The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

1. Calling All React fans

We recently welcomed Dan Abramov, a React core team member, to dev.to! He started a thread to take all questions related to React - anything from how the team works to CSS/styling. Ask away!

React Beginner Question Thread ⚛

Dan Abramov ・ Dec 24 '17 ・ 1 min read

#react #javascript #beginners #webdev

2. Not Just A Gist

From extension choices to style decisions, Nick walks us through his VS Code setup.

My Visual Studio Code Setup

Nick Taylor ・ Dec 23 '17 ・ 6 min read

#visualstudiocode #developertools #texteditor #vscode

3. A Book A Week?

Rebecca shared her reading list for 2018 and asked the community for more suggestions. The amount of recommendations can probably get you to a book a week! The Phoenix Project is, apparently, a must-read.

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4. MORE VISUAL STUDIO!

MORE EXTENSIONS! Pick your favs :)

Matt’s Favorite Visual Studio Code Extensions

Matty Stratton ・ Dec 20 '17 ・ 5 min read

#texteditor #visualstudiocode #programming #productivity

5. Picking a JavaScript Framework

This is a meta post about how we wrote in vanilla JS until we found a framework aligned with our values.

Why we went with PreactJs to power the dev.to frontend

Ben Halpern ・ Dec 18 '17 ・ 3 min read

#meta #javascript #preact

6. Write Better Code

Great advice on why sleep is important for developers and tips on how to get more of it 😴

Sleep More, Code More

Patrick God ・ Dec 19 '17 ・ 3 min read

#productivity #health #career

7. An AMA w/ Peter Frank!

The community asked Peter, one of dev.to's cofounders, anything! He shared lots of insights on entrepreneurship and got a little meta by discussing future dev.to features 😉

I'm a co-founder of dev.to, ask me anything!

Peter Kim Frank ・ Dec 20 '17 ・ 1 min read

#ama

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!