the user
- Measure water flow speed & volume w/ liquid flow sensors and record real-time readings
- Set up motion-activated Arduino security cameras & upload images to the cloud
- Implement real-time data logging of a solar panel voltage w/ Arduino cloud connectors
- Track locations w/ GPS & upload location data to the cloud
- Control a garage door light w/ your Twitter feed
- Control infrared enabled devices w/ IR remote & Arduino
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this e-book: lifetime
- Access options: download for offline access
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required (for download)
- Basic knowledge of electronics recommended
THE EXPERT
Pradeeka Seneviratne is a software engineer with over 10 years of experience in computer programming and systems designing. He loves programming embedded systems such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi, and is currently a full-time software engineer who works with highly scalable technologies. Previously, he worked as a software engineer for several IT infrastructure and technology servicing companies, and was also a teacher for information technology and Arduino development. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This e-book is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!
KEY FEATURES
Arduino by Example is a project-oriented guide to help you fully utilize the power of one of the world’s most powerful open source platforms, Arduino. This book demonstrates three projects ranging from a home automation project involving your lighting system to a simple robotic project to a touch sensor project. You will first learn the basic concepts such as how to get started with the Arduino, then develop the practical skills needed to successfully build Arduino-powered projects with real-life impact.
- Master use of the Arduino inside & out w/ 242 pages of content
- Integrate sensors to gather & effectively display environmental data
- Add Bluetooth, Wi-Fi & other modules to allow the Arduino to communicate & send data between devices
- Build automated projects to learn complex algorithms that mimic biological locomotion
- Create simple servers to facilitate communication
- Maximize the Arduino’s capabilities w/ Python, Processing & other programming tools
- Practice & learn basic programming etiquette
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: download for offline access
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: intermediate
Compatibility
- Internet required (for download)
- Working Arduino system required
- Some programming background required (ideally in C/C++)
- Basic knowledge of Arduino recommended
THE EXPERT
Adith Jagadish Boloor is a mechanical engineering student at Purdue University. He is passionate about robotics, computer-aided design, rapid prototyping, and the Internet of Things, and seeks to pass on his knowledge through his Arduino e-book. For more details on the e-book and instructor, click here.
This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!
KEY FEATURES
Arduino has become a widely adopted platform for its easy usability and flexibility, and iOS devices are nothing if not ubiquitous. Dive into this comprehensive project-based book, master the art of integrating the two, and learn how to build devices that are highly useful in everyday life. You’ll learn how to control Arduino using an iPhone or iPad, understand the different components that interact with the Arduino–digital and analog I/O, Wi-Fi shields, and more–and master iOS development essentials in the process.
- Design circuits w/ Arduino using sensors & actuators w/ 240 pages of content
- Write code to handle analog & digital sensors w/ commonly used protocols: OneWire, I2C, SPI & more
- Store data on SD Card & in EEPROM
- Build iOS applications using the MCV pattern & the UIKit components
- Allow your applications to control Arduino and its hooked-up devices
- Manage TCP/IP, UDP, and Bluetooth BLE communication between Arduino & iOS devices
- Make your iOS application utilize the sensors available in iOS devices, including the accelerometer, gyroscope & compass
- Develop iOS applications that use iBeacons
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: download for offline access
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required (for download)
- Basic knowledge of Arduino & iOS development required
THE EXPERT
Fabrizio Boco started learning about electronics when he was a teen, and began programming in 1980. He holds a degree in electronic engineering and is currently a freelance IT manager and architect with over 20 years of experience consulting for private and public companies in Italy. He has been an iOS developer since 2009, and has designed and developed Arduino Manager–an iOS, Mac OS X, and Android application that can be used to control Arduino (and Arduino-compatible) boards. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!
KEY FEATURES
This e-book starts with the fundamentals of turning on the basic Arduino hardware, then provides complete, step-by-step instructions on how to maximize its potential. You’ll learn by doing–building projects that can move using DC motors, walk using servo motors, and avoid barriers using its sensors. On top of that, you’ll also learn how to add more complex navigational techniques (such as GPRS) so that your robot won’t get lost.
