My Favorite Posts of 2017

1. "Is this the gate you want to keep?" - Hedi Waterhouse
   This post helped me to appreciate the need to be humble as a developer. Being a part of tech is more than just being a developer. Other roles, such as QAs, managers, sysadmins, support, etc. are important too!
   

   

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   Heidi is a developer advocate at LaunchDarkly. She is passionate about clear communication, humane workplaces, and conference speaking. In her spare time, she sews dresses with pockets.

2. "Grammatically Rooting Oneself With Parse Trees" - Vaidehi Joshi @vaidehijoshi
   In university, it was hard for me to understand parse trees and grammars. In this post, Vaidehi Joshi explains these concepts creatively and simply. This post motivated me to learn more about parse trees and how javascript parses source code!
   

   

   Vaidehi JoshiFollow

   Writing words, writing code. Sometimes doing both at once.

3. "But really, what is a JavaScript test?" - Kent C. Dodds
   A lot of courses on learning web development or frameworks put UI testing on the sidelines. I enjoyed this post because it teaches testing from the ground up. It goes from creating unit tests to creating a testing framework.
   
   

   

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   My name is Kent C. Dodds and I'm a Remix Co-Founder, JavaScript engineer, and teacher. I'm also active in the open source community. I like my family, JavaScript, and React.

What were your favorite posts from last year?