Oracle is well known as an excellent database management system, but it can seem complex and has a reputation for requiring extensive learning if you want to work with it. The books in this collection are all titles we can recommend if you need to work with Oracle. Some offer a general introduction, others concentrate on PL/SQL, Oracle's SQL dialect.

Computation and transcendental numbers don't seem much connected, but these are the numbers that are irrational and in principle the most difficult to compute. But there are important exceptions.

One of the most worrying things about being a programmer today is the threat from AI. It has gone so far that NVIDA CEO Jensen Huang proclaims that you really shouldn't start training as a programmer because the writing is on the wall. So far the experience of AI programmers has been mixed, but what if you set out to build an LLM dedicated to programming

New technology brings with it more career opportunities. You may never have imagined becoming an LLMOps consultant,  but there's now a Coursera Specialization which provides preparation for this role. Like other Coursera Specializations, it is available through Coursera Plus which currently has a promotion offering $100 off an annual subscription.

Amazon has announced the availability, albeit for experimental purposes, of a new JavaScript based runtime called Low Latency Runtime or LLRT for short, to bring JavaScript up to the performance throughput of low-level languages like Rust or C++.

JetBrains has released a public beta of TeamCity Pipelines, a cloud-based Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) service for small and medium-sized engineering teams.

Thanks to WebAssembly we can now enjoy PostgreSQL inside the browser so that we can build reactive, realtime, local-first apps directly on Postgres. PGLite is about to make this even easier.

Visual Studio 17.9 is now fully available with AI assistance and better extensibility. The first preview of 17.10 has also been made available in preview.

Google is offering $5 million if you can think up a use for a quantum computer. Wait, I thought quantum computers were the next big thing, a revolution! Surely we know what they can do?

Chainguard has joined the Docker Verified Publisher (DVP) program, meaning its Chainguard Developer Images are now officially available on Docker's container image registry.

It's Pi day again, again, again... Even after so many, I still have things to say about this most intriguing number. The most important things about Pi is that it is irrational and one of the few transcendental numbers we can identify, but you only have to scratch the surface to find questions we don't yet know the answers to.

Opaque Systems has announced an early access program for Opaque Gateway, software designed to address data privacy, security, and sovereignty concerns in managing GenAI implementations.

Edgeless Systems has announced the launch of Continuum, a  security solution that provides cloud-based "Confidential AI" services and enables sharing of sensitive data with chatbots such as ChatGTP.

Author: Yuli Vasiliev
Publisher: No Starch
Date: August 2022
Pages: 240
ISBN: 978-1718502208
Audience: Python developers interested in data analysis
Rating: 3
Reviewer: Mike James
Python seems to be the goto for data science, so why not read about it?

This book skips over the explanations of the quirky old features in JavaScript and jumps straight to the best practices of modern JavaScript with the aim of making it easier to learn how to use JavaScript to add functionality to your web pages. Mary Delamater presents a seven-chapter crash course in JavaScript for which the only prerequisite is a basic understanding of HTML and CSS.

This new edition, written by experts in the field, three of whom have actively contributed to Fortran 2023, is a complete and authoritative description of Fortran in its latest form, with the intention that it remain the main reference work in the field.  Michael Metcalf, John Reid , Malcolm Cohen and Reinhold Bader look at Fortran's particular advantages as a high-end numerical language, especially where arrays are the main form of data object and/or where complex arithmetic is involved.

This is the first Unreal Engine book to guide you through the complete process of virtual film production. Encompassing the full spectrum of filmmaking, Hussin Khan demonstrates the use of an industry-standard tool used by studios such as Disney, ILM, DNEG, and Framestore.