--- title: Best DevDojo posts — April 2022 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted DevDojo posts from April 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/devdojo/best-of/2022/04 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/devdojo/best-of/2022/04 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best DevDojo posts — April 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted DevDojo posts from April 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of DevDojo — April 2022 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/reactjs-virtual-dom-and-reconciliation---explain-like-i-m-five-cjb9u-zpi "ReactJS Virtual DOM and Reconciliation - Explain Like I'm Five") Article DevDojo · 4y ReactJS Virtual DOM and Reconciliation - Explain Like I'm Five ReactJS is a web app that uses the DOM (Document Object Model) to create web pages. DOM is represented as a tree structure document object that can be queried and updated. A new Virtual DOM tree is created whenever the element's state changes. Virtual DOM is created as a copy of the original DOM. 24 2 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/21-best-react-component-libraries-to-try-in-2021-sw8e3dv1n "21 Best React Component Libraries To Try In 2021") Article DevDojo · 4y 21 Best React Component Libraries To Try In 2021 React is a JavaScript library that lets you develop a top UI for both web and mobile applications. It conveniently integrates with other JavaScript frameworks and libraries and includes small, reusable bits of code called the components. React component libraries not only optimize your UI development process but also provide extreme flexibility due to their high modularity. 23 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/top-8-php-frameworks-for-2022-c-9y7kp-a "Top 8 PHP Frameworks for 2022") Article DevDojo · 4y Top 8 PHP Frameworks for 2022 If you’re planning on using PHP as your programming language of choice, choosing the right framework is just as important. Laravel has matured into one of the most popular frameworks, and it's easy to see why. Slim is known for its small size, ease of use and speed. Yii2 is a modern framework that is pretty easy to learn. 21 4 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/6-useful-checklists-every-developer-should-know--uqovmelne "6 Useful Checklists Every Developer Should Know 📃💯") Article DevDojo · 4y 6 Useful Checklists Every Developer Should Know 📃💯 The product lifecycle often holds us accountable for so many things. Even if you think you are aware of everything, it is always a great practice to double-check. I have compiled some of the most useful checklists. These include everything from design and performance to product launch, marketing strategies, and internet security. 17 5 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/web3-acronyms-j77pvazbv "Web3 Acronyms") Article DevDojo · 4y Web3 Acronyms The awesome world of Web3 is fascinating; however, there are so many acronyms that it may have you scratch'n the ol'noggin a few times. In this post, I want to help you out by decoding 10 Popular Web3 Acronyms. 17 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/making-your-own-email-subscription-service-with-node-js-pgkkrkxec "Making your own Email Subscription Service with Node.JS") Article DevDojo · 4y Making your own Email Subscription Service with Node.JS It's common for websites to have a subscription button, where you can pass along your email address, and you'll receive emails every week, month or day. In this article I'll show you it's pretty easy to create your own, although you will obviously still have to pay for hosting. Let's look at how to create an email subscription service with MongoDB and Node.JS. 16 2 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/future-javascript-new-array-methods-coming-soon-ahzc9hkst "Future Javascript: New Array Methods Coming soon") Article DevDojo · 4y Future Javascript: New Array Methods Coming soon The "Change Array by Copy" proposal adds 4 new methods which will copy an array, and then change it in some way. Currently, these features are not supported in any major browser or Node.JS version. We can expect them to be supported soon though, since this specification has reached Stage 3 in the Javascript proposal process. 12 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-mongoose-with-next-js-for-mongodb---okcgtnph "🗃️ How to use Mongoose with Next.js for MongoDB?") Article DevDojo · 4y 🗃️ How to use Mongoose with Next.js for MongoDB? Next.js is an amazing full-stack framework and MongoDB is a great NoSQL database. Using them together will make an app super fast and awesome! In this post, we'll go ahead and set up the Mongoose ODM inside our Next.js app to make use of MongoDB. 12 2 9. 9 [](https://daily.dev/posts/convert-text-selection-to-image-instantly-y4dnireki "Convert text selection to image instantly") Article DevDojo · 4y Convert text selection to image instantly Text to image extension helps you to convert any selected text to an image without leaving your browser. This extension can be used to share long texts as replies/tweets on Twitter. You can customize the look of the image that is generated from the selected text with the help of the options available. 11 3 10. 10 [](https://daily.dev/posts/multi-step-form-with-react-formik-w81xbl3go "Multi-Step Form with React & Formik") Article DevDojo · 4y Multi-Step Form with React & Formik Multi-step form is the way to go if one needs to collect detailed user data. Let's begin with creating a component - Stepper.js & later import in our App.js. We can think of having an index which will be passed to stepper & stepper will appear accordingly. As the index will be updated by the steps as the flow moves forward, we can make use of Context. 10 11. 11 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-mongodb-qvmyv7j4f "How to use MongoDB") Article DevDojo · 4y How to use MongoDB MongoDB is a NoSQL database that stores data in the form of JSON. To use it we need to install it and use the compass app. We will also need a command line tool to use MongoDB in the command line. 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