--- title: Best gitconnected posts — October 2020 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted gitconnected posts from October 2020, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/gc/best-of/2020/10 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/gc/best-of/2020/10 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best gitconnected posts — October 2020 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted gitconnected posts from October 2020, 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 gitconnected — October 2020 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/software-architecture-the-important-architectural-patterns-you-need-to-know-blfsnhhfj "Software Architecture: The Important Architectural Patterns You Need to Know") Article gitconnected · 6y Software Architecture: The Important Architectural Patterns You Need to Know 39 7 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-web-developer-portfolio-for-free-ait2g8zg9 "How to Build a Web Developer Portfolio for Free") Article gitconnected · 6y How to Build a Web Developer Portfolio for Free Stephen Anderson shows you how to build a free Web Developer Portfolio for free. Use GitHub Pages to host a static website from your GitHub account for FREE. Unsplash is a website with over 2 million free high-resolution images brought to you by the world’s generous photographers. 36 4 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/3-programming-habits-to-build-now-ljqgpfj8m "3 Programming Habits to Build Now") Article gitconnected · 6y 3 Programming Habits to Build Now There are three programming habits to begin immediately to make your programming journey an effective one. Learn how to learn effectively, problem-solve and get good at it. Despite your current path (school, bootcamp, or self-taught), at some point you will have to learn a language or technology on your own. 14 3 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/beginner-s-guide-to-linux-ixoqkwkd2 "Beginner’s Guide to Linux") Article gitconnected · 6y Beginner’s Guide to Linux The Linux kernel has 20 million lines of code and this is the smallest it has ever been. Linux is one of the biggest open-source projects in the world and about 95% of Linux is written using the C programming language. Some companies totally depend on Linux as it is more reliable, lightweight, secure, fast and opensource. 13 2 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-tailwind-css-and-why-you-should-use-it---wa4o2ni "What is Tailwind CSS and why you should use it") Article gitconnected · 6y What is Tailwind CSS and why you should use it Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework which means it has various utility classes which help to create layouts and rapidly create custom designs. Most UI frameworks like Bootstrap, Material UI, Bulma etc. have pre-designed UI components like cards, buttons, navbars, alerts. Tailwind CSS doesn’t give you pre-defined components to use. You can use tailwind utility-classes in any combination to create your own UI components. 13 2 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-crack-coding-interviews-v1rcclz1s "How to crack coding interviews") Article gitconnected · 6y How to crack coding interviews Coding interviews can be tiresome, especially if you have to manage it with your 9–5 job. The key to preparation for coding interviews is coding practice, a lot of it. Know the language you are going to use during interviews (e.g., C++/Java) Know basic Object-Oriented Programming Concepts, to be able to answer questions. 12 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/fetch-api-data-with-axios-and-display-it-in-a-react-app-with-hooks-e1cut9hc4 "Fetch API data with Axios and display it in a React app with hooks") Article gitconnected · 6y Fetch API data with Axios and display it in a React app with hooks Fetch API data with Axios and display it in a React app with hooks. Fetch data from an Express backend and store it in MongoDB. Display the retrieved data in a child component. 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