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Datameer X: Data Prep For Machine Learning

We are excited to reveal exciting new features in Datameer. Some new features were long-time requests from our most loyal customers and other new features are on the cutting-edge of data science. What Is New? Customers depend on Datameer to transform their raw datasets by formatting, structuring and enriching the datasets for analytic processing and reporting. In addition to data prep, Datameer X is designed for data science. The new features empower users of all levels of technical expertise to speed development of machine learning models and generate trusted, business-ready data insights. Among its many new features, Datameer X includes complex data science encoding at the press of a button, exploring data at scale with native pivot tables, new production modes that improve performance even more, and Kereberos REST API support for additional security. Furthermore, with the new BigQuery and Hyper format connectors in Datameer X, our customers can easily move their cleaned dat

A BEGINNING PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE TO JAVA

You can program in Java (or are learning to.) That's great! But what else can you do with those skills? Are you trapped with Java? Not at all. One of the reasons I chose Java as a language for use in the classroom is that Java programming skills translate so well into skills for other languages. Here are some other languages, and a brief look at what your Java programming skills will give you in the way of a head start, and what differences to look out for. C# (C Sharp) C# and Java are practically the same. C#'s roots are in Java, as is the concept of its libraries relative to Java's API. The libraries differ, but if you're used to Java's API you'll have no trouble getting right into C#'s libraries to find the classes you're looking for. The major development tools are very similar, or, in many cases, you can use the same IDEs for C# as for Java. You can also do cross-platform development in C# just as you can with Java thanks to tools like Mo

10 usefull fact about full stack developement

FACT 1: The origin of full stack development goes as far as June 03, 2008. Randy Schmidt, the managing director of the Burns & McDonnell Terminals and Pipelines group, was the first to use the term full stack web developer describing Jason Tremblay, Geoffrey Grosenbach, and Tom Preston-Werner. He described a full stack developer as someone that does design, markup, styling, behavior, and programming. Since then, various programmers used the term full stack developer and gave their own definition. FACT 2: Full stack development includes knowledge in front-end and back-end development. A full stack developer is a person who is comfortable working in the front-end and back-end side of web development. It does not mean you have mastered everything about web development; it means that you can work on both the front-end and back-end, with minimal assistance. It’s no wonder that employers look for full stack developers. Finding a job in the tech industry can be easy if you have the

10 Steps to Become an Outstanding Java Developer

1. Have a strong foundation and understanding of OO principles For a Java developer, having a strong understanding of object-oriented programming is a must. Without having a strong foundation on OOPS, one can't realize the beauty of an object-oriented programming language like Java. If you don't have a good idea of what OOPS is, even though you are using the OOP language, you may be still coding in a procedural way. Just studying OO principle definitions won't help much. We should know how to apply those principles in designing a solution in an OO way. So, one should have a strong knowledge of object modeling, inheritance, polymorphism, design patterns, etc. 2. Master the core APIs   It doesn't matter how strong you are in terms of theoretical knowledge if you don't know the language constructs and core APIs. In the case of Java, one should have very strong hands-on experience with core APIs like java.lang.*, I/O, exceptions, collections, generics, threads,

Pros and Cons of Java | Advantages and Disadvantages of Java

Java is known as one of the most-liked programming languages of our time. The language has been existing for two decades. Several specialists believe that Java is one of the most effective programming languages ever created. It is the most widely-used programming language and is designed for the distributed environment of the Internet. But, like every coin has two faces, Java comes up with its own limitations and benefits. Today, we will demystify some important pros and cons of Java, which will help you to get a more clear view of its working                Pros and Cons of Java The following are the advantages and disadvantages of Java Programming; let’s discuss them one by one: Benefits of Java 1. Advantages of Java There are some major advantages of Java; let’s see them. 1.1 Simple Java is straightforward to use, write, compile, debug, and learn than alternative programming languages. Java is less complicated than C++; as a result, Java uses automatic memory alloca

PyDev of the Week: Sophy Wong

Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc): I am a designer and maker currently working mostly with wearable electronics projects. My background is in graphic design, and I have also worked in fashion and costumes on my way to wearable electronics. I like to explore the different ways people interact with technology, and much of my work is inspired by sci-fi and pop culture. My projects often combine technology, like microcontrollers and 3D printing, with hand crafts like sculpting, painting, and sewing. Why did you start using Python? I discovered Python through Adafruit’s development of Circuit PythonAdafruit’s thorough documentation and huge library of tutorial projects make it easy for me to learn and write code for my projects. I’m primarily a designer, and code is a tool I use to bring my ideas to life. Circuit Python helps me learn programming basics, and is also powerful enough to support more complex projects as I gain more skills. What other

What is Big Data? – A Beginner’s Guide to the World of Big Data

There is no place where Big Data does not exist! The curiosity about what is Big Data has been soaring in the past few years. Let me tell you some mind-boggling facts! Forbes reports that every minute, users watch 4.15 million YouTube videos, send 456,000 tweets on Twitter, post 46,740 photos on Instagram and there are 510,000 comments posted and 293,000 statuses updated on Facebook! Just imagine the huge chunk of data that is produced with such activities. This constant creation of data using social media, business applications, telecom and various other domains is leading to the formation of Big Data. In order to explain what is Big Data, I will be covering the following topics: Evolution of Big Data Big Data Defined Characteristics of Big Data Big Data Analytics Industrial Applications of Big Data Scope of Big Data Evolution of Big Data Before exploring what is Big Data, let me begin by giving some insight into why the term Big Data has gained so much importan

