Learn how to extend the capabilities of Power Apps by building code components using Power Apps Component Framework Key Features Understand how to extend Power Apps' capabilities Enhance your skills with the help of practical code components used throughout the book Overcome common challenges, avoid pitfalls, and improve your code Book DescriptionPower Apps Component Framework is used by professional developers to extend the capabilities of model-driven and canvas apps. Extending Microsoft Power Apps with Power Apps Component Framework will take you through the basic as well as advanced topics using practical examples. The book starts by helping you understand the fundamentals of the framework, its lifecycle, and the tools that you'll use to build code components using best practices and file management guidelines. You'll then learn how to extend Power Apps step by step and apply the principles and concepts covered in the book to build code components for field type attributes. The book covers different ways of debugging code components and guides you through the process of building code components for datasets. You'll also explore the functions and methods provided by the framework to enhance your controls using powerful sets of libraries and extensions. As you advance, you'll get to grips with creating and managing authentication profiles, discover different ways of deploying code components, and configure code components in model-driven and canvas apps. Finally, you'll learn some of the important features of the framework and learn modern web development practices. By the end of this Power Apps book, you'll be able to build, debug, enrich, and deploy code components confidently. What you will learn Understand the fundamentals of Power Apps Component Framework Explore the tools that make it easy to build code components Build code components for both a field and a dataset Debug using test harness and Fiddler Implement caching techniques Find out how to work with the Dataverse Web API Build code components using React and Fluent UI controls Discover different deployment strategies Who this book is forThis book is for developers who are looking to build advanced skills for extending the capabilities of Power Apps. Basic knowledge of Power Apps and web development is necessary to get started with this book.

Apply cloud design patterns to overcome real-world challenges by building scalable, secure, highly available, and cost-effective solutions Key Features Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework concepts to common real-world use cases Understand how to select AWS patterns and architectures that are best suited to your needs Ensure the security and stability of a solution without impacting cost or performance Book DescriptionOne of the most popular cloud platforms in the world, Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers hundreds of services with thousands of features to help you build scalable cloud solutions; however, it can be overwhelming to navigate the vast number of services and decide which ones best suit your requirements. Whether you are an application architect, enterprise architect, developer, or operations engineer, this book will take you through AWS architectural patterns and guide you in selecting the most appropriate services for your projects. AWS for Solutions Architects is a comprehensive guide that covers the essential concepts that you need to know for designing well-architected AWS solutions that solve the challenges organizations face daily. You'll get to grips with AWS architectural principles and patterns by implementing best practices and recommended techniques for real-world use cases. The book will show you how to enhance operational efficiency, security, reliability, performance, and cost-effectiveness using real-world examples. By the end of this AWS book, you'll have gained a clear understanding of how to design AWS architectures using the most appropriate services to meet your organization's technological and business requirements. What you will learn Rationalize the selection of AWS as the right cloud provider for your organization Choose the most appropriate service from AWS for a particular use case or project Implement change and operations management Find out the right resource type and size to balance performance and efficiency Discover how to mitigate risk and enforce security, authentication, and authorization Identify common business scenarios and select the right reference architectures for them Who this book is forThis book is for application and enterprise architects, developers, and operations engineers who want to become well-versed with AWS architectural patterns, best practices, and advanced techniques to build scalable, secure, highly available, and cost-effective solutions in the cloud. Although existing AWS users will find this book most useful, it will also help potential users understand how leveraging AWS can benefit their organization.

