New Projects and Topics on Hyperskill: July Update

JetBrains Academy

JetBrains Academy brings fresh updates to fuel your coding journey. Discover a world of limitless possibilities as we unveil captivating content designed for aspiring coders and seasoned developers. In July, prepare to explore 66 new educational topics and 9 new projects with step-by-step guides to build your own functional applications. Additionally, 8 projects were released from Beta all thanks to your feedback and support!

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Java

2 new topics: Hashing java.security.MessageDigest, Understand the problem

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Scala

A new topic: Unified types

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Python

A new topic: Garbage Collector and Memory Leaks

4 new projects:

Traffic Light (Python, Hard, Beta)

Regex Tester (Python, Django, Challenging, Beta)

Random Forest from Scratch (Python, Data Science, Hard, Beta)

HyperSearch Engine (Python, NLP, Challenging, Beta)

5 projects released from Beta:

Algorithms with IMDB (Python, Challenging)

Library Management System (Python, SQL, Easy)

HyperSchool (Python, Django, Challenging)

Opinion Detector (Python, NLP, Challenging)

Spam Filter (Python, ML, Challenging)

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Data Science

2 new Instruments topics: Crosstab in pandas, KNeighborsClassifier in scikit-learn

5 new Machine learning topics: Preprocessing categorical features, Adaboost, Adaboost: an illustrated walk-through, Gradient boosting, Gradient boosting: the illustrated regression 

9 new NLP topics: Introduction to Hugging Face, Implementation of transformers in Hugging Face, Hugging Face Datasets, Transformers in NLP, Introduction to dialogue systems, Rule-based dialogue systems, BLEU, ROUGE, N-gram and collocation measures

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Kotlin

4 new topics: Retrofit, Advanced lambda expressions, Type-safe builders, StringBuffer

2 new projects: 

Bulls and Cows (Kotlin, Medium, Beta)

Account Service (Kotlin, Spring Boot, Challenging, Beta)

2 projects released from Beta:

Blockchain (Kotlin, Challenging)

Cinema Room Manager (Kotlin, Android, Challenging)

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Mobile

2 new Android topics: System apps and common intents, Crashlytics, Menus: Options, Popup

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Frontend

5 new CSS topics: Filters, Media Queries, Responsive Images and Videos, Responsive Tables, Viewport

A new HTML topic:  Tag Embed

3 new JavaScript topics: Self-invoking functions and closures, Server-sent events, Objects Prototyping

2 new projects:

Site for Marathon (Frontend, Easy, Beta)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Frontend, Medium, Beta)

1 project released from Beta: 

Postprocessor (Frontend, Node.js, Challenging) 

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Backend

A new Django topic: Model data types

2 new Flask topics: Flask Test client, Versioning API

2 new Ktor topics: DefaultHeaders, Request Validation

A new Koin topic: Koin Annotations

4 new Node.js topics: Buffer module, Read stream, Watchers, Write Stream

A new Spring Boot topic: External resources 

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Go

2 new topics: Synchronization with channels, Context cancellation and timeouts

A new project: File Type Analyzer (Go, Challenging, Beta)

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Algorithms and structures

5 new topics: Dynamic programming: another approach, Cryptographic hash functions, Edit distance, Caesar cipher, Vigenère cipher

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Fundamentals

2 new Essentials topics: Best practices for writing code, 12-factor application: configuration, process and execution

3 new SQL and Databases topics: Explain, Explain Analyze, Leveraging Built-in SQL Functions and Features, Writing Efficient SQL Queries

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System administration and DevOps

2 new Command line topics: How to parse JSON with jq, Sorting and transforming JSON with jq

A new Docker topic: Docker-compose.yml syntax 

2 new Git topics: Cherry-picking and checkout options, Git undo/reset

2 new Kubernetes topics: Tools for Local Kubernetes Deployment, What is a pod?‍