--- title: Best LogRocket posts — April 2021 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted LogRocket posts from April 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket/best-of/2021/04 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket/best-of/2021/04 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best LogRocket posts — April 2021 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted LogRocket posts from April 2021, 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 LogRocket — April 2021 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/3-services-to-deploy-your-node-js-app-for-free-xqgg9ij-h "3 services to deploy your Node.js app for free") Article LogRocket · 5y 3 services to deploy your Node.js app for free In this tutorial, we will see how to deploy a Node.js API built with Express and MySQL to three different services. All the services listed in this post are absolutely free, and the best part that is you don’t need to reach for your credit card — it will not be required. 70 5 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-use-an-electron-alternative-lh7bobjgy "Why you should use an Electron alternative") Article LogRocket · 5y Why you should use an Electron alternative Electron is a cross-platform application development framework created by GitHub. Electron integrated the Chromium project and Node.js into one bundle. It exposed a generic JavaScript API for native features such as displaying dialog boxes, sending notifications, and creating notification and tray icons. The Electron framework has several critical performance issues. 27 2 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-next-js-10-1-wh-cmxddd "What’s new in Next.js 10.1") Article LogRocket · 5y What’s new in Next.js 10.1 Next.js version 10.1.1 has been released. It adds fast refresh, a successor to React Hot Loader. Fast refresh lets the developer make code changes on any component and preview the results on the UI with minimal friction. It is claimed to be 3x more optimized, which means faster refreshes and shorter development cycles. 22 1 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/best-tailwind-css-components-and-template-collections-khdnxbiey "Best Tailwind CSS components and template collections") Article LogRocket · 5y Best Tailwind CSS components and template collections Tailwind CSS is a utility-first framework for rapidly building custom UI components. Unlike other CSS frameworks or libraries, it doesn’t provide pre-styled components. Instead, it provides low-level utility classes for styling CSS properties. 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