This month's most useful tools for developers

27th March 2020

Some are about new thinking or new techniques, some are about legacy technology and some are just useful resources for different languages or platforms. Some are just lolz. The brief is simple - if we think they’re useful, you might too.

VR has a brand new mini story set in the Portal Universe.

It features 10 brand new puzzles, specifically designed to work using the 360 degrees room scale that SteamVR offers.

Project LightSpeed: Rewriting Messenger to be faster, smaller, and simpler

To build this new version of Messenger, we needed to rebuild the architecture from the ground up and rewrite the entire codebase. Discover more here

In today’s Messenger, the contact list is a single dynamic template. We are able to change how the screen looks without any extra code.

Why the GOV.UK Design System team changed the input type for numbers

GOV.UK Design System changed the element it uses for inputting numbers, making it more accessible and easier to use

Matthew McConaughey Gives Us The Only Pandemic Pep Talk We Need

https://youtu.be/7eLhOhcuMWM

Apple won’t let bad guys use iPhones in movies

“Apple... they let you use iPhones in movies but — and this is very pivotal if you’re ever watching a mystery movie — bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera,” Click here to solve the mystery

Copy File Name as Full Pathname to Clipboard in Mac OS X Finder

Advanced Mac users who need frequent access to a files complete path in macOS and Mac OS X may find themselves turning to the drag & drop Terminal trick or performing a variety of other tricks

Copy a file path to clipboard in Mac OS X as the complete path name

‎a16z Podcast: Innovation Through Software Development and IT on Apple Podcasts

This one is a high-level look at DevOps, talking about what it does for businesses and how to introduce it.

Create hand-washing infographics with your favourite lyrics

Keep healthy to the sound of your choice

Lambda? You keep using that letter- Kevlin Henney

https://youtu.be/Y7StjYhXvpE

If you need a whiteboard for remote meetings

Scalable, secure, cross-device and enterprise-ready team collaboration whiteboard for distributed teams on Mir

Cambridge University has made all their Ebooks free to access

https://youtu.be/gcCTCV1atbM