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The real fun of LEGO building lies in creating your own models--from choosing the subject to clicking that final brick into place. Start making your own original LEGO creations! What's the difference between a tile and a plate? Why isn't it a good idea to stack bricks in columns ...to make a wall? How do you build a LEGO mosaic or build at different scales? You'll find the answers to these and other questions in The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide. This brand-new edition of a well-loved favorite includes dozens of new designs with step-by-step building instructions of a space shuttle, houses, animals, keychains, castles, flowers, dinosaurs and more. You'll also learn how to: * Construct models that won't fall apart * Choose the right pieces and substitute when needed * Build to micro, jumbo, and miniland scale * Make playable board games out of LEGO pieces * Create photo mosaics and curved sculptures Of course, the real fun of LEGO building lies in creating your own models--from choosing the subject to clicking that final brick into place. Learn how in The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide. Includes the Brickopedia, a visual dictionary of nearly 300 of the most commonly used LEGO elements!
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Learn how programming algorithms work through diagrams in this full-color book. An illustrated guide to computer algorithms for students and experienced programmers. Learn how to manipulate arrays, what steps you need to go through to write a k-clustering algorithm, and how publi...c key cryptography works. Each algorithm is broken down into step by step diagrams with helpful descriptions. This book is perfect for the visual learner.
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A hands-on introduction to ethical hacking for a younger audience. The purpose of ethical hacking is to evaluate the security of computer systems, networks, or system infrastructure and to determine whether unauthorized access or other malicious activities are possible. Hacking f...or Kids is for the beginner who wants to start exploring ethical hacking in this virtual hacking laboratory. Ethical hacking is the art of evaluating the security of computer systems, networks, or system infrastructure to find holes or vulnerabilities and to determine whether unauthorized access or other malicious activities are possible. The book begins with an introduction to ethical hacking concepts and then demonstrates hands-on the steps necessary to execute specific attacks. Early attacks covered in the book are simple and engaging; designed to give readers the skills necessary to tackle more advanced exploits. The book's emphasis on ethical or white hat hacking demonstrates the importance of balancing security against convenience; in other words, sometimes it can be hard to stay safe on a computer. Readers learn how to avoid phishing, viruses, and ransomware as well as how attackers steal passwords on saved websites or gain access to a computer and its files without a username or password.
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A fantasy whodunit for the digital age that introduces the concepts behind search algorithms and important data structures, through the medium of a mystery novel.
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A beginner-friendly guide to creating mobile apps for Android and iOS devices using MIT App Inventor. Provides instructions to make interactive video apps, games, an app that lets you text using voice recognition, and more --
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Teaches core circuit concepts through nine graded electronics projects with complete instructions and photo references --
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An in-depth, illustrated guide to data structures, a core topic in computer science, by the founder of BaseCS (https: //medium.com/basecs), a top 200 Medium blog that explores computer science basics. First in a series. Computer Science for the Curious aims to make Computer Scien...ce topics accessible to programmers who have not taken a traditional computer science curriculum, as well as readers looking for a practical refresher. The first volume in a series, this book focuses on ways that a computer scientist might organize or represent data, covering topics like the binary number system, graphs, hash tables, and trees.
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By Bertram, Adam
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Learn to use PowerShell, Microsoft's scripting language, to automate real-world tasks that IT professionals and system administrators deal with every day. Bridge the gap between scripting and operations personnel with Automate the Boring Stuff with PowerShell. With PowerShell, yo...u can automate tasks with scripts without having to learn the complicated ins and outs of programming. After you familiarize yourself with PowerShell's intuitive syntax, you'll apply your knowledge by designing and developing scripts for lots of daily situations IT personnel find themselves in every day. You'll then end with learning how to build a large project to automate server deployments from scratch written completely in PowerShell. In Part One, you'll be brought up to an intermediate knowledge level of PowerShell by exploring the ins and outs of core concepts with PowerShell's intuitive syntax. In Part Two, you'll begin to apply your knowledge and develop various scripts to automate all kinds of real-world tasks that a tech professional may run into. Finally, in Part Three, you will take all of that knowledge you learned in the first two parts and begin work on a large PowerShell module called PowerLab. In this Part, you will build a real-world project purely in PowerShell that will teach you that PowerShell isn't just for a few scripts here and there! This PowerLab module will enable you to automatically create Hyper-V virtual machines, install Windows servers, and provision domain controllers, IIS web servers, and SQL servers. With this book's vast amount of real-world, applicable examples coming from an author who's lived PowerShell for over 8 years, you'll uncover hundreds of tactics and techniques that even the most seasoned PowerShell expert may not know. Unlock the possibilities with PowerShell!
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By Sweigart, Al
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Go from beginner programmer to Python programmer! Level up your skills to an intermediate level. You're a student who wants to jumpstart their career with practical skills, or you're a self-taught beginner who has learned all you can from beginner programmer books and coding boot...camps. Now you're looking for the next step to becoming a real-world professional programmer so you can create your own apps, work with other Pythonistas, and get started with your career. If that's who you are, then this book is for you! Become a Python programmer by: * Going through a Python crash course that'll get you up to speed if you're coming from another programming language or just need to review your Python skills * Getting a run down of what complex-sounding technical jargon actually means * Setting up your own Python-based web apps using HTML, CSS, SQLite, and Flask * Learning how to write Pythonic code with object-oriented programming and correct code formatting and style * Creating a project with your newly learned skills! This book is perfect for self-taught programmers looking for the stuff intro books don't teach you and students wanting to get practical information before getting started with applying their new programming skills.
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Real-World Web Hacking is a field guide to finding software bugs. Ethical hacker Peter Yaworski breaks down common types of bugs, then contextualizes them with real bug bounty reports released by hackers on companies like Twitter, Facebook, Google, Uber, and Starbucks. As you rea...d each report, you'll gain deeper insight into how the vulnerabilities work and how you might find similar ones.
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