Saurabh Sharma - DEV Community 👩‍💻👨‍💻

location

Delhi, India

work_status

I'm looking for work!

education

Diploma in Computer Engineering

joined

Nov 13, 2017

Last 250 Comments

re: dev.to vs hashnode Sep 20

re: 10 mistakes React developers make Sep 19

Even with my limited experience of prop-types. I would say ...

re: What do you use for password management? Sep 15

I use forgot password every single time. is it the right wa...

re: What time of day do you get your best work done? Sep 14

In the morning.

re: which tech/language/framework are you thinking of learning next. Sep 10

re: Welcome Thread - v39 Sep 10

Hi @nyangedix ,

re: What features do you like about JavaScript? Sep 9

There are a few of them first class JSON support Regex bu...

re: which tech/language/framework are you thinking of learning next. Sep 8

I looked at elixir and its syntax is very friendly.

re: Rust looks awesome Sep 8

I have a love-hate relationship with strict compiler and I ...

re: which tech/language/framework are you thinking of learning next. Sep 7

re: Whats a subreddit/slack/substack that you rely on? Sep 7

/r/reactjs /r/javascript

re: Why I think React Hooks are Slick Sep 7

I like hooks, they feel more natural to me. when I was try...

re: Why do you use web-based Terminal emulators? Sep 7

hey, I'm using Alacritty on windows, is there any way to ge...

re: Why do you use web-based Terminal emulators? Sep 7

re: A day with only the keyboard - no mouse! Aug 21

I was in a same situation for some time a few days back. ...

re: Lazy-loading images with the Intersection Observer Aug 21

Great article. Intersection Observer is so cool. Btw why y...

re: Frontend vs Backend Aug 2

Thanks for writing this. I wish you wrote it when I was new...

re: What you prefer svelte or react? Jul 28

I prefer svelte but use react for now.

re: What's new and upcoming in browser land? Jul 25

Waiting for Edge to come, finally something that would comp...

re: Practical Ways to Write Better JavaScript Jul 25

Just checked out JSON server it looks really cool, Thanks

re: What are you (still) not interested in learning? Jul 17

re: What was the most difficult thing to learn about JavaScript for you? Jul 13

Type Coercion still bites me.

re: Once and for all: const in JavaScript is not immutable Jul 12

So that's why there libraries like Immutable.js, but it wou...

re: Once and for all: const in JavaScript is not immutable Jul 12

The thing is const never let you to change the memory addre...

re: What’s your default terminal shell? And what do you love the most about it? Jul 6

I would try fish, thanks for recommending.

re: What’s your default terminal shell? And what do you love the most about it? Jul 5

zsh, with oh my zsh but I don't really care about anything...

re: What's one advice you'd give to someone heading to a web development interview? Jul 1

focus on language more than frameworks have good side proj...

re: frontend development is over-complicated. Jul 1

and then comes the hooks update 🤯 and all you're code is no...

re: frontend development is over-complicated. Jul 1

instead of advocating for framework people should focus in ...

re: frontend development is over-complicated. Jun 30

In my opinion we are using more complicated tools than the ...

re: What Dev.to Theme Are You Using? Jun 29

the minimal one, greyish

re: Convince me that types are awesome Jun 29

Its a different experience I usually had experience with dy...

re: What are your favorite developer tools? Jun 28

try zeal or dash if you haven't already

re: What are your productivity tools? Jun 28

for launcher I used to use wox would try Keypirinha

re: JavaScript 101: Arrow Functions Jun 25

Classical React example of Counter class App extends Rea...

re: JavaScript 101: Arrow Functions Jun 25

why would you need this when you don't use classes.

re: What Advice Would You Give Your 20-year-old Self? Jun 24

oh god! I'm 19 😏

re: Language Installers on Windows Compared : Python, Rust and Ruby Jun 22

I like ruby but I never used it seriously just because of b...

re: JavaScript 101: Arrow Functions Jun 22

I tend to use hooks in new code and avoid this altogether.