- Develop a series of exciting robots that can sail, go under water, and fly w/ 240 pages of content
- Effectively control the movements of all types of motors using Arduino
- Use sensors, GPS & a magnetic compass to give your robot direction and make it lifelike
- Acquaint yourself with many different kinds of Arduinos to choose the right one for your app
- Unbox, power up & configure your Arduino
- Tweak Arduino to make wheels or legs move so your robot can be mobile
- Add GPS to your projects so your robots can know where they are
- Use RF signals to control your robot remotely
- Connect your robot to a display so you can see what it is thinking
- Build more complex robots that can move, swim, or fly
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: download for offline access
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required (for download)
- Some programming knowledge recommended
THE EXPERT
Richard Grimmett continues to have more fun than he should be allowed working on robotics projects while teaching computer science and electrical engineering at Brigham Young University-Idaho. He has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in leadership studies. This is the latest book, in a long series of books detailing how to use Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and BeagleBone Black for robotics projects, written by him. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This e-book is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!
KEY FEATURES
Learn to build interactive electronic devices controllable from any Android device by working through a series of projects. Each project is explained in a step-by-step fashion, starting with the required components and hardware assembly instructions, meaning following along is easy even for beginners. Whether you’re configuring an app to display tweets or controlling basic functions of the Arduino board, you’ll consolidate your knowledge of all things Arduino and get up to speed in no time.
- Build Wi-Fi or Bluetooth-controlled Arduino systems w/ 250 pages of content
- Make a weather measurement station that can be monitored from Android
- Build a smart power switch that can be controlled via Wi-Fi from Android
- Monitor your home remotely with a wireless security camera
- Control a servo motor w/ Bluetooth Low Energy using your phone’s gyroscope
- Open or close a door using voice controls or NFC
- Control a mobile robot using Bluetooth Low Energy
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this e-book: lifetime
- Access options: download for offline access
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: intermediate
Compatibility
- Internet required (for download)
- Basic electronics & programming experience required
THE EXPERT
Marco Schwartz is an electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and blogger. His interests gravitate around electronics, home automation, the Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms, open source hardware projects, and 3D printing. Meanwhile, Stefan Buttigieg is a medical doctor, mobile developer, and entrepreneur. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in health informatics and is the founder of MD Geeks, an online community at the intersection of healthcare and information technology. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This e-book is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!
Machine Learning with Python Course and E-Book Bundle for $39
KEY FEATURES
Deep learning is the intersection of statistics, artificial intelligence, and data to build accurate models, and is one of the most important new frontiers in technology. TensorFlow is one of the newest and most comprehensive libraries for implementing deep learning. Over this course you’ll explore some of the possibilities of deep learning, and how to use TensorFlow to process data more effectively than ever.
- Access 22 lectures & 2 hours of content 24/7
- Discover the efficiency & simplicity of TensorFlow
- Process & change how you look at data
- Sift for hidden layers of abstraction using raw data
- Train your machine to craft new features to make sense of deeper layers of data
- Explore logistic regression, convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, high level interfaces, & more
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Dan Van Boxel is a Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer with over 10 years of experience. He is most well-known for “Dan Does Data,” a YouTube livestream demonstrating the power and pitfalls of neural networks. He has developed and applied novel statistical models of machine learning to topics such as accounting for truck traffic on highways, travel time outlier detection, and other areas. Dan has also published research and presented findings at the Transportation Research Board and other academic journals.
KEY FEATURES
Python is the general purpose, multi-paradigm programming language that many professionals consider one of the best beginner language due its relative simplicity and applicability to many coding arenas. This course assumes no prior experience and helps you dive into Python fundamentals to come to grips with this popular language and start your coding odyssey off right.
- Access 43 lectures & 4.5 hours of content 24/7
- Learn variables, numbers, strings, & more essential components of Python
- Make decisions on your programs w/ conditional statements
- See how functions play a major role in providing a high degree of code recycling
- Create modules in Python
- Perform image manipulations w/ Python
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
William Fiset is a Mathematics and Computer Science Honors student at Mount Allison University with in interest in competitive programming. William has been a Python developer for +4 years, starting his early Python experience with game development. He owns a popular YouTube channel that teaches Python to beginners and the basics of game development.
KEY FEATURES
You’ve seen deep learning everywhere, but you may not have realized it. This discipline is one of the leading solutions for image recognition, speech recognition, object recognition, and language translation – basically the tools you see Google roll out every day. Over this course, you’ll use Python to expand your deep learning knowledge to cover backpropagation and its ability to train neural networks.
