teleren/devto huggingface dataset:
Thank you
Tags: thankyou, beginners, discuss
Published: 2019-03-07 11:56:31

---
title: Thank you
published: true
description: Thank you for reading my posts and following me on Dev.to
tags: thankyou, beginners, discuss
cover_image: https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/g5v6frzqx3yyv0fknnzf.jpg
---

I just wanted to say a big Thank you!

Thank you to those wonderful people who have taken their time read and react to my posts.

Thank you to the wonderful people who are following me.

And thank you to everyone for making Dev.to an approachable and friendly community!

I've been posting on here for just over a month now. Your support has encouraged me to post and I promise I will up my  game and try and being more useful content over my second month!
Nevertheless, Hannah Cross Coded
Tags: wecoded
Published: 2019-03-07 11:23:53

---
title: Nevertheless, Hannah Cross Coded 
published: true
tags: shecoded
---

## I started to code in 2017 because...I wanted to build things and solve problems. I wanted to prove to myself that it wasn't "beyond me" or "too difficult"... and I did! I moved from a fundraising role in the cultural sector to a tech job within six months - anything is possible!

## My favourite code editor is...VS code. I thought Atom was "the one" for a long time but in the past six months I have been completely converted by the integrated terminal, panda theme and debugging. 

## I hope for more women and young people to get involved with tech. I am currently volunteering for Code First Girls as I think everyone should have the opportunity to learn, even if it doesn't turn into a career. It's a really powerful life-skill. I also want to see the cultural and charitable sectors have more access to new technologies and IT infrastructures - this could transform the way some organisations work.
Nevertheless, Chiamaka Ikeanyi Coded
Tags: wecoded
Published: 2019-03-07 11:23:48

---
title: Nevertheless, Chiamaka Ikeanyi Coded 
published: true
tags: shecoded
---

## I continued to code in 2019 because...
Despite starting my career as the only lady in tech at the organization I started with, I didn't let it discourage me. Retrospectively, I am no longer where I use to be. The diff is clear and it will always get better. Software engineering is my choice career. 

## I deserve credit for...
Having encouraged some women who read my articles and those I taught during Andela Learning Community 2.0 programme to desire to grow to help others too. 

## I hope to join my tech community...
In making a global impact and also craft usable solutions to human problems.
Nevertheless, Egwuenu Gift Coded
Tags: wecoded, vuevixens
Published: 2019-03-07 10:03:21

## I continued to code in 2019 because...

Ever since I started my career as a software developer I've seen a lot of growth as time goes on and this makes me so happy plus the fact that I love the job I'm currently doing and I've met some amazing people. This motivates me to keep pushing and do greater things for me and for my community. 

## I deserve credit for ... 

Keeping it together and breaking the stereotype that says women can't do tech. Yes, we can and we are amazing at what we do! 

## I hope to see my work and tech community... 

Grow so fast that its impact will be seen around the whole world. I'm currently a chapter leader for Vue Vixens in Lagos, Nigeria a community of women that are interested in learning Vuejs. I hope to get a lot of women in my local community to be a part of this initiative.
MySigMail brand new landing
Tags: design, landing, vue
Published: 2019-03-07 09:45:19

---
title: MySigMail brand new landing
published: true
description: MySigMail brand new landing 
tags: design, landing, vue
---

Hi here!

Yesterday morning I told myself that I need to make a new landing. After lunch, I started to draw a landing page in Sketch, drawing until late at night. In the morning I already started coding and now I'm deploy 🚀

![](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/b5lfs38mok3bbt5gkpp9.png)

Take a look at - https://mysigmail.com

MySigMail - is a open source UI Email Signature Generator

{% github antonreshetov/mysigmail %}
Nevertheless, Patience Coded
Tags: theycoded
Published: 2019-03-07 09:19:36

---
title: Nevertheless, Patience Coded 
published: true
tags: theycoded
---

## I started/continued to code in 2019 because...
...coding is one of the coolest things one can do nowadays. Remember Arthur Clarke's saying that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"? So I definitely deserve the title of Robot Witch Who Wields The Power Of Computers. :) Coding is also fairly complicated, which means it makes me feel smart and intelligent (it is important to note because it's really good for my mental health).

