--- title: Best DEV posts — April 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted DEV posts from April 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2024/04 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2024/04 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best DEV posts — April 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted DEV posts from April 2024, 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 DEV — April 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/2-sites-to-become-a-better-developer-km1pgv5w7 "2 Sites to Become a Better Developer") Article DEV · 2y 2 Sites to Become a Better Developer Discover two valuable resources for developers: Refactoring Guru, a site that provides knowledge on refactoring and design patterns, and Exercism, a platform for learning programming languages through practice exercises. 1.9K 61 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/21-html-tips-you-must-know-about-89tchxjwx "21 HTML Tips You Must Know About") Article DEV · 2y 21 HTML Tips You Must Know About Boost your coding skills with 21 HTML Tips including creating contact links, collapsible content, utilizing semantic elements, grouping form elements, enhancing dropdown menus, improving video presentation, supporting multiple selections, displaying text as subscript and superscript, creating download links, defining base URL for relative links, controlling image loading, managing translation features, setting maximum and minimum input length, enabling content editing, controlling spell checking, ensuring accessibility, defining target behavior for links, providing additional information, accepting specific file types, and optimizing video loading. 911 52 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/best-icon-libraries-for-a-dev-in-2024-otunn00kc "Best Icon Libraries for a Dev in 2024") Article DEV · 2y Best Icon Libraries for a Dev in 2024 Discover the top icon libraries every developer should consider in 2024\. These libraries offer high-quality icons, extensive collections, and easy integration with React projects, enhancing the visual appeal and functionality of digital experiences. 833 34 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-structure-my-react-projects-7rxkrybrk "How I Structure my React Projects") Article DEV · 2y How I Structure my React Projects Learn how to structure your React projects for better organization and clarity. Use absolute imports for cleaner and more readable import statements. Use the index.ts file as the public API of each feature. 751 24 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/new-web-portfolio-16bit-os-style-g5yv0s2bg "New Web Portfolio 16bit OS Style") Article DEV · 2y New Web Portfolio 16bit OS Style A completely revamped web portfolio dedicated to artists and developers, inspired by the style of an operating system. It features responsive design and adaptive language. 695 21 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/4-best-practices-for-backend-developers-ahqkqzdy3 "4 Best Practices for Backend Developers") Article DEV · 2y 4 Best Practices for Backend Developers Backend development requires programming language knowledge, frameworks, databases, and security protocols. Best practices include input validation, careful error handling, separation of concerns, and writing test cases and documentation. 568 13 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/backend-code-review-checklist-lkwgd4u6n "Backend Code Review Checklist") Article DEV · 2y Backend Code Review Checklist A checklist for backend code reviews covering code style, maintainability, requirements, API design, documentation, error handling, security, dependencies, logging, testing, performance, version control, and spelling. 421 6 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/boost-productivity-quality-essential-vs-code-extensions-dywt3yigy "Boost Productivity & Quality: Essential VS Code Extensions") Article DEV · 2y Boost Productivity & Quality: Essential VS Code Extensions Discover essential Visual Studio Code extensions that can boost productivity and code quality. From code formatting to error detection, these tools provide valuable features for frontend developers using JavaScript frameworks. 411 17 9. 9 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-have-a-home-server-kva4gcxch "Why you should have a home server") Article DEV · 2y Why you should have a home server Discover the benefits of having a home server, including centralized storage, automatic backups, media streaming, personal cloud, and a dedicated development environment. 402 8 10. 10 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-somebody-fired-using-git-ovoghtapg "How to get somebody fired using Git") Article DEV · 2y How to get somebody fired using Git The post humorously describes a trainee developer named Billy who learns Git by doing everything wrong, including pushing code to someone else's branch using --force, performing a hard reset on the production branch, and exposing the project's secrets by modifying the .gitignore file. The author emphasizes the importance of setting permissions in repositories and highlights the purpose of version control systems like Git. 385 31 11. 11 [](https://daily.dev/posts/optimising-react-apps-9jf65kywc "Optimising React Apps") Article DEV · 2y Optimising React Apps This article discusses the approach to optimizing React applications, addressing common performance challenges and exploring various optimization techniques. It highlights the importance of trade-offs in software optimization and provides a real example to demonstrate the process. It also mentions potential optimizations such as bundle splitting, lazy loading, server-side rendering, and using web workers and web assembly for computation-heavy applications. 269 5 12. 12 [](https://daily.dev/posts/bun-or-node-js-in-2024--8awbjikq1 "Bun or Node.js in 2024?") Article DEV · 2y Bun or Node.js in 2024? A comparison between Bun and Node.js for web development in 2024\. Learn about the key differences, speed, and suitability for startups and small teams. 253 27 13. 13 [](https://daily.dev/posts/all-about-apis-from-basics-to-best-practices--ekaervgea "All About APIs! From Basics to Best Practices 💡🚀") Article DEV · 2y All About APIs! From Basics to Best Practices 💡🚀 Learn about APIs, their significance, how they work, different types of APIs, RESTful APIs, HTTP methods, and best practices. 252 9 14. 14 [](https://daily.dev/posts/vs-in-css3-iwdtowbis ": vs :: in CSS3") Article DEV · 2y : vs :: in CSS3 Learn the difference between : and :: in CSS3, how to use pseudo-classes, and examples of pseudo-elements. 187 13 [See all DEV archives](/sources/devto/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2024/04#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2024/04","name":"Best DEV Posts — April 2024","description":"The most upvoted DEV posts from April 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2024/04#items","numberOfItems":14,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2-sites-to-become-a-better-developer-km1pgv5w7","name":"2 Sites to Become a Better Developer"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/21-html-tips-you-must-know-about-89tchxjwx","name":"21 HTML Tips You Must Know About"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/best-icon-libraries-for-a-dev-in-2024-otunn00kc","name":"Best Icon Libraries for a Dev in 2024"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-structure-my-react-projects-7rxkrybrk","name":"How I Structure my React Projects"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-web-portfolio-16bit-os-style-g5yv0s2bg","name":"New Web Portfolio 16bit OS Style"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4-best-practices-for-backend-developers-ahqkqzdy3","name":"4 Best Practices for Backend Developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/backend-code-review-checklist-lkwgd4u6n","name":"Backend Code Review Checklist"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/boost-productivity-quality-essential-vs-code-extensions-dywt3yigy","name":"Boost Productivity & Quality: Essential VS Code Extensions"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-have-a-home-server-kva4gcxch","name":"Why you should have a home server"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-somebody-fired-using-git-ovoghtapg","name":"How to get somebody fired using Git"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":11,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/optimising-react-apps-9jf65kywc","name":"Optimising React Apps"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":12,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bun-or-node-js-in-2024--8awbjikq1","name":"Bun or Node.js in 2024?"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":13,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/all-about-apis-from-basics-to-best-practices--ekaervgea","name":"All About APIs! 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