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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.

Transport your Components Anywhere

Sometimes we want certain parts of a component in React to appear outside the component tree. Here, @smpnjn shows us how to transport our components anywhere! All we need to do is think with portals.

Advice for Junior Devs

@jeroendedauw shares some general and technical advice for junior developers, as well as some solid recommendations for supplemental reading.

DevOps Roadmap to Fit Your Background

Looking to become a DevOps engineer but not sure where to start? Look no further, @techworld_with_nana has written a roadmap tailored to 5 common backgrounds (from newbies to sysadmins).

Get Rid of If-Else Chains for Longevity

All programming principles and paradigms aim to enhance code readability and maintainability. In this article, @smuhammed shares some basic tips for code longevity.

We're Breaking Up with CSS-in-JS

@srmagura, the lead developer at Spot, delves into what originally attracted the team to CSS-in-JS, and why they have decided to shift away from it.

React Just Got Even More Awesome

We're getting an exciting new feature in React that will make all things async, especially data fetching, a lot easier. Check out all the new features with @dayvster!

Don't be Arrogantly Ignorant

Like @wesen, we agree that we should all aspire to make technology more welcoming. The best way to do so is to approach every situation with humility, compassion, empathy, and a love of technology & its communities.

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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Michael Tharrington

Big ole congrats to this week's winners @dayvster, @jeroendedauw, @techworld_with_nana, @smuhammed, @srmagura, @wesen, & @smpnjn. Y'all all shared some really awesome articles! 🙌

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Nick Taylor

Great work peeps!

Gym teacher from Glee saying amazing!

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Murtaza Hashwani

Good job guys! 😊

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Bobby Iliev

Awesome! Well done everyone!

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Erwin Holly

amazing

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