The Best of Toptal
10 most popular Toptal articles, as voted by our community.
Toptal is a network of the world’s top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on demand.
Toptal on Java
Server-side I/O Performance: Node vs. PHP vs. Java vs. Go
Clearly, Go is the winner here, followed by Java, Node and finally PHP.
Toptal on Javascript
The Comprehensive Guide to JavaScript Design Patterns
Design patterns are reusable solutions to commonly occurring problems in software design. Let's take a look at how they work and explore some popular JavaScript design patterns.
Toptal on Product Design
COVID-19: the ultimate Design Thinking use case
Could designers use the design thinking process to solve emergent problems and come up with innovative solutions for dealing with COVID-19?
«A sea of data coming in is good, but data alone doesn’t speak and doesn’t help make informed decisions. It’s tantamount to drinking from a firehose.»
Toptal on Reinforcement Learning
Reinforcement Learning: A Deep Dive
This is a deep dive into deep reinforcement learning. We will tackle a concrete problem with modern libraries such as TensorFlow, TensorBoard, Keras, and OpenAI Gym. You will learn how to implement…
Toptal on Visual Communication
The Principles of Design and Their Importance
One of the most difficult parts of talking about the principles of design is figuring out just how many principles there actually are (are…
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Optimize Your Site for Conversions: 7 Strategies That Work
A client just hired you to design a landing page for their new offering. They want more than just a beautiful design -- they want a page that converts. What do you do? You read this post, which…
Acing Google's PageSpeed Insights Assessment
Good PageSpeed Insights scores pave the way to success. Here's why.
Buggy JavaScript Code: The 10 Most Common Mistakes JavaScript Developers Make
If you need help figuring out why your JavaScript isn't working, consult this list of the 10 most common JavaScript mistakes from a skilled engineer.
Ensuring Clean Code: A Look at Python, Parameterized
We’ll explore the application of parameterization and how it relates to mainstream design patterns such as dependency injection, strategy, template method, and others. In Python parameterized, many of…
Creating Web Apps with Declarative Programming and FSMs
Adopting declarative-style programming techniques allows your team to create web applications that are easier to extend and maintain.
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