TOP 5 Alien Articles of the Week Worth Reading 👽📖
Tags: beginners, css, webdev, productivity
Published: 2021-03-19 10:37:41

Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed last week's article! I am back with another one as this week's scoop 😋. These articles are posted outside Dev.to, hence the moniker - "alien" 👽
I hope you guys find them rewarding!

Last week's development tasks were some of the most challenging assignments I have ever undertaken. From replacing complete authorization modules to implementing a more optimized folder structure, I got to learn a lot. So, today I am back to share the articles that helped me through those struggles. 

##1. Absolute Imports in create-react-app## 🚧

importing components and functions from that deeply nested folder structure you created to reduce your code complexity can become a real hassle on its own. Author **Aakash N S** is here with a solution for you.

[![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/qge33nzxe11ck5zha1nt.png)](https://hackernoon.com/react-pro-tip-use-absolute-imports-for-better-readability-and-easy-refactoring-2ad5c7f2f957)

##2. Next.Js + Passport.Js##📫

Passport.Js is the most popular authorization module available today. Powered by Oauth2, it provides a great alternative to session-based auth in the form of JWT. In this article, Author **Zemuldo** provides a detailed step-by-step guide to implement passport in your Next.Js App.

[![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/p9vfv0ayxxq8gydsvns4.png)](https://zemuldo.com/blog/nextjs-oauth-with-passport-+-github-5e6d256f7f7b5b001984784f)

##3. Refreshing Server-Side-Props in Next.Js## 🎠

Pages generated in SSR need a hard refresh once the Database delivering the data is updated through the App. Author **Josh W. Comeau** is here with a clever solution to update the page data without the need for that hard refresh.😉

[![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/k8pu7sqx4kpma5358vad.png)](https://www.joshwcomeau.com/nextjs/refreshing-server-side-props/)

##4. Future of Apple Silicon with M1X## 

Ever since Apple launched its ARM-based processors, the laptop processor market has not been the same. And I am here to see the tech giant flip the landscape on its head 🤯. This article by **Daniel R Deakin** delivers a bite-size version of the rumors and leaks about upcoming apple silicon processors and if it's anything to go by, laptops, as we know them, will never be the same.    

[![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ojln0s3sucma55uaf2hv.jpeg)](https://www.notebookcheck.net/12-core-M1X-in-2021-and-16-core-M2-in-2022-Dazzling-predictions-include-upcoming-Apple-Silicon-that-is-four-times-faster-than-the-M1-chip.526565.0.html)

##5. 11 new CSS tricks for front-end development## 🎨

Who doesn’t love a fresh new list of CSS tricks to make their current/next web dev project a sight to behold? Author **Daniel Anderson** is here just to deliver that. Enjoy!! 

[![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/d86w9fnqyuv36pqxn5w9.png)](https://javascript.plainenglish.io/11-frontend-tricks-that-most-frontend-developers-dont-know-about-68dc48199ed6)

##Let me know what you think!##

Tell me about your favorite dev blogs and what you guys have been reading lately down in the comments below!. Have an awesome, dev-licious day ❤!

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