- Access 19 lectures & 2 hours of content 24/7
- Train neural networks in deep learning & to understand automatic differentiation
- Cover convolutional & recurrent neural networks
- Build up the theory that covers supervised learning
- Integrate search & image recognition, & object processing
- Examine the performance of the sentimental analysis model
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Eder Santana is a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His thesis topic is on Deep and Recurrent neural networks. After working for 3 years with Kernel Machines (SVMs, Information Theoretic Learning, and so on), Eder moved to the field of deep learning 2.5 years ago, when he started learning Theano, Caffe, and other machine learning frameworks. Now, Eder contributes to Keras: Deep Learning Library for Python. Besides deep learning, he also likes data visualization and teaching machine learning, either on online forums or as a teacher assistant.
KEY FEATURES
Every business wants to gain insights from data to make more informed decisions. Data mining provides a way of finding these insights, and Python is one of the most popular languages with which to perform it. In this course, you will discover the key concepts of data mining and learn how to apply different techniques to gain insight to real-world data. By course’s end, you’ll have a valuable skill that companies are clamoring to hire for.
- Access 21 lectures & 2 hours of content 24/7
- Discover data mining techniques & the Python libraries used for data mining
- Tackle notorious data mining problems to get a concrete understanding of these techniques
- Understand the process of cleaning data & the steps involved in filtering out noise
- Build an intelligent application that makes predictions from data
- Learn about classification & regression techniques like logistic regression, k-NN classifier, & mroe
- Predict house prices & the number of TV show viewers
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Saimadhu Polamuri is a data science educator and the founder of Data Aspirant, a Data Science portal for beginners. He has 3 years of experience in data mining and 5 years of experience in Python. He is also interested in big data technologies such as Hadoop, Pig, and Spark. He has a good command of the R programming language and Matlab. He has a rudimentary understanding of Cpp Computer vision library (opencv) and big data technologies.
KEY FEATURES
You see graphs all over the internet, the workplace, and your life – but do you ever stop to consider how all that data has been visualized? There are many tools and programs that data scientists use to visualize massive, disorganized sets of data. This e-book contains content from “Data Visualization: A Successful Design Process” by Andy Kirk, “Social Data Visualization with HTML5 and JavaScript” by Simon Timms,” and “Learning d3.js Data Visualization, Second Edition” by Andrew Rininsland and Swizec Teller, all professionally curated to give you an easy-to-follow track to master data visualization in your own work.
- Harness the power of D3 by building interactive & real-time data-driven web visualizations
- Find out how to use JavaScript to create compelling visualizations of social data
- Identify the purpose of your visualization & your project’s parameters to determine overriding design considerations across your project’s execution
- Apply critical thinking to visualization design & get intimate with your dataset to identify its potential visual characteristics
- Explore the various features of HTML5 to design creative visualizations
- Discover what data is available on Stack Overflow, Facebook, Twitter, & Google+
- Gain a solid understanding of the common D3 development idioms
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, it has published over 3,000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done–whether that’s specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
KEY FEATURES
Get a complete introduction to the many uses of Python in this curated e-book drawing content from “Python 3 Object-Oriented Programming, Second Edition” by Dusty Phillips, “Learning Python Design Patterns, Second Edition” by Chetan Giridhar, and “Mastering Python Design Patterns” by Sakis Kasampalis. Once you’ve got your feet wet, you’ll focus in on the most common and useful design patterns from a Python perspective. By course’s end, you’ll have a complex understanding of designing patterns with Python, allowing you to develop better coding practices and create systems architectures.
- Discover what design patterns are & how to apply them to writing Python
- Implement objects in Python by creating classes & defining methods
- Separate related objects into a taxonomy of classes & describe the properties & behaviors of those objects via the class interface
- Understand when to use object-oriented features & when not to use them
- Explore the design principles that form the basis of software design, such as loose coupling, the Hollywood principle, & the Open Close principle, & more
- Use Structural Design Patterns to find out how objects & classes interact to build larger applications
- Improve the productivity & code base of your application using Python design patterns
- Secure an interface using the Proxy pattern
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, it has published over 3,000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done–whether that’s specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
KEY FEATURES
Machine learning and predictive analytics are becoming one of the key strategies for unlocking growth in a challenging contemporary marketplace. Consequently, professionals who can run machine learning systems are in high demand and are commanding high salaries. This e-book will help you get a grip on advanced Python techniques to design machine learning systems.
