9 Best Articles in 2020
UX Collective
Design Better Forms
UX Collective
5 min read · 1048 saves · From 2016 · Andrew Coyle · Common mistakes designers make and how to fix them
WIRED
The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding
WIRED
4 min read · 630 saves · From 2017 · What if we regarded code not as a high-stakes, sexy affair, but the equivalent of skilled work at a Chrysler plant?
Bloomberg Graphics
What Is Code?
Bloomberg Graphics
621 saves · From 2016 · If you’re not a professional programmer but you’ve ever used a computer, this article is for you – seriously. You will learn what code is, what software is, how apps get written, and what different programming languages do and why they matter. Plus you’ll get details about other technical issues. Along the way, Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Paul Ford explains the culture and some of the psychology of programming. This delightfully animated article is essential for anyone not in the programming field who uses computers. getAbstract recommends it to everyone interested in learning more about programming, its culture and its principles.
CSS-Tricks
A Complete Guide to Flexbox
CSS-Tricks
586 saves · From 2015 · Our comprehensive guide to CSS flexbox layout. This complete guide explains everything about flexbox, focusing on all the different possible properties for the parent element (the flex container) and the child elements (the flex items). It also includes history, demos, patterns, and a browser support chart.
medium.com
Modern JavaScript Explained For Dinosaurs
medium.com
~16 min read · 549 saves · From 2017 · Learning modern JavaScript is tough if you haven’t been there since the beginning.
tiny-helpers.dev
All tools
tiny-helpers.dev
3 min read · 510 saves · Jan 13th · A collection of single-purpose online tools for web developers...Brought to you by Stefan Judis( Website, Twitter , GitHub )
The Atlantic
The Coming Software Apocalypse
The Atlantic
507 saves · From 2017 · A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
medium.com
Goodbye, Object Oriented Programming
medium.com
~18 min read · 482 saves · From 2016 · Charles Scalfani · I’ve been programming in Object Oriented languages for decades. The first OO language I used was C++ and then Smalltalk and finally .NET…
HackerNoon
How it feels to learn Javascript in 2016
HackerNoon
~13 min read · 475 saves · From 2016 · Edit: Thanks for pointing typos and mistakes, I’ll update the article as noted. Discussion in HackerNews and Reddit.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
3 min read · 278 saves · Dec 16th · MIT neuroscientists have found reading computer code does not rely on the regions of the brain involved in language processing. Instead, it activates the “multiple demand network,” which is also…
Stack Overflow
Can developer productivity be measured?
Stack Overflow
9 min read · 111 saves · Dec 7th · Defining and measuring programmer productivity is one of the most difficult parts of an engineering manager or CTO’s job description. When everything you do is intangible, how should you measure it?…
freeCodeCamp.org
How to Design Almost Any Backend and Deploy It to AWS with No Code
freeCodeCamp.org
4 min read · 91 saves · Dec 18th · In this post I'll show you how to design four different example apps - a SimpleNote clone, a Twitter clone, a Slack clone, and an E-commerce store. And we'll do it with the coolest new toy released at…
MIT Technology Review
Web scraping is a tool, not a crime
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · 79 saves · Dec 8th · As a reporter who can code, I can easily collect information from websites and social media accounts to find stories. All I need to do is write a few lines of code that go into the ether, open up…
codersblock.com
What Can You Put in a CSS Variable?
codersblock.com
9 min read · 72 saves · Dec 9th · CSS variables (also know as CSS custom properties) can hold all sorts of things. Some of these things were not obvious to me, which is why I decided to write...
HackerNoon
Using Reddit & Twitter to Make Your README More Effective
HackerNoon
3 min read · 52 saves · Dec 13th · Many lessons from my time at university have stuck with me throughout the years. One of the most important was in regards to technical writing (thank you to my CS 787 professor).
The Markup
Algorithms Behaving Badly: 2020 Edition
The Markup
5 min read · 50 saves · Dec 15th · Computers are being asked to make more and more weighty decisions, even as their performance reviews are troubling
