🔥 Node.js CLI, Alpine.js, Fastify.js, Raycast, and more — Weekly Picks #118
Tags: webdev, javascript, codenewbie, react
Published: 2020-03-11 15:43:08

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title: 🔥 Node.js CLI, Alpine.js, Fastify.js, Raycast, and more — Weekly Picks #118
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We are back again with another exciting post of weekly picks. We'll be sharing with you folks what developers had been looking at this week on Daily.

We also published a few posts last week, which we'd like to drop here in case if you missed them. 

* [🚧 How to Report A Broken Link Or NSFW Content in Daily?](https://r.daily.dev/report) — Learn how can you report broken links and NSFW content at Daily to make it safe and better for the Daily community.

* [🔥 How to Customize the Layout of Daily?](https://r.daily.dev/customize) — Customize Daily to make it look the way you like it!

* [👨‍💻 Start Contributing to Open Source With Daily](https://r.daily.dev/contribute) — Get involved with open source by contributing to Daily.

And a lot more coming later this week!

⚡️ Now, let's jump to the weekly picks and see what developers found interesting last week!

## 1️⃣ Tell Your Junior Dev To Do This Before Your Next Stand-Up

Learn how you can actually add value to the stand-ups by helping the junior devs. I won't mind calling **it a stand-up 101**. I would recommend everyone to take a look and there's definitely something that you can take away from it. 💯

* [Tell Your Junior Dev To Do This Before Your Next Stand-Up](https://app.dailynow.co/r/640b3fde3550f772991cbc74f49b655c)

## 2️⃣ Why we Removed jQuery From Our Products?

An interesting read to know why folks at FlatLogic removed jQuery from their products. **The reading contains very valid arguments that led to this decision**. If you use jQuery or used it before in your projects, you should read this. ⚡️

* [Why we Removed jQuery From Our Products?](https://app.dailynow.co/r/b32739ad071dd62f6c819c367ce3cf43)

## 3️⃣ 10 Famous Apps Using React.js

This post lists 10 popular applications that use React.js. Personally, I was expecting more than a mere list and short descriptions. But, if you are a beginner starting out, it might be a good post to know about the popularity and usage of React. 🔥

* [10 Famous Apps Using React.js](https://app.dailynow.co/r/f313e0d75d292e11e9dd4f82500d06f0)

## 4️⃣ Why Is Software Development So Hard?

🧐 I believe that's something to which all software engineers can relate. **Software development is hard, we often get exhausted, and have this feeling of not belonging**. That's something everyone goes through and this post might help you feel better.  

* [Why Is Software Development So Hard?](https://app.dailynow.co/r/1e4ae83d048d06ab05ce6e7efd5495a3)

## 5️⃣ Raycast — Fastest way to control Jira, GitHub, and other web apps

🎯 We rely on tons of applications on a Daily basis. Opening every single application every morning and staying up-to-date is hard. **Raycast is a great app to help you manage all those apps — Jira, GitHub, and more directly from your desktop.**  

* [Raycast - Fastest way to control Jira, GitHub and other web apps](https://app.dailynow.co/r/f7d129544ccd58c25a6434df9e788418)

## 6️⃣ Introducing Alpine.js: A Tiny JavaScript Framework

🤔 It's a very detailed article on getting started with Alphine.js by Phil at Smashing Magazine. **It starts by comparing it with Vue, React, and JQuery and then goes deep into it with CodePen demos**. Definitely worth reading. 

Lastly, there is a great discussion in the comments that you can follow to develop a better overview.  

* [Introducing Alpine.js: A Tiny JavaScript Framework](https://app.dailynow.co/r/d1c3b7df2b859eb58588a642782af019)

## 7️⃣ Building a Simple CLI Youtube Video Downloader in NodeJS

As developers, sometimes we just don't want to leave terminal and get everything done inside it. **Scripts and CLIs are our way to go in an effort to get things done via a terminal**. Through this article, you can learn how you can build a simple CLI to download YouTube videos. ✨ 

* [Building a Simple CLI Youtube Video Downloader in NodeJS](https://app.dailynow.co/r/daf71c59848e2169d9192f3d8f5bbf7f)

## 8️⃣ Real-time Video Processing with JavaScript (No Library)

That's something interesting. I have worked with Image/Video processing in C#, C++, or Python but never JavaScript. This post shows how you can actually process videos in real-time using JavaScript. That too, without using any library. 💯

* [Realtime Video Processing with JavaScript (No Library)](https://app.dailynow.co/r/687247fb7698e704420d6cbc3b4dd0d7)

## 9️⃣ How to center things in CSS 💘

Centering things in CSS used to be pretty hard. You had to manage it both horizontally and vertically. **Thanks to modern CSS — flexbox, grid — it has become pretty easy now**. This post discusses one approach to center things suing CSS (both horizontal and vertical). 🌟 

Don't forget to check out the post comments. There is some good stuff in there.


* [How to center things in CSS 💘](https://app.dailynow.co/r/f3c043bc6ab558145ab386b612f68c8e)

## 🔟 Fastify Node.js Web Framework

🚀 Fastify is an open-source Node.js Framework with a plugin-based architecture and focuses on performance. I haven't heard of it before, so I can't say much. But if you are Node.js developer, you should definitely check it out.

* [Fastify Node.js Web Framework](https://app.dailynow.co/r/9d301f8ba2dca8699ae277e0ef984cb5)

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

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