To read my thoughts on the past week of protest and public outcry against systemic violence towards minorities in the U.S., please see the email-version of this newsletter. I'd also like to point to a great post by Roshan Santhosh that addresses a specific example of how technology can help in this important fight.
Every Monday we round up the previous week's top posts based on traffic, engagement, and a hint of editorial curation. The typical week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday, but don't worry, we take into account posts that are published later in the week. ❤️
1. Visualizing a Pandemic with React and D3
Jesse delves into part II of his dynamic COVID-19 visualizations project. This week, she describes how she used the same vision to approach interactivity in bar charts, allowing users to compare the experience of multiple countries since the first day of COVID-19 cases in each country.
React and D3: Dynamic COVID-19 Visualizations (Part 2: Country Comparison Dashboard)
Jesse Smith Byers ・ May 29 '20
2. There's an open source app for that
Fayaz is building an awesome directory of all the open source tools you can use instead of the popular, proprietary standards.
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3. Lifesavers for the visually-inclined
As a former infographic-designer, Annie knows a think or two about visual resources.
5 Beautiful Visual Resources for Visual Learners
Annie Liao ・ May 30 '20
4. Plume should be theme-able too!
Felippe shares how they started writing some basic CSS styles and features — and ended up with a micro-framework!
I created my own Pure CSS Micro-Framework, a tale 🙃
Felippe Regazio ・ May 26 '20
5. Ruby: A Love Story
Emily describes Rails as an extremely accessible language for first-time programmers and they explain why in details.
6. A Resource Bank for Remote Devs
Kyle breaks down the various resources/job boards for those seeking remote work — and the pros and cons of each.
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7. The Value of Transparency
Jason describes how one company went from making a mistake to earning back trust twofold with authentic communication. They also share a repeatable roadmap for other companies to use in similar situations.
That's it for our weekly wrap up! Keep an eye on dev.to this week for daily content and discussions...and if you miss anything, we'll be sure to recap it next Monday!
For those of you who are continuing to speak up that Black Lives Matter, you inspire us. Stay safe.