re: Is Ubuntu Or Fedora A Better Distro For Programmers? Jun 22

I agree that some language that better integration and supp...

re: Kotlin - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Jun 22

Kotlin has a very large set of Keywords and Operators. ...

re: Why you need to give Firefox a chance Jun 22

a picture says thousand words.

re: Both Air Conditioner and Operating System become useless when you open WINDOWS Jun 22

I'm running windows in 2 gb RAM and doesn't feel any slower...

re: A Collection Of Java Programming Resources For Beginners Jun 22

awesome java is also a good resource github.com/akullpp/awe...

re: Is Ubuntu Or Fedora A Better Distro For Programmers? Jun 22

In my case, If I get a web browser (firefox, chrome). th...

re: What's new and interesting in Java? Jun 21

The most important things for me are: JavaFX: javafx is a ...

re: Do you clone Git repos via HTTPS or SSH? Jun 14

thanks for taking the time to tell my that, now I get that.

re: Svelte 3 Tutorial for The Impatient (React) Developer Jun 13

oh, Svelte looks nice. Thanks for writing this.

re: Do you clone Git repos via HTTPS or SSH? Jun 13

I use GPG keys at work but I never get how GPG keys are mo...

re: Do you clone Git repos via HTTPS or SSH? Jun 13

no, is there any benefit of signed commits?

re: Four Firefox Dev-Tools I use daily Jun 13

when I tried it, It didn't have good support for add to hom...

re: Rust for the Brave and True Jun 12

Disclaimer: Not the original author I think the difference...

re: Are CSS and HTML programming languages? Jun 12

is HTML and CSS turing complete?

re: What's your favorite addition to ES2015+ Jun 12

native support for import/export 😂 and certainly those bact...

re: What's your favorite addition to ES2015+ Jun 12

I wish there could be such an easy way to remove elements f...

re: Creating a native executable in Windows with GraalVM Jun 12

aww, thats cool. ♥️

re: Four Firefox Dev-Tools I use daily Jun 12

firefox is so cool, I used to use it after quantum release ...

re: when native apps makes more sense than web apps Jun 12

agreed. Change always happens and always being ready for it...

re: How to implement the Web Share API with a fallback Jun 12

oh, thats great 🍺

re: What does your Terminal look like? Jun 12

thanks for sharing this @thomasbnt

re: when native apps makes more sense than web apps Jun 11

There can be problems with that but I also don't like that...

re: Do you clone Git repos via HTTPS or SSH? Jun 11

thats what I like about https no hassle to generate keys an...

re: Do you clone Git repos via HTTPS or SSH? Jun 11

I think git for windows uses windows credential manager so ...

re: How to implement the Web Share API with a fallback Jun 11

we used execCommand and navigator API developer.mozilla.org...

re: How to implement the Web Share API with a fallback Jun 11

we (a few weeks back) use something similar to web share...

re: Benefits of a Component Library Jun 9

re: Cmd or Cmder? Which command line tool? Jun 9

currently hyper or fluent terminal but will definately go t...

re: VSCode or Atom? Jun 9

vs code is nice but sublime text is king when it comes to p...

re: Benefits of a Component Library Jun 9

Component library increases productivity greatly and if you...

re: React vs Preact? Jun 8

I would say start with react and eject when you find preact...

re: Explain Like I'm Five: Can junior developer make use of docker in any way May 30

I personally never used docker for frontend (I have pretty ...

re: How many computer devices do you own? May 29

I have listen great things about iphone SE, how is it servi...

re: We'll be adding more design and moderation clarity to tags like #help, #discuss, etc. We're also introducing a new badge! May 27

re: We'll be adding more design and moderation clarity to tags like #help, #discuss, etc. We're also introducing a new badge! May 27

I had 2 posts which both have more than 300 comments but th...

re: 7 Ways to make your Tweets more Accessible May 23

like #LoveYouTwitter ?

