Top 5 DEV Comments from the Past Week

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@ryansmith left a great comment in the React vs Vue: Compare and Contrast thread:

Ryan Smith • May 25 '20 • Edited

Here's my take on it:

React

Aims to be a library concerned with rendering UI and it stays true to that purpose. It is unopinionated on how to build apps.
In most use cases, having just a library for rendering UI is not enough, so other packages are typically added (create-react-app with routing, CSS-in-JS, state management, etc.) to improve the experience. With the add-ons, a React app becomes more framework-like.
Templating is done with JSX which are HTML-like elements plus standard JavaScript to create conditionals or loops.

const todoItems = todos.map((todo, index) =>
  <li key={index}>
    {todo.text}
  </li>
);

Less domain-specific language as most constructs use standard JavaScript. This can steepen the learning curve but will help improve JavaScript language skills.

Vue

Its purpose is also to render UI, but it has added convenience as official parts of the ecosystem (Vue CLI, Vuex, Vue Router). It is not necessarily opinionated or rigid, but it gives more guidance and convenience to build apps.
By default, Vue components are separated into a template, scripts, and styles to separate concerns.
The templates use directives, which are custom Vue attributes added to HTML elements to output dynamic content that requires an if-statement, loops, etc.

<ul id="example-1">
  <li v-for="item in items" :key="item.message">
    {{ item.message }}
  </li>
</ul>

More domain-specific language to learn, which can lessen the learning curve but you may not pick up as much JavaScript knowledge.

@madarsbiss shared their 80/20 rule derivation in What are your worst habits as a developer?:

Madza • May 21 '20 • Edited

Hofstadter's Law:
Showing client the project at 80% and forgetting the remaining 20% takes 80% of time.

In the same thread, @botanical followed up with their habit:

Jennifer Tran • May 21 '20

One of my worst habits as a developer is being too much in my head and forgetting about my body. By that I mean ignoring my need to use the restroom, having bad posture, and forgetting to eat at times >_<

@mrrcollins tugged at the nostalgia heartstrings with this still-functional submission to Workspace Wednesday: Show me pics of your at-home setup:

Ryan Collins • May 20 '20

So many Macs...

My 8 weeks of WFH

@jakesweb offered their take in Should remote workers be paid differently based on location?:

Jacob Colborn • May 22 '20

Workers should always be paid for their work. I believe it to be as simple as that. When you are paid a salary, you are paid for the skills, knowledge, and time you invest in the work. Someone working from New York would have the same working experience as someone living in any other part of the world.

See you next week for more great comments ✌