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December 28, 2014
Python Data Analysis
Happy Holidays! You may have noticed that I haven’t listed “Python Data Analysis” on this website yet, although it seems that the book was on people’s radar for various reasons (including the “Packt 5$” campaign. Anyway around Christmas Packt is … Continue reading →
December 22, 2014
Review of scikit-learn cookbook
“scikit-learn Cookbook” by Trent Hauck is a recent cookbook with 50 recipes about the popular Python machine learning package scikit-learn. The book has 5 chapters and 195 pages: Premodel Workflow – data acquisition, preprocessing and data cleaning. Working with Linear … Continue reading →
December 19, 2014
Packt Five Dollar Bonanza Returns
A marketer from Packt asked me to announce the following: Press Release Packt’s $5 eBonanza returns Following the success of last year’s festive offer, Packt Publishing will be celebrating the holiday season with an even bigger $5 offer. From Thursday … Continue reading →
November 30, 2014
Review of “OpenCV Essentials”
Sunitha P. from Packt Publishing provided me with a review e-copy of “OpenCV Essentials”. A book with many authors, most of which seem to be linked to the same university. The book has about 200 pages and the following 8 … Continue reading →
November 23, 2014
Review of “Mathematica Data Visualization”
Sunitha P. from Packt Publishing provided me with an e-copy of “Mathematica Data Visualization. The book has 136 pages and has the following 5 chapters: Chapter 1, Visualization as a Tool to Understand Data gives an introduction to Mathematica. Which … Continue reading →
October 29, 2014
PacktLib Plus Special Offer
Packt offers its library subscription with an additional $150 worth of free content PacktLib provides full online access to over 2000 books and videos to give users the knowledge they need, when they need it. From innovative new solutions and … Continue reading →
October 26, 2014
Review of Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development
P. Basu from Packt Publishing provided me with an e-copy of “Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development” by Dr. Alex Blewitt. The book is a sequel to “Eclipse 4 Plug-in Development by Example Beginner’s Guide, Packt Publishing” by the same author and … Continue reading →
October 19, 2014
Review of R Graph Essentials
P. Basu from Packt Publishing sent me an e-copy of “R Graph Essentials“. The book is about plotting with R. It was published in September 2014 and has about 190 pages. The book has the following 4 chapters: The first … Continue reading →
September 26, 2014
Level Up September 2014
September 25th 2014 Packt helps IT professionals Level Up their skills with eBooks and Videos at $10 or less Packt Publishing has published over 2000 books and videos as part of its mission to help the world put software to … Continue reading →
September 23, 2014
Review of Java EE 7 Performance Tuning and Optimization
Rochell D from Packt Publishing provided me with an e-copy of “Java EE 7 Performance Tuning and Optimization”, which explains the process of performance tuning in the context of Java enterprise applications. Chapter 1 “Getting Started with Performance Tuning” gives … Continue reading →
