Dev.to Review #7: Top 7 Of The Week, Discussed
Tags: serverless, javascript, git, bestofdev
Published: 2018-11-07 16:46:55

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title: Dev.to Review #7: Top 7 Of The Week, Discussed
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What a week, folks! I am back from India, coming off almost twenty hours in the saddle each way, and it's Election Day! Malik and I got together again to chat about this week's Top 7 Articles on dev.to.

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Starting us off this week was ["How a Month without Computers Changed Me"](https://dev.to/iskin/how-a-month-without-computers-changed-me-1ho4) from [Andrey Sitnik](https://dev.to/iskin) on the power of a "digital fast".

From there, we moved on to ["Making Sense of React Hooks"](https://dev.to/dan_abramov/making-sense-of-react-hooks-2eib) from [Dan Abramov](https://dev.to/dan_abramov), in which Dan  gives a short rundown and example implementation of React Hooks, a recently-announced reactive state mechanism. 

We then move on to a discussion around... _creative_ uses for APIs, and [Henry Lim's](https://dev.to/henrylim96) experimentation with Cathay Pacific's flight booking page, in ["Reverse Engineering Cathay Pacific’s Seat Selection Page"](https://dev.to/henrylim96/reverse-engineering-cathay-pacifics-seat-selection-page-43od).

[Aditya Sridhar](https://dev.to/adityasridhar) spurs yet another conversation about git workflows for teams with ["How to use git efficiently"](https://dev.to/adityasridhar/how-to-use-git-efficiently-2pfa).

From there, we move on to ["You shouldn't focus on learning Javascript frameworks"](https://dev.to/flippedcoding/you-shouldnt-focus-on-learning-javascript-frameworks-8p1) from [Milecia McG](https://dev.to/flippedcoding) on the order and balance of how and what people should be learning. Malik and I agree broadly, and immediately move on to...

["Why serverless newbies should use a deployment framework"](https://dev.to/paulswail/why-serverless-newbies-should-use-a-deployment-framework-3ea4) by [Paul Swail](https://dev.to/paulswail), where we almost immediately contradict the stance we agreed with in the preceding discussion (kidding... kind of).

And finally, we talk about ["Design Patterns in Web Development"](https://dev.to/shikaan/design-patterns-in-web-development-2gbp) from [Manuel Spagnolo](https://dev.to/shikaan) and the broader place of Design Patterns in a developer's toolkit.

Any thoughts on taking a break from technology? Want to correct me on the _completely inaccurate_ statements I made about GLONASS?

Where do you see React Hooks fitting in to your projects?

Any opinions on the best Serverless framework or educational content?

Let us know in the comments!

We're still experimenting with post formats, audio, etc., so if you have any thoughts, feel free to let us know here, or on Twitter at [@dangolant](https://www.twitter.com/dangolant) and [@milkstarz](https://www.twitter.com/milkstarz).