DEV.to Reviews

1. jorge

   · CEO at Escuela de Formación Técnica Chile SPA · over 6 years ago
   It is a nice mini-blog, it's for free and such but

   As a mini-blog, it is a nice alternative for Medium to publish and share information about programming.

   However, the community and the organization are biased toward social justice (and they are open to it). You can read its Code of Conduct, it is so vague and politically leads (I prefer a term of service because it defines fair rules for everybody). So it alienates developers that we don't care about politics in pro of people that want to talk about any other topic such as sexuality, how women are unprivileged, and such. It even mandates to use inclusive language. Good grief.

   My main complaint is the quality of the community. It is not StackOverflow (so we don't want to ask for an answer here), and most of the top topics are clickbait, such as "how to become a rockstar developer in ... days", "100 tips to become a better programmer" (and it doesn't even talk about programming).

   Technically this "mini blog" site allows us to use markdown, and it is okay. However, the whole experience is really basic. Even the template is ugly.

   🏁 Competitors: Medium

   👍 Pros:    Free

   👎 Cons:    Social justice|Basic features|Quality of content

SQLZOO Reviews

DEV.to mentions (654)

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• My Blog Had 20 Unanswered Comments Across 35 Posts. Nothing Ever Told Me.

  Def pending(): drafted = open(DRAFTS, encoding="utf-8").read() out = [] for a in api(f"/articles?username={ME}&per_page=100"): if not a["comments_count"]: continue for c in api(f"/comments?a_id={a['id']}"): if c["user"]["username"] == ME or replied_by_me(c): continue if c["id_code"] in drafted: continue ... - Source: dev.to / 3 days ago

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SQLZOO mentions (20)

• Practicing SQL

  Https://sqlzoo.net/ is one of my faves. Source: almost 5 years ago

• I’d like to learn SQL

  Sql Zoo https://sqlzoo.net is great. Starts with really basic queries and gradually moves to more advanced queries and joins. There are tests for each section to help internalize it. Source: almost 5 years ago

• Student unsure of taking on an internship

  Check out sites like https://sqlzoo.net and try out the basics of SQL. And if that grabs your attention head over to youtube or udemy and take some courses. Source: almost 5 years ago

• Resources for a beginner?

  Sqlbolt.com and sqlzoo.net are both fun, fast, and free. Source: almost 5 years ago

• I have made the decision to finally learn SQL. I don't have much knowledge about the language. I have downloaded Microsoft SSMS 2018 and that's about it.

  What is a good tutorial that can explain everything to me from the start that you have used yourself?There are lots of great tutorials out there, some mentioned already in this post. https://sqlzoo.net was what I started with years ago. If you'd like to start from the beginning, avoiding lectures and instead focusing on exercises, I would suggest https://sixweeksql.com since it targets MS SQL specifically and will... Source: almost 5 years ago