Top 7 Featured DEV Posts from the Past Week

Every Tuesday we round up the previous week's top posts based on traffic, engagement, and a hint of editorial curation. The typical week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday, but don't worry, we take into account posts that are published later in the week.

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Valentine's Day but make it DEV-tastic! Love this fun beating heart tutorial, @larainnepasion

Make a beating heart using CSS: beginner-friendly tutorial

La Rainne Pasion ・ Feb 13 '22

#css #tutorial #codenewbie

Build an accordion with no JavaScript in just four lines of code

Thanks, @whitep4nth3r for this awesome tutorial! And good luck reimagining and rebuilding your website experience 😊

How to build an HTML-only accordion — no JavaScript required!

Salma Alam-Naylor ・ Feb 11 '22

#webdev #html #beginners

Dependabot to the rescue!

@daniloab thinks that GitHub Actions make it easier to abstract your daily tasks, like updating the dependencies of a package. In this post, they illustrate how to run a daily dependabot that looks for updates from dependencies. Super cool!

How to keep your repo package dependencies up to date automatically

Danilo Assis ・ Feb 10 '22

#github #devops #productivity

Debouncing for simplicity and performance

@jeremiahjacinth13 shares a clear and helpful take on debouncing: a great way to improve the performance of client-side applications.

What is Debouncing?

Lena Jeremiah ・ Feb 13 '22

#javascript #webdev #performance #programming

Motion sickness in virtual reality & what to do about it

@whatminjacodes has suffered from motion sickness their entire life, so virtual reality software can be challenging. Kudos to them for reframing this challenge as a way to help others via VR!

Developing Virtual Reality applications while suffering from motion sickness

whatminjacodes [she/they] ・ Feb 11 '22

#virtualreality #mixedreality #a11y

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Supertokens!

All about open-source library Supertokens and the improvements they bring to the authorization process. Thanks, @abh1navv!

Effective Session Management using Supertokens

Abhinav Pandey ・ Feb 8 '22

#security #opensource #webdev #programming

Demystifying negotiation with a former recruiter

@heyjtk used to be a recruiter and they love the process of helping developers like you take advantage hot job markets like this one. These negotiation tips will truly benefit you in the long run. Great insights in here!

Negotiation Advice From a Former Recruiter

JTK ・ Feb 11 '22

#jobsearch #softwareengineering

That's it for our weekly Top 7 for this Tuesday! Keep an eye on dev.to this week for daily content and discussions...and be sure to keep an eye on this series in the future. You might just be in it!