Design and build high-performance, secure, and scalable Salesforce solutions to meet business demands and gain practical experience using real-world scenarios by creating engaging end-to-end solution presentations Key Features Learn common integration, data migration, and security patterns for designing scalable and reliable solutions on the Salesforce Lightning platform Build an end-to-end delivery framework pipeline for delivering successful projects within specified timelines Gain access to an exclusive book club of skilled Salesforce professionals, to discuss ideas, best practices, and share experiences of designing modern solutions using Salesforce Book DescriptionSalesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) is the ultimate certification to validate your knowledge and skills when it comes to designing and building high-performance technical solutions on the Salesforce platform. The CTA certificate is granted after successfully passing the CTA review board exam, which tests your platform expertise and soft skills for communicating your solutions and vision. You'll start with the core concepts that every architect should master, including data lifecycle, integration, and security, and build your aptitude for creating high-level technical solutions. Using real-world examples, you'll explore essential topics such as selecting systems or components for your solutions, designing scalable and secure Salesforce architecture, and planning the development lifecycle and deployments. Finally, you'll work on two full mock scenarios that simulate the review board exam, helping you learn how to identify requirements, create a draft solution, and combine all the elements together to create an engaging story to present in front of the board or to a client in real life. By the end of this Salesforce book, you'll have gained the knowledge and skills required to pass the review board exam and implement architectural best practices and strategies in your day-to-day work. What you will learn Explore data lifecycle management and apply it effectively in the Salesforce ecosystem Design appropriate enterprise integration interfaces to build your connected solution Understand the essential concepts of identity and access management Develop scalable Salesforce data and system architecture Design the project environment and release strategy for your solution Articulate the benefits, limitations, and design considerations relating to your solution Discover tips, tricks, and strategies to prepare for the Salesforce CTA review board exam Who this book is forThis book is for Salesforce architects who want to become certified technical architects by learning how to design secure and scalable technical solutions for their organizations. A solid understanding of the Salesforce platform is required, ideally combined with 3 to 5 years of practical experience as an application architect, system architect, enterprise architect, or solution architect.

Find our new updated edition to get the latest industry knowledge at your disposal Book DescriptionMicrosoft Power Apps Cookbook is a complete resource filled with meticulously crafted recipes to help you build customized business apps that meet ever-changing enterprise demands. You will learn how to design modern apps with the low-code approach in a rapid application development environment by achieving enterprise-wide business agility. Who this book is forThis book is for citizen developers and business users looking to build custom applications as per their organizational needs without depending on professional developers. Traditional app developers will also find this book useful by discovering how to build applications in a rapid application development environment with increased productivity and speed. The book is recommended for Power Apps beginners who have taken a couple of online tutorials but are struggling to implement or create real-world solutions. Basic knowledge of Power Apps is necessary to get the best out of this cookbook.

With over 200 recipes covering real-world examples, take your Odoo development skills to the next level and solve complex business problems using this guide Key Features Learn to develop new modules and modify existing modules using the Odoo framework Explore key concepts of the Odoo framework to build robust business applications Create dynamic websites with snippets and learn to deploy an Odoo instance on the server or Odoo.sh Book DescriptionWith its latest iteration, the powerful Odoo framework released a wide variety of features for rapid application development. This updated Odoo development cookbook will help you explore the new features in Odoo 14 and learn how to use them to develop Odoo applications from scratch. You'll learn about the new website concepts in Odoo 14 and get a glimpse of Odoo's new web-client framework, the Odoo Web Library (OWL). Once you've completed the installation, you'll begin to explore the Odoo framework with real-world examples. You'll then create a new Odoo module from the ground up and progress to advanced framework concepts. You'll also learn how to modify existing applications, including Point of Sale (POS) applications. This book isn't just limited to backend development; you'll discover advanced JavaScript recipes for creating new views and widgets. As you progress, you'll learn about website development and become a quality Odoo developer by studying performance optimization, debugging, and automated testing. Finally, you'll delve into advanced concepts such as multi-website, In-App Purchasing (IAP), Odoo.sh, the IoT Box, and security. By the end of the book, you'll have all the knowledge you need to build impressive Odoo applications and you'll be well versed in development best practices that will come in handy when working with the Odoo framework. What you will learn Build beautiful websites with Odoo CMS using dynamic building blocks Get to grips with advanced concepts such as caching, prefetching, debugging Modify backend JavaScript components and POS applications with the new OWL framework Connect and access any object in Odoo via Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) Manage, deploy, and test an Odoo instance with Odoo.sh Configure IoT Box to add and upgrade Point of Sale (POS) hardware Find out how to implement in-app purchase services Who this book is forThis book is suitable for both newcomers and experienced Odoo developers who want to develop a highly efficient business application with the Odoo framework. Basic knowledge of Python and JavaScript is necessary to get the most out of the book.

