Welcome to Developer Diary, a weekly chat to share what a week as a developer is like, for me at least 😊
What's been happening?
We had a Ladies of code meetup Tuesday which had a great talk from Jennifer on GraphQL.
Things are starting to open up a bit in Scotland. This week I have seen more people "in real life" than any other week since March 2020. I had dentist & nail appointment which also involved getting a subway for the first time in at least 6 months. These things shouldn't be a big deal, but in 2021 after a year of staying home... I was exhausted!
Reading 📚
I have started reading Shuggie Bain. I am only about 30 pages in, but already appreciate reading (and hearing in my head) voices that sounds like they are from east end of Glasgow. I know it's not going to be a glamorous view of the city, but important that voices that aren't normally heard are written.
- https://umbraco.com/blog/umbraco-9-beta-release/
- https://leaddev.com/career-paths-progression-promotion/document-yourself-framework-career-advancement
- https://leaddev.com/technical-direction-strategy/thin-line-between-technology-advocacy-and-ideology
- https://blog.jumoo.co.uk/2021/uSync-9-beta/
- https://github.com/leekelleher/umbraco-contentment/discussions/105
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/technology/basecamp-politics-ban-resignations.html
Listening 🎧
Learning 👩💻
Umbraco v9 is out! This is the first version in ASP .Net core, so a huge milestone. I have spent some time playing with the beta, seeing what's changed for me as a developer. For the next 4 weeks, Emma Burtow and I will be hosting "learn-a-thons" to do this as a group. We'll learn together how to work with Umbraco v9, test the beta and hopefully help with what needs documented ahead of the full launch.
Watching 📺
We discovered there was a new season of Superstore available, after finishing all the ones on UK Netflix a few weeks ago we were happy to have another collection of episodes available!
I am Jackie O documentary.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Goals for next week:
- Since we have a meetup on learning Umbraco v9, I have a goal to build a simple demo website in Umbraco v9!
- Get outside more (yes I say this all the time!)