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    8 APIs for interesting projects in 2021 web developers

    December 29, 2020

    8 APIs for interesting projects in 2021 web developers

    8 APIs for interesting projects in 2021

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 06:40 AM PST

    New Year coming up so I figured I'd list out some APIs to help fire up some ideas for people looking for side projects in 2021. Most resources I see list 50+ boring variations of database style APIs where you just make simple queries to display data

    1. Printful - Lets you upload designs, preview items, and then order almost any type of merchandise via API. Printful handles shipping and manufacturing
    2. Mux Video- Handles all the complexity of working with video, just upload the file and Mux creates multiple versions of it and pushes to a CDN. Also supports live streaming
    3. Lob - Lets you send postcards, letters, checks, and more with a few lines of code
    4. Twilio - Already well known for SMS, but they've expanded their product range a ton and have a bunch of new features to play around with
    5. Plaid - Makes it easy to connect to users bank accounts and takes care of security and regulations
    6. Google Cloud AI - Could have put a few different companies here but I like Google's AI APIs because they give you $300 in free credit, plus most people already have a Google account so sign up is easy
    7. Coinbase - Free public API for real time crypto price data via websocket, also historical data. With an account you can place orders if you wanted to make a trading bot
    8. Open Secrets - Provides data on pretty much any politicians in Congress, voting records, fundraising, and lobbying

    In the video below I go a bit more in depth on each and also give some project idea suggestions for each API

    https://youtu.be/3ZRBDIA8C6E

    Let me know about any other APIs I didn't mention that you think are interesting

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    How to Load Fonts in a Way That Fights FOUT and Makes Lighthouse Happy

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 05:23 AM PST

    Looking for a study buddy

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 02:26 AM PST

    Hellooo! I am looking for a study-buddy for studying to become a web developer!

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    I hope this is not against the rules of the community. ( there was technically nothing against it in the rules, I guess it would be removed if it is against anyways, if so, sorry for spamming)

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    I am currently doing the self-taught route, so would prefer someone who is like that and someone to keep each other in track, to support, to get faster results and working together with to land a starting job as soon as possible!

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    Just contact please, looking forward 💃🏻

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    Question: deploying websites for clients

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 12:17 AM PST

    Hey guys, I've been studying and practicing for the past year, and finally hit a couple of projects for simple websites (for friends of friends, but still, it's a start and a small cash flow). Question is, how do You approach deploying websites for clients? Places like Heroku, pythonanywhere (I use django as my backend) or AWS all have monthly fees. How do you deal with that? Do everything for the client and then just get them to set the payments? Do it with them (if it's possible to meet up)? Use free hosting services if they don't care about massive 'domain.hostingservicename.com' url? Asking mainly for private clients that know nothing about webdev. Companies might already have their own servers, and they generally don't need simple portfolio websites... Any tips are greatly appreciated!

    Edit: Thanks for input! Definitely will use a lot of those, depending on project and client!

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    Supabase - An open-source Firebase alternative based on Postgres

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 11:19 AM PST

    HTTPS for Humans

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 02:50 PM PST

    What website is best to purchase a domain, for future development?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 02:02 PM PST

    I have always been interested in web development; however, I have only recently decided to give it a go.

    I've started multiple courses and have a structured plan to eventually learn JavaScript (after html & CSS).

    I have a few ideas on first websites/projects; however, I don't know what website is best to use to purchase the domain.

    I see go daddy is used a lot; however, they have a website builder which I (hope) won't need to use as this project will be using lots of JavaScript once I learn.

    Has anyone got any advise on what website is best to use to purchase domains?

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    How can a server tell if a request is coming from web or mobile?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 01:00 PM PST

    I have two clients, a web application written in React, and a mobile application written in React Native.

    My web application uses JWT/cookies to handle authentication, but I can't use cookies in a mobile environment so I have to use something other than cookies to handle the mobile authentication.

    For mobile I'm going to store my JWT using Expo's expo-secure-store, so no cookies; is there a way (eg. through a HTTP header) that my server can use to check what kind of client is sending a request? I'd like to find a way to conditionally handle authentication for different clients in one Express.js middleware rather than having to split the authentication routes for different clients.

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    Maximally optimizing image loading for the web in 2021

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 05:22 AM PST

    Simple Array Example demonstrating creating, updating and displaying data

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 03:41 PM PST

    Hi, I need to add 2 simple arrays demonstrating creating, updating and displaying data to a mock-up ice cream store website using HTML, JS and CSS. I am very new to code and although I get the basics of creating arrays I am really struggling in finding realistic examples of how I would do this.

    I realise this is a very basic and broad question but I have spent a lot of time trying to find real world implications of using Arrays on store-like websites and cannot find info like this anywhere.

    Any examples or pointers would be hugely appreciated. Thank you

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    I'm a webdev who started in a coding bootcamp and currently work at FAANG. I created a blog to document my journey!

