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10 GitHub Repos That Can Help You Grow as a Web Developer

A small selection out of the millions of GitHub repositories

Daan
Level Up Coding
Published in
6 min readNov 24, 2020

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GitHub is the place you should be looking for when you’re trying to improve yourself as a developer. All the information you need is out there in some repository.

However, the hard part is finding the right repository. It’s easy to feel lost in all the available GitHub repositories out there. In order to help you out, I’ve put together this list of ten GitHub repositories that can help you grow as a developer.

1. Big List of Naughty String

The Big List of Naughty Strings is an evolving list of strings that have a high probability of causing issues when used as user-input data. This list is extremely useful when you’re testing user-input.

The strings on this list can be used for both manual and automated tests. This repository helps to find expected input which is never a positive experience for the user.

If you’re into testing or want to know more about user-input validation, I’d highly recommend you check out the big list of naughty strings repository.

2. The Art of Command Line

As a developer, you’re always trying to become more efficient. Time is precious for every developer which is exactly why every developer strives to do things as efficiently as possible.

Being comfortable with the command line and knowing your way around it is one way to achieve this. The art of command line repository contains a lot of tips and tricks that can be helpful in certain situations or significantly saves time over alternatives. This repository is helpful for beginners and more experienced command line users.

It’s mainly focused on the Linux command line, but this repository also contains sections for both MacOS and Windows. You can find the art…

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