Arjun Srivastava's Library

Bioinformatics Data Skills: Reproducible and Robust Research With Open Source Tools
Vince Buffalo
Learn the data skills necessary for turning large sequencing datasets into reproducible and robust biological findings. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how to use freely available open source tools to extract meaning from large complex biolo...

High Performance Spark: Best Practices for Scaling and Optimizing Apache Spark
Holden Karau and Rachel Warren
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 Warre...

Impractical Python Projects: Playful Programming Activities to Make You Smarter
Lee Vaughan
Impractical Python Projects is a collection of fun and educational projects designed to entertain programmers while enhancing their Python skills. It picks up where the complete beginner books leave off, expanding on existing concepts and introducin...

Pro Git
Scott Chacon , Ben Straub
Pro Git (Second Edition) is your fully-updated guide to Git and its usage in the modern world. Git has come a long way since it was first developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. It has taken the open source world by storm since its...

R Cookbook: Proven Recipes for Data Analysis, Statistics, and Graphics
Jd Long and Paul Teetor
Perform data analysis with R quickly and efficiently with more than 275 practical recipes in this expanded second edition. The R language provides everything you need to do statistical work, but its structure can be difficult to master. These task-o...

Redis in Action
Josiah L. Carlson
SummaryRedis in Action introduces Redis and walks you through examples that demonstrate how to use it effectively. You'll begin by getting Redis set up properly and then exploring the key-value model. Then, you'll dive into real use cases including ...