Console methods, narrower width design trend, cool open source projects...

What I Learned in Software Development This Week

Are you familiar with different console methods?Although I've mostly used console.log and console.error, here are a few others mentioned in this tweet.

Design Trends: Narrower Width for Blogs

Lately, there's been a noticeable trend toward narrower layouts for blogs. I've seen this on platforms like Peerlist Blogs , the Arc Browser blog and others. Inspired by this, I've adopted a similar design for my own website. This approach not only helps readers focus better on the content but also simplifies design adjustments across different screen sizes for developers.

Cool Open-Source Projects

Have you checked out the zoomable chart implementation of shadcn charts? It's incredibly professional-looking and, best of all, it's open source. Take a look here.

Speaking of UI libraries, while shadcn is built on top of Radix UI, I’ve found another excellent library called "Just D." It’s based on React Aria components and offers a great range of components. Check it out here.

VS Code extension I discovered

Tailwind Fold is an extension which improves code readability by collapsing Tailwind classes, making the codebase much cleaner.

What I've Been Working On

As I mentioned in last week’s recap, I’m currently exploring data tables in shadcn UI, focusing on both client-side and server-side filtering. Additionally, I developed a feature to validate delivery pin codes in one of my projects, using Django for the backend and Next.js for the frontend. My goals for next week include diving deeper into data tables and customizing the Django admin panel. While I can’t share too many details, that’s a brief overview of what I’m up to.

That’s it for this week—let’s catch up again next week!