5 Articles every WebDev should read this week (03)

A curated list of the top five web development must-reads from last week. Don't miss out on the latest web development stories and insights. Read all about the cutting edge in web development, working in tech and the new tools and frameworks while learning a few new tricks.

free-for.dev

Developers and Open Source authors now have a massive amount of services offering free tiers, but it can be hard to find them all to make informed decisions.

This is a list of software (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) and other offerings that have free tiers for developers.

https://free-for.dev/

How not to learn TypeScript

TypeScript and I are never going to be friends. Oh wow, how often have I heard this phrase? Learning TypeScript, even in 2022, can be frustrating it seems. And for so many different reasons. People who write Java or C# and find out things are working differently than they should. Folks who have done JavaScript most of their time and are being screamed at by a compiler. Here are some mistakes Ive seen people do when getting started with TypeScript.

https://fettblog.eu/how-not-to-learn-typescript/

Being the DRI of Your Career

At DuckDuckGo, theres an expression: You are the DRI of your career (DRI: Directly Responsible Individual). I like this, both as an individual who has always felt like the DRI of my own career, and I like it as a manager because I think it makes the boundaries of what you can and cant do for people clear.

https://cate.blog/2021/09/20/being-the-dri-of-your-career/

How to Stack Elements in CSS

If you want to create fantastic and unique visual experiences on the web, you will eventually need two elements to overlap or exist in the same place. You may even just need them to be positioned near or next to each other. Lets go over two different ways to accomplish this, one with the position property and one with CSS Grid.

https://css-tricks.com/how-to-stack-elements-in-css/

The New Vue by Evan You

In this session, Evan You talks about the new Vue 3 experience: from new syntax to new docs, build tools, devtools, and TS/IDE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KBHvaAWJOA

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