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Futurice Developer Newsletter

Good morning fellow developers!

This first newsletter of the decade provides us a great opportunity to look both back and forward on what’s happening in the development world.
Here's this month's collection of hand-picked articles to get your day started.

Articles that made us talk

 

A year of react

 

A Year of React - 2019 in Review

Whether you worked on React last year or not, if you’re a web developer, I recommend taking a look at what happened in the React community during 2019. This review gathers together features and improvements and gives a good overview with links to articles, documentation and talks.


A Year of React - 2019 in Review

ECMAScript Proposals

 

ECMAScript Proposals

Interested in keeping up with what’s coming up with ECMAScript? TC39 is a group that develops the ECMAScript spec and this Github repository keeps track of all the proposals that have reached stage 2 or higher in the process.

ECMAScript proposals

Python 3.9.0a2

 

Python 3.9.0a2

After 20 years of development and maintenance, Python 2 has been sunset on the 1st of January 2020. Python 3 is already on its version 3.8 and new things are coming up in Python 3.9 which got its second alpha release just before the holidays for those who want to check out and experiment with the new functionality.

Python 3.9.0a2

Avoiding burnout as an ambitious developer

 

Avoiding Burnout as an Ambitious Developer

And while the technology keeps moving forward and there’s always new things coming up, it’s important to keep yourself healthy. Cassidy Williams writes about her experience of experiencing the burnout and gives you advice on how to avoid it.

Avoiding burnout as an ambitious developer

The Past, Present, and Future of extending Python

 

The Past, Present, and Future of extending Python - Travis Oliphant

Travis Oliphant, the creator of popular Python libraries SciPy and NumPy talks about the history of Python and why and how it became so successful. Looking back into the history of a language ecosystem helps us understand where we can go next.

The Past, Present, and Future of extending Python - Travis Oliphant

Upcoming Events

18.2. Google Developer Group Finland Meetup

We are hosting the first GDG meetup of the year on 18th of February. Join us to meet great people and learn about interesting topics!

 

18.2. Google Developer Group Finland Meetup

25.-29.5. React Finland 2020

React Finland is approaching and we’re proud to be partners again this year. The lineup looks great and the tickets are available now so make sure you don’t miss it!


25.-29.5. React Finland 2020

visit futurice events page

 

Jobs

Senior Full-Stack Developer | Helsinki

Are you excited about frontend, backend, or full-stack development, and thrive in a flexible environment that encourages continuous learning? Join us to build a workplace that helps people to develop their skills and gives them the freedom to become what they want to be.

Senior Full-Stack Developer | Helsinki

 

Cloud Developer | Helsinki

You're right at home with the cloud, web backends and building elegant APIs. You have always been a bit curious about how things work under the hood. You can position yourself in the role of a backend developer, cloud specialist or somewhere in-between.

Let's figure out if we fit together!

Cloud Developer | Helsinki

 

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