Mr. Higgins Takes a Stand

Children's Books

Webber, Jim

Preece, David

Animals

Austin Macauley

Why don't typical enterprise projects go as smoothly as projects you develop for the Web? Does the REST architectural style really present a viable alternative for building distributed systems and enterprise-class applications?
In this insightful book, three SOA experts provide a down-to-earth explanation of REST and demonstrate how you can develop simple and elegant distributed hypermedia systems by applying the Web's guiding principles to common enterprise computing problems. You'll learn techniques for implementing specific Web technologies and patterns to solve the needs of a typical company as it grows from modest beginnings to become a global enterprise.
<ul>
<li>Learn basic Web techniques for application integration</li>
<li>Use HTTP and the Web’s infrastructure to build scalable, fault-tolerant enterprise applications</li>
<li>Discover the Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) pattern for manipulating resources</li>
<li>Build RESTful services that use hypermedia to model state transitions and describe business protocols</li>
<li>Learn how to make Web-based solutions secure and interoperable</li>
<li>Extend integration patterns for event-driven computing with the Atom Syndication Format and implement multi-party interactions in AtomPub</li>
<li>Understand how the Semantic Web will impact systems design</li>
</ul>

REST in Practice

Computers & Technology

Robinson, Ian

Parastatidis, Savas

Web Development & Design

O'Reilly Media

Incredibly useful, knowledge graphs help organizations keep track of medical research, cybersecurity threat intelligence, GDPR compliance, web user engagement, and much more. They do so by saving interlinked descriptions of entities (objects, events, situations, or abstract concepts) while encoding the semantics underlying the terminology. How do you create a knowledge graph? And how do you move it from theory into practice? 
Using hands-on examples, this practical book shows data scientists and data practitioners how to build their own custom knowledge graphs. Authors Jesus Barrasa, Maya Natarajan, and Jim Webber from Neo4j illustrate patterns commonly used for building knowledge graphs that solve many of today's pressing problems. You'll quickly discover how these graphs become exponentially more useful as you add more data. Learn the organizing principles necessary to build a knowledge graph Explore how graph databases serve as a foundation for knowledge graphs Understand how to import structured and unstructured data into your graph Follow examples to build integration-and-search knowledge graphs Understand what pattern detection knowledge graphs help you accomplish Explore dependency knowledge graphs through examples Use examples of natural language knowledge graphs and chatbots

Building Knowledge Graphs: A Practitioner's Guide

Barrasa, Jesus

Computer Science

Discover how graph databases can help you manage and query highly connected data. With this practical book, you’ll learn how to design and implement a graph database that brings the power of graphs to bear on a broad range of problem domains. Whether you want to speed up your response to user queries or build a database that can adapt as your business evolves, this book shows you how to apply the schema-free graph model to real-world problems.
Learn how different organizations are using graph databases to outperform their competitors. With this book’s data modeling, query, and code examples, you’ll quickly be able to implement your own solution.
<ul>
<li>Model data with the Cypher query language and property graph model</li>
<li>Learn best practices and common pitfalls when modeling with graphs</li>
<li>Plan and implement a graph database solution in test-driven fashion</li>
<li>Explore real-world examples to learn how and why organizations use a graph database</li>
<li>Understand common patterns and components of graph database architecture</li>
<li>Use analytical techniques and algorithms to mine graph database information</li>
</ul>

Graph Databases

Eifrem, Emil

Networking & Cloud Computing

Discover how graph databases can help you manage and query highly connected data. With this practical book, you’ll learn how to design and implement a graph database that brings the power of graphs to bear on a broad range of problem domains. Whether you want to speed up your response to user queries or build a database that can adapt as your business evolves, this book shows you how to apply the schema-free graph model to real-world problems.
This second edition includes new code samples and diagrams, using the latest Neo4j syntax, as well as information on new functionality. Learn how different organizations are using graph databases to outperform their competitors. With this book’s data modeling, query, and code examples, you’ll quickly be able to implement your own solution.
<ul>
<li>Model data with the Cypher query language and property graph model</li>
<li>Learn best practices and common pitfalls when modeling with graphs</li>
<li>Plan and implement a graph database solution in test-driven fashion</li>
<li>Explore real-world examples to learn how and why organizations use a graph database</li>
<li>Understand common patterns and components of graph database architecture</li>
<li>Use analytical techniques and algorithms to mine graph database information</li>
</ul>

Graph Databases: New Opportunities for Connected Data

An Alternate Pragmatism for Going Public interrogates composition’s most prominent responses to contemporary K–16 education reform. By “going public,” teachers, scholars, and administrators rightfully reassert their expertise against corporate-political standards and assessments like the Common Core, Complete College America, and the Collegiate Learning Assessment. However, author Jim Webber shows that composition’s professional imperative for self-defense only partly fulfils the broader aims of “going public,” which include fostering public participation that can assess and potentially affirm the public good of professional judgment.
Drawing on the pragmatic/democratic tradition, Webber envisions an alternate rhetoric of professionalism, one that not only reasserts compositionists’ expertise but also expands opportunities for publics to authorize this expertise. While this public inquiry and engagement may not safeguard professional standing against neoliberal reform, it reorients composition toward an equally important goal, enabling publics to gauge the adequacy of the educational standardization so often advocated by contemporary reform.
An Alternate Pragmatism for Going Public shows how public engagement can serve composition’s efforts related to “going public.”

An Alternate Pragmatism for Going Public

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Utah State University Press

A loving family finally adopts Mr. Higgins. However, he still doubts his self-worth and lacks confidence in himself. But then, one day, Mr. Higgins has had enough and boldly rescues a friend from a pack of canine bullies. Mr. Higgins Takes a Stand deals with bullying, caring for others, and gaining self-confidence. Also available: A Home for Mr. Higgins Mr. Higgins to the Rescue About Mr. Higgins: In 2014, the authors David Preece and Jim Webber adopted a black Scottish terrier who was a shy, nervous, and somewhat suspicious mid-life rescue dog. "Mr. Higgins" (the fitting name he came to us with) gradually emerged from his shell and enjoyed his new life in his forever home. Still, on guard with most strangers, Mr. Higgins learned to return love while protecting his home and keeping his dads to their daily routines. Not a fan of pats on the head, "Higgins" prefers a light touch on his sides and burrowing into a safe space. He loves walks, other dogs, treats, and - as a born outfielder - plays fetch.

A Home for Mr. Higgins

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