IT & Programming digest by CodeGym: December issue

Hi everyone! Here’s the fresh monthly digest on learning to program, Java coding, and career development in IT. Read more to discover the useful posts of December, which we’ve carefully selected for you.

1. Java News

• Java News Roundup: GlassFish 7.0, Payara Platform, Apache NetBeans 16 – the selection of the important Java & Java-related technologies updates by InfoQ
• Java InfoQ Trends Report - December 2022 – the summary of how the InfoQ Java editorial team currently sees the adoption of technology and emerging trends within the Java space

2. Learning Java & Dev Career

• What is an Algorithm? Algorithm Definition for Computer Science Beginners – a definitive guide by Freecodecamp about algorithms, their types, and resources for their learning
• 5 Fun JetBrains Plugins to Enhance Your Development Experience – a set of quircky plugins that can make your coding more fun and productive
• How to Build an AI for Two-Player Turn-based Games – a brief tutorial for you to learn about the Minimax algorithm that is used in decision making and game theory
• How to do Asynchronous Programming With Java – an article about the use case where writing asynchronous code makes sense
• 6 Steps to Find a Remote Job & List of Remote-First Companies – find out what’s so special about applying for the remote-first dev job

3. Fascinating Stuff

• Understanding the collective impact of experiments – an interesting inside about Etsy’s product development cycle
The worst technology of 2022 – a cool piece of article by MIT Technology Review about technologies that went so, so, wrong – Zero covid, a fraudulent crypto exchange, Elon Musk’s content moderation, and others
• 10 Most(ly Dead) Influential Programming Languages – in this post, you’ll find about “mostly dead” languages and why they (still) matter so much

4. CodeGym updates and posts (in case you’ve missed them)

• What’s New in Java 18 and 19? Releases of New Frameworks and Jakarta EE 10. State of Java in 2022 – to help you better understand what still makes Java so demandable, we’d like to show you Java “in dynamics” and how it advanced in 2022
• What’s New to Expect from Java in 2023? – updates, emerging trends, and demand for Java specialists
• I enrolled in the course with a mentor to have a better training environment – the story of Krzysztof, a CodeGym University student
• Java vs. Python: Which programming language is better? – video by CodeGym career consultant in India, Shubham Dumbre
• How do CodeGym Students Organize Their Studies? – the results of our survey and advice on how to simplify the learning process

Was this digest useful for you? Leave comments to let us know what we should include in the January edition. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in 2023!