This year, I would like to:
- finish this awesome Udacity course on algorithms
- learn more about DevOps and system administration, which has fascinated me since my childhood
- dive deeper into Python
- hopefully find my first job in IT after 10 years of working as a freelance translator and music teacher...taking it slow!

## I deserve credit for...
...taking part in Django Girls as one of the trainees last year. Since I was a kid, I have had an interest in programming and computer science, but until 2018, I believed it was "not my thing." I knew some HTML and CSS (even had work experience with it), tried my hand at C and Arduino (finally understood physics!), but something was still telling me it was not "real"... After finding a community of supportive women and genderqueer folks, I had courage to really engage in coding:
- I learned Python and some Java
- I made a website for a rare comic I translated into Russian: http://deathbunnies.pythonanywhere.com
- I made a tool to pick board games from my collection for a nice evening with friends: http://igolka.pythonanywhere.com
- I made a lightning talk about the latter at the PyLadies meetup in St. Petersburg
- My career in computer science is merely at its starting point, and I am not planning to give up.

## I hope to see my school/work/developer/tech community...
...definitely less biased towards women and nonbinary people. As I'm writing this post, I feel hesitant to send it, as I often come across devaluation of beginners' efforts, and do not want to face this again and again.
In particular, I would like to see more appreciation for initiatives like Django Girls and PyLadies. Some say that these initiatives have no value because they "help people justify their stupidity." But as a person with experience in teaching, I claim they're doing just the opposite – even if someone is stupid, it becomes easy to fix if you're in an accepting community without condescending attitude.

Tomorrow, on March 8, I will be one of the mentors at Django Girls. What a cool way to celebrate International Women's Day! If what they usually wish to women in my country on this holiday is "being nice and attractive," I will work towards making women and genderqueer people feel smart and intelligent, so they can believe in themselves. This will eventually help them solve their problems on their own, without engaging in harmful relationships out of sheer need or insecurity. I will be very proud if I can contribute to that through doing what I like.
The 10 Best Sublime Text 3 Themes of 2019
Tags: softwaredevelopment, sublimetext3theme, bestsublimetextthemes
Published: 2020-01-30 10:14:30

---
title: The 10 Best Sublime Text 3 Themes of 2019
published: true
tags: Software Development, Sublime Text 3 theme, Best Sublime Text Themes
canonical_url: https://www.positronx.io/best-sublime-text-3-themes/
---

![Sublime Text 3 Themes](https://www.positronx.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sublime-text-theme-2774-00.jpg)

The best **Sublime Text 3 themes of 2019** are going to be explored in this article! Without thinking twice, I will tell you that **Sublime Text editor** is the code editor I love to bits! It has been an all-time favorite. In the interim, I tried a few other editors, but I am back to using Sublime Text. Well, it has nothing to do with other editors being terrible. It’s just that I love the slick UI of Sublime Text and I am quite comfortable working with this one.

I will never get tired of this one!As far as code editors are concerned, Sublime Text has been one of the initial players. I love the fact that color-schemes and **Sublime Text 3 themes** go hand-in-hand with the UI. Also, I don’t see the same when it comes to other code editors out there, especially the modern ones. Alternatively, maybe I am partial to ST.


[Click here to read more](https://www.positronx.io/best-sublime-text-3-themes/)
Nevertheless, Deb Mayers Coded
Tags: wecoded
Published: 2019-03-07 08:17:03

---
title: Nevertheless, Deb Mayers Coded 
published: true
tags: shecoded
---

Hi, I’m from a town of 260 people, got my undergraduate degree in Classical Civilization, I worked at a behavioural economics lab where I was introduced to technology and programming, but got into UX and design rather than developing. After I got a Masters in Ancient Cultures where I was interested in 3D modelling archaeological sites and got hooked on VR. During this degree I was told my dissertation was too ‘computer science-y’so decided to another Masters (conversion degree) in Information Technology/Software Development. In this degree I did my dissertation on the efficacy of VR as a tool to learn about Ancient History. It was very difficult, as a single mother, in a different country with no help, and I am still recovering. However, the thing that kept me going was designing and developing my VR experience. 

