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✍️ Issue: Add Dev.to Blog Integration

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#3 opened on Jul 1, 2025

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Description

Description

Create a widget that fetches and displays a user’s recent blog posts from Dev.to.

Tasks

  • Input: Dev.to username (from user settings or hardcoded for now)
  • Fetch blog posts using Dev.to public RSS feed:
    • Example: https://dev.to/feed/<username>
  • Display title, date, and short description for latest 3–5 posts
  • Each post should link to the original Dev.to article
  • Use fallback UI for empty or loading states

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Research direction
Look into the Dev.to RSS feed URL pattern, fetch the XML using JavaScript (e.g., fetch API), parse it to extract title, date, description, and link, then display the latest 3-5 posts in a widget. Use a loading/empty state UI.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontendapi
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Feature
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2
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Half day
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Fresh
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Clear
Prerequisites
JavaScriptHTMLCSS
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80