re: 7 Ways to make your Tweets more Accessible May 22

Adding alt text to gifs, I will keep that in mind, thanks

re: What "accepted truth" in software development do you find questionable? May 21

it's just because you don't break the web like mootools did...

re: JavaScript and Accessibility: Accordions May 20

really nice post, Is using detail element for accordation d...

re: A New Coding Style for Switch Statements in JavaScript/TypeScript May 17

I also prefer thing method,

re: Highlight text with HTML mark tag May 17

re: What book should I read next? 🤔 May 16

pragamatic programmer is only book I have read among those ...

re: Highlight text with HTML mark tag May 16

I think progressbar is another lesser known element which c...

re: Washing your code: avoid loops May 16

while I don't find for of loops less readable than any func...

re: Styled components: what, why and how? May 16

re: Styled components: what, why and how? May 16

the real problem is you need to eject create-react-app for ...

re: Styled components: what, why and how? May 15

really nice post. using styled for a few months now. btw P...

re: 💡🤔 Early Thoughts on TypeScript May 11

When I started doing typescript I did everything as any whe...

re: How to delete all your local branches but keep master Apr 29

re: How to delete all your local branches but keep master Apr 28

Is there any way to merge everything in master before dele...

re: 5 Tips and Tricks for Firefox DevTools - JavaScript Debugger Apr 28

re: 5 Tips and Tricks for Firefox DevTools - JavaScript Debugger Apr 28

"What's is the biggest lie in the universe?" What's answer ...

re: Learn by Contributing Apr 26

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_p...

re: Do we really need a CSS Framework? Apr 18

That bajrangi bhaijan gif is 🔥

re: I'm a Visual Studio PM at Microsoft, working on developer services like Live Share. Ask Me Anything! Apr 6

Can you please tell me how can I apply for jobs at Microsof...

re: From Flow to Typescript. Why? Apr 6

Nah, never tried flow coming from JavaScript

re: I'm a Visual Studio PM at Microsoft, working on developer services like Live Share. Ask Me Anything! Apr 6

Loving the live share in VS code. Just came here to say tha...

re: What's your favorite coding joke/comic etc? Apr 2

re: What's your favorite coding joke/comic etc? Apr 2

infinite loop. LOL

re: What's your favorite coding joke/comic etc? Apr 2

"There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache inva...

re: From Flow to Typescript. Why? Apr 2

typescript is ❤

re: JetBrains gave me 1 year license for all products Apr 2

they also give 1 year free for students. (all IDE's)

re: A JavaScript-Free Frontend Mar 12

Actually you can use detail element to make modals, GitHub ...

re: What’s an unpopular software opinion you have? Mar 10

From my side React isn't the silver bullet,

re: 4 reasons why you won't regret using a type system Mar 9

using typescript from start of the year, agree with your th...

re: Welcome Thread - v29 Mar 4

re: Welcome Thread - v29 Mar 4

Welcome brain, Nice to have you here 😀

re: Welcome Thread - v29 Mar 4

Hi, @kellswork . Congratulation on getting your first job. ...

re: My Answers to Questions from New Coders Feb 23

@aspittel you mis-typed 10 instead of 2 in the subtract ta...

re: dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Two Weeks Feb 10

re: Two-way data binding in vanilla JS (POC) Feb 3

Helpful article, thanks 😋

re: How would you build a full stack Node.js web app today? Feb 3

re: How would you build a full stack Node.js web app today? Feb 2

I would just go with express and friends and SSR pages with...

re: How would you build a full stack Node.js web app today? Feb 2

re: Can I see your terminal? Feb 2

Can't say but it looks like you messed the url or markdown ...

re: Can I see your terminal? Feb 1

re: Building My Personal Site – Part 1: Planning and Designing Dec 28 '18

Thanks for sharing. Humaans.com and undraw

re: Declarative Programming & React Dec 28 '18

Glad that you find this post helpful

re: Declarative Programming & React Dec 27 '18

re: Declarative Programming & React Dec 27 '18

re: Declarative Programming & React Dec 26 '18

OMG, both posts are ditto same 😫

re: Understanding the basics of Ruby on Rails: HTTP, MVC, and Routes Dec 9 '18

Oh, TK I thought I have seen you somewhere. Now I remember ...