I found a passion in VR and AR and am currently trying to make proof of concepts to bring the technology into my work. 

I continued programming in 2019 because I want to learn the basics in order to create digital media experiences for museums and heritage sites, and XR experiences to help businesses.


I deserve credit for continuing to pursue my passion of VR and AR development despite being in a culture that does not accept it. 

I hope to see my community grow this year as I create a ARVR meet-up in Glasgow.
I'm Kjell Otto, and I support all devs.
Tags: shecodedallywecoded
Published: 2019-03-07 06:59:00

---
title: I'm Kjell Otto, and I support all devs.
published: true
tags: shecodedally wecoded 
---

## I will advocate for gender equality by...
Helping with everyting coding related. I want to help every person on this planet to get as familiar with coding as possible. I don't differentiate between sex, or identification in that matter. 

## My advice for fellow allies is...
Just code. Start somewhere and get going! Interest is the biggest passion driver, so find something that you think is interesting and keep digging... it will be a whirlwind of knowledge coming at you, but don't stop. It all makes sense in the end... 

Don't stop to ask, and keep reasoning.
Dev.to API library for .NET 🚀
Tags: showdev, dotnet, opensource
Published: 2019-03-07 06:58:51

---
title: Dev.to API library for .NET 🚀
published: true
description: You don't need to scrape this site any more to build something!
tags: showdev, dotnet, opensource
---

With a few articles ([Vue Twitter Bot](https://dev.to/danielelkington/a-bot-that-tweets-new-dev-articles-about-vue-4p5a) & [React Twitter Bot](https://dev.to/frontendwizard/inspired-by-thevuedev-i-created-thereactdev-55g2)) recently talking about creating automated Twitter bots for posting articles for a particular topic, I thought I would chip in and write a basic library for any .NET clients. It is a fully async library using .NET Standard.

{% github Turnerj/devto-dotnet %}

It is early days as the API is likely going to change a bit and probably will need an API key at some point but might help some people get started easier.

You can grab it on NuGet [here](https://www.nuget.org/packages/DevTo.Api/).

Happy to work with the DEV team to make sure this library supports the current and future APIs for the site. 🙂
Nevertheless, Adinda Tiwi Coded
Tags: wecoded
Published: 2019-03-07 06:06:53

---
title: Nevertheless, Adinda Tiwi Coded 
published: true
tags: shecoded
---

## I started/continued to code in 2018 and 2019 because...I want to learn more and more about code , to be able to stand in this community is an honor .

#Learning is fun time , coding is a game. I'm a Problem Solver

## I hope to see my school/work/developer/tech community in this year and also next next year later being in the middle of tech community is my dream

##thank you for my parent for always supporting me
How to make backgrounds like the default WhatsApp wallpaper?
Tags: help, discuss, design, webdev
Published: 2019-03-07 05:50:58

---
title: How to make backgrounds like the default WhatsApp wallpaper?
published: true
description: How to create fine-print backgrounds
tags: #help, #discuss, #design, #webdev
---

Hi designers,

What is the technique to create "fine-print" backgrounds like the default WhatsApp wallpaper? I also need it to be responsive and the shapes to be distinguishable at different resolutions. I presume this is achieved through vector graphics like `.svg`?

![WhatsApp background](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/tw0nawnvo0zpgm5nx4fp.png)


Also, how to I make "code-text" backgrounds? Can't find a reference image for this so I'll try my best to explain what I'm trying to achieve. I want a background that's basically a chuck of code with muted colours. While the background-text is distinguishable, it shouldn't clash with the foreground content.

Any tips and tricks on techniques on how to achieve this?
Or at least links to such resources?

I'm trying to create backgrounds like this for a website I'm making. The theme of the website is centred around web development and programming.

