Day 8 - The 12 Days of DEV: August 2023

Greetings on Day 8 of "The 12 Days of DEV"! 🎄🎉 As we approach the year's end, let's journey through the top two articles of August 2023.

This compilation showcases the community's favorites, determined by a mix of comments, reactions, and page views (with just a very subtle touch of editorial curation). And while these articles shine as the most popular, it's worth noting that they vary from the DEV team's chosen Weekly Top 7 (though there might be some shared gems.) 🌟

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Memorization and learning to code

Carlos Diaz for The Odin Project ・ Aug 30

#beginners #productivity #programming #coding

Memorization is important, but as @bycdiaz wisely reminds us here, it’s also important not to get bogged down with trying to remember everything. It’s natural to forget things, so don’t freak out, just make sure you have a solid approach for relearning any knowledge that fades.

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Creating an animated navbar inspired by Vercel using React (Next.js v13), Framer-Motion, and Tailwind CSS

ashish ・ Aug 9

#webdev #tutorial #react #nextjs

When @asheeshh discovered a particularly cool navbar on the Vercel website, they did what any good dev would do… dig into the code so they could cop it for their personal site! “Good artists copy, great artists steal.”

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Stay tuned for the next installment of "The 12 Days of DEV" as we continue to unwrap the community's favorite articles. Happy reading, and we look forward to sharing more highlights with you! 📚🎁