--- title: This month's most useful tools for developers < December 2019 description: This month's most useful tools for developers < December 2019 image: https://www.dootrix.com/hubfs/august-2023/Blog-header-e1582808577422.jpg --- # This month's most useful tools for developers < December 2019 Grace Warren 1 min read • 3 January 2020 Share: [Copy link ](https://www.dootrix.com/insights/this-months-most-useful-tool-for-developers-december-2019-2) [Share on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://www.dootrix.com/insights/this-months-most-useful-tool-for-developers-december-2019-2) [Share on X ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.dootrix.com/insights/this-months-most-useful-tool-for-developers-december-2019-2) 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. #### Amazon CodeGuru is a machine learning service for automated code reviews and application performance recommendations. Check it out [here](https://aws.amazon.com/codeguru/?nc2=h_ql_prod_ml_cg) #### Tony Brooker, the interview of the first computer programming language Tony Brooker, who has died aged 94, was a pioneer of computer programming and education. Read The Guardian [obituary](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/05/tony-brooker-obituary?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Slack) #### OG vs OpenAI Final Version 2019 | Game 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBEidvm_tZQ #### Read this Guardian article highlighting women who have made an impact in the tech industry The tech industry is dominated by men, but some of the world’s biggest education tech brands have [women at the helm](https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2019/jul/18/how-women-created-some-of-the-worlds-biggest-education-tech-companies) #### A special one,  just for Christmas Wham!'s Last Christmas has been remastered in 4K and it looks amazing! https://youtu.be/bwNV7TAWN3M #### Google reveals just how much of the world it’s mapped with Street View and Earth For the first time, Google has revealed how much of the world it has[ photographed](https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/13/21020814/google-world-mapped-street-view-earth-square-miles) #### The prize app designed to help deaf children in school Schoolchildren have won a competition by [designing an app](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-50729363/the-prize-app-designed-to-help-deaf-children-in-school) which transcribes school lessons for people who are deaf or who have hearing loss. #### Starcraft is like nothing else: 2 players at the keyboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzZW4Iiw59Y #### Twenty tech trends for 2020 From new gaming consoles to activism at Apple, The Guardian predicts the things you will – or won’t – [see in tech this year](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/14/twenty-tech-trends-for-2020-tesla-cybertruck-iphone-12-5g-nintendo-vr-ai-amazon) ###### *Like this stuff? 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