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. Ten Tips

Chris explains Regular Expressions by way of Twitter! A surprisingly effective format to learn about regex.

Intro to Regex for Web Developers

Chris Achard Oct 8 3 min read

#webdev #javascript #beginners

2. Framework Free

Chris shares nine frontend projects to consider working on. The projects are think about performance and accessibility, and don't require any frameworks!

(Other) Projects you can do to Become a Front-End Master in 2020

Chris Coyier Oct 11 2 min read

#webdev #javascript #css

3. {...}

Gbor explains common use cases for using three consecutive dots in JavaScript.

The tale of three dots in Javascript

Gbor Sos Oct 10 4 min read

#javascript #webdev #beginners

4. Throwing Terms

Ananya explains frontend jargon by breaking each concept down into simple terms. You'll learn about pure functions, reactive programming, JIT, and more!

Demystifying Modern Frontend Jargon

Ananya Neogi Oct 10 5 min read

#webdev #programming

5. Essentials Only

John shows us how much we can accomplish simply by using the DOM with pure HTML and TypeScript/JavaScript. No frameworks necessary!

Vanilla JavaScript and HTML - No frameworks. No libraries. No problem.

John Papa Oct 13 9 min read

#javascript #typescript #html #webdev

6. You can do it!

Beatus shares their experience with Hacktoberfest and how they finally stopped procrastinating.

Ok I knew contributing to open source was fun but no one told me it would be this easy

Beautus S Gumede Oct 12 2 min read

#hacktoberfest

7. Take a minute.

Jason highlights some of the lesser-known features of Postgres so that you think twice before adding more scaling beyond your Postgres cluster.

Postgres Is UnderratedIt Handles More than You Think

Jason Skowronski Oct 9 9 min read

#architecture #webdev #devops #database

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!