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Here’s what you may have missed in the last 7 days – Tech news, insights and tutorials…
Featured interview
“The wider use of generator functions in Python 3 has made functional Python programming much more common.”
— Steven F. Lott
We recently interviewed Steven F. Lott, a programmer since the 70s, a true Python professional and best-selling author of a number of Python books.
In this interview, Steven talks a bit about modern Python and how the language adapts well to the Functional paradigm, offering developers a range of solutions to build modern, cloud-based applications.
Tech news
Conferences covered this week
PyCon US 2018 Highlights: Quantum computing, blockchains, and serverless rule!
What Google, RedHat, Oracle, and others announced at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2018
Data news in depth
Development & programming news in depth
- What can you expect from the upcoming Java 11 JDK?
- Android P new features: artificial intelligence, digital wellbeing, and simplicity
- Firefox 60 arrives with exciting updates for web developers: Quantum CSS engine, new Web APIs and more
- Unity announces a new automotive division and two-day Unity AutoTech Summit
- SteamVR introduces new controllers for game developers, the SteamVR Input system
- Amazon open sources Amazon Sumerian, its popular AR/VR app toolkit
- Introducing Fuse Open, Fuse App Engine and apps-as-a-service
- Barracuda announces Cloud-Delivered Web Application Firewall service
Cloud & networking news in depth
- Google Compute Engine Plugin makes it easy to use Jenkins on Google Cloud Platform
- Introducing Intel’s OpenVINO computer vision toolkit for edge computing
- Rackspace now supports Kubernetes-as-a-Service
- Verizon chooses Amazon Web Services(AWS) as its preferred cloud provider
Other News
- Google employees quit over company’s continued AI ties with the Pentagon
- Twitter’s disdain for third-party clients gets real
Tutorials
Data tutorials
- Building a Microsoft Power BI Data Model
- How to Build TensorFlow Models for Mobile and Embedded devices
- What does the structure of a data mining architecture look like?
- Getting started with Google Data Studio: An intuitive tool for visualizing BigQuery Data
Development & programming tutorials
Development tutorials
- Building a chat app with Kotlin using Node.js
- Is your web design responsive?
- How to use arrays, lists, and dictionaries in Unity for 3D game development
- How to create a generic reusable section for a single page based website
- How to use Bootstrap grid system for responsive website design?
Programming tutorials
- How to work with classes in Typescript
- That ’70s language: AWK programming
- Regular expressions in AWK programming: What, Why, and How
Other tutorials
This week’s opinions, analysis, and insights
Data Insights
Development & Programming Insights
- Top frameworks for building your Progressive Web Apps (PWA)
- What is a multi-layered software architecture?
Other Insights
- 5 pen testing rules of engagement: What to consider while performing Penetration testing
- Cognitive IoT: How Artificial Intelligence is remolding Industrial and Consumer IoT
- What are lightweight Architecture Decision Records?
- BeyondCorp is transforming enterprise security
- Polycloud: a better alternative to cloud agnosticism