- Learn to write clean & elegant Python code that will optimize the strength of your algorithms
- Uncover hidden patterns & structures in data w/ clustering
- Improve accuracy & consistency of results using powerful feature engineering techniques
- Gain practical & theoretical understanding of cutting-edge deep learning algorithms
- Solve unique tasks by building models
- Come to grips w/ the machine learning design process
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, it has published over 3,000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done–whether that’s specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
KEY FEATURES
Data science is one of the most in-demand fields today, and this e-book will guide you to becoming an efficient data science practitioner in Python. Once you’ve nailed down Python fundamentals, you’ll learn how to perform data analysis with Python in an example-driven way. From there, you’ll learn how to scale your knowledge to processing machine learning algorithms.
- Implement objects in Python by creating classes & defining methods
- Get acquainted w/ NumPy to use it w/ arrays & array-oriented computing in data analysis
- Create effective visualizations for presenting your data using Matplotlib
- Process & analyze data using the time series capabilities of pandas
- Interact w/ different kind of database systems, such as file, disk format, Mongo, & Redis
- Apply data mining concepts to real-world problems
- Compute on big data, including real-time data from the Internet
- Explore how to use different machine learning models to ask different questions of your data
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, it has published over 3,000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done–whether that’s specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
KEY FEATURES
Python is one of the most popular programming languages today, enabling developers to write efficient, reusable code. Here, you’ll add Python to your repertoire, learning to set up your development environment, master use of its syntax, and much more. You’ll soon understand why engineers at startups like Dropbox rely on Python: it makes the process of creating and iterating upon apps a piece of cake.
- Master Python w/ 3 hours of content
- Build Python packages to efficiently create reusable code
- Creating tools & utility programs, and write code to automate software
- Distribute computation tasks across multiple processors
- Handle high I/O loads w/ asynchronous I/O for smoother performance
- Utilize Python’s metaprogramming & programmable syntax features
- Implement unit testing to write better code, faster
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, it has published over 3,000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done –whether that’s specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
Machine Learning with Python Course and E-Book Bundle for $49
KEY FEATURES
Deep learning is the intersection of statistics, artificial intelligence, and data to build accurate models, and is one of the most important new frontiers in technology. TensorFlow is one of the newest and most comprehensive libraries for implementing deep learning. Over this course you’ll explore some of the possibilities of deep learning, and how to use TensorFlow to process data more effectively than ever.
- Access 22 lectures & 2 hours of content 24/7
- Discover the efficiency & simplicity of TensorFlow
- Process & change how you look at data
- Sift for hidden layers of abstraction using raw data
- Train your machine to craft new features to make sense of deeper layers of data
- Explore logistic regression, convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, high level interfaces, & more
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Dan Van Boxel is a Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer with over 10 years of experience. He is most well-known for “Dan Does Data,” a YouTube livestream demonstrating the power and pitfalls of neural networks. He has developed and applied novel statistical models of machine learning to topics such as accounting for truck traffic on highways, travel time outlier detection, and other areas. Dan has also published research and presented findings at the Transportation Research Board and other academic journals.
KEY FEATURES
Python is the general purpose, multi-paradigm programming language that many professionals consider one of the best beginner language due its relative simplicity and applicability to many coding arenas. This course assumes no prior experience and helps you dive into Python fundamentals to come to grips with this popular language and start your coding odyssey off right.
- Access 43 lectures & 4.5 hours of content 24/7
- Learn variables, numbers, strings, & more essential components of Python
- Make decisions on your programs w/ conditional statements
- See how functions play a major role in providing a high degree of code recycling
- Create modules in Python
- Perform image manipulations w/ Python
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
William Fiset is a Mathematics and Computer Science Honors student at Mount Allison University with in interest in competitive programming. William has been a Python developer for +4 years, starting his early Python experience with game development. He owns a popular YouTube channel that teaches Python to beginners and the basics of game development.
