Files are fundamental to computing but we often take them for granted. Find out how to understand what they are and do in this extract from Programmer's Python: Everything is Data.

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The number seven is very important in programming and many other intellectual endeavors. Why is is magic and what significance does it have for us poor limited humans?

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The Rust Foundation conducted its annual survey between December 5th and 23rd, 2024. As in previous years, it was focused on gathering insights and feedback from Rust users which are now presented in its report.

Neural Networks are great at learning patterns and this makes them potentially very good at controlling difficult things. For example, a neural network can learn to balance a pole on its point. But do we want a neural network to take control of something serious like a power station or a reactor? It turns out that controlling a motor proves its potential.

The Java SDK implementation of the Model Context Protocol gets to pre-release version 0.70, opening the way for Java to enjoy transparent interoperability with AI services.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced that nominations are open for this year's Free Software Awards. These prestigious awards demonstrate appreciation of the efforts of members of the free software community and anybody can make a nomination.

C++ is a language under attack from newer languages such as Rust and from more primitive languages such as C, yet it has a large community of committed and enthusiastic users. How can things be made better? Its creator Bjarne Stroustrup has some ideas.

Go 1.24 has been released. This version adds support for generic type aliases, and is also faster.

This week Christie's is running its inaugural AI art auction. With the title Augmented Intelligence , it is billed as the first ever artificial intelligence-dedicated sale at a major auction house and has a raised vociferous protest from thousands of artists who regard the technology behind the works as committing "mass theft".

Microsoft Build is taking place in what has become its "usual" slot - the beginning of the penultimate week of May - and in its "home" location, Seattle. This year Google I/O clashes with it, starting on Day 2 of Build. However, as it is almost entirely virtual, you can "be" at both if you want to.

The Games Development World Championship 2025 is open for entries. The GDWC competition has two new categories this year - Best Discord Game Award and Proceduralism Award, joining the existing categories of Best Indie Game, Best Studio Game, Best Hobby Game, Best Mobile Game, and Best Student Game.

The latest update of Visual Studio Code is now available with free use of GitHub Copilot and the ability to debug Python directly from the terminal.

JetBrains has announced that it is abandoning its plan to create a standalone Kotlin Multiplatform IDE and is planning to deprecate support for KMP on its lightweight Fleet IDE in order to focus its efforts on better KMP support on the IntelliJ Platform.

Author: Teiva Harsanyi
Publisher: Manning
Date: October 2022
Pages: 384
ISBN: 978-1617299599
Audience: Go Developers
Rating: 3
Reviewer: Mike James
100 mistakes is a lot!
Is the fault Go or the programmer?

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This book, which also covers signals, standalone, SSR, and zoneless use, is designed to bring readers up to speed with Angular’s latest innovations. Armen Vardanyan demonstrates new ways of working with components, dependency injection, RxJS and Signals, all through building a complete enterprise-grade HR management system. The book also looks at upgrading the performance of apps with server-side rendering, and has detailed migration guides demonstrate ways to update existing apps to modern patterns.

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With a refreshing approach, the book offers analogies, stories of the characters Alice and Bob, real-life examples, technical explanations and diagrams to break down intricate security concepts into digestible insights that you can apply right away. Tanya Janca explores secure coding in languages including Python, Java and JavaScript, while covering safeguarding frameworks such as Angular, .NET, and React. Uncover the secrets to combatting vulnerabilities by securing your code from the ground up.

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This book looks at how key events - the breakup of AT&T, the birth of the Internet, and the establishment of mobile communications and fiber optic networks - changed how humankind worked, played, educated, and entertained. Dan Caruso draws on his years at communications companies including Ameritech and WorldCom to provide a memoir that celebrates the pioneers who invented the Internet's early backbones, the renegades who lit the fiber revolution, the antics that caused it to all come crashing down, and the new wave of entrepreneurs who raised the industry back from its ashes.

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