Community Picks·2yJavaScript Visualized
This post explores the inner workings of promises in JavaScript, including the creation of promises using the `new Promise` constructor, the purpose of the Promise Reaction record, and how promises can be used to handle asynchronous tasks in a non-blocking way.
DEV·2yUseful CSS Tools
Explore a curated list of CSS tools that can enhance your web design by simplifying the styling process and adding creativity and efficiency. This includes gradient generators, shadow creators, glassmorphism effects, sophisticated shadows, CSS scanning, animated hamburger icons, easing gradients, neumorphic design generators, CSS buttons, glow generators, and a CSS animation playground.
Community Picks·2yGoodbye SASS 👋, welcome back native CSS
CSS has undergone rapid development and now includes features once unique to Sass such as variables and CSS nesting. The :is pseudo-class revolutionizes the selector concept and container queries allow elements to adjust based on container size. Despite these advancements, Sass still has advantages like mixins and functions.
freeCodeCamp·2yBack End Developer Roadmap
This post provides a roadmap and overview of the core technologies and skills required to become a proficient backend developer. It covers topics such as internet basics, programming languages, Git and GitHub, relational databases, APIs, caching, API security best practices, testing, software design and architecture, message brokers, containerization, web servers, GraphQL, MongoDB, Firebase, Redis, and infrastructure knowledge. The post emphasizes the importance of continual learning and engagement in the dynamic field of backend development.
Hacker News·2yPostgres is eating the database world
PostgreSQL is an advanced, open-source, and extensible data management framework that is capable of competing with Oracle and MySQL. It offers a wide range of analysis-related extensions and has the potential to become a unified, super-converged database. The emergence of PostgreSQL has shifted the paradigms in the database domain, and it is now considered a mainstream best practice. In the future, the focus will be on database extensions and services, and PostgreSQL ecosystem extensions are expected to lead the way towards a monopoly.
Community Picks·2yAI will mean more programmers, not fewer
AI will not replace programmers, but it will make them more efficient. It can generate code faster and solve common problems, but it lacks reasoning abilities. AI is a tool that can assist programmers, but it cannot replace their creativity and imagination.
Saiyan Growth Letter·2yHow I build side projects
This post provides an end-to-end approach for building side projects, including requirements, sketching, designing, building, testing, and documenting. It also answers frequently asked questions about what to build, finding time to work on side projects, and finishing projects on time.
