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Full Stack Is Not What It Used to Be

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The traditional definition of full stack development refers to a skill set that is required for writing software both for the frontend and backend of a web application or site. In recent years, the scope of full stack development has expanded significantly, though. Today, a full stack software developer is assumed to master various additional areas especially related to cloud infrastructure and deployment, message brokers and data analytics technologies. In addition, the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) and the rapidly spreading use of AI/ML technologies are introducing additional skill set requirements. In this paper, we discuss the expectations for a modern full stack developer based on our industry observations, and argue that these expectations have significant implications for software and web engineering education.

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  1. Nokia Bell Labs, Tampere, Finland

    Antero Taivalsaari

  2. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Tommi Mikkonen

  3. USI, Lugano, Switzerland

    Cesare Pautasso

  4. Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

    Antero Taivalsaari & Kari Systä

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Taivalsaari, A., Mikkonen, T., Pautasso, C., Systä, K. (2021). Full Stack Is Not What It Used to Be. In: Brambilla, M., Chbeir, R., Frasincar, F., Manolescu, I. (eds) Web Engineering. ICWE 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12706. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74296-6_28

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