KEY FEATURES
You’ve seen deep learning everywhere, but you may not have realized it. This discipline is one of the leading solutions for image recognition, speech recognition, object recognition, and language translation – basically the tools you see Google roll out every day. Over this course, you’ll use Python to expand your deep learning knowledge to cover backpropagation and its ability to train neural networks.
- Access 19 lectures & 2 hours of content 24/7
- Train neural networks in deep learning & to understand automatic differentiation
- Cover convolutional & recurrent neural networks
- Build up the theory that covers supervised learning
- Integrate search & image recognition, & object processing
- Examine the performance of the sentimental analysis model
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Eder Santana is a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His thesis topic is on Deep and Recurrent neural networks. After working for 3 years with Kernel Machines (SVMs, Information Theoretic Learning, and so on), Eder moved to the field of deep learning 2.5 years ago, when he started learning Theano, Caffe, and other machine learning frameworks. Now, Eder contributes to Keras: Deep Learning Library for Python. Besides deep learning, he also likes data visualization and teaching machine learning, either on online forums or as a teacher assistant.
KEY FEATURES
Every business wants to gain insights from data to make more informed decisions. Data mining provides a way of finding these insights, and Python is one of the most popular languages with which to perform it. In this course, you will discover the key concepts of data mining and learn how to apply different techniques to gain insight to real-world data. By course’s end, you’ll have a valuable skill that companies are clamoring to hire for.
- Access 21 lectures & 2 hours of content 24/7
- Discover data mining techniques & the Python libraries used for data mining
- Tackle notorious data mining problems to get a concrete understanding of these techniques
- Understand the process of cleaning data & the steps involved in filtering out noise
- Build an intelligent application that makes predictions from data
- Learn about classification & regression techniques like logistic regression, k-NN classifier, & mroe
- Predict house prices & the number of TV show viewers
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Saimadhu Polamuri is a data science educator and the founder of Data Aspirant, a Data Science portal for beginners. He has 3 years of experience in data mining and 5 years of experience in Python. He is also interested in big data technologies such as Hadoop, Pig, and Spark. He has a good command of the R programming language and Matlab. He has a rudimentary understanding of Cpp Computer vision library (opencv) and big data technologies.
KEY FEATURES
You see graphs all over the internet, the workplace, and your life – but do you ever stop to consider how all that data has been visualized? There are many tools and programs that data scientists use to visualize massive, disorganized sets of data. This e-book contains content from “Data Visualization: A Successful Design Process” by Andy Kirk, “Social Data Visualization with HTML5 and JavaScript” by Simon Timms,” and “Learning d3.js Data Visualization, Second Edition” by Andrew Rininsland and Swizec Teller, all professionally curated to give you an easy-to-follow track to master data visualization in your own work.
- Harness the power of D3 by building interactive & real-time data-driven web visualizations
- Find out how to use JavaScript to create compelling visualizations of social data
- Identify the purpose of your visualization & your project’s parameters to determine overriding design considerations across your project’s execution
- Apply critical thinking to visualization design & get intimate with your dataset to identify its potential visual characteristics
- Explore the various features of HTML5 to design creative visualizations
- Discover what data is available on Stack Overflow, Facebook, Twitter, & Google+
- Gain a solid understanding of the common D3 development idioms
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, it has published over 3,000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done–whether that’s specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
KEY FEATURES
Get a complete introduction to the many uses of Python in this curated e-book drawing content from “Python 3 Object-Oriented Programming, Second Edition” by Dusty Phillips, “Learning Python Design Patterns, Second Edition” by Chetan Giridhar, and “Mastering Python Design Patterns” by Sakis Kasampalis. Once you’ve got your feet wet, you’ll focus in on the most common and useful design patterns from a Python perspective. By course’s end, you’ll have a complex understanding of designing patterns with Python, allowing you to develop better coding practices and create systems architectures.
