PostgreSQL has come a long way. Over 30 years of constant development have provided us with one of the most exceptional open source products around. Over the years, PostgreSQL has become more and more popular. PostgreSQL 13 offers many more features and will give solutions an even bigger boost than ever before. Many of the new features open the door to further development in the future and will enable developers to implement cutting-edge technologies for decades to come. In this chapter, you will be introduced to these new features and will get an overview of what has been improved, added, and even changed.
The following topics will be covered:
- What's new in PostgreSQL 13?
- SQL and developer-related features
- Backup, recovery, and replication
- Performance-related topics
- Storage-related topics
All relevant features will be covered. Of course, there is always more, and thousands of other tiny changes have made it into PostgreSQL 13. What you will see in this chapter are the highlights of the new release.