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 03:40 PM PST

    Trying to get some feedback on my portfolio website? Still working in other projects

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 03:25 PM PST

    I just finished my first portfolio page and I wanted to put it out there and get some feedback. Im hoping to start applying for new jobs soon, hence why I want to test the waters

    Here is the link:

    Highly appreciated any constructive feedback. I built the page in react and used react-routing library to simulate multiple pages page

    https://my-portfoliowb.web.app/portfolio/

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    When fonts fall

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 06:37 AM PST

    I became a "React component maker", and couldn't do anything by myself. Can I change it somehow?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 07:41 AM PST

    Hello guys.

    I'm a React-developer with almost 1.5 years of experience. I'm working on a big project. I could easily write components of any size. But I have one problem - I couldn't write anything from scratch. I want to write something using any open API but I don't know where to start, what libraries do I need, how to do anything. I open leetcode task and have fear and anxiety of the empty editor, so I close it.

    I've got a few ideas, but I just can't start making them.

    I become React-developer who could work with legacy, but I want to become better and become a real developer, not a "React components maker".

    How to start doing something from scratch? How to fight the anxiety of an empty editor?

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    GitHub Repos to check out other developers code

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 02:42 PM PST

    So as the title says, are there some recommendable repos where you can just look up how someone build their website. I would like to see how people's approach in building there websites. or some cool websites to look up their code with dev tools.

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    File Storage Solution

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 02:07 PM PST

    Hi,

    I am building out an application using the MERN stack and I wanted the community's opinion on a good solution for storing lots of smaller sized (probably 1-3 MB Max) pdf files.

    I've looked into the gridFS solution from MongoDB since I'm already using it, but I read that this may excessive since I will be dealing with much smaller file sizes.

    Does anyone know any options I can look into for file uploads and storage?

    Thanks a bunch!

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    I made a React inline <--> CSS converter

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 02:04 PM PST

    Question: How do those eCard sites work?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 10:12 AM PST

    I've been wanting to work on a personal project and have an idea that uses the same concept as those eCard sites: Create a card with a sharable link, send that link to friends, friends can edit the card and write their own text, you can view the text entered by other friends, the card can be then sent to the final recipient via sharable link.

    I have some experience in web dev but it's time to take on a slightly more complex project for me. I don't entirely understand how I could accomplish this, but it's a learning process.

    Some of my thoughts/questions:

    • Thinking of using the whiteboard.js. Read a bit about PubNub too
    • Once a user hits "save" there will be a timestamp saved along with their entry. I'll use soft polling and it will only show up if it has a timestamp. I'll use the Canvas API to place it in the correct spot.
    • How do I guarantee that "save" will save their entry into the canvas that was created at a certain unique sharable link?
    • From a user perspective, is a sharable link enough to guarantee privacy?
    • Looking into using a CDN?
    • I'll have to maintain connections to multiple servers at the same time. Can someone point me to some good (non-outdated) resources for learning how to do this?
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    Aspiring React Front-end dev feeling a little lost..

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 12:52 PM PST

    Hi guys,

    I've been studying web development for the last 9 months. I feel as though I now have a decent grasp of the basics (HTML, CSS [Sass & BEM], JS) as well as the CLI, Git, Github, NPM and a framework (React).

    Whilst this has allowed me to build basic applications such as a hotel booking website or a GitHub user finder (both using React-Router), both have little functionality without a back-end.

    This has now made me question whether my current knowledge suffices if I want to become a front-end developer. Whilst I am very much open to learning Node and NoSQL, is it possible to become a front-end developer without these skills right now? I ask because I have been 9 months without a job and I'd like to start earning as soon as possible. Could anyone recommend what my next steps should be too?

    Your assistance is appreciated! Thank you in advance :)

    EDIT: Also, where do we stand on showcasing code-along projects? Is this acceptable/advisable?

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    Starter kit for under under 2 KB sites

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 08:13 AM PST

    Chrome Grid Dev Tools

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 11:56 AM PST

    The new grid support in chrome dev tools is nice. However, is there a way to keep the grid highlighting turned on when you reload the page? It gets annoying having to toggle grid highlighting every time you make a change in your css and the page reloads.

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    Can anyone help compare FaunaDB against Datomic in a Clojure stack?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 07:45 AM PST

    Hey folks,

    Exploring a few DB options and stack for a startup I'll be working on/building.

    I've heard praises sung about Datomic and FaunaDB and it seems like both are pretty suitable options (understanding that Datomic is more of a layer on a DB than the latter). I'm a knowledgable programmer but not in webdev so any sort of comparison here (specifically why I wouldn't use FaundaDB over Datomic) would be help for some counterpoints.

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    Well-Known URIs /.well-known/, a Reserved URI Path Prefix, an introduction and its use in security

    Posted: 29 Dec 2020 10:38 AM PST
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