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Create and manage virtual development environments with Puppet, Chef, and VirtualBox using Vagrant Overview Provision virtual machines using Puppet and Chef Replicate multi-server environments locally Set up a virtual LAMP development server In Detail Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development/production parity, and makes the "it works on my machine" excuse a thing of the past. "Creating Development Environments with Vagrant" is a practical, hands-on guide that walks you through the functionality of Vagrant, Puppet, and Chef to create powerful and flexible virtual development envir...

Write better, more efficient Java, and have fun doing so! Overview Write more robust code that is easier to read and maintain Learn how to use Preconditions to prevent and find errors faster Shows how Guava Collections can make working with Java Collections a breeze In Detail Java continues to maintain its popularity and is still one of the main languages used in the software industry today. But there are things in Java that are difficult to do that can be made easier; thats where Guava comes in. Guava provides developers with a way to write better code, with less effort. Getting Started with Google Guava will show the reader how to start improving their code from the very first chapter. Packed with examples and loads of source code, this book wil...

Learn exciting new ways to build efficient, high performance enterprise search repositories for Big Data using Hadoop and Solr Overview Understand the different approaches of making Solr work on Big Data as well as the benefits and drawbacks Learn from interesting, real-life use cases for Big Data search along with sample code Work with the Distributed Enterprise Search without prior knowledge of Hadoop and Solr In Detail As data grows exponentially day-by-day, extracting information becomes a tedious activity in itself. Technologies like Hadoop are trying to address some of the concerns, while Solr provides high-speed faceted search. Bringing these two technologies together is helping organizations resolve the problem of information extraction fro...

Harness the power of Chef to automate management of Windows-based systems using hands-on examples with this book and ebook. Overview Discover how Chef can be used to manage a heterogeneous network of Windows and Linux systems with ease Configure an entire .NET application stack, deploy it, and scale in the cloud Employ a step-by-step and practical approach to automate provisioning and configuration of Windows hosts with Chef In Detail This book begins with an introduction to the functionality and benefits of using Chef to manage Windows systems. From there, you are shown an overview of the Chef architecture and how to prepare a Windows host so that it can be managed by Chef, followed by an example of writing code to install a popular .NET applicati...

Projects to help you build a world of smarter things with this book and ebook Overview Learn how to interface various sensors and actuators to the Arduino Yun and send this data in the cloud Explore the possibilities offered by the Internet of Things by using the Arduino Yun to upload measurements to Google Docs, upload pictures to Dropbox, and send live video streams to YouTube Learn how to use the Arduino Yun as the brain of a robot that can be completely controlled via Wi-Fi In Detail Internet of Things (IoT) is currently a growing trend in the technology space, and the Arduino Yun is the perfect board to get started with building IoT projects. This book covers many of the powerful features of the Arduino Yun via four exciting projects. The firs...