If you're looking to make a career move from programmer to AI specialist, this is the ideal place to start. Based on Laurence Moroney's extremely successful AI courses, this introductory book provides a hands-on, code-first approach to help you build confidence while you learn key topics. You'll understand how to implement the most common scenarios in machine learning, such as computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and sequence modeling for web, mobile, cloud, and embedded runtimes. Most books on machine learning begin with a daunting amount of advanced math. This guide is built on practical lessons that let you work directly with the code. You'll learn: How to build models with TensorFlow using skills that employers desire The basics of machine learning by working with code samples How to implement computer vision, including feature detection in images How to use NLP to tokenize and sequence words and sentences Methods for embedding models in Android and iOS How to serve models over the web and in the cloud with TensorFlow Serving

AI is nothing without somewhere to run it. Now that mobile devices have become the primary computing device for most people, it's essential that mobile developers add AI to their toolbox. This insightful book is your guide to creating models and running them on popular mobile platforms such as iOS and Android. Laurence Moroney, lead AI advocate at Google, offers an introduction to machine learning techniques and tools, then walks you through writing Android and iOS apps powered by common ML models like computer vision and text recognition, using tools such as ML Kit, TensorFlow Lite, and Core ML. If you're a mobile developer, this book will help you take advantage of the ML revolution today. Explore the options for implementing ML and AI on mobile devices--and when to use each Create ML models for iOS and Android Write ML Kit and TensorFlow Lite apps for iOS and Android and Core ML/Create ML apps for iOS Understand how to choose the best techniques and tools for your use case: on-device inference versus cloud-based inference, high-level APIs versus low-level APIs, and more Learn privacy and ethics best practices for ML on devices

Plan how to build a better app, grow it into a business, and earn money from your hard work using Firebase. In this book, Laurence Moroney, Staff Developer Advocate at Google, takes you through each of the 15 Firebase technologies, showing you how to use them with concrete examples. You'll see how to build cross-platform apps with the three pillars of the Firebase platform: technologies to help you develop apps with a real-time database, remote configuration, cloud messaging, and more; grow your apps with user sharing, search integration, analytics, and more; and earn from your apps with in-app advertising. After reading The Definitive Guide to Firebase, you'll come away empowered to make the most of this technology that helps you build better cross-platform mobile apps using either native Android or JavaScript-based web apps and effectively deploy them in a cloud environment. What You'll Learn Use the real-time database for a codeless middleware that gives online and offline data for syncing across your users' devices Master Firebase Cloud Messaging, a technology that delivers to connected devices in less than 500ms Grow your app organically with technologies such App Indexing, App Invites, and Dynamic Links Understand problems when they arise with crash reporting Fix user problems without direct access to users' devices Tie it all together with analytics that give you great intelligence about how users interact with your app Who This Book Is For Experienced Android, mobile app developers new to Firebase. This book is also for experienced web developers looking to build and deploy web apps for smartphones and tablets, too, who may be new or less experienced with mobile programming.

This update of an Apress bestseller walks you through creating your first app, with plain English and practical examples using the latest iOS 7 software development platform and more. It cuts through the fog of jargon and misinformation that surrounds iPhone and iPad app development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started. Teaches iPhone and iPad apps development in language anyone can understand Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, using iOS 7 Offers bonus videos from the author that enable you to follow along-it's like your own private classroom The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple's online marketplace for iPhone apps. Over 1 billion apps were downloaded during the nine months following the launch of the App Store, ranging from the simplest games to the most complex business apps. Everyone has an idea for the next best-selling iPhone app-that's why you're reading this now! And with the popularity of the iPad, this demand will just continue to grow.

Since the emergence of Google Maps 12 months ago, Ajax programming techniques have become one of the hottest topics in the programming arena. Foundations of ASP.NET AJAX (written by Laurence Moroney the author of Apress successful Foundations of Atlas) gives you a detailed grounding in how ASP.NET AJAX works. It takes you swiftly through the basic principles of Ajax, then deep into the heart of the technology, where every namespace is discussed and every function considered. By the end of the book, youll know all the essentials to confidently produce cutting-edge ASP.NET AJAX applications swiftly and professionally. You will not need any reference beyond this book.

Windows Presentation Foundation is a cutting-edge presentation framework for creating high-fidelity applications for Windows Vista and Windows XP. WPF is a composite technology with a noteworthy graphics engine that gives you more control over your applications screen output than has ever been possible in Windows before. New control frameworks and a new XML-based markup language, XAML, complete the core WPF package. On top of this, WPF can be linked to the new Microsoft Expression Suite to simplify the creation of your user interfaces, and it can be linked to .NET 2.0 to handle complex business logic.

"Foundations of WPF: An Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation" teaches you everything you need to get started with the technology, and is broken into three parts. The first introduces and contextualizes the WPF technology; the second part dives deeper into the facets of the technology that are of immediate and valuable use in developing applications; the last part offers you the real-world perspective you need to be productive in the community and customer base. In summary, this book: Explains how WPF interoperates with myriad new ancillary and support technologies being released by Microsoft (XAML, WCF, WinFX, and the Expression Design Suite) Gets you up and running, building applications for the new Windows Vista as quickly as possible Separates design and implementation to make life easier from a business and development perspective

"Pro ASP.NET 1.1 in VB.NET" aims to be the definite reference for working developers in the field. Its compendium format covers every topic you are likely to come across in your day-to-day work, from handling data through to configuration and deployment.

