9 Best Articles in 2021
UX Collective
Design Better Forms
UX Collective
5 min read · 1049 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 · 632 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 · 551 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
10 min read · 519 saves · 2020-01-13 · A collection of single-purpose online tools for web developers...Brought to you by Stefan Judis( Website, Twitter , GitHub )
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
8 min read · 514 saves · 2020-12-16 · 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…
The Atlantic
The Coming Software Apocalypse
The Atlantic
508 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 · 484 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…
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New Quantum Algorithms Finally Crack Nonlinear Equations
Quanta Magazine
3 min read · 93 saves · Jan 5th · Max G. Levy · Two teams found different ways for quantum computers to process nonlinear systems by first disguising them as linear ones.
2020.stateofcss.com
The State of CSS 2020: Trend Report
2020.stateofcss.com
6 min read · 92 saves · Jan 5th · Way back when I was just starting my web developer career, I made the mistake of taking a few years off from building websites. I still remember clearly the moment I came back and realized table…
kais.blog
7 Tips for Clean Code in JavaScript You Should Know
kais.blog
5 min read · 46 saves · Jan 6th · This post was originally published at kais.blog. Let's move your learning forward together! Follow m...
The New Stack
6 Web Development Predictions for 2021
The New Stack
5 min read · 42 saves · Jan 4th · As we kick-start 2021 in application and web development, two trends seem destined to continue their rapid growth: serverless and JavaScript development.
The New Stack
Up the Stack: A Year-End Review of Serverless, Jamstack and JavaScript
The New Stack
5 min read · 38 saves · 2020-12-28 · Serverless, Jamstack and Javascript — three cloud native trends that operate "up the stack" for developers — have grown significantly over 2020.
CSS-Tricks
Simulating Drop Shadows with the CSS Paint API
CSS-Tricks
10 min read · 34 saves · 2020-12-29 · Ask a hundred front-end developers, and most, if not all, of them will have used the box-shadow property in their careers. Shadows are enduringly popular,
analyticsvidhya.com
A Quick Overview of Regression Algorithms in Machine Learning
analyticsvidhya.com
4 min read · 31 saves · Jan 10th · The media shown in this article are not owned by Analytics Vidhya and is used at the Author’s discretion. We basically train machines so as to include some kind of automation in it. In machine…
KDnuggets
Key Data Science Algorithms Explained: From k-means to k-medoids clustering
KDnuggets
4 min read · 31 saves · 2020-12-29 · As a core method in the Data Scientist's toolbox, k-means clustering is valuable but can be limited based on the structure of the data. Can expanded methods like PAM (partitioning around medoids),…
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A Guide to Securing Node.js Applications
DEV Community 👩💻👨💻
~13 min read · 30 saves · 2020-12-30 · The one thing that developers tend to considers at the end of the development cycle is the “security”...
TechCrunch
Webflow raises $140M, pushing its valuation to $2.1 billion
TechCrunch
3 min read · 22 saves · Jan 13th · This morning Webflow, a software company that helps businesses build no-code websites, announced that it has raised a $140 million Series B. The round, led by returning investors Accel and…
