Move Further with NumPy Modules
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Ivan Idris | May 2013 | Beginner's Guides Open Source
NumPy has a number of modules that have been inherited from its predecessor, Numeric. Some of these packages have a SciPy counterpart, which may have fuller functionality. The numpy.dual package contains functions that are defined both in NumPy and SciPy. The packages discussed in this article are also part of the numpy.dual package.
In this article by Ivan Idris from the book NumPy Beginner’s Guide - Second Edition, we shall cover the following topics:
- The linalg package
- The fft package
- Random numbers
- Continuous and discrete distributions
Android Native Application API
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Feipeng Liu | May 2013 | Cookbooks
Thanks to the Android native application APIs, it is possible to write an Android application with pure native code since Android API level 9 (Android 2.3, Gingerbread). That is, not a single line of Java code is needed. The Android native APIs are defined in several header files under the <NDK root>/platforms/android-<API level>/arch-arm/usr/ include/android/ folder.
In this article by Feipeng Liu author of Android Native Development Kit Cookbook, we will cover the following recipes:
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Creating a native activity with the native_activity.h interface
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Creating a native activity with the Android native app glue
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Managing native windows at Android NDK
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Detecting and handling input events at Android NDK
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Accessing sensors at Android NDK
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Managing assets at Android NDK
Tips and Tricks
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Rachel McCollin | May 2013 | Beginner's Guides Open Source WordPress
In this article by Rachel McCollin,authors of WordPress Theme Development - Beginner's Guide we'll look at some added extras, some additional bells and whistles you can use to make your theme just that bit better.
You'll learn how to create and make use of additional template files to add extra flexibility and functionality to your theme, as well as how to use conditional tags to display different content in different parts of your site. You'll also learn how to make use of the Theme Customizer and optimize your site for SEO.
You can create perfectly good, workable WordPress themes without any of these extras, but you'll find that you can take your WordPress themes much further with these techniques.
So let's get going!
Read Tips and Tricks in fullCloud-enabling Your Apps
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Darren Cope | May 2013 | Beginner's Guides
This article by Darren Cope, author of Appcelerator Titanium Application Development by Example Beginner's Guide will show how to integrate with the cloud and will concentrate on how to use some of the storage-based solutions. Specifically you will learn how to:
- Integrate with Appcelerator Cloud Services
- Interface to a REST-based cloud service
- Send and receive data from the cloud
An Overview of Complex Event Processing
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Alexandre Alves Lloyd Williams Robin J. Smith | May 2013 |
In this article by Alexandre Alves,Robin J. Smith and Lloyd Williams, authors of Getting Started with Oracle Event Processing 11g, you will be introduced to the basic concepts of Complex Event Processing ( CEP ), its impact today on businesses across all industries, and the key artifacts that together constitute an Event-Driven Solution Platform. Some of the topics we will cover are as follows:
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What is event processing
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Relating this to a business in computing terms
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Use case: A solution for customer problems
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Key elements of event stream processing
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Event processing languages and extensibility
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Holistic event-driven and service-orientated architectures
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Predicting an event
