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Jan. 3, 2020: What did you learn this week?

It's that time of the week again for the first time this year. So wonderful devs, what did you learn this week? It could be programming tips, career advice etc.

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Feel free to comment with what you learnt and/or reference your TIL post to give it some more exposure.

#todayilearned

Summarize a concept that is new to you.

And remember, if something you learnt was a big win for you, then you know where to drop it as well.๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฟ

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P.S. If you're interested in checking out last year's batch, check out the 2019 series.

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Ndy

Rest, sleep and health is cheap and easily affordable once you decide to shut other things out. As much as I enjoy being online, reading a blog, learning a framwork or catching up on Netflix, sitting in a quiet room with a traditional radio blaring in the background while reading a non technical book, that moment is awesome.

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Vaibhav Khulbe

This week I learned GraphQL and Apollo. While it's great for web apps with React (on which I'm working), it certainly has its caveats. Like when you compare a REST method of implementing a simple cache, I think it's easier in REST.

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darkrubyist

This week I learned CableReady - Real Time progress bar update. I think it was the easiest way to use ActionCable so far.
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Zaynaib (Ola) Giwa • Edited

This week I learned slow progress is better than no progress. Having specific long and short term goals helps when trying to be consistent.

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Ben Lovy

I learned I'm too impulsive for my own good. I've just switched to Debian for the first time and made it not two hours before mindlessly breaking a Don't Break Debian guideline. Gotta slow down, Ben...

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Nick Taylor

Maybe you just need to hack more time. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Obinna Isiwekpeni

This week I continued learning Vue JS. I grasped the concept of making Api calls using axios. I am presently working on a quiz application to add to my portfolio. I also learnt how to use the mounted lifecycle hook as well as the watch property in Vue JS

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Nick Taylor

Awesome!

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Habdul Hazeez

The title of the post reads โ†’ Jan. 3, 2019: What did you learn this week?

Do you mean โ†’ Jan. 3, 2020: What did you learn this week?

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Nick Taylor

Oops. Thanks, updated.

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Jasmin Virdi

I have started learning Vue 3. I am revamping one of my Apps which was built using Vue 2.

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Nick Taylor

Hot Rod saying Cool beans!

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Samuelonoja

I learn quite thick on JS...building a Todo list app today...plus I'm diving into React soon...cheers

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Nick Taylor

Noice!

Noice!