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πŸ”₯ What's Popular Among Developers? β€” Weekly Picks #124

🌟 This week is full of amazing JavaScript content, new products, updates, a few tutorials, and more. Again, shout out to all the great devs doing producing amazing content in these hard times. Y'all are doing a fantastic job! πŸ™Œ

So, let's jump into the weekly picks.

1️⃣ β­οΈπŸŽ€ JavaScript Visualized: Promises & Async/Await

πŸš€ It's probably one of the best visualizations of JavaScript concepts that you can ever ask for. If you struggle with Promises & Async/Await do check out this amazing tutorial to clear your concepts. Worth reading!

2️⃣ Getting started with Alpine.js

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» It's a detailed guide on getting started with Alpine.js from LogRocket. Alpine.js is a minimal frontend framework to add JavaScript functionality to HTML. It utilizes the declarative nature of the frontend frameworks using directive but at a much lower cost. If you love exploring the new JavaScript framework, do check it out.

3️⃣ Programmers Hate Writing Documentation - These 4 Tools Can Help

πŸ“š Documentation is a crucial part of a product. It shows how much the product developers care about the user. This article at DZone, lists a few amazing documentation tools that you can use for this purpose.

4️⃣ Pragli β€” Virtual office for remote teams with click to talk & avatars

πŸ™ˆ Pragli is your virtual office which aims to remove the communication friction between the remote teams. It lets you seamlessly connect with your peers and work more effectively. It's currently in beta and free. Worth checking out.

5️⃣ Explain Async/Await Like I'm Five

It's basically a discussion thread on DEV.to. Some great responses in there. I'll definitely recommend the article on #1 for Async/Await. Drop in to share your thoughts.

6️⃣ Google Chrome's new update finally allows you to organize and group tabs!

🎯 Chrome has recently introduced this new feature to group tabs. It lets you assign colors, change them, and organize tabs in a better way. Based on your current version of Chrome, you might need to update to use this feature.

7️⃣ Vue 3 is now in Beta πŸ––

🦊 Vue 3 is almost here and coming with exciting new features. Apparently, they also did their version of React Hooks as well. So, all the Vue devs out there, watch out!

8️⃣ GitHub is now free for all teams

Another great step by GitHub after joining hands with Microsoft! I remember the time when they started free private repos for all with a limited collaborator. It was a big deal! Now, you can enjoy unlimited collaborators, private repos, and much more for free. πŸ”₯

9️⃣ Flutter Vs React Native: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know [INFOGRAPHIC]

Flutter, released in May 2017, is picking up very quickly and competing with React Native. This post is all about how React Native and Flutter are doing in their own spaces. There's a great small comparison infographic in the end for a quick look! 🀞

πŸ”Ÿ Fun and games with JavaScript

It's another amazing JavaScript weekly issue with tons of amazing stuff. News, jobs, readings, tutorials, and whatnot. If you are a JavaScript dev, don't miss out!

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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