The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

Every Tuesday, 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.

The rewards of consistency

@fgauna12 wrote for 100 days straight! In the process, they learned a ton about writing, patience, and building readership.

I wrote a DAILY blog post for 100 days, here's what happened...

Facundo Gauna Nov 28 9 min read

#productivity #career

Airtight API design

How to build good APIs and why it's essential, via @johannea

Practical Advice to Good API Design

Johanne Andersen Nov 24 6 min read

#architecture #design #api #oop

A simple scroll-to-top button

"Making a scroll-to-top button and making it scroll smoothly is probably a lot easier than you think," says @ashleemboyer and she proves it!

Accessible, Smooth Scroll-to-top Buttons with Little Code

Ashlee (she/her) Nov 26 3 min read

#a11y #css #javascript #webdev

Standing out when you start out

Sure, it's important to be good at what you do, but there's more subtlety to standing out as a newer developer and more specificity. Terrific explanation, courtesy of @matthewrungwe.

How to Stand Out as Developer?

Matthew Rungwe Nov 26 5 min read

#webdev #codenewbie #beginners #devjournal

Semantic HTML is the thing to do

... @eevajonnapanula shares why.

Ode to Semantic HTML

Eevis (she/her) Nov 28 6 min read

#html #webdev #a11y #react

Brushing up on JavaScript

When @glitteringkatie was in need of a new job, they also needed to dust off their JS skills. Here's how Katie did it.

Keeping Up With the JavaScripts

Katie Hughes (she/her) Nov 23 6 min read

#javascript #career #react

How to make time for "it"

... courtesy of @lankjan007. Hint: start the day on your terms.

The 5am {Hack}

Dmitri Nov 27 4 min read

#productivity #mindset #creativity

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 Tuesday!