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The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

1. πŸ”€ Swapping Variables πŸ”€

Nick really got the community talking with this challenge. Over 100 comments consisting of clever solutions, discussions of memory, and more.

2. βœ… New environment setup βœ…

Jorge describes his process for getting a development environment up and running. Don't miss part 2.

3. ⌚Async code ⌚

A dive into asynchronous code, and what makes it such a complicated and confusing concept. Oftentimes, the issue starts with a misunderstanding of how JavaScript works.

4. πŸ™πŸ½ Your Job is a Job πŸ™πŸ½

"Saying Junior developers should be 'thankful' for getting hired is toxic af." This thread dives into the all-too-common difference in perception and treatment of "junior" v. "senior" developers.

5. 🎨 Generate Art! 🎨

Ali helps introduce us to the world of generative art, full of CodePen examples and an introduction to p5.js.

6. πŸ™„ My way is the best way πŸ™„

A conference speaker presented their solution as the "best" while knocking other approaches. In this article, John explores the underlying behavior of why this attitude is so common.

7. πŸ”¨Tools galore: productivity, media, and more! πŸ”©

A great round-up of tools that every developer should know about. Ranging from productivity, operations, QA, to photo editors, to timers and music players.

That's it for our weekly wrap up! Keep an eye on dev.to this week for daily content and discussions...and if you miss anything, we'll be sure to recap it next Monday!

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Ben Halpern

@milkstarz and @dangolant are you going to cover this again this week?

Loved this from last week:

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malik

that's the plan! :)