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.

Writing a Technical Blog

In this article, @abbeyperini offers up a succinct, helpful guide to writing a technical blog post. Keep these tips in mind next time you're looking to craft a post!

Writing a Technical Blog

Abbey Perini ・ Dec 1 '22 ・ 2 min read

#tutorial #writing #beginners

Native Typing for JavaScript

Is native typing headed for JS? @christopherkade has been keeping eyes on TC39 and recent moves on the Type Annotations proposal signal that it is. So, what's this mean for the future of JavaScript and TypeScript?

Goodbye Typescript, hello native typing for Javascript ✨

Christopher Kade ・ Nov 30 '22 ・ 3 min read

#javascript

Make your GitHub Profile Shine

Learn how to make your GitHub profile stand out and why it's important to do so thanks to @shubhicodes' fantastic guidance here.

Why your GitHub profile should stand out?

Shubhi✨ ・ Nov 28 '22 ・ 3 min read

#github #beginners #career

Technical Storytelling at Its Finest

"There is unrealized potential for making stories about code more expressive and edifying." @robole makes a solid case for improving technical documentation, offering up plenty of examples with commentary to get the creative wheels turning.

Want to create attractive, interactive docs? Use these amazing documentation tools and examples

Rob OLeary ・ Dec 2 '22 ・ 20 min read

#tooling #webdev #javascript #opensource

Fine-Grained Reactive Performance

With @modderme123 as our guide, we'll explore some of the different algorithmic approaches to fine-grained reactivity, learn about Milo's library Reactively, and benchmark three libraries to compare performance.

Super Charging Fine-Grained Reactive Performance

Milo ・ Dec 1 '22 ・ 10 min read

#solidjs #webdev #reactivity #performance

Web Font Optimization

In this article, @alex_barashkov shares advanced techniques to make your site faster and create better UX by using web fonts.

Advanced web font optimization techniques

Alex Barashkov ・ Nov 28 '22 ・ 7 min read

#webdev #beginners

Dear Tech Recruiter...

Got another message from a clueless tech recruiter? Frustrated with receiving message after message, @eevajonnapanula crafted a response to call out to these folks the many ways they're getting it wrong and how they might improve.

Hey Tech Recruiter, Here Are Some Tips from a Developer

Eevis ・ Dec 3 '22 ・ 8 min read

#career #javascript #webdev #a11y

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!