The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

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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. ❤️

Save hours of manual typing

A super handy list from @simonpaix! If you're just starting your coding journey, these tips might just save you a significant amount of time.

10 useful VS Code shortcuts you should know ()

Mariana Simon ・ Apr 14 '21

#productivity #vscode #webdev #beginners

The only way out is through...

@alexlsalt shows us that we truly have so much to learn from early-career developers.

10 Things I've Learned After 3 Months as a Junior Software Engineer

Alex Morton ・ Apr 19 '21

#codenewbie #firstyearincode #career #womenintech

Never underestimate the power of simplicity

@commentme shares some examples of the libraries that make Vanilla JS "somewhat impeccable".

Some libraries you can use with Vanilla JS

Unnati Bamania ・ Apr 18 '21

#javascript #webdev #html

REST for the weary

@lucasnevespereira breaks down the process of writing a REST API using Golang. Best practices, galore!

Write a Simple REST API in Golang

Lucas Neves Pereira ・ Apr 13 '21

#go #postgres #docker #restapi

👏This👏Is👏So👏Cool

@devdevcharlie thought it would be fun to toggle dark mode on and off by clapping your hands, just like those classic Clapper commercials. So, they built a way to do just that. What a great idea!

Toggle dark/light mode by clapping your hands

Charlie Gerard ・ Apr 14 '21

#tensorflow #machinelearning

Don't let JS drive you nuts

As this post explains, JavaScript is accessible for newcomers, and a lot of what you'll use it for doesn't require an in-depth understanding of the mechanics. But this phenomenon can "trap" you if you're not careful. Good looking out, @jesuisundev.

Javascript: what I didn't understand

Mehdi Zed ・ Apr 17 '21

#webdev #javascript #todayilearned #career

Running your containerized workloads on AWS

@aditmodi's post compares the three most important ways to run Docker on AWS.

Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) with AWS Fargate
Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS)
AWS Elastic Beanstalk (EB) with Single Container Docker

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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!