Top 7 Featured 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.

Never let a good crisis go to waste!

HTTPie for Terminal is celebrating 10 years since the first commit. This is cause for celebration, but recently, @jakubroztocil accidentally set the repo of this project to private causing the loss of many, many followers. Take a look at this post for some generous and valuable lessons learned.

How we lost 54k GitHub stars

Jakub Roztocil for HTTPie Apr 15 7 min read

#httpie #github

Evolving Legacy Code Bases with Micro-Frontends

Micro-frontends are the present and the future for scaling large client-side applications. Lets dig into the reasons that led @mbellagamba and his team to adopt it.

Implementing micro-frontends A path to evolve legacy codebases

Mirco Bellagamba Apr 14 8 min read

#javascript #microfrontends #architecture #webdev

Write Better React Code in 2022

Although React is somewhat flexible in terms of how you can use it, following specific practices will help you get the most out of your experience. Following the release of React 18, @officialbidisha has some new info to share.

React 18 - New Features & Improvement Strategies

Bidisha Das Apr 17 5 min read

#react #javascript #webdev #react18

Is Warp the Future of Terminals?

Like a lot of programmers, @perkinsjr spends a lot of time in front of the command line. Warp is a brand new terminal experience, so let's talk about it.

Warp is the future of terminals

James Perkins Apr 16 3 min read

#terminals #ssh #programming

Boost your React with Test-Driven Development

Writing tests before adding features helps write better code because you think upfront about the design patterns, the architecture, and the variable's name that will be used. Follow these TDD tips from @koladev

Test-Driven-Development with React & Redux: Thunk, Slices & Requests Mocking

Mangabo Kolawole Apr 17 6 min read

#react #redux #javascript #testing

Spiff up your personal site

@tmchuynh believes that a dev's personal website should be an entity they are proud of in order to showcase the best parts of themselves to the industry. Here are some recent changes they made to spiff up their site

A Personal Website w/ EVERYTHING

Tina Huynh Apr 15 4 min read

#javascript #career

Facing tough code monsters without letting them eat you

@colocodes recently read "Think Like a Programmer" by Spraul V. Anton and picked up some helpful problem-solving wisdom along the way. Check it out...

Problem-solving techniques to avoid yelling at your computer

Damian Demasi Apr 12 11 min read

#webdev #javascript #programming #discuss

That's it for our weekly Top 7 for this Tuesday! Keep an eye on dev.to this week for daily content and discussions...and be sure to keep an eye on this series in the future. You might just be in it!