The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

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.

15 GitHub Repos Open for Hacktoberfest

Hacktoberfest is a yearly festival celebrating open source. Thanks to @atapas for gathering 15 different GitHub repositories that you can contribute to during this event!

15 GitHub Repositories to Contribute for Hacktoberfest 2022

Tapas Adhikary Oct 7 6 min read

#opensource #hacktoberfest #webdev #beginners

How a Hacker Stole $556m

One of the larger blockchains, BNB Chain, had to be halted on Oct 7th, 2022. This is shocking because blockchains are meant to be decentralized. Here are more details on what happened from @mcsee.

How a Hacker Stole $566M USD Exploiting a Code Smell

Maxi Contieri Oct 8 4 min read

#programming #java #web3 #blockchain

Understanding Async/Await

Async/Await can be daunting, but with the right approach anyone can write modern asynchronous code that works. Heres some guidance from @maximization.

Understanding Async & Await

Maxim Orlov Oct 7 4 min read

#javascript #webdev #beginners #programming

Turn your Git Mistakes Around

Mistakes are inevitable, so what can we do to turn them into something valuable? @smitterhane shows us how Git can be an excellent safety net to give you another chance when you make the wrong move.

Turn around your Git mistakes in 17 ways

Smitter hane Oct 9 13 min read

#git #productivity #github #webdev

TypeScript Validator Library but 1,000x Faster

This DEV user made a TypeScript library that turned out to be a thousand times faster than zod in a benchmark test. Take a look at the details in this article by the author, @samchon.

I made 1,000x faster TypeScript Validator Library

Jeongho Nam Oct 8 4 min read

#javascript #typescript #opensource #benchmark

:where :is CSS?

In this post, @mustapha will talk about the functional pseudo-class selectors :is() and :where(). Lets take a look at how we can get the most out of these features!

:where :is CSS?

Mustapha Aouas Oct 10 4 min read

#css #webdev #beginners #tutorial

React Image Search Engine

@franklin030601 talks about making an image search engine with the help of Unsplash API and React Query. If you want to try it yourself, knowing some basic hooks will really help in seeing this project through.

Image search engine with React JS - React Query

Franklin Martinez Oct 7 12 min read

#react #javascript #tutorial #beginners

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!