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Life & fun · June 7, 2019

Illustrated.dev

Explains web development through illustration

Illustrated.dev launched on June 7, 2019 with 6 votes, #977 of 2,757 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Ever wondered about the difference between transpilers and compilers? How about comparison operators in Javascript? Maggie Appleton’s superbly illustrated guide to developer concepts is brilliantly executed, and wonderfully educational.

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