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New in Educational Products: Apache Beam Katas, EduTools plugin v2.6, IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm Edu 2019.1.1
Beam Kata courses from Apache Beam
Now available via the EduTools plugin is Apache Beam Katas, a set of interactive hands-on coding exercises designed to teach Apache Beam.
Beam Katas course provides a series of structured hands-on learning to get started with Apache Beam. Solve exercises of gradually increasing complexity and get experience with all the Apache Beam fundamentals such as core transforms, common transforms, and simple use cases (word count), with more katas on the way.
Beam Katas course is currently available for both the Java and Python SDKs in form of more than 20 lessons.
To begin the courses, install EduTools plugin (check out the plugin installation guide for IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm) and go to File | Learn and Teach | Browse Courses. Search for “Beam Katas”, and once the course is loaded on the IDE, you’re good to go.
EduTools plugin update
Updated and improved, meet our new plugin upgrade! EduTools plugin v2.6 is here with some awesome additions:
- 2019.2 EAP compatibility: now you can learn and create courses in 2019.2 EAP IDE builds.
- C++ courses: learn C++ with two new courses (in Russian) from the Stepik learning platform: “Программирование на языке C++” and “Программирование на языке С++: продолжение”. Install the EduTools plugin for CLion (read the installation guide here), go to File | Learn and Teach | Start Stepik course, insert the course link, and dive into the basics of C++.
Check out the plugin release notes and upgrade now!
IntelliJ IDEA Edu and PyCharm Edu 2019.1.1
Welcome in v. 2019.1.1 the IDE builds for PyCharm Edu and IntelliJ IDEA Edu (IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition with the EduTools plugin) – with the latest plugin version and IDE post-release bug-fixes.
Your Educational Products Team