👩‍🎨 What's New In Frontend? — Weekly Picks #135
Tags: frontend, webdev, javascript, vscode
Published: 2020-07-08 12:53:58

🌟 This week is really all about front-end! We present new features in Chrome, VS Code extensions, cool codepens, and more. As always, all posts were ranked by [daily.dev](https://r.daily.dev/get?r=devto) community. Shout out to all the authors. 👏

So, let's get it started.


## 1️⃣ 5 Underrated Apps for Programmers You Should Use Right Now

A list of the author's top 5 apps, I personally didn't know any of them 🤷‍♂️. **Ungit, Termius, Alacritty, Byobu, and Spacedesk, for more information about them, check out the post**. 👇

[5 Underrated Apps for Programmers You Should Use Right Now](https://app.dailynow.co/r/d9d16a0856208463b225a62feda8046c)

## 2️⃣ 🔥 What's Hot in Web Development? — Weekly Picks #134

🎖 Last week's picks were great, hopefully, we can recreate this success again. 😊 **It was all about React, Javascript, developers' productivity, and more**.

[🔥 What's Hot in Web Development? — Weekly Picks #134](https://app.dailynow.co/r/f6ca97f5115b0c5a3ecf1545bf72d3c1)

## 3️⃣ Top 10 Visual Studio Extensions in 2020

We, developers, just love these top VS Code extensions lists. **This week we have another list with pretty awesome extensions**. My favorite from this list is probably "Import Cost" 👾

[Top 10 Visual Studio Extensions in 2020](https://app.dailynow.co/r/a9b8c1f5c87b8705c38e3be03371059a)

## 4️⃣ Don't Call Yourself a Front-End Developer

**The author presents his thinking that front-end developers have a "perception-problem"**. They are often underestimated due to what front-end development used to be. I'm not sure I agree with him, but it's definitely an interesting piece.🤔

[Don't Call Yourself a Front-End Developer](https://app.dailynow.co/r/820394e02cb5ec9d6b39b306d3983bd6)

## 5️⃣ Why Low-Code Will Never Replace Developers

🤖 Low-code platforms are growing fast, and democratizing capabilities that used to be exclusive to developers. Platforms such as Wix and Webflow for website building and many others. **Worry not, the author explains that professional skills are still very much needed**.

[Why Low-Code Will Never Replace Developers](https://app.dailynow.co/r/90d083c4e3451a9b99e44d6f38a77415)

## 6️⃣ three.js sample

**A codepen that demonstrates how to build a sphere with three.js**. 🌐

[three.js sample](https://app.dailynow.co/r/864021e15bae4364d992425e04d3dac1)

## 7️⃣ Animated Google Fonts 😎

We have another pen! **Cool font animations, very colorful and neat**. 🎨

[Animated Google Fonts 😎](https://app.dailynow.co/r/0e10abc747515a388c9c53cc5dfab625)

## 8️⃣ New in Chrome: CSS Overview

📣 New features in Chrome DevTools are always exciting! **A new experimental feature will summarize for you the CSS of site**. It shows color palette, fonts, media queries, and other properties.

[New in Chrome: CSS Overview](https://app.dailynow.co/r/83cb8f122f9aaf0b154ebcb3d5a73313)

## 9️⃣ Web Standards

Have you ever wondered who came up with HTML, HTTP and URI? **This post covers briefly the history and evolution of web standards as we know them today**. 📜

[Web Standards](https://app.dailynow.co/r/9839f46505def50d1a847d6a966709d1)

## 🔟 15 Top Front-End Technologies To Rule The Market in 2020 and Beyond

🆙 Pretty outdated list if you ask me as most of the libraries there are already dominating the market. **Anyway this is a list of 15 popular front-end libraries**.

[15 Top Front-End Technologies To Rule The Market in 2020 and Beyond](https://app.dailynow.co/r/34d45beaf7ed575ff64a05a2dd6a4599)

## 🙌 Wrap Up!
 
That was all for this week. We will come back with another list of interesting development posts next week.

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