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Tools Feb 22, 2021

Meet our 5 days open-source side-project and its tech stack

Team daily.dev is a huge fan of side-projects, and we realized that it'd been a while since our last side-project.

Ido Shamun
Webdev Feb 19, 2021

Create a Chrome Extension with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Learn an easy way to experiment with building a Chrome Extension. You will learn how to build a calculator app for your first browser extension.

Suraj Vishwakarma
Weekly Picks Feb 17, 2021

CSS Hacks, JavaScript Animation Libraries - Picks #167

10 CSS hacks, JavaScript animation libraries, what's new in JavaScript, microservices architecture, and so much! Our weekly picks are here 🚀

Ido Shamun
Webdev Feb 17, 2021

Transpilers: How They Work and How To Build Your Own JS Transpiler

The post covers how transpilers and provides a way to build your own javascript transpiler.

Chidume Nnamdi
Career Feb 16, 2021

Top 5 Coding Challenge Websites Ranked by Data

Coding challenges websites ranked by data. That is the approach I chose for this article. I believe it can help you make a smarter choice and save time.

Nimrod Kramer
Tools Feb 10, 2021

You can stop looking for googleapis in your site’s analytics

Google has released a new update about its Search Consone Discover feature that would merge all referrer to be just "google.com"

Nimrod Kramer
Insights Feb 9, 2021

My Recent Tips For Optimizing Web Performance

If you don't care about web performance, you're missing out. Better performance leads to a better ux, conversion rate, and surprisingly also SEO.

Ido Shamun
daily.dev Feb 8, 2021

How we did it: upgraded tags system for daily.dev

We decided to create a proprietary auto-tagging system. This time, we wanted the tagging to be based on the post's actual content, regardless of the tags provided in each source's RSS feed.

Nimrod Kramer
Backend Feb 4, 2021

How To Build an SMTP Mail Server with Express, Node, and Gmail

Recently I had the opportunity to develop and integrate an SMTP Email Server into a more extensive full-stack application. Today we will reference the code from my solution for this tutorial.

Michael Rehnert
Career Feb 1, 2021

My favorite coding and entrepreneurship books 📚

My most recommended books are laid out here together with my personal notes. They all about engineering, entrepreneurship, and DevRel.

Ido Shamun
Architecture Jan 27, 2021

Configuring CloudWatch Logs for Identifying Memory Leaks on Windows Workloads in AWS

Recently I needed to identify potential memory leaks in a Windows application running in an AWS environment. CloudWatch metrics were used to be able to store this information over time for business le

Andrew Grube
Tools Jan 26, 2021

Creating a Killer GitHub Profile README Part 2

In this second article and final issue in this series, I will add the dynamic content injection and will get you familiar with GitHub Action workflows!

Braydon Coyer
Next.js Jan 25, 2021

Preact vs React: A lightweight alternative (Next.js included)

Preact is a 3kB alternative to React. If you care about performance, you should at least consider Preact as an alternative.

Ido Shamun
Insights Jan 20, 2021

How to Deal with the Stress of Being a Software Developer

As a software developer, you’ve probably experienced stress multiple times and every time seems a little different yet the sensation is the same. A developer’s job is very stressful due to its nature:

Patrick Bailey
Tools Jan 19, 2021

Creating a Killer GitHub Profile README Part 1

README's. You know, those markdown files that get created when you generate a new project or create a GitHub repository. Perhaps you're a developer who updates the README file for each project you wor

Braydon Coyer
AI Jan 14, 2021

Train a Neural Network to Count, with Javascript & Dannjs

Making a neural network yourself is a good way to familiarize yourself with a neural network concept. This is also relatively simple to do. The library we will use, Dannjs, makes it even easier to hav

Matias Vazquez-Levi
daily.dev Jan 11, 2021

Why we started The Monthly Dev

We took some inspiration from TED. We thought, what if we can make "TED for developers"? That would be super cool and refreshing! We wanted to bring a monthly series of online events but with a differ

Nimrod Kramer
Security Jan 7, 2021

Discover Techniques to Solve Web Security Challenges

This blog will walk you through some of the top web security attacks and will render you with some of the most practical solutions as well.