Get to grips with security assessment, vulnerability exploitation, workload security, and encryption with this guide to ethical hacking and learn to secure your AWS environment Key Features Perform cybersecurity events such as red or blue team activities and functional testing Gain an overview and understanding of AWS penetration testing and security Make the most of your AWS cloud infrastructure by learning about AWS fundamentals and exploring pentesting best practices Book DescriptionCloud security has always been treated as the highest priority by AWS while designing a robust cloud infrastructure. AWS has now extended its support to allow users and security experts to perform penetration tests on its environment. This has not only revealed a number of loopholes and brought vulnerable points in their existing system to the fore, but has also opened up opportunities for organizations to build a secure cloud environment. This book teaches you how to perform penetration tests in a controlled AWS environment. You'll begin by performing security assessments of major AWS resources such as Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, and AWS Lambda. Throughout the course of this book, you'll also learn about specific tests such as exploiting applications, testing permissions flaws, and discovering weak policies. Moving on, you'll discover how to establish private-cloud access through backdoor Lambda functions. As you advance, you'll explore the no-go areas where users can't make changes due to vendor restrictions and find out how you can avoid being flagged to AWS in these cases. Finally, this book will take you through tips and tricks for securing your cloud environment in a professional way. By the end of this penetration testing book, you'll have become well-versed in a variety of ethical hacking techniques for securing your AWS environment against modern cyber threats. What you will learn Set up your AWS account and get well-versed in various pentesting services Delve into a variety of cloud pentesting tools and methodologies Discover how to exploit vulnerabilities in both AWS and applications Understand the legality of pentesting and learn how to stay in scope Explore cloud pentesting best practices, tips, and tricks Become competent at using tools such as Kali Linux, Metasploit, and Nmap Get to grips with post-exploitation procedures and find out how to write pentesting reports Who this book is forIf you are a network engineer, system administrator, or system operator looking to secure your AWS environment against external cyberattacks, then this book is for you. Ethical hackers, penetration testers, and security consultants who want to enhance their cloud security skills will also find this book useful. No prior experience in penetration testing is required; however, some understanding of cloud computing or AWS cloud is recommended.

Use TensorFlow Enterprise with other GCP services to improve the speed and efficiency of machine learning pipelines for reliable and stable enterprise-level deployment Key Features Build scalable, seamless, and enterprise-ready cloud-based machine learning applications using TensorFlow Enterprise Discover how to accelerate the machine learning development life cycle using enterprise-grade services Manage Google's cloud services to scale and optimize AI models in production Book DescriptionTensorFlow as a machine learning (ML) library has matured into a production-ready ecosystem. This beginner's book uses practical examples to enable you to build and deploy TensorFlow models using optimal settings that ensure long-term support without having to worry about library deprecation or being left behind when it comes to bug fixes or workarounds. The book begins by showing you how to refine your TensorFlow project and set it up for enterprise-level deployment. You'll then learn how to choose a future-proof version of TensorFlow. As you advance, you'll find out how to build and deploy models in a robust and stable environment by following recommended practices made available in TensorFlow Enterprise. This book also teaches you how to manage your services better and enhance the performance and reliability of your artificial intelligence (AI) applications. You'll discover how to use various enterprise-ready services to accelerate your ML and AI workflows on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Finally, you'll scale your ML models and handle heavy workloads across CPUs, GPUs, and Cloud TPUs. By the end of this TensorFlow book, you'll have learned the patterns needed for TensorFlow Enterprise model development, data pipelines, training, and deployment. What you will learn Discover how to set up a GCP TensorFlow Enterprise cloud instance and environment Handle and format raw data that can be consumed by the TensorFlow model training process Develop ML models and leverage prebuilt models using the TensorFlow Enterprise API Use distributed training strategies and implement hyperparameter tuning to scale and improve your model training experiments Scale the training process by using GPU and TPU clusters Adopt the latest model optimization techniques and deployment methodologies to improve model efficiency Who this book is forThis book is for data scientists, machine learning developers or engineers, and cloud practitioners who want to learn and implement various services and features offered by TensorFlow Enterprise from scratch. Basic knowledge of the machine learning development process will be useful.

