DEV Community

Cover image for July 29th, 2022: What did you learn this week?
Nick Taylor
Nick Taylor

Posted on

July 29th, 2022: What did you learn this week?

It's that time of the week again. So wonderful devs, what did you learn this week? It could be programming tips, career advice etc.

David Schitt from Schitt's Creek saying "This is a teachable moemnt for all of us"

Feel free to comment with what you learnt and/or reference your TIL post to give it some more exposure.

#todayilearned

Summarize a concept that is new to you.

Photo by Philippe Bout on Unsplash

Top comments (28)

Collapse
 
posandu profile image
Posandu

Learned that Grammarly gives free pro suggestions if you send feedback to them 😅

Collapse
 
nickytonline profile image
Nick Taylor

TIL!

Today I learned

Collapse
 
psypher1 profile image
James 'Dante' Midzi

You don't say?

Collapse
 
atulcodex profile image
🚩 Atul Prajapati 🇮🇳

OMG 🙊

Collapse
 
majovamartina profile image
Martina Majova

Today I learned that after installing Node.js I need to reboot to use npm. It might be obvious for experienced people, but not for beginners like me.

Collapse
 
nickytonline profile image
Nick Taylor

I don't remember having to reboot after installing Node.js but maybe you're on Windows?

Thinking emojis floating around

Also, there are node version managers like nvm which you may find handy.

GitHub logo coreybutler / nvm-windows

A node.js version management utility for Windows. Ironically written in Go.

NVM for Windows

The Microsoft/npm/Google recommended Node.js version manager for Windows.
This is not the same thing as nvm! (expand for details)

The original nvm is a completely separate project for Mac/Linux only. This project uses an entirely different philosophy and is not just a clone of nvm. Details are listed in Why another version manager? and what's the big difference?.

Download Now GitHub tag (latest SemVer) GitHub Release Date GitHub all releases Discuss Twitter URL

Sponsors
 

Running into issues? See the common issues wiki.

Seeking Feedback:

We're working on Runtime (rt), the successor to NVM For Windows. Please contribute by taking a minute to complete this form. Thank you

Overview

Manage multiple installations of node.js on a Windows computer.

tl;dr Similar (not identical) to nvm, but for Windows. Has an installer. Download Now!

This has always been a node version manager, not an io.js manager, so there is no back-support for io.js. Node 4+ is…

Collapse
 
majovamartina profile image
Martina Majova

Oh yes, another mistake of mine is still using Windows... Thank you for the links, I will look into it!

Collapse
 
anyanka profile image
Anja

I learned that I won't work better or faster when I pressure myself too much - this always ends up doing nothing. So I try to be patient and get some more structure before I start. To Do lists help me a lot!

Collapse
 
nickytonline profile image
Nick Taylor

Actress Anna Kendrick in a film saluting as her character

Collapse
 
deotyma profile image
Deotyma

I learned how to use typewriter npm for svelte, and it works very well :-) :dsney

Collapse
 
nickytonline profile image
Nick Taylor

A crab dancing

Collapse
 
nerajno profile image
Nerando Johnson

Visual && Manual UAT

Collapse
 
nickytonline profile image
Nick Taylor

Noice!

Noice!

Collapse
 
deciduously profile image
Ben Lovy

Save tarballs of your working demos...

Collapse
 
nickytonline profile image
Nick Taylor

Fireb... I mean tarball!

Dwight Shrute from the Office screaming fireball as he throws an imaginary fireball from his hands

Collapse
 
psypher1 profile image
James 'Dante' Midzi

How to paginate through my posts fetched from an API on my Eleventy site....

I have 2 posts now for next week

Collapse
 
nickytonline profile image
Nick Taylor

That's awesome! 🔥

Yes, that's awesome!

Collapse
 
engel00 profile image
Engel

I have learnt that stress is the biggest enemy!
Don't let stress dominate you.

And I went deeper in my JavaScript course :D
Hoping to finish it by next month!

Collapse
 
nickytonline profile image
Nick Taylor

Nice!

A kangaroo playing an electric guitar

Collapse
 
ranjit_9999 profile image
Ranjit Kumar

I learnt that learning never stops!

Collapse
 
nickytonline profile image
Nick Taylor

It's True - Dwight Shrute

Collapse
 
bekbrace profile image
Bek Brace

Learned that whatever I do to stay fit and healthy is useless !

Collapse
 
ayushshah profile image
Ayush Shah

Why is staying fit and healthy useless?

Collapse
 
bekbrace profile image
Bek Brace

i didn't say that. read again :)

Thread Thread
 
ayushshah profile image
Ayush Shah

Ahhhh, xD my bad.

Collapse
 
shirobachi profile image
Shirobachi

Does not matter how funny you are or how friendly your boss will fire you at first possible moment and will lie you until the end

Collapse
 
jlee1546 profile image
Jonathan Lee

Today I learned that I am way more capable than I once thought.

Collapse
 
theether0 profile image
Shivam Meena

This week i learned SocketIO with SvelteKit while i was trying to make a Chat app for my post.