--- title: Best Hashnode posts — October 2020 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Hashnode posts from October 2020, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode/best-of/2020/10 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode/best-of/2020/10 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Hashnode posts — October 2020 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Hashnode 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 Hashnode — October 2020 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/5-ways-to-customize-vs-code-x-cmygtpa "5 Ways To Customize VS Code") Article Hashnode · 6y 5 Ways To Customize VS Code The beauty of Visual Studio Code is how easy it is to customize. I've spent tons of time learning how to optimize VS Code for me, so I wanted to share how you can do it too. Let's look at 5 different ways you can customize your VS Code. Themes are probably the first and easiest way to customize VS Code to look much nicer. Extensions add a lot more than just aesthetics. 72 20 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/40-amazing-developers-you-should-follow-on-youtube-esnp9tal5 "40 Amazing Developers You Should Follow On Youtube") Article Hashnode · 6y 40 Amazing Developers You Should Follow On Youtube There are some of the most amazing developers that will teach you everything you need to know for HTML, CSS and JS. If you want to learn anything from React, Angular, Vue or even NodeJS, Mongo, AWS and much more, there are great people to follow here. 69 7 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/21-awesome-dev-portfolios-for-your-inspiration-ecbq-s9k5 "21 Awesome DEV portfolios for your inspiration") Article Hashnode · 6y 21 Awesome DEV portfolios for your inspiration The internet is full of portfolios, and getting an employer’s attention in today's marketplace can be quite a challenge. Here I have compiled a nice list of 21 awesome DEV portfolios to inspire you to build or upgrade yours. Enjoy! I hope you enjoyed the read! Feel free to follow me on Twitter, LinkedIn, GitHub, Hashnode and DEV! 60 10 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/28-creative-404-pages-for-your-inspiration--xzejd1nxo "28 Creative 404 pages for your Inspiration 🧙‍♂️✨") Article Hashnode · 6y 28 Creative 404 pages for your Inspiration 🧙‍♂️✨ 56 5 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/top-42-react-resources-every-developer-should-bookmark-latest--y5tnajefp "Top 42 React resources every developer should bookmark [Latest]") Article Hashnode · 6y Top 42 React resources every developer should bookmark \[Latest\] Every developer needs resources to learn React. There are an immense number of resources both free and paid from where you can take some inspiration, learn new concepts or just listen to some podcast. Here are some of the best ones out there which you as a React dev should bookmark and use it as a reference whenever needed. 55 1 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-a-kickass-web-developer-in-2021-frontend-backend-tips--jitmhedqq "How to become a Kickass Web Developer in 2021 [Frontend & Backend Tips]") Article Hashnode · 6y How to become a Kickass Web Developer in 2021 \[Frontend & Backend Tips\] Web development is a domain where the work is involved in developing (or building) a website (ora web app) for the internet. Without knowledge of the web, you can't become a good developer. These are some of the tips all web devs should have whether you're a full-stack or a front-end dev. 49 3 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/50-essential-tips-for-every-developer--y89a-wgmp "50 Essential Tips for Every Developer.") Article Hashnode · 6y 50 Essential Tips for Every Developer. Whether you are starting to program or you are twenty years into your career, there is something here for you. You are never ready. That's the fun part. Just start! You'll figure everything out automatically. Asking for help is not a sign of weakness. Quit looking for perfection. 44 7 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-build-a-video-conferencing-app-qgtxtgtmm "Let's build a video conferencing app") Article Hashnode · 6y Let's build a video conferencing app In this article we will see how to build a video conferencing app. We will be using the following libraries:React Nodejs simple-peer socket.io chance.js yarn add express socket .io. In /home we will give the option to create room or join room. in /room/:roomId is where we will render the video streams from multiple users. 43 6 9. 9 [](https://daily.dev/posts/convert-your-website-into-an-app-with-3-easy-steps-u-lklmy7v "Convert your Website into an APP with 3 easy steps") Article Hashnode · 6y Convert your Website into an APP with 3 easy steps Progressive Web Applications are a technology built by Google developers. They allow developers to add native looks and some features like offline load & Push Notifications to your website. These are the three files needed to convert your current website into an installable PWA. You can use WorkBox API for service worker as its very simple. 41 7 10. 10 [](https://daily.dev/posts/an-easy-react-17-typescript-tailwind-css-nextjs-setup-spqao99pr "An easy React 17 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS + NextJS setup") Article Hashnode · 6y An easy React 17 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS + NextJS setup NextJS is becoming a de facto framework for modern web development. In this article we will build a starter repo that you can use for every new project. We'll add the TypeScript packages first, so later we can immediately add the typings. First, we'll need to install the tailwindcss package. Then we'll create a new file for the types file. 38 5 11. 11 [](https://daily.dev/posts/24-modern-es6-code-snippets-to-solve-practical-js-problems-wcgpsnjcq "24 modern ES6 code snippets to solve practical JS problems") Article Hashnode · 6y 24 modern ES6 code snippets to solve practical JS problems Here I have hand-picked some of the most useful code snippets from 30 seconds of code. It's an awesome resource, go ahead and show it some love. In this article I tried to sort them based on their practical use, answering common questions you may face in your project. 37 5 12. 12 [](https://daily.dev/posts/dark-mode-in-css-toggle--xwtr39sqm "Dark Mode in CSS (toggle)") Article Hashnode · 6y Dark Mode in CSS (toggle) Invert() function is used with filter property to invert the color samples. hue-rotate function is also used to rotate the hue of an element and its contents. Invert() requires an argument to be passed to it. This argument can be either a percentage value or a number. 34 2 13. 13 [](https://daily.dev/posts/remove-unused-npm-modules-in-less-than-30-seconds--anbgl91ud "Remove unused npm modules in less than 30 seconds!") Article Hashnode · 6y Remove unused npm modules in less than 30 seconds! Go to the project's root folder and run the below command. It will display all the unused packages in your project. To uninstall a module simply run the following command:npm uninstall or npm depcheck