Performance Engineering Best Practices - April 2024

High Performance Spark: Best Practices for Scaling and Optimizing Apache Spark

Apache Spark is amazing when everything clicks. But if you haven’t seen the performance improvements you expected, or still don’t feel confident enough to use Spark in production, this practical book is for you. Authors Holden Karau and Rachel Warren demonstrate performance optimizations to help your Spark queries run faster and handle larger data sizes, while using fewer resources.Ideal for software engineers, data engineers, developers, and system administrators working with large-scale data applications, this book describes techniques that can reduce data infrastructure costs and develo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1491943203
• ASIN: 1491943203
• ISBN: 9781491943205
• Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media

SEO 2019: Learn search engine optimization with smart internet marketing strategies

Learn SEO strategies to rank at the top of Google with SEO 2019, from beginner to advanced!EXPANDED & UPDATED - NOVEMBER, 2018No matter your background, SEO 2019 will walk you through search engine optimization techniques used to grow countless companies online, exact steps to rank high in Google, and how get a ton of customers. First, let me tell you a little secret about SEO marketing...Most of the search engine optimization advice on the Internet is wrong!If you've browsed through search engine optimization advice online, you may have noticed two things:- Most SEO advice is outdated or just... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00NH0XZR0
• ASIN: B00NH0XZR0
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Unknown

Maintenance Best Practices

 "I have been a student of M&R for many years, though always in non-technical positions as a professional marketer for products and services companies in the industrial space. I realized whenever I studied Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices in preparation for the CMRP exam, that I was on the right track. Thank you for allowing me to successfully pass the exam as a result of your book on top of the nearly eight years I've been in the industry. I appreciate you very much.  I just received notice that I passed the CMRP from The Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals! Tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0831134348
• ASIN: 0831134348
• ISBN: 9780831134341
• Brand: INDUSTRIAL PRESS
• Manufacturer: Industrial Press

Performance Indicators for Water Supply Services: Third Edition (Manual of Best Practice)

The IWA Performance Indicator System for water services is now recognized as a worldwide reference. Since it first appearance in 2000, the system has been widely quoted, adapted and used in a large number of projects both for internal performance assessment and metric benchmarking. Water professionals have benefited from a coherent and flexible system, with precise and detailed definitions that in many cases have become a standard. The system has proven to be adaptable and it has been used in very different contexts for diverse purposes. The Performance Indicators System can be used in any org... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1780406320
• ASIN: 1780406320
• ISBN: 1780406320
• Manufacturer: IWA Publishing

Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices: Write the Best PL/SQL Code of Your Life

In this compact book, Steven Feuerstein, widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts on the Oracle PL/SQL language, distills his many years of programming, teaching, and writing about PL/SQL into a set of best practices-recommendations for developing successful applications. Covering the latest Oracle release, Oracle Database 11gR2, Feuerstein has rewritten this new edition in the style of his bestselling Oracle PL/SQL Programming. The text is organized in a problem/solution format, and chronicles the programming exploits of developers at a mythical company called My Flimsy Excuse,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0596514107
• UPC: 636920514107
• ASIN: 0596514107
• ISBN: 0596514107
• Brand: Brand: O'Reilly Media
• Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

Readers will discover how to measure the performance of their teams, and what capabilities they should invest in to drive higher performance. This book is ideal for management at every level.

• ASIN: B07B9F83WM
• ASIN: B07B9F83WM
• Manufacturer: IT Revolution Press

Ruby Best Practices: Increase Your Productivity - Write Better Code

How do you write truly elegant code with Ruby? Ruby Best Practices is for programmers who want to use Ruby as experienced Rubyists do. Written by the developer of the Ruby project Prawn, this concise book explains how to design beautiful APIs and domain-specific languages with Ruby, as well as how to work with functional programming ideas and techniques that can simplify your code and make you more productive. You'll learn how to write code that's readable, expressive, and much more. Ruby Best Practices will help you:Understand the secret powers unlocked by Ruby's code blocksLearn how to bend ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0596523009
• UPC: 636920523000
• ASIN: 0596523009
• ISBN: 0596523009
• Brand: Brand: O'Reilly Media
• Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media

Even Faster Web Sites: Performance Best Practices for Web Developers

Performance is critical to the success of any web site, and yet today's web applications push browsers to their limits with increasing amounts of rich content and heavy use of Ajax. In this book, Steve Souders, web performance evangelist at Google and former Chief Performance Yahoo!, provides valuable techniques to help you optimize your site's performance. Souders' previous book, the bestselling High Performance Web Sites, shocked the web development world by revealing that 80% of the time it takes for a web page to load is on the client side. In Even Faster Web Sites, Souders and eight exper... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0596522304
• UPC: 636920522300
• ASIN: 0596522304
• ISBN: 0596522304
• Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media

Improving Business Performance: A Project Portfolio Management Approach (Best Practices in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management)

No organization is impervious to change. Rather, the survival and growth of an organization is dependent on how well it copes with change. Successful change initiatives consist of the integrated eco-system of its portfolio, programs, and projects. These change initiatives become the delivery mechanisms for implementing the strategy of an organization.Improving Business Performance: A Project Portfolio Management Approach clarifies how the proper application of portfolio, program, and project management concepts can help commercial and non-profit organizations achieve their strategic objectives... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1498741940
• ASIN: 1498741940
• ISBN: 1498741940
• Manufacturer: Auerbach Publications

Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

NATIONAL BESTSELLER CNBC and Strategy + Business Best Business Book of 2017"Steven and Jamie have done a wonderful job of balancing the promises, perils, and how-to prescriptions of engineering peak states such as 'flow.'" —Tim Ferriss, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour WorkweekIt’s the biggest revolution you’ve never heard of, and it’s hiding in plain sight. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley executives like Eric Schmidt and Elon Musk, Special Operators like the Navy SEALs and the Green Berets, and maverick scientists like Sasha Shulgin and Amy Cuddy have turned... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01GCCT3G6
• ASIN: B01GCCT3G6
• Manufacturer: Dey Street Books

Transforming Business with Program Management: Integrating Strategy, People, Process, Technology, Structure, and Measurement (Best Practices in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management)

Organizations need to constantly innovate and improve products and services to maintain a strong competitive position in the market place. The vehicle used by organizations for such constant reinvention is a business transformation program. This book illustrates a tested program management roadmap along with the supporting comprehensive frameworks to successfully execute business transformation programs, formulated strategies, and strategic initiatives. It outlines the steps to successfully transform any business and deliver tangible business outcomes. This breakthrough work establishes the l... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1466590998
• ASIN: 1466590998
• ISBN: 1466590998
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Auerbach Publications

Refrigeration Principles, Practices, and Performance

Designed to provide a basic, straightforward overview of the concepts and principles of HVAC and refrigeration, this book is ideal for readers with a limited amount of experience in the field. Basic Refrigeration begins with an introduction to the basics of refrigeration and HVAC, and then quickly progresses into specific equipment components, eliminating overly technical and lengthy information that is found in many traditional industry books. The focus on presenting the essentials with a simple, easy-to-understand approach makes this book valuable for any reader seeking to master and apply b... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1418060976
• UPC: 001418060976
• ASIN: 1418060976
• ISBN: 1418060976
• Brand: Brand: Cengage Learning
• Manufacturer: Cengage Learning

Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice

• ASIN: B0024NP5FG
• ASIN: B0024NP5FG
• Manufacturer: Presidio Press

APM Best Practices: Realizing Application Performance Management (Books for Professionals by Professionals)

Application Performance Management software is used to manage the purchases, updating, management and optimization of all software in an organization. This book helps readers realize cost saving and performance goals through a performance management system.

• ASIN: 1430231416
• ASIN: 1430231416
• ISBN: 1430231416
• Brand: Brand: Apress
• Manufacturer: Apress

Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering: Methods, Tools, and Organizational Systems for Improving Performance

Integrate critical roles to improve overall performance in complex engineering projects Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering shows how organizations can become more effective, more efficient, and more responsive, and enjoy better performance outcomes. The discussion begins with an overview of key concepts, and details the challenges faced by System Engineering and Program Management practitioners every day. The practical framework that follows describes how the roles can be integrated successfully to streamline project workflow, with a catalog of tools for assessing and deplo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1119258928
• ASIN: 1119258928
• ISBN: 9781119258926
• Brand: Wiley
• Manufacturer: Wiley

Measuring Occupational Performance : Supporting Best Practice in Occupational Therapy

Health Related Professions

• UPC: 52702813

Best Practices: Evaluating Performance - eBook

Successful management relies on identifying and promoting high-performing employees—and targeting underperformers for serious improvement. Evaluating Performance, a comprehensive and essential resource for any manager on the run, shows you how.Learn to:Monitor day-to-day performanceConduct productive formal

• UPC: 576117075

Leadership Best Practices and Employee Performance - eBook

This phenomenological study explored leadership best practices among senior managers in the telecommunications industry to determine the perceived effects that such routines had on actual employee performance. The study took place in Southern Georgia in

• UPC: 815342530

Software Engineering Best Practices - eBook

Any software projects can be divided into following phrases: Requirement, “Design & Development”, “Unit Testing”, “Integration Testing” and “Support & Maintenance”. Due to highly complex nature of real life software projects, various set of software

• UPC: 571792756

Even Faster Web Sites : Performance Best Practices for Web Developers

As an important follow-up to O'Reilly's bestselling "High Performance Web Sites," this second edition offers additional rules for speeding up Web page loading and

• UPC: 10898275
• Rating: 5.0

Selected International Best Practices in Police Performance Measurement - eBook

Historically, police agencies have measured their performance against a restricted set of crime-focused indicators, but modern police officers must be prepared to take on a wide variety of roles. Performance measures should be multidimensional to

• UPC: 785065155

Benchmarking 100 Success Secrets - The Basics, The Guide on how to Measure, Manage and Improve Performance based on Industry Best Practices - eBook

Excellent Book on Benchmarking. This is a well written book on the concept and practice of benchmarking. The book gives a comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics on benchmarking including a clear explanation

• UPC: 775464060

Best Practices and Strategies for Career and Technical Education and Training : A Reference Guide for New Instructors

Best Practices and Strategies for Career and Technical Education and Training: A Reference Guide for New

• UPC: 26345795

Liferay Portal Performance Best Practices - eBook

A step-by-step tutorial on implementing Liferay- based portals to learn performance best practices.The book is good for Liferay portal developers and architects who want to learn performance best practices for implementing Liferay- based solutions. It

• UPC: 509974482

Construction Supervision Qc + Hse Management in Practice : Quality Control, Ohs, and Environmental Performance Reference Guide

Construction Supervision Qc + Hse Management in

• UPC: 53309504