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Happy April! I loved the comic above as soon as I saw it, and it just goes to show we can all make progress in our own way! What's been your recent "Yes! Progress!" moment? Let us know.

We're looking for professional game developers to take part in paid  interviews. If you're interested, or know someone who might be, let us know here. 

Good news - this week's  Developer Nation t-shirt winner p*t*l*a*m*6*2@*m*i*.*o* from India 👕🎉 If you're reading this, then you stand a chance to win next time.

Our friends at CertNexus are offering 20% discount on all of their store products with code DNCCNX20.

Resources

Why should .NET developers care about Figma? Uno Platform for Figma was built on top of Figma to further help improve collaboration at handoff and simplify workflows. This article highlights why Figma is so highly adopted, the benefits of including it in your workflow and why as a .NET developer it should be on your radar. [PLATFORM.UNO]

Gamedev.js Survey 2021 report. Read the current state of the HTML5 Game Development in 2021. [GAMEDEVJS]

Unfettered developer freedom may be over. Carefully limiting choices (and complexity) lets developers focus on innovation and not worry about security and operations. [INFOWORLD]

How to become a web3 developer. A beginners guide to navigating the confusing world of web3. [DEVGENIUS]

The thirty-minute rule. Could this technique help you? [DANIELFELDROY]

Why APL is a language worth knowing. Rodrigo shares the characteristics of APL, that will influence your understanding of programming concepts and the way you use other languages. [MATHSPP]

Understanding layout algorithms. The mental model shift that makes CSS more intuitive. [JOSHWCOMEAU]

Introducing Warp: the terminal for the 21st century. Warp is in public beta and any Mac user can download and use it for free. Check out the pain points that the developer is fixing with this terminal. [WARP]

Hyper-personalization spikes app conversions by up to 250% Brands that utilise hyper-personalization approaches are driving conversion rates as much as 250% compared to one-size-fits all campaigns, according to new data from CleverTap. [BUSINESSOFAPPS]

What are the different stages of logistic mobile app development? A brief guide to explain the different stages of logistic mobile app development [JAVASCRIPT.PLAINENGLISH]

What senior developers DO and DO NOT want to see in your resume. It's not HR you need to impress. [THENEXTWEB]

Events

WWDC 2022 has been announced - what do we expect to see from Apple's remote event on June 6?

Devs for Ukraine is a free, online, engineering charity conference in support of Ukraine taking place between 25-26 April. So far there are 9 Front-End and 8 Back-End speakers at the event. 

Based in Athens, Greece? Come meet the talented Sistech Fellows willing to start a new career in digital & tech. The event takes place on 14 April.

SmashingConf 2022 is back as an in-version event in June, but you can also attend online, plus there are online workshops to register for in April and May.

Meta has said that it's 'pausing' F8 and won't hold a developer conference this year whilst it focuses on new initiatives, such as the metaverse.

What tools do you have in your digital toolbox? How about on your desk? Share what makes your life better as a developer. We'll spotlight you in our next newsletter issue!  Also, don't forget, we feature more resources on our repo.

Industry News

Windows 11’s refreshed File Explorer gets tabs, favorites, and a new homepage. Microsoft is bringing tabs to the File Explorer in Windows 11 soon, alongside a refreshed design that makes it easier to quickly access folders or find favorite files. The highly requested tabs feature was first spotted in Windows 11 test builds last month, and now Microsoft is making it official. [THEVERGE]

Epic Games' Unreal Engine 5 launches out of preview. Epic launched the engine out of preview during its latest State of Unreal event, offering the full toolset to game developers, filmmakers, and other creators. [NEOWIN]

Researchers uncover a hardware security vulnerability on Android phones. A study has found that the GPU in some Android smartphones could be used to eavesdrop on a user's credentials when the user types these credentials using the smartphone's on-screen keyboard, making it an effective target for hacking. [TECHXPLORE]

WSO2 launches low-code, cloud-native PaaS for API development. WSO2 Choreo offers a graphical, low-code development environment for building cloud-native APIs, integrations, and microservices, featuring built-in CI/CD and observability. [INFOWORLD]

Twitter is wiping embeds of deleted tweets from the web. Previously, a deleted tweet embedded in a web page would still display the text content of a tweet. Now that text is gone, showing only a blank box. Twitter is altering web pages with deleted embedded tweets by hiding the text with JavaScript — a choice that has many developers and open web advocates up in arms. [TECHCRUNCH]

Quick Hits

Firefox 99 for developers. [DEVELOPER.MOZILLA]

Ruby 3.2.0 Preview 1 released. [RUBY-LANG]

Kotlin 1.6.20 released. [BLOG.JETBRAINS]

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