The books goal is to act firstly as a tutorial guide that can be read from cover-to-cover, then secondly as a reference book that you can scan quickly to retrieve the answer to a specific problem as you work.

This book puts to use hard-won, real-world VB .NET experience, and demonstrates it clearly through numerous diagrams, screenshots, and working code samples. -->What you'll learn-->-->Who this book is for-->

This comprehensive reference is ideal for seasoned ASP.NET developers who perform real work on a daily basis.

* Only up to date book for the latest version of .NET * Concentrates on Web services not general .NET security * Describes the key aspects of Windows Operating System security, Internet Information Services security, and ASP.NET Security, laying the foundation for a complete discussion of Web Services security in the .NET Platform. * Shows how to use the WS-Security W3C specifications for industry - standard authentication, encryption, authorization, Xml signature, attachments and routing with Web Services. * Teaches the reader how to use the new WSE (Web Services Software Development Kit) from Microsoft. * Shows how to integrate Web Services security into the applications developers write with specific working code examples and explanations.

Beginning Web Development, Silverlight and ASP.NET AJAX: From Novice to Professional aims to give you the skills you need to start building web applications with Microsoft's next-generation technology as quickly as possible. Whether you're interested in ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, or the technologies that support them (WPF, WCF, WF, etc.), this book is the starting point that you need. It adopts a zero to hero approach that concentrates on achieving practical results you can use in real projects rather than presenting a deep academic treatment that can't be immediately applied. The aim is to give you, the reader, the knowledge you need to achieve the results you want with the minimum of fuss. When you've read this book, you'll have a solid understand of all the techniques that are available, when to use them, and their relative strengths and weaknesses. What you'll learn Create next-generation web applications quickly and easily Manipulate data, display information, and communicate with other services using the latest ASP.NET techniques and best practices. Discover how the .NET 3.0 extensions (WPF, WCF, and WF) can make your web applications faster, more efficient, and easier to code than ever. Understand how ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight can be integrated into your ASP.NET websites in order to provide a cutting-edge user interface for your applications and the implications that such interfaces can have. Who is this book for? This book is for anyone with an interest in using Microsoft's latest web development technologies. A basic familiarity with the .NET platform is useful, but anyone with an understanding of a web development language will benefit from the book, asall the key topics are presented from first principals. About the Apress Beginning Series The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry-level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from novice to professional. You'll start your journey by seeing what you need to know--but without needless theory and filler. You'll build your skill set by learning how to put together real-world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there--it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory Related Titles Pro Silverlight 1.1 Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, Second Edition

The epic saga of Fintan Reilly and the school at Area 51 comes to a stunning conclusion. Having discovered a second city, hidden under Japan, events have begun to spin out of control. With the Navajo ready for war, the government ready to intervene, and the warning from Ayako, that his actions could lead to the end of the world, Fintan has a difficult road before him. With his friends at his side he must stand up and take control of the situation. There are always options - he just needs to find them. And maybe, just maybe, Nizhoni is still alive and trapped in that city. Ending the saga that began with 'The Fourth World' and continued with 'The Million Year Journey', The Legend of the Locust is science fiction on an epic scale. From the opening pages to the dramatic conclusion, it's a story you won't forget

The Sequel to "The Fourth World" leads our heroes: Fintan, Zack and Ayako to the other side of the universe in the adventure of a lifetime The events on Mars have shaken Fintan to his very core. He hears Nizhoni's voice in his head and fears he is breaking down. But when fate brings him back together with the Navajo, he realizes that all may not be as it appears, and returns to Area 51. Having lived through a war with the mysterious Hunters, rejoining school life proves to be difficult, but he has his friends, Zack and Ayako at his side. And when a new crop of children comes into the school to join Red Squadron, he makes new friends, including the enigmatic rachel. When humanity's first Starship, the Destiny, while on its maiden voyage to Saturn crashes on an unknown world on the far side of the Galaxy, the voices come back to haunt Fintan, and lead him to the discovery of a lifetime...

Buried deep below the Nevada desert, in a place often called Area 51, is a very special and ancient school where the best and brightest children come to learn the technology that will bring mankind to its next step of evolution -- a place amongst the stars. 'The Fourth World' follows four children through their entry into this school: 'Fintan Reilly' is a young, often bullied Irish boy who has a big destiny; Zach Adams, from Fresno, is his diametric opposite, and instant best friend; Ayako Katsuragi is a brilliant Japanese girl, a military brat who is as capable as she is smart and Nizhoni Benally is a Navajo from New Mexico, who is as tough as she is beautiful, and who somehow shares a secret past with Fintan. The book follows their first year in their new school, with an Alien as headmaster, and where they learn everything from Cosmic History through to how to fly a flying saucer, and comes to a shocking conclusion in a field trip to Mars where ancient secrets are uncovered.