Matti Luukkainen
Software Engineer at University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Mainland Finland
Summary
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RockstarMatti Luukkainen is a Helsinki-based software engineer and university lecturer with 13 years of experience building full-stack web applications and teaching software engineering. He actively contributes to open-source course material and reference projects—most notably updating the popular fullstack-hy2020 course and developing a file-persisted Todo app—demonstrating both front-end React work and back-end feature implementation. Comfortable across the stack, he blends practical teaching with real-world coding, often refactoring course content into clearer, production-ready components. Colleagues appreciate that he pairs classroom clarity with a developer’s eye for UX and reliable data handling.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (20)
javascript10
authentication10
user-authentication10
java10
javas10
fileio10
file-handling10
file-processing10
file-access10
react10
css9
jtest9
junit9
html9
typescripts8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
fullstack-hy2020/fullstack-hy2020.github.io
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:25 reviews, 1368 commits, 2524 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Matti primarily updated the course content, making modifications to the front-end pages, specifically updating the content of different parts. They added new content for parts 0 and 1 as well as part 9. The changes involve adding new code and/or refactoring the existing code in React components, and templates. These updates contribute directly to the course content.
mluukkai/OtmTodoApp
Feb 2018 - Dec 2020
Ohjelmistotekniika, referenssisovellus
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 56 commits, 5 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Matti contributed to the development of a Todo application, making changes across multiple files. Their commits focused on fixing bugs, implementing features like user login and logout, and adding file-based data persistence for users and todos. The user also modified the UI, including adding new scenes, buttons and closing functionality. The commits indicate both front-end and back-end development efforts.
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