re: How freeCodeCamp.org uses the JAMstack + a single API server to help millions of people learn to code every month Dec 7 '18

Same with me 😁

re: Optimize Your Programming Decisions for the 95%, Not the 5% Dec 7 '18

I find myself in a infinite loop when I start customizing. ...

re: Hey Newbies - What Do You Struggle With Most? Dec 2 '18

😎 "I need to know every facking method of String object"

re: Hey Newbies - What Do You Struggle With Most? Dec 2 '18

What do you/have you struggled with most? As a newbie I th...

re: Portfolio Advice Thread Nov 21 '18

Yeah, adding contact section would be nice. And making pro...

re: Why did you pick the avatar you use? Nov 20 '18

re: Why did you pick the avatar you use? Nov 20 '18

I like having something unique like a gif.

re: The node_modules problem Nov 20 '18

re: Semi colons; Nov 19 '18

I just let prettier insert semicolons for me

re: Portfolio Advice Thread Nov 16 '18

re: It's 1000 now! Thanks Devs Nov 4 '18

re: Advice for a Software Portfolio! Sep 10 '18

really good idea 👏

re: Extensions/preferences/settings to clean up the Visual Studio Code UI? Sep 9 '18

re: JavaScript: In one word Sep 9 '18

maybe google, StackOverflow

re: Vim won't make you a more productive developer Sep 8 '18

re: Vim won't make you a more productive developer Sep 7 '18

I think I forgot to escape <

re: Vim won't make you a more productive developer Sep 7 '18

what about adding vim's keybinding in <your-favourite-ed...

re: The Web I Want Sep 5 '18

Hey! just saw that you love PHP, I also want to learn it, c...

re: I'm planning to ditch my MacBook and move away from laptop computing Sep 1 '18

*Antergos I think

re: Resources for Front-end Beginners Aug 29 '18

javascript30.com/

re: Resources for Front-end Beginners Aug 28 '18

JavaScript30 by @wesbos

re: How To Start Web Development On Android Aug 18 '18

Hey. where you live, let's meet over a cup of chai. 😋

re: How To Start Web Development On Android Aug 18 '18

It was me, few years ago. Fortunately I got a shit spec lap...

re: How To Start Web Development On Android Aug 18 '18

definitely agree with your idea, but it would be better to ...

re: SHE CAN CODE! Aug 17 '18

I'm so happy to be accepted in Dev.to, How did you appl...

re: Sometime ago I changed my life and you can change yours, too Aug 16 '18

Hal Elrod's The Miracle Morning I have listened about this ...

re: Give ligatures a chance Aug 15 '18

thank the actual developer!

re: What are common myths about software careers? Aug 15 '18

Programming languages are hard Actually, the lan...

re: Making my portfolio better Aug 14 '18

they are probably cached. nothing more than that

re: Give ligatures a chance Aug 14 '18

I have seen someone tweaked Droid Sans Mono to support liga...

re: Ah, to be the Justin Bieber of Open Source Aug 10 '18

wow, didn't knew @ossia is also here.

re: Learning how to learn! Aug 5 '18

After doing a few episodes of that course, I tried The mind...

re: There's So Much To Learn, Yet So Little Time! Aug 5 '18

I need to be opinionated ⚖ Frontend framework - Reactjs Ba...

re: What can you do with Powershell (for developers) ⚔💝 Aug 4 '18

Who would use them aliens😕

re: Building a Kickass Portfolio Aug 3 '18

Lots of great portfolios here ...

re: Javascript Algorithms #2: Palindromes Aug 2 '18

thats why we needs unit tests 😅

re: Javascript Algorithms #2: Palindromes Aug 2 '18

those memories of solving algorithms at freecodecamp.org ...

