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Gracie Gregory (she/her) for The DEV Team

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Top 7 Featured 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.

Never let a good crisis go to waste!

HTTPie for Terminal is celebrating 10 years since the first commit. This is cause for celebration, but recently, @jakubroztocil accidentally set the repo of this project to private causing the loss of many, many followers. Take a look at this post for some generous and valuable lessons learned.

Evolving Legacy Code Bases with Micro-Frontends

Micro-frontends are the present and the future for scaling large client-side applications. Let’s dig into the reasons that led @mbellagamba and his team to adopt it.

Write Better React Code in 2022

Although React is somewhat flexible in terms of how you can use it, following specific practices will help you get the most out of your experience. Following the release of React 18, @officialbidisha has some new info to share.

Is Warp the Future of Terminals?

Like a lot of programmers, @perkinsjr spends a lot of time in front of the command line. Warp is a brand new terminal experience, so let's talk about it.

Boost your React with Test-Driven Development

Writing tests before adding features helps write better code because you think upfront about the design patterns, the architecture, and the variable's name that will be used. Follow these TDD tips from @koladev

Spiff up your personal site

@tmchuynh believes that a dev's personal website should be an entity they are proud of in order to showcase the best parts of themselves to the industry. Here are some recent changes they made to spiff up their site ✨

Facing tough code monsters without letting them eat you

@colocodes recently read "Think Like a Programmer" by Spraul V. Anton and picked up some helpful problem-solving wisdom along the way. Check it out...

That's it for our weekly Top 7 for this Tuesday! Keep an eye on dev.to this week for daily content and discussions...and be sure to keep an eye on this series in the future. You might just be in it!

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Damian Demasi

Thank you, Gracie!

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Mangabo Kolawole

Thank you for mentioning me ❤️

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Nick Taylor

Great work peeps!

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