- Discover what design patterns are & how to apply them to writing Python
- Implement objects in Python by creating classes & defining methods
- Separate related objects into a taxonomy of classes & describe the properties & behaviors of those objects via the class interface
- Understand when to use object-oriented features & when not to use them
- Explore the design principles that form the basis of software design, such as loose coupling, the Hollywood principle, & the Open Close principle, & more
- Use Structural Design Patterns to find out how objects & classes interact to build larger applications
- Improve the productivity & code base of your application using Python design patterns
- Secure an interface using the Proxy pattern
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, it has published over 3,000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done–whether that’s specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
KEY FEATURES
Machine learning and predictive analytics are becoming one of the key strategies for unlocking growth in a challenging contemporary marketplace. Consequently, professionals who can run machine learning systems are in high demand and are commanding high salaries. This e-book will help you get a grip on advanced Python techniques to design machine learning systems.
- Learn to write clean & elegant Python code that will optimize the strength of your algorithms
- Uncover hidden patterns & structures in data w/ clustering
- Improve accuracy & consistency of results using powerful feature engineering techniques
- Gain practical & theoretical understanding of cutting-edge deep learning algorithms
- Solve unique tasks by building models
- Come to grips w/ the machine learning design process
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, it has published over 3,000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done–whether that’s specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
KEY FEATURES
Data science is one of the most in-demand fields today, and this e-book will guide you to becoming an efficient data science practitioner in Python. Once you’ve nailed down Python fundamentals, you’ll learn how to perform data analysis with Python in an example-driven way. From there, you’ll learn how to scale your knowledge to processing machine learning algorithms.
- Implement objects in Python by creating classes & defining methods
- Get acquainted w/ NumPy to use it w/ arrays & array-oriented computing in data analysis
- Create effective visualizations for presenting your data using Matplotlib
- Process & analyze data using the time series capabilities of pandas
- Interact w/ different kind of database systems, such as file, disk format, Mongo, & Redis
- Apply data mining concepts to real-world problems
- Compute on big data, including real-time data from the Internet
- Explore how to use different machine learning models to ask different questions of your data
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, it has published over 3,000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done–whether that’s specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
KEY FEATURES
Python is one of the most popular programming languages today, enabling developers to write efficient, reusable code. Here, you’ll add Python to your repertoire, learning to set up your development environment, master use of its syntax, and much more. You’ll soon understand why engineers at startups like Dropbox rely on Python: it makes the process of creating and iterating upon apps a piece of cake.
- Master Python w/ 3 hours of content
- Build Python packages to efficiently create reusable code
- Creating tools & utility programs, and write code to automate software
- Distribute computation tasks across multiple processors
- Handle high I/O loads w/ asynchronous I/O for smoother performance
- Utilize Python’s metaprogramming & programmable syntax features
- Implement unit testing to write better code, faster
PRODUCT SPECS
Details & Requirements
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Compatibility
- Internet required
THE EXPERT
Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, it has published over 3,000 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done –whether that’s specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
eBook: Design for Founders The Book – only $9!
NOW ON: eBook: Design for Founders The Book – only $9!
Expires: July 9, 2016, 11:59 pm EST
A solid design can lead to a solid business. With the 90+ page book Design for Founders from Heidi Pungartnik, you’ll learn how to work the very nature of design into your overall business for a successful future. Featuring more than 200 images, this PDF book looks to 120+ examples and case studies to explain how design can grow your business.
Highlights:
- Read the ultimate resource on how to best implement design into your business to create pure success.
- With 200+ images and more than 120 examples and case studies you’ll learn to see how design can help your business succeed in a big way.
- Learn seriously valuable company-changing lessons about design including:
- Design can help make your company appear much more reputable and trustworthy.
- Begin to use design as a powerful marketing tool.
- With the right design, you can offer your users a better user experience than your competition.
- Master some key design tricks and hacks to leverage the power of design in your company, even without a designer on your team.
- This book hits home for anyone looking to grow their business, particularly brand-new software startups and app developers.
- Put the Parento Principle into effect by devouring this valuable guide. The 20% of all efforts you put into design will result in an 80% improvement in growth.
- Forget the fluff most guides throw your way. Through 85+ pages, this book is the perfect starting point for entrepreneurs looking to put design to work!
- Design for Founders covers a wide range of topics in 8+ chapters, including: Color, Typography, Branding, Copywriting, Measuring Design, User Experience and more.
