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πŸ”₯ What Developers Are Looking For? β€” Weekly Picks #127

🌟 This week we have excellent posts about Deno the new javascript runtime, caching, css, golang and even more! Shout out to everyone who keeps writing despite this time. πŸ™Œ

So, let's get it started.

1️⃣ 16 Unique VSCode Extensions Every Developer Should Have in 2020

πŸ†™ In the last weeks, we featured at least one VS Code extensions post. This week we have a list of 16 extensions to level up your VS Code setup.

2️⃣ Deno 1.0: What you need to know

🐍 Deno is a new javascript runtime created by Ryan Dahl, who is the mastermind behind node. The official launch date is today! (May 13) Read all about Deno and its special features down below.

3️⃣ Learn Deno: Chat app

The previous post covers everything you need to know about Deno while this post equips you with practical experience.
Learn to build a chat app with Deno while covering package management, testing, WebSockets, HTTP server, and more. πŸ’¬

4️⃣ πŸ“– JS Must-Read. Which JavaScript Books you should read

A list of 4 recommended books about javascript, browser, nodejs, restful API and other web development topics πŸ“

5️⃣ Caching strategies to speed up your API

⚑ Caching is super important if you care about your app performance. The post lists different caching solutions and strategies that you can implement in your app. CDN, database caching, API caching, browser caching, lazy loading, read-through, write-through, and many more techniques.

6️⃣ CSS Containment Now a Web Standard

πŸ“¦ the new contain property can be used to indicate elements whose subtree is independent of the rest of the page in some manner. Setting this property may allow browsers to optimize the rendering process.

7️⃣ Top 50 technical articles from medium.com in 2020

A list of 50 medium articles ordered by claps and tags. This list was extracted from "Innovation & Tech" section in Medium. πŸ’‘

8️⃣ React Philosophy For Beginners

βš›οΈ This post is all about the basic concepts of React and it does an excellent job explaining them. It covers the history of React very briefly, design patterns, JSX, Virtual DOM, Components, Lifecycle, and everything you need to know to understand React terminology.

9️⃣ JS Full Form

🧾 The characteristics of Javascript explained along with pros and cons comparison.

πŸ”Ÿ Top 10 Most Famous Companies Using Golang

Golang (Go) is programming language focused on performance and easy maintenance of large projects. It has many advantages over other languages some of them are listed in the post. The author lists 10 famous companies that use Golang and why. This list includes Google, Uber, and others.πŸ†

πŸ™Œ Wrap Up!

That was all for this week. We will come back with another list of interesting development posts next week. Stay safe. Peace! ✌️


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