Thanks.
Which eclipse IDE shortcut/feature you wish you had known sooner?
Tags: discuss, java, eclipse, features
Published: 2019-03-07 05:23:47

---
title: Which eclipse IDE shortcut/feature you wish you had known sooner?
published: true
description: 
tags: #discuss #java #eclipse #features
---

Off lately, I have started using jUnit in eclipse and it continues to baffle me how little I know of my IDE and how powerful it can be.

Do you have come across such features or shortcuts or subtleties that you wish you had known sooner or you wish people know about? 

Do let the Dev.to community know!
JQuery like selector
Tags: javascript, jquery, classselectors
Published: 2019-03-07 05:09:42

---
title: JQuery like selector
published: true
description: I am trying to avoid jquery coz I believe that js is pretty well and can do everything. However I am stuck with a class selector in javascript. Can anyone tell me how to to the following[in the image] in javascript.
image : https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/hd8575p06eqyphxjp3fl.png
tags: Javascript,JQuery, classSelectors 
---
Git commit info in your build
Tags: csharp, dotnet, git, msbuild
Published: 2019-03-07 05:00:12

---
title: Git commit info in your build
published: true
description: A post about a recent library that I found which makes including git information very easy
tags: csharp, dotnet, git, msbuild
---

For quite a long time I've been generating git commit info for use inside my assemblies at work but I've been doing it in a roundabout fragile way.  I found a library that includes an MSBuild task to do it for me called [GitInfo](https://github.com/kzu/GitInfo).  I was skeptical at first but it was literally the easiest thing I could possibly do.

All you need to do to use it is add the Nuget package.  Behind the scenes what it does is generate a new target for MSBuild to run which adds another autogenerated file based on a template.  It's nothing too fancy, but it takes care of a lot of annoying things for you like trying to locate the git executable and running various git commands to extract useful information.  Auto generated files are like the ones that get automatically generated when you have XAML files in your project (`*.g.cs`).  They wind up in your "output" directory and don't interfere with your git staging area.  But because it is compiled source, all you need to do is call into a static class to get all the juicy git info.  Personally, I use `ThisAssembly.Git.Commit` which is the short commit hash.  However, there is a whole lot more to play with.

Check it out!
Silencing the lizard brain
Tags: lizard, productivity, concentration, projects
Published: 2019-03-07 03:00:51

*Cover photo credit: [Nandhu Kumar](https://unsplash.com/photos/RxZUEaa4fik)*

Seth Godin describes a phenomenon of what happens when someone gets close to shipping something. [He calls it the lizard brain or plainly, the resistance]( https://seths.blog/2010/01/quieting-the-lizard-brain/). The lizard brain is what often sabotages a project. It tells you to slow down, be careful or back off.

And it’s something I’ve been dealing with lately. There’s a project that I’ve been thinking about for about two years. Two years ago when I came up with the idea, I got really amped about it. I told my wife about it, I told my friends about it, I even worked on it for a few days and then the lizard brain came in and it fizzled. I don’t even remember why I stopped but I stopped.

Recently the idea popped into my head again and for some reason I’ve felt compelled to pursue it again. Again I told my wife and I told a different set of friends about it. My wife rolled her eyes, my friends think it’s a great idea and I’m off to building it.

But as the days go by, and as I chip away at the idea, I noticed the lizard brain is starting to kick in again. I have been dealing with the fear of what if it actually works? I’ve been focusing on the hypothetical and trying to think through so many future scenarios that my brain can’t possibly understand. This sort of thinking actually almost left me paralyzed in fear to keep working on it again.

I spent 15 minutes working on it tonight and that silenced the lizard brain. I think being in the state of concentration of working on the project was good for silencing the lizard brain temporarily. I’m now at a place where I’d like to get to shipped faster in order to subdue the lizard brain. The more I let the project drag out the easier it is for the lizard brain to get louder.

Have you dealt with lizard brain before? If so, how did you go about silencing it?

---

Originally [posted on michaelsoolee.com](https://michaelsoolee.com/silencing-lizard-brain/).

