Python has a lot of data structures, but what if you want to create your own?  Find out how it all works in this extract from Programmer's Python: Everything is Data .

Quishing. the use of QR codes to deliver malicious malware on a victim’s device is on the rise. Besides introducing awareness training, developers can prevent quishing with strong encryption, security warnings, digital signatures, and varied kinds of barcodes.

DataStax has announced the general availability of its Data API, a one-stop API for GenAI. DataStax also announced an updated developer experience for Astra DB, DataStax's NoSQL cloud database that is built on Apache Cassandra.

Udacity its launching its latest Nanodegree program, Generative AI for Software Developers. It is a four-month program at Intermediate level and the prerequisites you'll need are Python  at an intermediate level, familiarity with transformer neural networks and other AI topics.

v2.0 of the driver has been upgraded to support asynchronous operations from Python code. This is a major boon for Python developers.

Angular 17 has been released with much faster performance and improvements including deferrable views.

Microsoft has announced the beta of Fluid Framework 2, its development platform for collaborative ways to work with documents. Fluid Framework was first announced at the 2019 Ignite conference.

Yet another Open Source Software initiative taken by the German state, this time launching openDesk, "the sovereign workplace".

It might come as a surprise to many a new hand, but the Linux Kernel is written in C and not just as a passive preference - Linux is actively pro-C and anti-C++. Or it always has been.

OpenAI has announced a store where users can find custom versions of ChatGPT. Alongside the new store, OpenAI also announced a new team version of ChatGPT.

The recorded sessions of the Vaadin Create conference, the conference for creators using Vaadin Flow and Hilla, are now available online.

British Computer Scientist Tony Hoare has made numerous contributions that have revolutionized computer programming,  including the QuickSort algorithm, Hoare logic and the formal language, CSP. Today, January 11th 2024, is his 90th Birthday.

Apache Olingo 5.0.0 has been released with support for Java 17 and Jakarta EE for Olingo OData Version 4. The Olingo library provides a framework to expose data using the OData protocol, providing developers with easy, standards-based access to information that would otherwise be locked away in internal databases.

Author: Elena Rakhimov
Publisher: Oracle Press
Pages: 480
ISBN: 978-0138062835
Audience: Developers interested in Oracle PL/SQL
Rating: 4
Reviewer: Kay Ewbank

This is the sixth edition of a well established title that has been updated for the latest version of PL/SQL (21c).

This recipe-based guide to Angular will help build up Angular expertise with a wide range of recipes across key tasks in web development and show how to build high-performance apps. In this second edition, Muhammad Ahsan Ayaz has updated the recipes, with added and improved recipes based on developer feedback and new challenges.

Fully updated for the current version of Java, Java SE 21, this guide shows, step by step, how to design, write, debug, run, and administer high-performance Java programs. Inside, authors Herbert Schildt and Dr. Danny Coward cover the entire Java language, including its syntax, keywords, and libraries.

Subtitled "The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data", this  hands-on guide blends real-world techniques for researching large datasets with lessons on coding, data authentication, and digital security. Micah Lee spices all of this up with stories from the front lines of investigative journalism, and looks into exposed datasets from a wide array of sources: the FBI, the DHS, police intelligence agencies, extremist groups like the Oath Keepers, and even a Russian ransomware gang.