The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week
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Published: 2020-06-01 19:39:05

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**_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](https://dev.to/rsk2327/investigating-cash-bail-patterns-in-pennsylvania-1kk5) by Roshan Santhosh that addresses a specific example of how technology can help in this important fight._** 

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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.

{% link https://dev.to/jessesbyers/react-and-d3-dynamic-covid-19-visualizations-part-2-country-comparison-dashboard-f9n/ %}

### 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. 

{% link https://dev.to/fayazara/top-open-source-alternatives-to-popular-products-stop-paying-16jn %}

### 3. Lifesavers for the visually-inclined

As a former infographic-designer, Annie knows a think or two about visual resources. 

{% link https://dev.to/liaowow/5-beautiful-visual-resources-for-visual-learners-4d7c %}

### 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!

{% link https://dev.to/felipperegazio/i-created-my-own-pure-css-micro-framework-a-tale-lcd %}

### 5. Ruby: A Love Story

Emily describes Rails as an extremely accessible language for first-time programmers and they explain why in details. 

{% link https://dev.to/thecodepixi/a-ruby-on-rails-roadmap-34i4 %}
  

### 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. 

{% link https://dev.to/study_web_dev/where-to-find-remote-developer-jobs-5g0h %}  

### 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.

{% link https://dev.to/codemouse92/how-to-apologize-1438 %}


_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._**