Testimonials:
“Strategic and practical. This is the best guide I’ve read for founders looking to understand design principles and learn how to implement them in their startup.” – Richard Lazazzera – Online Ecommerce Incubator Founder
“This superb, thoroughly illustrated manual sheds light on the feared subject of design. Heidi talks about design in business terms, proves her point with examples, and gives you actionable tips & tricks. A must-read for any founder!” – Jane Portman, UI/UX consultant at UI Breakfast
Pricing:
Normally, this resourceful PDF book sells for $29, but for a limited time only, you can get the Design for Founders book for only $9! That’s a savings of 69% off the regular price.
Click the BUY NOW button to start designing today!
Deal terms:
- Delivered as an instant download, after completing your purchase.
- You will receive the e-book as .pdf.
- Sold on a per user basis. The files cannot be shared or redistributed.
65 Hi-Res Book Mockups from Zippy Pixels – only $14!
NOW ON: 65 Hi-Res Book Mockups from Zippy Pixels – only $14!
Expires: July 6, 2016, 11:59 pm EST
Curious what your book cover will really look like when it’s printed? No need to imagine anymore, not when you can simply snag this Mighty Deal packed with 65 Photorealistic Book Mockups! These hi-res images will easily let you swap in your images on a variety of different book types from soft cover to hardcover to paperbacks in no time at all. Using Smart Objects, you can simply insert your own images to quickly create a truly unique photorealistic look!
Highlights:
- Easily whip up a number of unique book cover mockups in minutes.
- Work with 65 different book cover styles.
- Mockups cover all sorts of styles and backgrounds including softcover, hardcover and paperback books.
- Using Smart Object layers, it’s super simple to swap in your artwork for a photorealistic image.
- Each high-resolution mockup clocks in at 3500x2300px for true HD quality.
- Have fun with all sorts of additional backgrounds and objects as your book shares space with items such as: glasses, staplers, clocks, tablets, pens, tables and more.
Previews:
Pricing:
Normally, this bundle sells for $26, but for a limited time only, you can get all 65 hi-res book mockups for only $14! That’s a 46% savings off the regular price.
Click the BUY NOW button to nab this deal before it’s gone!
Deal terms:
- Delivered as an instant download, after completing your purchase.
- All files are in .PSD format and can be customised.
- This bundle comes with a Royalty Free license.
- Reselling, sharing, redistributing and giving away is not permitted.
- This bundle can be used for personal and commercial purposes. This bundle cannot be used for any pornographic or unlawful purpose.
The Gibon Font Family: A Complete Comic Book Lettering Kit – only $12!
NOW ON: The Gibon Font Family: A Complete Comic Book Lettering Kit – only $12!
Expires: July 1, 2016, 11:59 pm EST
BAM! Superheroes are only as mighty as the words that come out of their mouth. With the Gibon Comic Book Lettering Kit, you’ll have the power right in the palm of your hands. A great tool for lettering comic books and strips, the Gibon Font Family includes a number of different styles and weights to help you be as creative as you can. A multilayer feature even lets you work in built-in shadows, 3D effects and outlines.
Highlights:
- Create the perfect comic book or comic strip feel to your latest project with the Gibon Comic Book Lettering Kit.
- Multiple Font Styles and Weights offer a huge variety of looks.
- Add emphasis to certain words or phrases with Gibon Bold or Gibon Heavy.
- Gibon Bold goes one step further as a multilayer type with all sorts of different styles that were designed to overlay on top of each other.
- Take advantage of the multilayers to create built-in shadows, 3D effects and outlines for some truly amazing SFX pieces.
- The Gibon Balloons style features a number of different types of layered speech balloons, as well as a number of halftone patterns.
- Like most comics, Gibon defaults to All-Caps.
- Add more fun to your fonts with a variety of OpenType features such as contextual alternates.
- Gibon is a powerful tool for lettering your comics or cartoons, as well as just giving your latest project a real “super” style.
Previews:
Pricing:
Normally, the Gibon Font Family sells for $89 but for a limited time only, you can get the entire Comic Book Lettering Kit for just $12! That’s an amazing savings of 87% off the regular price. OR pay just $17 to get both the desktop fonts and the Webfonts versions together!
Click the BUY NOW button to get your comics going today.
Deal terms:
- Delivered as an instant download, after completing your purchase.
- The Desktop font files are in .otf format and work on both Windows and Mac.
- The Web fonts are delivered in .eot, .svg, .ttf and .woff formats.
