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Weekly Picks Apr 21, 2021

Context vs Redux, notebookJS, kickass GitHub profile page - Picks #176

Check out our weekly picks that include inspiring portfolios, JavaScript fundamentals, OOP, and more

Ido Shamun
Testing Apr 19, 2021

Unit Testing Fraud: Why Code Coverage is a Lie

The coverage report can be helpful in identifying untested code, but targeting a percentage of coverage does not equal quality-tested code.

Braydon Coyer
gRPC Apr 15, 2021

Getting practical in building an API Gateway for gRPC microservices

Building API Gateway for gRPC microservices. Rethinking external APIs.

Konstantin Ostrovsky
Weekly Picks Apr 14, 2021

Building micro-frontends, improve your programming skills, and a free Apple Watch - Picks #175

Documentation as code, JavaScript tips & tricks, improve your coding skills and more on this week's picks

Ido Shamun
Webdev Apr 13, 2021

10 Most Common Accessibility Mistakes: An Actionable Checklist

It is important that the Web be accessible to everyone in order to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with disabilities.

Anna Monus
Insights Apr 12, 2021

How to improve your programming skills in 2021 [The Full Guide]

Improving as a developer is not only about problem-solving skills and coding. It's a long-term journey with many ways you can choose to get better.

Nimrod Kramer
React Apr 8, 2021

Building React micro-components with styled system

In this article, we would be learning about Styled system; a utility first styling library that works in tandem with css-in-js libraries such as Styled-com

Lawrence Eagles
Weekly Picks Apr 7, 2021

Perfect Score Portfolio, Flutter In 5 Days, WWDC21 - Picks #174

Perfect score portfolio, Flutter In 5 days, WWDC21, and much more

Ido Shamun
Tailwind CSS Apr 6, 2021

Creating a custom Tailwind CSS color plugin

Tailwind CSS provides an API for other developers to write plugins that will help them to build beautiful UIs. In this post, I will show you how

Ido Shamun
Architecture Apr 5, 2021

How to Achieve End-to-End Microservices Visibility in Asynchronous Messaging with OpenTelemetry

When it comes to microservices and distributed systems, you need to see the full picture and the small details. But how do you get visibility?

Michael Haberman
daily.dev Apr 1, 2021

daily.dev is launching new Clubhouse-like channels for audio chats

We're on to the drop-in audio trend with Fireside Chat! A whole-new feature in daily.dev for interacting via audio chats.

daily.dev
Tailwind CSS Apr 1, 2021

Everything you need to know about Tailwind CSS JIT Compiler

It's an experimental just-in-time compiler for Tailwind CSS that generates your styles on-demand as you author your templates.

Nimrod Kramer
Weekly Picks Mar 31, 2021

JavaScript Bot, SVG Generators, Building a Video Chat App - Picks #173

Another issue of our weekly picks: JavaScript bot, SVG generators, building a video chat app and more

Ido Shamun
React Mar 31, 2021

Create powerful and flexible forms with React Hook Form

Learn how to create performant, flexible, and extensible forms with easy-to-use validation with React Hooks.

Vaibhav Khulbe
Tailwind CSS Mar 30, 2021

Create reusable Tailwind CSS components with React and TypeScript

My take on how to achieve a similar developer experience to styled-components with Tailwind CSS

Ido Shamun
daily.dev Mar 26, 2021

How to get featured on daily.dev?

In this post, we answer one of the most common questions we get - how to get your article featured on daily.dev?

Nimrod Kramer
Weekly Picks Mar 24, 2021

Your PWA is going to break, lazy load images, new CSS selectors - Picks #172

Your PWA is about to break, lazy load images, new CSS selector, and more. Check out our weekly picks

Ido Shamun
Tailwind CSS Mar 23, 2021

Tailwind CSS JIT Compiler: First Impression

The new Tailwind CSS JIT Compiler is a game-changer when it comes to development experience. In this post, I share my first impression and how to use it

Ido Shamun
Alpine.js Mar 22, 2021

Alpine.js guide 2026: directives, magic props & use cases

Alpine.js is Vue-like reactivity in ~7kB. This guide covers every directive, magic property, and a real movie-search app you can build along the way.

Chidume Nnamdi
Weekly Picks Mar 17, 2021

Tailwind CSS Gems, Micro-Frontends, 3 Biggest Failures - Picks #171

This week is all about micro-frontend, Tailwind CSS, the biggest failures and more!

