The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

#top7

Every Monday 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. ❤️

1. Everyone is Capable

Tae'lur shares their professional coding journey with the community - we learn about interviewing, unpaid internships, and free learning resources. We also gain lots of advice.

How I Landed My First Web Developer Role Without A Degree or Bootcamp: Lessons Learned, Resources & Tips

Tae'lur Alexis 🦄⚛ ・ Dec 16 '19

#100daysofcode #webdev #career #motivation

2. Everything's a Box

Chen dives into the three positioning schemes -- normal flow, flat, and absolute positioning to help us understand one aspect of CSS layouts.

Understanding positioning in CSS

Chen Hui Jing ・ Dec 18 '19

#css #beginners #webdev

3. Helpful Hotkeys

For those that use VS Code, Yuriy put together a list of their most regularly used hotkeys.

Productivity boost with the keyboard in Visual Studio Code

Yuriy Markov ・ Dec 16 '19

#productivity

4. Beyond the Basics

Patrik shares ten tips for using Font Awesome icons.

Font Awesome guide and useful tricks you might not know about.

Patrik Kiss ・ Dec 21 '19

#webdev #html #beginners #tutorial

5. Three Reasons

As @codegar started considering the weight, components and utilities, and styling of Bootstrap, they decided to stop using the frameowork in any of their new projects.

Why I don't use Bootstrap anymore.

codedgar ・ Dec 20 '19

#css #bootstrap #html #webdev

6. Polygot Programming

Creator of PolyCong, Zaiste recommends four languages to consider for those learning to expand their knowledge base.

Programming Languages To Learn In 2020 To Boost Your Career As A Software Developer

Zaiste ・ Dec 17 '19

#beginners #webdev #career #javascript

7. Getting Unstuck

Richards shares the why and how of their newest career transition: from salary to freelance, and from devops to full stack web development.

From corporate DevOps to freelance full-stack

Richard Lenkovits ・ Dec 19 '19

#devops #webdev #career #motivation

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 Monday!