1. Beyond syntax
"Focusing only on knowledge of syntax is a bit like practicing to write a novel by only studying grammar and spelling." Kevin dives into the other layers of skills needed in order to write original, creative code.
The Four Layers of Programming Skills
Kevin McGillivray ・ Sep 18 '17 ・ 5 min read
2. What's redux?
An explain-like-im-five on redux!
3. Brain Hack
"Pomodoro takes one of our most primitive control structures and aligns it with a higher state of mind: task focus."
Why does the Pomodoro Technique work so well
Andrew Lucker ・ Sep 20 '17 ・ 2 min read
4. No more LaTeX, please.
In response to Nicky Marino's post, "Lets Use LaTeX," Peter explains how LaTeX has failed him.
Let's find something better than LaTeX
Peter Hoffmann ・ Sep 21 '17 ・ 6 min read
5. Get back on the bike!
"If you stick with it and stay curious, you will always learn what you need to learn."
How to keep learning to program, over and over again, forever.
Ben Halpern ・ Sep 24 '17 ・ 2 min read
6. REST is BEST
"So how hard can it be to version an API? The truth is it’s not, but what is hard is maintaining some sanity by not needlessly devolving into a dizzying number of versions and subversions applied across dozens of API endpoints with unclear compatibilities."
RESTful API Versioning Best Practices: Why v1 is #1
Chris McFadden for SparkPost ・ Sep 19 '17 ・ 6 min read
7. Inspired by PHP
Amit took on the challenge of writing several handy vanilla JS functions. He does his own implementation of array_map()
but also gives us a function called array_chunk()
.
Essential Vanilla JavaScript Functions
Amit Merchant ・ Sep 22 '17 ・ 4 min read
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!
Top comments (2)
I made the list 😁
Thanks for featuring mine, Ben!