Top 7 Featured DEV Posts from the Past Week

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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.

'Tis the season to contribute

Such a fantastic guide to contributing to Forem, @blackgirlbytes! There is great advice in here for open source contributing in general, too 🌱

If You're Reading This, Contribute to Forem

Rizèl Scarlett for GitHub ・ Oct 12 '21

#hacktoberfest #opensource #github #forem

Sharing is caring

@zernonia is back with another fantastic challenge! in this one, you will create a minimalistic E-commerce Website with the touch of modern UI based on a design provided for you. 🎨

I Design, You Build! - Frontend Challenge #3

Zernonia ・ Oct 14 '21

#webdev #beginners #javascript #idesignyoubuild

Hacktoberfest: Start here...

It might be well into Hacktoberfest, but there's still time to contribute! If you have any questions or hesitations, this article by @ruphaa is a fantastic resource.

An Evergreen Guide to Hacktoberfest

Ruphaa ・ Oct 17 '21

#hacktoberfest #beginners #opensource

Dockerfile maintainability & security

Thanks for these awesome Dockerfile best practices, @y0n3uchy!

7 Easy-to-Follow Best Practices for Writing Dockerfile

Takashi Yoneuchi ・ Oct 13 '21

#docker #security #codereview #beginners

Up to date

As @jesusantguerrero says, dealing with dates and time as a human being is hard enough — and it's even harder as a software developer. In this post, you'll find out why and how to deal with this issue.

Dealing with timezones in web development

Jesus Guerrero ・ Oct 16 '21

#javascript #webdev #programming

It's a loud world

"If there's one thing I want people to get out of this, it's that I'm a whole human. You don't get all the benefits of autism without the drawbacks, and the drawbacks make you no less valid of love and acceptance."

@baweaver

You don't want to miss this article, folks!

Tales of the Autistic Developer - Loud Loud World

Brandon Weaver ・ Oct 17 '21

#autism #mentalhealth

Career revamp

I'll leave you with something supremely inspiring by @rinaarts...

How I got my career back on track

rinaarts ・ Oct 14 '21

#career

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!