🔥 What's New in Web Development? — Weekly Picks #109

We hope you all are off to a great start of 2020. We are working tirelessly on an amazing project at Daily that we hope to reveal soon. Wish us luck! 🤞

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In case if you haven't read our year in review yet, take a few moments to check it out. It lists some of the amazing milestones that we were able to achieve in 2019 and what people liked at Daily.

Now, let's jump to the weekly picks of the first week of 2020!

1️⃣ JavaScript Design Patterns in Action

🔥 I learned JavaScript design patterns a year back and they had been super helpful in building sustainable architecture. This post dives deep into the explanation and implementation details of various JavaScript design patterns. The best part is the explanation of why you need them.

JavaScript Design Patterns in Action →

2️⃣ Features of JavaScript you probably never used

👨‍💻 This is one of my favorite posts this week. It contains all the unique features of JavaScript which you might have seen but not really used them this way. The best part is, along with every feature, there are code snippets, examples, and relevant resources to learn more.

Features of JavaScript you probably never used →

3️⃣ 🔥 What's Hot in Web Development? — Weekly Picks #108

🙈 That's one of the posts published by our team last week. It's great to see that developers at Daily and dev.to found it useful. We hope to make it again to the list in coming weeks.

🔥 What's Hot in Web Development? — Weekly Picks #108 →

4️⃣ TOP Most In-Demand IT Certifications 2020

💡 This post lists some of the great IT certifications that you can do to advance your career in 2020. It contains a diverse set of certifications including DevOps, Cloud Computing, Networking, CRM, Project Management, and Ethical Hacking. If you are looking to do a certification in 2020, check this post to learn more.

TOP Most In-Demand IT Certifications 2020 →

5️⃣ So you want to build an App, do you know where to start?

It's a very beginner-friendly guide to getting started with web applications using a framework called Gravity Web Framework. Personally, I haven't heard about this framework. But if you are looking to experiment with something new, then maybe you can try checking it out. ⚡️

So you want to build an App, do you know where to start? →

6️⃣ Lets Make A Web App (Part 0)

This is the first part of a series of posts to help you learn how to make a web app. It uses Node.js, React.js, and Docker to build the application. If you are looking to revisit the basics or a beginner starting to learn, go check out this post! 💯

Lets Make A Web App (Part 0) →

7️⃣ The most popular JavaScript links of 2019

🎖 The JavaScript Weekly newsletter team shared a list of their top links from 2019. It contains links to popular articles, learning resources, videos, books, and more. In my opinion, it's worth taking some time and going through what developers liked about JavaScript in 2019.

The most popular JavaScript links of 2019 →

8️⃣ You don't need a search engine

🧐 This is an interesting post from the past week where Erik talked about the search engine. He takes a deep dive into how search engines are perceived nowadays and how hard it can be to actually add search functionality in an application. Then he introduces a tool called Letarette, which has built, to show how search can be simplified.

You don't need a search engine →

9️⃣ React and AJAX – The Art of Fetching Data in React

It's a very detailed article discussing the details of React and AJAX. In particular, it talks about how to easily write AJAX based React applications. If you find these topics confusing or just want to learn about these topics, you should definitely take a look at this piece. 🌟

React and AJAX – The Art of Fetching Data in React →

🔟 Top JavaScript Frameworks and Topics to Learn in 2020 and the New

A very detailed post on the usage and different trends of JavaScript in 2019. If you are a JavaScript developer and want to stay up-to-date with JS trends, this post is for you. They are super helpful in aligning your goals and decide what to learn.

Top JavaScript Frameworks and Topics to Learn in 2020 and the New Decade →

🙌 Wrap Up!

This was all from the previous week. Let's know what you think of the trends this week in the comments below.

We will come back with another list of interesting development posts next week. Till then, peace! ✌️

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