Dan Radak
Architecture Jan 5, 2021

Web Vitals Optimizations: Advanced Dynamic Import Patterns

Improving your web application's performance can increase both the conversion rate and the organic customer acquisition rate.

Ido Shamun
daily.dev Jan 4, 2021

The Monthly Dev: World-Class talks free for everyone

After long weeks of hard work, we're excited to introduce you to our new series of monthly events. We call it The Monthly Dev 🌈

Nimrod Kramer
Backend Dec 28, 2020

The 4 Creational Design Patterns In Node.js You Should Know

The article is part of my #learninpublic process. Thus, it's important to note that the article is a starter, and you can dig deeper. I recommend the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-

Catalin Pit
Mobile Dec 24, 2020

How to Add Preloader to Image in Flutter

Creating a state of the art apps with beautiful UI is a challenge for every mobile app developer. And, Flutter has made it easier and simple.

Kriss
Career Dec 21, 2020

Top 5 Mistakes I Made As A Junior Developer

In this article, I want to talk about the top five mistakes I made as a junior developer. They are not specific to my case, and many other developers have made the same mistakes.

Catalin Pit
Backend Dec 17, 2020

Server-Side-Rendering Renaissance

Web development has changed dramatically since the early days of the internet to now. In this article, I'll recap the major changes and try to predict the next trend.

Ido Shamun
daily.dev Dec 16, 2020

What’s new on daily.dev - Product Updates v.2.27.0

Real-time features are all around! Oh, and we also added a new reading ranks you shouldn't miss.

Nimrod Kramer
Career Dec 14, 2020

7 GitHub Repositories To Help You Crush Your Job Interviews

"In tech, interviews are harder than the actual jobs". This is a joke, but it can be true in many cases.

Catalin Pit
Webdev Dec 11, 2020

Create a crazy input interaction with lax.js. 🤪

Meet this JavaScript library that can make things look cool with crazy interactions. It's called LAX!

Vaibhav Khulbe
Trends Dec 11, 2020

Coding interviews post COVID-19

In this post, I share some pro tips on how to ace your coding interview in a remote setting.

Nimrod Kramer
Career Dec 7, 2020

Trying To Break Into Web Development? This Article Will Help You

I believe I get a dozen questions regarding what to learn to break into web development. As a result, I thought of writing an article about it, so my answer reaches more people.

Catalin Pit
Architecture Dec 4, 2020

Docker Compose: The Perfect Development Environment

Working on a full-scale project and keeping our local development environment up-to-date is not a simple task. Docker Compose to the rescue! 🦸‍♂️

Ido Shamun

Developer news, read by people who ship.

Meet our 5 days open-source side-project and its tech stack

Create a Chrome Extension with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

CSS Hacks, JavaScript Animation Libraries - Picks #167

Transpilers: How They Work and How To Build Your Own JS Transpiler

Top 5 Coding Challenge Websites Ranked by Data

You can stop looking for googleapis in your site’s analytics

My Recent Tips For Optimizing Web Performance

How we did it: upgraded tags system for daily.dev

How To Build an SMTP Mail Server with Express, Node, and Gmail

My favorite coding and entrepreneurship books 📚

Configuring CloudWatch Logs for Identifying Memory Leaks on Windows Workloads in AWS

Creating a Killer GitHub Profile README Part 2

Preact vs React: A lightweight alternative (Next.js included)

How to Deal with the Stress of Being a Software Developer

Creating a Killer GitHub Profile README Part 1

Train a Neural Network to Count, with Javascript & Dannjs

Why we started The Monthly Dev

Discover Techniques to Solve Web Security Challenges

Web Vitals Optimizations: Advanced Dynamic Import Patterns

The Monthly Dev: World-Class talks free for everyone

The 4 Creational Design Patterns In Node.js You Should Know

How to Add Preloader to Image in Flutter

Top 5 Mistakes I Made As A Junior Developer

Server-Side-Rendering Renaissance

What’s new on daily.dev - Product Updates v.2.27.0

7 GitHub Repositories To Help You Crush Your Job Interviews

Create a crazy input interaction with lax.js. 🤪

Coding interviews post COVID-19

Trying To Break Into Web Development? This Article Will Help You

Docker Compose: The Perfect Development Environment