Get up to speed with the essential concepts and techniques necessary to prepare for the Salesforce Platform App Builder certification exam Key Features Prepare for the Salesforce Platform App Builder certification exam by exploring important concepts and expert tips and techniques Design the data model, user interface, business logic, and security for custom apps Understand the key milestones and considerations when managing an application lifecycle Book DescriptionDo you want to be able to confidently design and build apps that support business processes within the Lightning Platform? Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Guide not only helps you to do this, but also prepares you for the certification exam. The book starts by describing the core capabilities of the Lightning Platform. You'll learn techniques for data modeling to design, build, and deploy apps without writing code and achieve rapid results with the declarative capabilities that the Lightning Platform provides. Next, you'll explore utilities for importing and exporting data and the features available in the Lightning Platform to restrict and extend access to objects, fields, and records. You'll also be able to customize the Salesforce Lightning Experience user interface (UI) and build functionality for custom buttons, links, and actions. Later, this certification study guide will take you through reporting and the social and mobile features of the Lightning Platform. Finally, you'll get to grips with Salesforce build environments and deployment options. By the end of this Salesforce book, you'll not only have learned how to build data models, enforce data security, and implement business logic and process automation, but also have gained the confidence to pass the Platform App Builder exam and achieve Salesforce certification. What you will learn Explore the core features of the Lightning Platform Design and build an appropriate data model for a given scenario Identify the Lightning Platform's features and capabilities Customize the Salesforce Lightning Experience UI Implement business logic and process automation Identify the capabilities of declarative customization Who this book is forThis book is for beginners and aspiring developers who want to learn how to build apps on the Salesforce Platform or pass the Salesforce Platform App Builder certification exam. Salesforce administrators and existing Salesforce Lightning Platform developers looking to learn more about the declarative, non-programmatic app building capabilities of the Salesforce Lightning Platform will also find this book useful.

An accessible fast paced introduction to all aspects of Power BI for new or aspiring BI professionals, data analysts, and data visualizers. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format. Key Features Updated with the latest features in Power BI including Dataflow, AI insights, visuals and row level security Get faster and more intuitive data insights using Microsoft Power BI and its business intelligence capabilities Build accurate analytical models, reports, and dashboards Book DescriptionThis revised edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest enhancements to Power BI. It includes a new chapter dedicated to dataflow, and covers all the essential concepts such as installation, designing effective data models, as well as building basic dashboards and visualizations to help you and your organization make better business decisions. You'll learn how to obtain data from a variety of sources and clean it using Power BI Query Editor. You'll then find out how you can design your data model to navigate and explore relationships within it and build DAX formulas to make your data easier to work with. Visualizing your data is a key element in this book, and you'll get to grips rapidly with data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling techniques. In addition, you will acquire the skills to build your own dataflows, understand the Common Data Model, and automate data flow refreshes to eradicate data cleansing inefficiency. This guide will help you understand how to administer your organization's Power BI environment so that deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run properly, and security can be fully implemented. By the end of this Power BI book, you'll have a better understanding of how to get the most out of Power BI to perform effective business intelligence. What you will learn Connect to data sources using import and DirectQuery options Use Query Editor for data transformation and data cleansing processes, including writing M and R scripts and dataflows to do the same in the cloud Design optimized data models by designing relationships and DAX calculations Design effective reports with built-in and custom visuals Adopt Power BI Desktop and Service to implement row-level security Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization Use built-in AI capabilities to enhance Power BI data transformation techniques Deploy your Power BI desktop files into the Power BI Report Server Who this book is forAspiring business intelligence professionals who want to learn Power BI will find this book useful. If you have a basic understanding of BI concepts and want to learn how to apply them using Microsoft Power BI, this book is for you.