Every Tuesday, 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. ❤️

2021 — The year of full-stack

@itsnitinr has decided to learn the following technologies this year. By the end of this post, you might be on the same page!

Technologies That I'll Be Learning in 2021 as a MERN Stack Developer (with resources)

Nitin Ranganath ・ Jan 5 '21

#webdev #typescript #react #node

Paper experiments

Ok, these are not actual paper experiments by @s_aitchison (this is DEV after all). But I think you’ll find these CSS effects to look pretty close to the real thing!

3 experiments with CSS paper effects

Suzanne Aitchison ・ Jan 8 '21

#css #codepen #showdev #webdev

Consistency, consistency, consistency (git it?)

This tutorial by @timmybytes will help your commit history look neat, navigable, and consistent. Who doesn’t need more of that in their life?

Keeping Git Commit Messages Consistent with a Custom Template

Timothy Merritt ・ Jan 10 '21

#git #github #productivity #tutorial

A Model View Controller primer

In this tutorial by @eaetukudo, we explore building endpoints using the MVC architecture. Interesting stuff!

Taking your data back

@kiraemclean vowed to get off Google entirely -- a lofty goal they achieved. If you thought this was impossible, think again.

What I Use Now Instead Of Google

Kira McLean ・ Jan 6 '21

#degoogle #ungoogle #privacy

Dedicate 2 hours every day. No matter what.

Great tips from @oleksandrbezhan on building a business when life seems to have infinite distractions.

What is JWT?

@kmistele breaks it down wonderfully

Demystifying JWT: How to secure your next web app

Kyle Mistele ・ Jan 5 '21

#javascript #cybersecurity #webdev #security

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 Tuesday!