Late Autumn and rain has arrived to Finland and now we have good reason to stay at home and read about new ideas and what happens in technology.
Weekly notes, issue 12, 30.10.2016
Learning new things
Cyber Security Base with F‑Secure
Free and open course to learn about tools used to analyse flaws in software systems, necessary knowledge to build secure software systems, the skills needed to perform risk and threat analysis on existing systems and the relevant legislation within EU. It’s a course series by University of Helsinki in collaboration with F‑Secure Cyber Security Academy that focuses on building core knowledge and abilities related to the work of a cyber security professional.
Google Style Guides
Thinking about how to format your code? Luckily Google Style Guides has solved it for you. And with explanations like for Java.
Free programming books by O’Reilly
O’Reilly is known for their programming books and they’ve compiled the latest insights of what’s happening in the world of software engineering, architecture, and open source. Lot’s of topics regarding microservices from different aspects.
Open Guides: Amazon Web Services
“AWS’s own documentation is a great but sprawling resource few have time to read fully, and it doesn’t include anything but official facts, so omits experiences of engineers.” Open Guides: AWS is by and for engineers who use AWS. It aims to be a useful, living reference that consolidates links, tips, gotchas, and best practices. It arose from discussion and editing over beers by several engineers who have used AWS extensively.
The world of JavaScript
Progressive Web Apps with React.js: Part I – Introduction
Progressive Web Apps (PWA) take advantage of new technologies to bring the best of mobile sites & native apps to users. In the series of posts Addy Osmani shares his experience turning React-based web apps into PWAs.
Yarn – new JavaScript package manager
Yarn – fast, reliable, and secure JavaScript package manager. Alternative to npm client. Looks promising.
NPM vs. Yarn cheat sheet
Good survival guide to Yarn JavaScript package manager. Yarn has some goodies which npm doesn’t, like licenses generation.
Something different
11-hour struggle to make tea using Wi-Fi kettle
Making a cup of tea should be simple enough but if you’re using a Wi-Fi kettle it doesn’t always go according to plan.
Total Nightmare: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3
“Simple-looking port hides a world of complexity, and the (thankful) backward-compatibility uses different kinds of cables for different tasks. Shoppers have to be very careful to buy exactly the right cable for their devices!”
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