re: What kind of content do you want to see more of on Dev.to? Jul 30 '18

Security, Protocols, websockets, design patterns

re: Most underrated plugins for VS code Jul 30 '18

I think its international keyboard.

re: Most underrated plugins for VS code Jul 30 '18

ohhh need an update

re: Most underrated plugins for VS code Jul 29 '18

does it work in win 10 1709

re: Build Electron application for MacOS (without MacOS?) Jul 29 '18

just find someone near you who have mac

re: Most underrated plugins for VS code Jul 29 '18

I don't know why but doesn't work for me.

re: Most underrated plugins for VS code Jul 29 '18

re: Extreme Makeover: Code Edition Jul 24 '18

Find a code style and stick to it Prettier does it reall...

re: Any good express boilerplate generator Jul 21 '18

Sails I have listen about it

re: Explain Managing Projects Like I'm Five Jul 15 '18

For managing python versions and its libraries, I think Pip...

re: What's in your bookmarks bar? Jul 15 '18

just added some from yours :D

re: Memoization in a Nutshell Jul 15 '18

I understand recursion well enough, I just open the blog an...

re: How to get a job? Jun 25 '18

experience of working on real projects.

re: Follow Friday! Jun 16 '18

I write on JavaScript, setups and start a lot of discussion...

re: Speed vs. Design: Which matters more? Jun 4 '18

speed Look at dev.to they have simple design yet it's load...

re: PowerShell Tutorial (Especially for People Who Hate PowerShell) Apr 29 '18

cool, I just wrote about customizing PowerShell a while ago...

re: What kind of music do you listen to while working? Apr 29 '18

anything, but probably in Hindi, Punjabi, English

re: How much do you need to know or learn before calling yourself a developer? Apr 24 '18

IMO, if you can make a typical website, of yourself then yo...

re: How hard is it to start a programming podcast? Is it worth it? Apr 24 '18

surely @wesbos can tell you.

re: I search people! Apr 21 '18

Tip you can use tools like grammerly to write grammatica...

re: Your First Contribution in Open Source and How a beginner can get started in open source. Apr 21 '18

I recommend, github.com/tldr-pages/tldr There are a lot o...

re: From Python to.. Apr 20 '18

If it was in your condition, I would choose Ruby, it's ma...

re: I’m Ben and I am a Rails developer Apr 19 '18

is there any video of your railsconf talk

re: Write a function that shows off something unique or interesting about the language you're using Apr 19 '18

1 == '1' // true 1 === '1' //false JavaScript

re: A shell script to update VS Code on Linux Apr 16 '18

re: A shell script to update VS Code on Linux Apr 15 '18

Actually it says, restart to update.

re: Introduction Apr 15 '18

so you do Go, Python

re: getting started in web development freelancing. Apr 15 '18

re: A shell script to update VS Code on Linux Apr 15 '18

Even in this release the update time was far less than what...

re: A shell script to update VS Code on Linux Apr 15 '18

On Windows 10 and Macs, it updates automatically.

re: @mention people on dev.to Apr 14 '18

Can we have some kind of autocomplete like on twitter? @joc...

re: Are you a "fast learner"? Apr 14 '18

Slow learner, it took me, nearly 4 months to know why and h...

re: Emacs and VIM users, what's the best starters guide for a beginner? Apr 11 '18

if you have vim installed (already installed on Linux, macO...

re: Is it important to learn Android testing as a beginner? Apr 10 '18

totally agree with you @aralroca , for testing you need to ...

re: Should I go for JS or Python in long run in my career? Apr 8 '18

re: Should I go for JS or Python in long run in my career? Apr 7 '18

IMO [nodeJS, JavaScript] is cool, popular, great, scalable ...

re: Do you pay for online courses or ebooks? Apr 6 '18

re: Explain Functional Programming Like I'm Five Apr 6 '18

re: Explain REACT Like I'm Five Apr 6 '18

re: Explain Functional Programming Like I'm Five Apr 5 '18

guys are already discussing this, in this thread. ...

re: Explain REACT Like I'm Five Apr 5 '18

if you are saying about react.js, See this thread ...

