IT news January 21: machine learning will be added to IntelliJ IDEA, the Java developer profession is recognized as the best in Australia, open source software is growing in popularity
JetBrains plans to add machine learning to IntelliJ IDEA
JetBrains has published a development roadmap for the IntelliJ IDEA development environment for 2020. According to JetBrains CTO Dmitry Dzhemerov, in the next IDE updates it is planned not only to improve its performance, but also to add a number of new features, including support for Git Staging, automatic refactoring and integration of machine learning elements. Also, several new language localizations (Japanese, Chinese and Korean) will be added to IntelliJ IDEA. Another innovation is the use of the IDE as a text editor for viewing logs, editing configuration files, and other non-code editing uses. A complete list of functions that are planned to be added to IntelliJ IDEA can be found on the official JetBrains website. Source: JetBrains
Java Developer Job Voted Best in Australia
Australian Java developers have the best profession in the country, based on salary levels and number of vacancies offered. This is evidenced by data published by Yahoo Finance. A Java programmer can expect an annual income of between AUD 110,000 and AUD 180,000 (USD 68,000-123,000). Among the advantages that distinguish Java developers from representatives of other specialties, experts note a large number of vacancies and the absence (in some cases) of mandatory specialized education received at a university or college. Often, to get a well-paid job, a programmer only needs to take an online course or an in-person training course. This is not enough for other high-paying professions. It is predicted that the Australian IT sector will need an additional 100 thousand specialists by 2024, including 17,900 programmers and application developers. Overall job growth over the next 5 years will be 23.4%. Source: Yahoo Finance
Open source software is gaining popularity
According to WhiteSource, open source software development continues to gain popularity. After studying nearly 4 million opensource packages and 130 million files in more than 200 different programming languages, experts found that the use of open source licenses continues to grow, while the use of copyright licenses continues to decline. At the end of 2019, only 33% of software was distributed under a copyright license, while 67% of software was open source. The number of free opensource applications increased by 3% compared to 2018. Source: The Register
Ukrainians are going to be taught digital skills using TV series
Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov announced that his department is launching an online platform for teaching citizens digital skills. The goal of the project is to train 6 million Ukrainians within 3 years. Until January 30, the new platform will operate in test mode. This will be followed by a formal presentation. According to the minister, one of the forms of teaching digital literacy will be watching specially created TV series. For example, in the first season of one of them, viewers will be told in an accessible way how to use a smartphone, computer and tablet. The plot of the second season will be devoted to teaching digital literacy to teachers. In the third season, parents will be told how to ensure the online safety of their children. Next to the video are the categories, timing and number of episodes. The course teachers were popular presenters - Olga Sumskaya, Maria Efrosinina, Nadezhda Matveeva and others. Source: Facebook
A state Internet of Things platform will be created in Russia
The Voskhod Scientific Research Institute won an open competition from the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, where a contractor was to be identified to create a Unified State Platform for collecting industrial Internet of Things (IoT) data. According to the Government Procurement Portal, the cost of the work is estimated at 237.5 million rubles. The project is being implemented within the framework of the national program “Digital Economy”. The government Internet of Things platform will operate on the basis of approved departmental data models. With its help, organizations will be able to automatically measure the performance of objects and internal control systems. This will improve monitoring, analysis and forecasting in meeting mandatory requirements, and will also prevent damage to legally protected assets. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept of a computer network in which objects are equipped with built-in technologies to interact with each other or with the external environment. Source: СNews
US presidential candidate criticized video game developers
Presidential candidate Joe Biden sharply criticized representatives of the IT industry involved in the creation of video games. In an interview with The New York Times, Biden said that several years ago he participated in a meeting with the heads of IT companies, and one of the participants, when asked about his occupation, said that he “makes games that teach people how to kill.” According to Joe Biden, Silicon Valley company owners are “arrogant” even though they “employ fewer people than the number of layoffs at General Motors in the last quarter.” Biden is now considered one of the most likely candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. Another Democratic candidate, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, also spoke negatively about the excessive influence of the IT industry. In particular, Warren proposes breaking up Facebook. Source: The Next Web
The introduction of electronic textbooks in Ukrainian schools was unsuccessful
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Anna Novosad said that the experiment to introduce electronic textbooks in pilot schools ended unsuccessfully due to the low quality of electronic educational materials. But in the future work in this direction will be resumed. “The ministry announced a competition, but what the producers gave us is simply terrible. I personally reviewed all these textbooks - this is horror that should be hidden and not shown to anyone else. I cannot allow this to be purchased with public funds and end up in schools. These cannot be called electronic educational materials - these are just some kind of PDFs, to which somewhere they have attached sound, where they have a figurine that moves, and they are trying to sell us for millions of hryvnia,” Novosad said. According to the minister, there are no problems with financing the program, but it is necessary to issue regulatory documents and new requirements for the examination of these textbooks, as well as begin a dialogue with manufacturers. Source: Interfax-Ukraine
Also, several new language localizations (Japanese, Chinese and Korean) will be added to IntelliJ IDEA. Another innovation is the use of the IDE as a text editor for viewing logs, editing configuration files, and other non-code editing uses. A complete list of functions that are planned to be added to IntelliJ IDEA can be found on the official JetBrains website. Source: JetBrains
At the end of 2019, only 33% of software was distributed under a copyright license, while 67% of software was open source. The number of free opensource applications increased by 3% compared to 2018. Source: The Register
The government Internet of Things platform will operate on the basis of approved departmental data models. With its help, organizations will be able to automatically measure the performance of objects and internal control systems. This will improve monitoring, analysis and forecasting in meeting mandatory requirements, and will also prevent damage to legally protected assets. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept of a computer network in which objects are equipped with built-in technologies to interact with each other or with the external environment. Source: СNews
“The ministry announced a competition, but what the producers gave us is simply terrible. I personally reviewed all these textbooks - this is horror that should be hidden and not shown to anyone else. I cannot allow this to be purchased with public funds and end up in schools. These cannot be called electronic educational materials - these are just some kind of PDFs, to which somewhere they have attached sound, where they have a figurine that moves, and they are trying to sell us for millions of hryvnia,” Novosad said. According to the minister, there are no problems with financing the program, but it is necessary to issue regulatory documents and new requirements for the examination of these textbooks, as well as begin a dialogue with manufacturers. Source: Interfax-Ukraine
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