1. Noam Chomsky & Regex

What on earth to the two have to do with one another? Find out in Alaina's spellbinding post about the linguistics behind regular expressions.

Exploring the Linguistics Behind Regular Expressions

Alaina Kafkes ・ Nov 20 '17 ・ 10 min read

#regularexpressions #regex #linguistics

2. The truth about learning to code

"My name is xxxx and after studying with TreeHouse for six weeks, I got a job as a Front-End Developer."

^^ Does not apply to everyone. In this post, Muna shares the truths she's learned on her coding journey.

Front-end web development is not what you think it is.

Muna Mohamed ・ Nov 22 '17 ・ 4 min read

#tech #webdev #javascript #advice

3. Do you know how to GitHub?

Community advice on github and personal use, team use, open source, career advancement, and more, compiled by Kim Arnett.

4. The what, why, & how on progressive web apps

Alexandre gives us a quick guide to progressive web apps.

The easy way to turn a website into a Progressive Web App

Alexandre Plennevaux for BeCode ・ Nov 21 '17 ・ 4 min read

#pwa #lighthouse #mobile

5. "It's been hard, but I'm loving it!"

Overheard at a conference in a huddle of junior developers. In this post, Steff goes in more depth about these feelings and shares some tips to help junior devs.

6. No More Outdated API Documentation

A walkthrough on using Dredd, a tool for testing APIs using their own documentation.

Testing an API Against its Documentation

Alberto Fernandez Medina ・ Nov 23 '17 ・ 7 min read

#api #apiary #node #dredd

7. Technology fads

"An innovation only becomes a technology fad when we start mass-adopting it on any basis other than its own merit!" Jason shares his thoughts on today's fads.

All The Cool Kids Are Doing It

Jason C. McDonald ・ Nov 22 '17 ・ 6 min read

#coding #culture #blockchain

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!