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Apr 3 '18

this thread is old But still i see comments

re: Explain multiple setIntervals with same time. Mar 31 '18

Well for better understanding see this youtu.be/8aGhZQkoFbQ

re: What makes you want to stick with a programming language? Mar 30 '18

for javaScript, You can love it, you can hate it, but yo...

re: What's your web browser of choice? Mar 26 '18

from quantum release, Firefox on PC and chrome on mobile

re: Lazy names are lazy Mar 21 '18

re: Has anyone created a Node.js app that renders HTML instead of JSON? Mar 15 '18

jade and pug are same. :)

re: share good cs related resources that helped you and why are you recommending those Mar 12 '18

re: If you could start over from scratch, how would CSS work? Mar 12 '18

if you are writing a typical website then sure another file...

re: If you could start over from scratch, how would CSS work? Mar 11 '18

For me, I think inline styles can be a little more powerful...

re: What is the best type of computer for a computer science student entering college/university? Mar 11 '18

Just buy a MacBook Air or Dell XPS. if you can, else find a...

re: Can I see your terminal? Mar 11 '18

nope, it's cross-platform.

re: Can I see your terminal? Mar 10 '18

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Mar 10 '18

re: Can I see your terminal? Mar 10 '18

It says 'you lost your way'

re: Can I see your terminal? Mar 7 '18

happy that this post helped you out to find something good.

re: Can I see your terminal? Mar 6 '18

Wsl is the best thing in Windows. Nothing is wrong with it....

re: Can I see your terminal? Mar 4 '18

Oh, I can't see. Did you posted an invisible screenshot 😂😅

re: Can I see your terminal? Mar 4 '18

pretty cool, One of my friend also use hyper with material ...

re: Why did React become so popular? Mar 4 '18

seems like no one knows. 😁😂

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Mar 4 '18

here it is, on Google •?•

re: Debugging JavaScript with Source Maps Mar 4 '18

Oh!, I never knew why source maps are used. 😜

re: Can I see your terminal? Mar 4 '18

Use ![image alt text](image link-- your can get it from the...

re: What emerging technology would you want to work with if you could? Mar 3 '18

This book might help you github.com/littleosbook/littleosbo...

re: Can I see your terminal? Mar 3 '18

Why don't you user hyper. It's cool. But powershell is too.

re: Can I see your terminal? Mar 1 '18

screenshot please?

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Feb 28 '18

here it is, on Google •ᴗ•

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Feb 27 '18

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Feb 26 '18

Windows usually have left click menu for them.

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Feb 24 '18

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Feb 24 '18

the party is still ON!

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Feb 23 '18

F*cking awesome

re: If you could go back 10 years, what would you say to yourself? Feb 22 '18

Ignore the next few girls coming to your life.

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Feb 22 '18

re: I'm Losing The Motivation Needed, HELP! Feb 22 '18

re: Can I see your desktop home screen Feb 22 '18

is it ubuntu 16.04 with custom icons

re: Fun ways to learn a new programming language Feb 20 '18

I really like this way: signalvnoise.com/posts/2582-how-do....

re: Finding project names smartly Feb 19 '18

using document.querySelectorAll('.names') 🤣😅😂

re: Finding project names smartly Feb 18 '18

re: Which is your favorite port? Feb 17 '18

re: Explain Docker Like I'm Five Feb 15 '18

A similar-ish question is already asked, so you can look up...

re: Explain async like I'm five Feb 15 '18

for knowing Async you need to know one problem that exists ...

re: What are you working on these days? Feb 14 '18

Doing freeCodeCamp.org you can look up some of my projects...

re: Deploying my first React web app to Firebase 🔥 Feb 13 '18

I have always used netlify.com for hosting react.js project...

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