DEV.to VS uMap

DEV.to Reviews

1. jorge    

   CEO at Escuela de Formación Técnica Chile SPA | about 4 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

uMap Reviews

DEV.to mentions (385)

• How to build dev.to Community Digest with Novu

  Dev.to is a widely recognized and highly esteemed community dedicated to developers from all around the globe. It serves as a platform for thousands of developers to learn, share, and publish their experiences with leveraging technology in their work. - Source: dev.to / about 8 hours ago

• Earth Day Frontend Challenge

  Thank you DEV.to for hosting this challenge! I'm looking forward to participating in upcoming challenges and continuing to grow my skills in front-end development. These challenges not only push my creative boundaries but also allow me to connect with a community of like-minded developers. See you at the next one! - Source: dev.to / 5 days ago

• How to build Dev.to In-App Notification System in 20 minutes

  I'll guide you on how to swiftly build an In-App Notification system for your next app using Novu and the Dev.to API. While it might not exactly resemble the system mentioned above, it'll have many similarities. - Source: dev.to / 7 days ago

• Finding Clients as a (Web Development) Freelancer

  You should publish posts on your own website, partly also because this again can enhance your SEO, But then you can additionally publish the posts on sites like dev.to, which can get you more readers and, If you add a link to the original post on your own site, more clicks on your website. - Source: dev.to / 8 days ago

• Personas - an Ai Assistant

  Many Thanks to Cloudflare and dev.to for giving us this opportunity. - Source: dev.to / 15 days ago

uMap mentions (19)

• How to share PoI with other users?

  I haven't tried but I bet you could also import it into a uMap. Source: about 1 year ago

• Share your trips here!

  If you prefer not to use proprietary, walled-off services like Strava I recommend Umap which has some great map editing Functionality and allows sharing links or even exporting the maps as JSON. Source: about 1 year ago

• Self hosted POI map?

  I'm not hosting it myself but I'm using the open-source OSM uMap (https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/) with a custom layer that points to a GeoJSON endpoint on my webserver. Source: over 1 year ago

• collaboration between 9 users

  That being said, http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/ exists. This is a website where one can make a small map, personal or shared with friends who can edit. Source: over 1 year ago

• Latest options for Maps

  Open Street Map iframe of a custom map (https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/) with an external layer that points to an endpoint on my server. The server takes my database of points/labels/etc and serves it in GeoJSON format for OSM to understand and render. Source: over 1 year ago