Jess Lee

for The DEV Team

Posted on Apr 20, 2021

The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

#top7

Every Tuesday we round up the previous week's top posts based on traffic, engagement, and a hint of editorial curation. The typical week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday, but don't worry, we take into account posts that are published later in the week. ❤️

Save hours of manual typing

A super handy list from @simonpaix! If you're just starting your coding journey, these tips might just save you a significant amount of time.

Mariana Simon

Apr 14 '21

10 useful VS Code shortcuts you should know ()

#productivity #vscode #webdev #beginners

895

3 min read

The only way out is through...

@alexlsalt shows us that we truly have so much to learn from early-career developers.

Alex Morton

Apr 19 '21

10 Things I've Learned After 3 Months as a Junior Software Engineer

#codenewbie #firstyearincode #career #womenintech

142

5 min read

Never underestimate the power of simplicity

@commentme shares some examples of the libraries that make Vanilla JS "somewhat impeccable".

Unnati Bamania

Apr 18 '21

Some libraries you can use with Vanilla JS

#javascript #webdev #html

908

5 min read

REST for the weary

@lucasnevespereira breaks down the process of writing a REST API using Golang. Best practices, galore!

Lucas Neves Pereira

Apr 13 '21

Write a Simple REST API in Golang

#go #postgres #docker #restapi

332

10 min read

👏This👏Is👏So👏Cool

@devdevcharlie thought it would be fun to toggle dark mode on and off by clapping your hands, just like those classic Clapper commercials. So, they built a way to do just that. What a great idea!

Charlie Gerard

Apr 14 '21

Toggle dark/light mode by clapping your hands

#tensorflow #machinelearning

267

5 min read

Don't let JS drive you nuts

As this post explains, JavaScript is accessible for newcomers, and a lot of what you'll use it for doesn't require an in-depth understanding of the mechanics. But this phenomenon can "trap" you if you're not careful. Good looking out, @jesuisundev.

Mehdi Zed

Apr 17 '21

Javascript: what I didn't understand

#todayilearned #webdev #javascript #career

172

10 min read

Running your containerized workloads on AWS

@aditmodi's post compares the three most important ways to run Docker on AWS.

Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) with AWS Fargate
Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS)
AWS Elastic Beanstalk (EB) with Single Container Docker

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That's it for our weekly wrap up! Keep an eye on dev.to this week for daily content and discussions...and if you miss anything, we'll be sure to recap it next Tuesday!