Welcome to this week's Top 7, where the DEV Team handpicks our favorite posts from the previous week. We hope you'll learn a thing or do from this week's selection, or maybe even have a good laugh!
Congrats to all the authors that made it onto the list:
Matt raves about the versatility and power of the
Array.reduce()
in JavaScript, sharing lots of examples and explaining why we should consider using the method more.
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JavaScript Security: Simple Practices to Secure Your Frontend
Pachi 🥑 for WebCrumbs ・ May 15
Pachi outlines straightforward practices to enhance the security of JavaScript code, focusing on common vulnerabilities and prevention techniques.
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The Right Way of Programming 👩🏽💻
Joanna Otmianowska ・ May 13
Joanna critique's a piece of advice for beginner programmers and helps remind us that nothing is black and white.
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Why nobody grows up wanting to be a DevOps engineer
Jake Page for Glasskube ・ May 20
Jake pens a great post on the misconceptions and challenges associated with DevOps, along with some predictions for the future.
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JavaScript is not the problem
Massimo Artizzu ・ May 16
Why is JavaScript so often blamed for issues that are actually related to other factors? Massimo suggests "always take your context and use cases into consideration before rejecting a pattern, library, framework or any other technology."
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Build your own AI Video editor with Node.js, AssemblyAI & StreamPot
Jack Bridger ・ May 15
Jack built an AI video editor to support their podcast promotion. This post is a tutorial if you're interested in doing so too.
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Getting started with React by building a Pokemon search application
Nikola Brežnjak ・ May 11
Nikola shares a step-by-step guide that helps beginners learn the basics of React by creating a fun project.
And that's a wrap for this week's Top 7 roundup! 🎬 We hope you enjoyed this eclectic mix of insights, stories, and tips from our talented authors. Keep coding, keep learning, and stay tuned to DEV for more captivating content and make sure you’re opted in to our Weekly Newsletter 📩 for all the best articles, discussions, and updates.
Top comments (10)
Congrats @pachicodes , @jakepage91 , @mattlewandowski93 , @joannaotmianowska , @maxart2501 , @jacksbridger, and @nikola !
It's my first article after more than 2.5 years! I'm surprised and honored to be in this list once again 😄
Well, congratulations on managing that.
That's a difficult feat, I'm sure.
thank you for choosing my story!
Thank you!
Thank you!
This things keep me writing 💞
@pachicodes , @jakepage91 , @nikola , @mattlewandowski93 , @joannaotmianowska , @maxart2501 and @jacksbridger . Congratulations to all of you! ✨✨
Cheers!
They really are great posts.
Huge honor to be featured, thanks!