- Can be used for both personal and commercial projects.
- Licensed for one user only. You may choose multiple licenses in the shopping cart.
Focus Your Creative Direction with the Beautiful Book of Ideas – only $19!
NOW ON: Focus Your Creative Direction with the Beautiful Book of Ideas – only $19!
Expires: July 1, 2016, 11:59 pm EST
Feeling uninspired lately? Hitting a creative roadblock? Recharge your creativity with Radim Malinic’s beautiful Book of Ideas. This full-color 256-page printed journal features 42 chapters offering advice and inspiration on work, creativity and your mind. Based on the creative director’s successful career of highly creative projects, you’ll get advice on everything from finding happiness with your own work to breaking through those stubborn creative blocks.
Highlights:
- Learn by example in this inspiring creative journal that measures 148x210mm.
- Dive in to this 256-page paperback chock full of full-color images.
- Expand your designer juices with 42 chapters discussing work, creativity and mind.
- This insightful work is a compilation of various ideas and advice from the single mind of creative director and designer Radim Malinic.
- Book of Ideas truly lives up to its name by sharing advice on everything from inspiration to inbox control, facing your fears, finding happiness in your work, the art of self-promotion and how to beat that stubborn creative block.
- This beautiful printed book is embraced in a velvet soft touch laminate, complete with a bronze foiled cover.
- Printed and bound in the UK, the Book of Ideas ships worldwide.
Pricing:
Normally this terrific tome sells for $27, but for a limited time only, you can get the creatively packed Book of Ideas for only $19! That’s a savings of 30% off the regular price.
Click the BUY NOW button to get creative today.
Deal terms:
- Ships worldwide. Shipping fees are: UK $7, EU $10, USA/CAN/Rest of the World $14. The shipping fees are fixed per order, the shipping cost does not increase with extra items.
- You will need to supply your shipping address, after completing your purchase.
- For orders outside UK please allow 2 – 4 weeks for delivery.
Make Vintage Comics with The Retro Comic Book Tool Kit – only $7!
NOW ON: Make Vintage Comics with The Retro Comic Book Tool Kit – only $7!
Expires: March 25, 2016, 11:59 pm EST
BAM! POW! Step into the super world of yesteryear with this amazing Retro Comic Book Tool Kit! This incredibly fun set makes it ridiculously easy to put together your own vintage comic projects with just a few clicks of your mouse. Using layer styles, patterns and overlays in Photoshop, you can build out a fantastic look for your artwork. Use these styles to theme a website, create flyers for a fair or any comic book convention materials.
Highlights:
- Quickly and easily create a gorgeous and fun, vintage comic book theme for your website or other projects.
- Loaded with tons of fabulous layer styles, patterns and overlays, you’ll have a ball building out your vintage look.
- All textures were sampled from actual vintage comic books for an authentic feel.
- This kit is perfect for creating fair posters, comic book convention materials, cards, flyers, retro material, invitations and more.
- So simple to use! Add your text and images to one of the PSD overlays and apply a style with just one click.
- 30 style varieties use real ink and halftone textures for you to apply to text, bitmap and vector images.
- Customize any of the effects in this kit by changing up the size, shape or even color.
- Each PSD includes 3 layers of texture, which can be turned on or off dependent upon your needs.
- The textured overlays include 2 different designs, each measuring 2320×1544.
- Repeated Patterns are also included at high resolutions as well:
- Colored Ink Patterns – 3000x3000px
- Halftone Patterns – 3000x3000px
- Black In Patterns – 2000x2000px
- Full detailed instructions on how to use these effects is included.
- Tool Kit is compatible with Photoshop CS5, CS6 and CC+ only (including CC 2015).
Pricing:
Normally, this vintage-creating collection sells for $15 but for a limited time only, you can get the Retro Comic Book Tool Kit for only $7! That’s a 53% savings off the regular price.
Click the BUY NOW button to blast your way into this deal today!
Deal terms:
- Delivered as an instant download after completing your purchase. The download is split into 3 files, with a total size of approximately 1.1 GB.
- This product is compatible with Photoshop CS5-CC+ only (including CC 2015).
- Files can be used by the buyer for both personal and commercial projects in an unlimited capacity.
- Reselling, sharing, redistributing and giving away is strictly prohibited.
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