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๐Ÿ”ฅ What's Hot in Web Development? โ€” Weekly Picks #112

๐Ÿ”ฅ What's Hot in Web Development? โ€” Weekly Picks #112
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Saqib Ameen
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I hope you all had a great week! The first month of 2020 went by so quickly. We were super busy working on an exciting new project which is almost done โ€” can't wait to share with y'all. ๐Ÿ™ˆ

How was your first month of 2020? What did you accomplished or plan to accomplish down the year? Share your goals and thoughts in the comments section.

Back to the weekly picks, this time it's a mix of topics that developers loved. It includes JavaScript, Git, Chrome APIs, productivity tools, frontend, and more. So, let's jump in! โšก๏ธ

1๏ธโƒฃ Stop using for loop, here are other cool options

A very beginner-friendly article to help you get started with different ways you can manipulate the array elements. It discusses topics like Array.map(), Array.reduce(), and Array.filter() to help you effectively write your code. ๐ŸŽฏ

2๏ธโƒฃ 20 Top Frontend Developers Tools in 2020

โšก๏ธ It's an extensive list of some great tools for frontend developers. Along with each tool, there's a description to help you understand its purpose. For beginners, it's a great resource to level up their game.

3๏ธโƒฃ 10 Chrome Console Utility APIs You Probably Never Used

๐ŸŽ– As a web developer, we know how crucial Chrome dev tools are. We almost use it on a daily basis to develop applications. This list contains some interesting but rarely used APIs that can be used during development.

4๏ธโƒฃ Learn JavaScript functional programming from Avengers

๐Ÿ’ก This is the second time this post is getting featured in the weekly picks of Daily. It's definitely a fun way to learn and remember things for a long time. If you are an Avengers fan, you should definitely check it out.

5๏ธโƒฃ Understanding The GIT Workflow

A very beginner-friendly guide on understanding and getting started with Git. If you are starting out as a developer, this is a must-have skill. It's an extensive guide containing descriptive images, code snippets, and GIFs to help you get started.

6๏ธโƒฃ How 15 minutes saved me over $100/year in hosting costs for my personal website

That's something I can relate to. To create your personal site, you don't need an extensive hosting plan and domain manager. Instead, all you need to pay is for domain and you can use JAMStack to create a personal site. It's super cheap and easy to maintain.

7๏ธโƒฃ How to use Smart Notes

๐Ÿ“ Smart Notes is a new tab chrome extension to create and manage notes in your browser. It's a newly launched product on ProductHunt. If you have a hard time finding a proper tool for note-taking, maybe try this out.

8๏ธโƒฃ Introducing Yarn 2! ๐Ÿงถ๐ŸŒŸ

๐ŸŽฏ Yarn 2 is one of the hot topics of previous week. After a years of development, it's finally live. It comes with an exciting new set of features. The developers' community has mixed feelings about Yarn 2. You can follow the hashtag on Twitter to learn more.

9๏ธโƒฃ Kowalla โ€” The world's first fully-online coworking space

๐Ÿ™Œ Kowalla is an online co-working space to share with the community what you are building. So you have a public place to be accountable. According to their ProductHunt page, it is described as:

๐ŸจKowalla is the world's first fully-online coworking space. Start your project and create live posts to share your progress. Cowork with others, and build a timeline of your project as you build.

๐Ÿ”Ÿ Flow, a truly new browser with a new rendering engine

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป Flow is a new browsing engine by a British company called Ekioh. It uses Spider Monkey and performs pretty well on animations. Since it's not out yet, we can't say anything for sure. Excited to check it out when it comes to the market!

๐Ÿ™Œ Wrap Up!

This was all from the previous week. Let's know what you think of the trends this week in the comments below.

We will come back with another list of interesting development posts next week. Till then, peace! โœŒ๏ธ


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