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jQuery 4 Released jQuery 4 has been released on 20th Anniversary of John Resig unveiling the JavaScript library he had created . Still JavaScript's standard library, it has been brought up-to-date with this new major version. Congrats to @jquery team. i-programmer.info/news/167-javas….

jQuery 4.0.0 Close To Release The release candidate of jQuery 4.0 has been released, with a slim build option that excludes the ajax and effects modules as well as excluding Deferreds and Callbacks. @timmywil i-programmer.info/news/167-javas…

Interact With DuckDB Using Local UI - @nikosvg reports that @MotherDuck, @DuckDB's makers, having listened to its users, has released a local GUI for easier interaction with the database. i-programmer.info/news/84-databa…

Stackql - The New Approach To Querying And Provisioning Cloud Services @nikosvg writes "Use SQL For Everything Part 2" this time introducing @stackql, a tool enables the use of SQL for querying everything, but with a twist. i-programmer.info/news/84-databa…

PyPI Looks To Paid Services - The team responsible for the @pypi software repository has announced a move towards some payments for services to enable the developers to devote enough resources to meet user demands. @KayEwbank reports, i-programmer.info/news/216-pytho…

The Advanced + Agentic RAG Cookbooks - @nikosvg takes a look at a repository containing a wealth of advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) resources from @AthinaAI that also includes RAG techniques for the latest trend of Agentic systems. i-programmer.info/news/105-artif…

FSF Opens Nominations For Free Software Awards - @KayEwbank reports that nominations are open for this year's @fsf Free Software Awards which demonstrate appreciation of efforts of members of the free software community. Anybody can make a nomination. i-programmer.info/news/239-award…

Java Now Speaks Model Context Protocol - Java SDK implementation of @AnthropicAI's Model Context Protocol ported in collaboration with Spring AI, gets to version 0.70, opening way for Java to enjoy transparent interoperability with AI services. @nikosvg i-programmer.info/news/80-java/1…

C++ For The 21st Century - @mikejamesuk adds his own opinions on C++ to those of Bjarne Stroustrup, "Today it is a mess of a language which gives the programmer far to much scope for expression. This is a good thing for a poem, not so much for a program." i-programmer.info/news/184-cc/17…

February Week 2 - If you've not visited I Programmer before, our Weekly Digest gives you a taster. It lists our wide ranging news and the week's addition to Book Watch Archive. In this week's top feature @nikosvg asks Where's Java Going In 2025? -i-programmer.info/i-programmer-w…

JetBrains Adds Claude Support To AI Assistant - @jetbrains has added support for @AnthropicAI 's Claude Sonnet 3.5 and Haiku 3.5, @OpenAI's o1, o1-mini, and o3-mini models to its AI-powered coding tool, AI Assistant. i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/…

"Looks Good To Me": Constructive Code Reviews (@ManningBooks) is today's selection by @bookwatchiprog. Adrienne Braganza offers an approach to delivering meaningful code reviews that goes beyond superficial checklists and tense, critical, conversations. i-programmer.info/book-watch-arc…

Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript (@nostarch Press) is today's selection by @bookwatchiprog. It's a deep dive into data structures and algorithms that Federico Kereki says will transform the way you approach problem solving in JavaScript. i-programmer.info/book-watch-arc…

JetBrains Reports On Software Quality - This research was conducted by @jetbrains @Qodana to gain a deeper understanding of best practices for delivering quality software and how companies of different sizes and maturity levels differ. i-programmer.info/news/99-profes…

InfluxDB 3 Core Released In Public Alpha - Core, the new open source offering from @InfluxDB, promises enhanced performance and more freedom in using it under a permissive license. @nikosvg has the details. i-programmer.info/news/84-databa…

Rust Foundation Update On Goals - @KayEwbank reports that the @rust_foundation team has now provided an end-of-year update on progress towards these goals (or, in some cases, lack thereof). i-programmer.info/news/98-langua…

The Hundred-Page Language Models Book is today's selection by @bookwatchiprog. This book by Andriy @burkov is the #PyTorch follow-up to his bestselling The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book. #google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">i-programmer.info/book-watch-arc…

Vesuvius Challenge 2024 Concludes - Two submissions, from Hendrik Schilling and Sean Johnson and from Paul Henderson for @scrollprize First Augmented Segmentation Prize have each been awarded $30,000. i-programmer.info/news/204-chall…

Writing for Developers: Blogs that Get Read (@ManningBooks) is today's choice by @bookwatchiprog. @sarna_dev and @c_a_dunlop show how to create content developers will want to read and share. i-programmer.info/book-watch-arc…

Terraform Fork OpenTofu 1.9 Adds Provider Iteration @OpenTofuOrg 's open-source infrastructure as code tool is a fork of @HashiCorp's Terraform and has been developed with backing from the @linuxfoundation. @KayEwbank reports. i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/…