Ido Shamun
Tailwind CSS Mar 15, 2021

Why I moved from styled-components to Tailwind CSS and what's the future of CSS-in-JS?

Learn from my experience as I share the process of moving from styled-components to Tailwind CSS and why I did it

Ido Shamun
Career Mar 11, 2021

How TikTok Got Me Into Tech - With Zero Experience

A short story of how I successfully got a job in the tech industry with no technical experience, after following a TikTok’s advice.

Sadie Perkins
Weekly Picks Mar 10, 2021

The Dark Side of Javascript, Guide to Code Refactoring, Lazy Properties Are Good - Picks #170

The Dark Side of Javascript, Guide to Code Refactoring, Flutter 2.0, new TypeScript Handbook, and more...

Ido Shamun
Backend Mar 9, 2021

A Guide To Writing Clean API Calls Using Axios

Write better and more readable frontends using Axios.

Agustinus Theodorus
React Mar 5, 2021

Create smoking hot toast notifications in React with React Hot Toast

Smoking hot Notifications for React provides lightweight, customizable and beautiful by default notifications. Learn how to use it quickly with examples.

Vaibhav Khulbe
Webdev Mar 4, 2021

Introduction to Mirage.js: Mocking APIs

Mirage JS is an API mocking library that lets you build, test, and share a complete working JavaScript app without having to rely on any backend services.

Chidume Nnamdi
Weekly Picks Mar 3, 2021

Meet the HERN Stack, TypeScript 4.2, CSS4, 10 All-time favorite books - Picks #169

The HERN stack, TypeScript 4.2, CSS 4, all-time favorite 10 books, and many more on this week's picks

Ido Shamun
Mobile Mar 2, 2021

Clone WhatsApp Conversation Screen With Flutter

Learning how to code is so much fun when practicing it on actual use-cases. Learn a tiny bit of Flutter by creating a clone for WhatsApp.

Kriss
Backend Mar 1, 2021

Creating a capped leaderboard with Redis sorted set, secondary index, and Lua 🥇

Learn how to build a leaderboard using the Redis sorted set, Node.js and Lua

Ido Shamun
Weekly Picks Feb 24, 2021

Habits That Kill Your Career, Vue.js vs React, Technical Interview Questions - Picks #168

7 Habit That Kills a Developer Career, I'm Not Using JavaScript Anymore, 100 most asked JavaScript Interview Questions and more on this week picks :)

Ido Shamun

Developer news, read by people who ship.

Context vs Redux, notebookJS, kickass GitHub profile page - Picks #176

Unit Testing Fraud: Why Code Coverage is a Lie

Getting practical in building an API Gateway for gRPC microservices

Building micro-frontends, improve your programming skills, and a free Apple Watch - Picks #175

10 Most Common Accessibility Mistakes: An Actionable Checklist

How to improve your programming skills in 2021 [The Full Guide]

Building React micro-components with styled system

Perfect Score Portfolio, Flutter In 5 Days, WWDC21 - Picks #174

Creating a custom Tailwind CSS color plugin

How to Achieve End-to-End Microservices Visibility in Asynchronous Messaging with OpenTelemetry

daily.dev is launching new Clubhouse-like channels for audio chats

Everything you need to know about Tailwind CSS JIT Compiler

JavaScript Bot, SVG Generators, Building a Video Chat App - Picks #173

Create powerful and flexible forms with React Hook Form

Create reusable Tailwind CSS components with React and TypeScript

How to get featured on daily.dev?

Your PWA is going to break, lazy load images, new CSS selectors - Picks #172

Tailwind CSS JIT Compiler: First Impression

Alpine.js guide 2026: directives, magic props & use cases

Tailwind CSS Gems, Micro-Frontends, 3 Biggest Failures - Picks #171

Why I moved from styled-components to Tailwind CSS and what's the future of CSS-in-JS?

How TikTok Got Me Into Tech - With Zero Experience

The Dark Side of Javascript, Guide to Code Refactoring, Lazy Properties Are Good - Picks #170

A Guide To Writing Clean API Calls Using Axios

Create smoking hot toast notifications in React with React Hot Toast

Introduction to Mirage.js: Mocking APIs

Meet the HERN Stack, TypeScript 4.2, CSS4, 10 All-time favorite books - Picks #169

Clone WhatsApp Conversation Screen With Flutter

Creating a capped leaderboard with Redis sorted set, secondary index, and Lua 🥇

Habits That Kill Your Career, Vue.js vs React, Technical Interview Questions - Picks #168