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Determine the current route in Rails
Tags: rails, ruby, css
Published: 2019-03-07 02:52:13

Let's say you're building a sweet navigation in your Rails application and the design you're implementing shows that you've got different states that have different visual cues.

Those states might be inactive, hovering and active or current. Inactive and hovering seems pretty straight forward, you can do all that in CSS.

```
.Nav-Item {
  // Styles for the "inactive" nav item state
  // would go here.
}

.Nav-Item:hover {
  // Styles for the "hover" nav item state
  // would go here.
}
```

But the active or nav item state that indicates you're currently on the same page as an item in the nav isn't a simple CSS solution. To solve this, you'll need to use a built-in Rails helper called `current_page?`.

With the `current_page?` helper you can pass it things like a relative or absolute path that you'd like to check or you can even pass it actions and controllers with parameters for it to check. Doing so will return either a `true` or `false`.

How this could look in your mark up is this,

```
<%= link_to({ controller: 'page', action: 'about' }, { class: "Nav-Item #{'is-current-page' if current_page?(controller: 'page', action: 'about')}" }) do %>
  About Us
<% end %>
```

I'm using the [`current_page?` helper](https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/UrlHelper.html#method-i-current_page-3F) inside a `link_to` helper block. Specifically it is being passed to the class attribute where it is saying, if the current page `current_page?` is the same as the page handled by the `about` action in the `page` controller, then add the value of `is-current-page` to the class attribute.

Now I could have this in my CSS,

```
.Nav-Item {
  // Styles for the "inactive" nav item state
  // would go here.
}

.Nav-Item:hover {
  // Styles for the "hover" nav item state
  // would go here.
}

.Nav-Item.is-current-page {
  // Styles for the nav item that corresponds
  // with the current page the user is viewing
}
```

Now we're able to handle inactive, hovering and current page states in a Rails application nav.

---

Originally [posted on michaelsoolee.com](https://michaelsoolee.com/rails-current-route/).

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Nevertheless, Maria Coded
Tags: wecoded
Published: 2019-03-07 02:49:30

---
title: Nevertheless, Maria Coded 
published: true
tags: shecoded
---

## I continued to code in 2019 because...

I have been writing code for a few years now, and the thought of quitting the industry has crossed my mind numerous times. In school it was because of sexist professors who didn't think I belonged in CS program. During work on certain projects for money I have considered that I wasn't worth the money, and might never be worth it, so I must quit. Other times it was because the stress was unmanageable, deadlines too unrealistic. 

In 2018 I wasn't sure I could have a job that would align with my values, that would make me feel that my work benefits someone. Well, in 2019 I continue to code because I have the privilege to work at a company where my code benefits people that work/fight/contribute to the causes I care about.


## I Recently Overcame...

Accepting myself and my qualities. I have been criticized for being too negative, but some times that has won arguments which pushed back on some risky features or deploys that could have ended in all nighters. That also makes me a relatively better QA and code reviewer. 

However, I didn't just ignore people's feedback, I have learned to be more empathetic, and putting myself in other's shoes. It taught me to sandwich my feedback - positive, negative, positive.

So accepting yourself is about reflecting on your qualities, and seeing them in a new light, while also paying attention to what others say. 


## My advice for other women and non-binary folks who code is...

Find people who will listen to you and support you, even if it's just a rant and you are in the wrong.


## My advice for allies to support women and non-binary folks who code is..

Showing your support sometimes means to get uncomfortable. If someone interrupts someone, says something unkind - point it out.
Do Better
Tags: wecoded
Published: 2019-03-07 01:58:43

---
title: Do Better
published: true
tags: shecoded
---

After 20 years, I went back to school in 2018 to study web development and computer science at Lambda School. After working at a public library and helping hesitant computer users use terribly designed web sites I knew I can do better.

I have worked really hard to get here, doing a 13-month, after-work program for all of 2018 and into 2019.

I am excited to break into developing, knowing that I have the support and skills to help me make UX better for all.