The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

#top7

1. Must-have tools for Mac users

Inspired by last week's #DevDiscuss about tooling, Nick followed up with an article about all the must-have tools on his Mac set up.

My Mac Setup

Nick Taylor ・ Jan 12 '18 ・ 9 min read

#productivity #developertools #webdev

2. Is Chrome too good?

This post argues that Chrome is ahead of the game and that Safari has gone off-standard in ways comparable to IE.

Safari is the New Internet Explorer

Meghan (she/her) ・ Jan 14 '18 ・ 2 min read

#javascript #safari #webdev #productivity

3. Angular, take 5

Having tried out AngularJS (Angular 1) a while back and having moved on to Vue and React, Ali decides to give Angular 5 a try.

Learning Angular 5 as a React and Vue Developer

Ali Spittel ・ Jan 14 '18 ・ 4 min read

#webdev #showdev #javascript #learning

4. Fight the Shiny Object Syndrome

An argument for learning with specialization in mind and why it's better to be good at one thing than average at everything.

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5. Rolling Your Own Database System

Kurt explains why he ended up creating his own database system -- out of necessity and for a learning experience.

How I learned the most about using XML with PHP

Kurt Höblinger ・ Jan 13 '18 ・ 2 min read

#php #library #sql #database

6. Will the two kangaroos ever land at the same location and time?

After working through a HackerRank exercise, Douglas decides that math can play a key role in computer programming and asks the community for their opinion.

How important is math in computer programming?

Douglas Makey Mendez Molero ・ Jan 8 '18 ・ 2 min read

#go #programming #developer #development

7. Do it yourself!

Sometimes it makes more sense to build things yourself than pay a $13/mo service fee. Omar builds a twitter bot in 17 lines of code to show us how DIY can be simple and effective.

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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!

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