Technical Books

  Migrate SQL Server to Azure Discover how to successfully migrate a SQL Server database to the cloud in just a few days. To achieve optimal performance with minimal downtime, you’ll learn how to configure your database migration and proceed with migrating your on-premises database efficiently. You’ll finish by using the Azure portal and SQL Server Management Studio to verify that your database settings were implemented—and that your migration was successful.

  Delivery Notes Data Entry Automation with Python Delivery Notes Data Entry Automation with Python Learn to automate repetitive manual data processes using Python and the most popular Python automation libraries. You’ll write scripts that can identify field IDs on web forms that correspond to the PDF documents, and automatically populate the web forms with information extracted from your PDFs.

  Grokking Continuous Delivery Keep your codebase release-ready. A continuous delivery pipeline automates version control, testing, and deployment with minimal developer intervention. Master the tools and practices of continuous delivery, and you’ll be able to add features and push updates quickly and consistently.

  Effective Software Testing A developer's guide Go beyond basic testing! Great software testing makes the entire development process more efficient. This book reveals a systemic and effective approach that will help you customize your testing coverage and catch bugs in tricky corner cases.

  BDD in Action, Second Edition Communication skills, collaborative practices, and automation tools that ensure everyone from developers to non-technical stakeholders are in agreement on the goals of a project. Revised and expanded in a second edition, the book contains new techniques for incorporating BDD into large-scale development practices such as Agile and DevOps.  

  The Programmer’s Brain What every programmer needs to know about cognition Take advantage of your brain’s natural processes to be a better programmer. Techniques based in cognitive science make it possible to learn new languages faster, improve productivity, reduce the need for code rewrites, and more. This unique book will help you achieve these gains.

  Skills of a Successful Software Engineer A best practices guide for succeeding on a software development team. The book reveals how to optimize both your code and your career, from achieving a good work-life balance to writing the kind of bug-free code delivered by pros