7 Reasons Why Python is Perfect for Startups (Update)

Startups planning a product development process need to consider many factors when it comes to picking the right programming language. Often working on a tight budget, startups must carefully consider: the speed of development, the popularity of language, the cost of developers, libraries, integrations, security, scalability, and stability. It is for these reasons that your best bet will be to go for a robust and established technology such as Python. Python has been on the market for nearly 30 years and is still considered to be one of the top programming languages in existence. According to BuiltWith, there are nearly 1 million (994,753) websites that are Python customers, and the TIOBE Index, a programming community index that measures the popularity of programming languages, currently ranks Python as the third most popular language in the world. Screenshot 2019-07-15 at 15.09.09 Why so popular? Well, in short, because Python is a high-level, dynamic, object-oriented progra

Big Data Analytics What it is and why it matters

The concept of big data has been around for years; most organizations now understand that if they capture all the data that streams into their businesses, they can apply analytics and get significant value from it. But even in the 1950s, decades before anyone uttered the term “big data,” businesses were using basic analytics (essentially numbers in a spreadsheet that were manually examined) to uncover insights and trends. The new benefits that big data analytics brings to the table, however, are speed and efficiency. Whereas a few years ago a business would have gathered information, run analytics and unearthed information that could be used for future decisions, today that business can identify insights for immediate decisions. The ability to work faster – and stay agile – gives organizations a competitive edge they didn’t have before. The Importance of Big Data Analytics Graphic Why is big data analytics important? Big data analytics helps organizations harness their d

You Need a Multi-Cloud Dashboard Because I Want To Sell You One

If I called you and told you that your gasoline budget should be on the same dashboard as your movie ticket budget, you’d look at me like I just laid an egg. Why, then, do so many companies insist you need to view your GCP, Azure, and AWS spend in the same dashboard? Different cloud providers run different workloads for your business (or at least they damn well should!) because multi-cloud for a given workload is invariably the wrong move. I go into this in some depth elsewhere. But today’s post is less about the poor strategic decision itself than it is the idea of having a dashboard to centralize all of your public cloud spend in the same context. When you’re using multiple providers, the billing dimensions are different, the confusion levels are similar, and there’s no direct comparison that makes sense at a resource level. CPU and RAM options alone vary to a point where it’s very hard to get 1:1 equivalence between instances (or virtual machines) across providers, so you

A better website search with SearchIQ for WordPress!

We all know the standard search function in WordPress doesn’t provide the most relevant results. I don’t blame WordPress for this shortcoming, but the MySQL database system in the backend. The “fulltext” search index doesn’t work very well or is not flexible enough to provide relevant search results for “complex” search queries or even queries with more than a single word. For WordPress there are several plugins that provide a better search experience, but none of them is able to search in huge databases or shows relevant results for searches with multiple words as query. A much better solution is SearchIQ for WordPress, a plugin that offers all the features you know from bigger websites and shops. SearchIQ plugin installation The installation of SearchIQ is easy since the plugin is listed in the WordPress plugin directory. Just search for the plugin from your WP dashboard and install the plugin. After activation you need to enter an API key. Follow the link to the SearchIQ webs

Docker Enterprise: The First DISA STIG’ed Container Platform!

Docker Enterprise was built to be secure by default. When you build a secure by default platform, you need to consider security validation and governmental use. Docker Enterprise has become the first container platform to complete the Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) certification process. Thanks to Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for its support and sponsorship. Being the first container platform to complete the STIG process through DISA means a great deal to the entire Docker team. The STIG took months of work around writing and validating the controls. What does it really mean? Having a STIG allows government agencies to ensure they are running Docker Enterprise in the most secure manner. The STIG also provides validation for the private sector. One of the great concepts with any compliance framework, like STIGs, is the idea of inherited controls.   Adopting a STIG recommendation helps improve an organization’s security posture. Here is a great blurb fr

Tips to become master in JAVA programming

Java is most powerful and evergreen programming languages. It a popular and even green programming even after the 2 decades of its release.    Many graduates were stills fearing due to lack of command on the programming language.   Most of these youngsters were having their theoretical knowledge, but don’t have any practical knowledge of the language. But they have a curiosity to master in that particular programming language to master it.    So in this article, Tips to become master in JAVA programming. This article is mainly intended for the freshers to improve their skills over the language.   The tips which I am going to explain in this article will make you a master in JAVA programming language.   This article is written based on the survey of many job seeker s (both freshers and experienced)   after their performance at the time of interview.   So my dear job seekers, just follow this tips to master in java programming. Learn Performance tuning : When you started working

Modern applications at AWS

Innovation has always been part of the Amazon DNA, but about 20 years ago, we went through a radical transformation with the goal of making our iterative process—"invent, launch, reinvent, relaunch, start over, rinse, repeat, again and again"—even faster. The changes we made affected both how we built applications and how we organized our company. Back then, we had only a small fraction of the number of customers that Amazon serves today. Still, we knew that if we wanted to expand the products and services we offered, we had to change the way we approached application architecture. The giant, monolithic "bookstore" application and giant database that we used to power Amazon.com limited our speed and agility. Whenever we wanted to add a new feature or product for our customers, like video streaming, we had to edit and rewrite vast amounts of code on an application that we'd designed specifically for our first product—the bookstore. This was a long, unwield