Every Monday 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.

1. Ways To Improve

Ryland shares a few methods to consider while developing in JS, such as using modern features, assuming your system is distributed, linting your code, and more!

Practical Ways to Write Better JavaScript

Ryland G Jul 25 13 min read

#javascript #webdev #beginners #react

2. On The Regular

While you'll probably want to know a few more commands, these are the ten docker-compose and docker commands that Lina uses regularly.

10 docker-compose and docker commands that are useful for active development

Lina Rudashevski Jul 25 6 min read

#docker

3. Love A Good Loop

For folks who already know the basic principles of programming, Luke explains why Codewars challenges is such a good way to learn new languages.

Why Codewars is the best way to learn a new programming language!

Luke Garrigan Jul 27 6 min read

#csharp #challenge

4. Blurry Lines

There are no real definitions for developer 'levels' but if you're able to implement/understand these four projects/concepts, you're bound to level up.

4 Ways You Can Level Up As A Developer

Skill Pathway Jul 26 5 min read

#beginners #codenewbie #career #webdev

5. DONE.

Before ~abandoning~ finishing a project, Klaudia runs through a checklist (from accessibility to security) to make sure it's complete.

Front End Checklist

Klaudia Jul 22 2 min read

#webdev #html #css #performance

6. Air Five!

Charlie did some hacking on their Freedum drum kit which resulted in a cool visualization project involving JS, bluetooth, and hardware.

Playing Air Drums in JavaScript

Charlie Gerard Jul 24 4 min read

#javascript #iot #creativecoding #node

7. Baseline Familiarity

Ben explains the basics of GNU Make via two small examples - downloading a file and building some C++.

How To Make A Makefile

Ben Lovy Jul 24 10 min read

#beginners #gnu #tools #cpp

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!