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PostgreSQL Extension for Visual Studio Code

  Connect to PostgreSQL database instances, run queries, create and manage connections and more, all from inside VSCode. Just announced, the extension simplifies talking to and managing PostgreSQL databases from the ease of the most popular IDE. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18512-postgresql-extension-for-visual-studio-code.html
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Hour Of AI 2025 About To Start

  Hour Of Code has been renamed. This year and from now on it will be called "Hour Of AI", giving in to this AI-dictated era. Another indication that coding has shifted from a task of manual labor to one of automated generation. Code.org is a trend setter and crucial to kids' education relating to Computer Science, so the rebranding is highly significant. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/18502-hour-of-ai-2025-about-to-start.html

Advent Of Code 2025 Commences

  It's Advent, the time of year when we countdown the days to Christmas having fun doing daily coding challenges. Advents, in the programming sense, are events hosting programming puzzles announced every day till Christmas, aimed at a variety of skill levels. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/204-challenges/18494-advent-of-code-2025-commences.html

Vaadin Now Does MCP

  The official release of Vaadin MCP server is a reality. What does it make different? Yes I'm a fan of Vaadin. I've used it in a couple of projects and productivity was sky high. For those not initiated to the framework, Vaadin allows you to write Java code for the front-end and back-end; no Javascript required, which is an unlikely dream for full stack engineers that nevertheless turned to reality. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18481-vaadin-now-does-mcp.html

JetBrain's Developer Productivity AI Arena Is A Game Changer

  DPAI is an open platform for benchmarking AI coding Agents. Haven't we got enough benchmarks and evaluations already? To answer this question, yes we have; but for LLM performance, not coding agent performance. And by that we mean comparing for instance: Anthropic Claude Code CLI AI Agent            vs Google Gemini CLI AI Agent           vs JetBrains Junie AI Agent (Claude Sonnet)           vs JetBrains Junie AI Agent (GPT 5)          vs OpenAI Codex CLI AI Agent https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18475-jetbrains-developer-productivity-ai-arena-is-a-game-changer.html

Anthropic's Prompt Engineering Tutorial

The more elaborate the prompt the better the outcome. But how do I construct a really great prompt? The answer to that question is given by this free, official Anthropic step-by-step guide which shows how to construct prompts that get optimal answers out of the Claude LLM. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/18470-anthropics-prompt-engineering-tutorial.html