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The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

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.

The 4 most important hooks you need to know in React

A simple and to-the-point post on the most important React hooks you need to know — as advertised, @ishakmohmed!

Lights, camera, code 🎬

Kudos to @hieptl for sharing this incredibly thorough tutorial on... building Netflix to learn React?! 🤯 Impressive stuff.

Coding through the obstacles

Thank you to @resourcefulmind for providing this follow-up on your last article about how internet access is a major barrier for coders in Nigeria. Really glad you are finding some solutions that work for you. freeCodeCamp is awesome!

Vanilla JS Swirl 🍦

@ivavay built a Chrome extension that gives you a random Chinese idiom every time you open a new tab. They break down the process to help you learn how to make your own extension with JS

A safer and more secure Git

@mishmanners is here to save you from needing to authenticate Git so you don't have to type a password with every action. These ideas are SO helpful — and much more secure!

Soft skills, hard covers

@espoir has rounded up a mini library of books that will help your expand upon your soft skills as a developer. Do you have any titles to share?

De-mystifying the mystical ✨

Thanks to @endingwithali for this terrific look under the hood of web servers.

Want to read more of Ali's work? Head over to TheRelicans.com! It's a community created by New Relic for all levels of software developers — and it's built on Forem 🌱

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!

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Gracie Gregory (she/her)
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Opeyemi Stephen

I’m just happy to help people who are in my position all around Africa. Thank you for the mention @graciegregory

I hope to share more and more useful content in the nearest future. We need all the motivation we can get.

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Mohmed Ishak

Thank you, Gracie! Really appreciate that.

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Reviewpad

Welcome @hieptl , we're newbies around here too!

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Ivy Chen

Thanks for featuring my article 😍

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Espoir Murhabazi

I am so glad my post features here.

Hope you enjoyed it.

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