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Every Tuesday 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.
Thoughtful questions and study groups
When a new developer joined @jingjing142 's team, they felt compelled to write down the things that helped them get started with their developer career — and lucky for us that they did!

Tips for starting your first developer job
Jing ・ Sep 7 ・ 9 min read
Quick TypeScript tip
"The next time you consider type casting a property with as MyType," writes @smeijer , "consider writing a type assertion instead." Here's why...

Typescript Type Assertions
Stephan Meijer ・ Sep 7 ・ 3 min read
We all started out as beginners
@annika_h shared this soothing and helpful post that will really come in handy if you could use some motivation and advice this week.


Things you might want to hear from an experienced developer
Annika_H for SinnerSchrader Engineers ・ Sep 8 ・ 3 min read
Writing with your other hand
@jessicacregg explains how switching careers is like becoming ambidextrous — it might feel impossible at first, but when you reframe the tools at your disposal, a world of options opens up!

My Experience as a Career Switcher in Tech
??????? ・ Sep 6 ・ 7 min read
In this guide, @dastasoft explores what Node/Express is and how it works, shows us how we can build a REST API to store and retrieve data, test endpoints, and upload our application. Super informative!

How Every Web Developer Can Become FullStack With Node.js
dastasoft ・ Sep 10 ・ 25 min read
100 days of web security education
@lindsfonnes is participating in 100 days of hacking — and will be sharing content about common vulnerabilities and how we as developers can defend against them. In this intro post, Lindsey presents how they view the intersection of web security. and software development.

Why Every Web Developer Should Learn About Security
Lindsey Fonnesbeck ・ Sep 7 ・ 3 min read
Baseline, scope, and documentation
@erikmelone dives into two time-efficient ways to write better documentation.

How to write clear and concise documentation
Erik Melone ・ Sep 11 ・ 5 min read
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 Tuesday!
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by DEV Community

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