The Weekly Top of Utopian is a showcase of Staff Picks from contributions made in the past week, hand-selected by our Community Managers from across all Utopian.io categories.

Staff Picks

This week we feature excellent tutorials, blogs, logo designs and analyses. These are some of the best contributions our Community Managers spotted on Utopian.io during the week.

Asynchronous Structures in the Dart Programming Language - Dart Tutorial Part 1 by @tensor [Video Tutorials]

We kick things off with yet another great video tutorial by one of our top contributors, @tensor. In this contribution, he provides Part 1 of a multipart series on asynchronous programming with Dart. As with @tensor’s other tutorials, this is thorough and presented in a pace that makes it easy for learners to follow. This tutorial covers: Await and Async, Future Object, Streams (both Broadcast and Single Subscription), Await For, Listeners and Sinks.

Total payout: 84.17 STU
Number of votes: 44

- picked by @buckydurddle

Enhancement of Libot Adventure by @ckole [Suggestions]

This is a great suggestion made to enhance Libot Adventure game by @ckole. The idea shared is very useful and well thought out, and if the developer decides to implement this, it will improve the project greatly.

Total payout: 29.23 STU
Number of votes: 9

- picked by @knowledges

How I created a basic Gatsby + Bulma starter template by @the-dragon [Blogs]

Although the blog post introduced a simple starter template for Gatsby with Bulma integration which, as it was explained to the author, could not be rewarded with the maximal upvote, it is worth being highlighted. Its structure is clear, the text is easy to read and the author created clean and pretty visual assets capturing the relevant code parts. It proves that images with code do not need to be boring and bland, and that the text does not need to be complex to be of high quality.

Total payout: 27.10 STU
Number of votes: 27

- picked by @espoem

Part 5: Build a CSS-in-JS React App with Styled Components and Priceline Design System by @creatrixity [Tutorials]

Another entry in the series of creating react apps, with a focus here on infinite scrolling, a key component in any web/app solutions, as well as route-based filtering. The author does a great job at detailing the required technologies, components, and the relevant code/screenshots.

Total payout: 79.48 STU
Number of votes: 163

- picked by @mcfarhat

Particle physics - Exercise 1b (Reconstructed event filtering, remembering C++ and VIM) by @effofex [Blogs]

This is one in @lemouth’s series of exercises and topics related to particle physics. The author is one of the few participants of the exercises and we can see that he is able to describe the whole process of preparation and the covered topic in great detail, as well as the relevant coding section.

Total payout: 125.64 STU
Number of votes: 365

- picked by @espoem

@utopian-io: Approval/Vote Analysis - 18th - 24th May 2018 by @abh12345 [Analysis]

Asher (@abh12345) has been producing this weekly Utopian analysis on a consistent basis. It details the number of contributions and their types, as well as the success and failure rates of each. The level of dedication and consistency portrayed by @abh12345 is a shining example.

Total payout: 125.53 STU
Number of votes: 108

- picked by @eastmael

Responsive Logo Designs for LTD ( Let's Dev Together ) by @podanrj [Graphics]

@podanrj made high quality, responsive logo designs, with great detail about the creation process included in the contribution. Variations of use cases abound, such as in icons, favicons, banners; and screenshots of implementations were presented as well. Overall, this was an excellent graphics contribution!

Total payout: 158.53 STU
Number of votes: 58

- picked by @andrejcibik

Random Cat BlockPress module creation tutorial... by @antonchanning [Documentation]

@antonchanning contributed various module documentation for BlockPress, a javascript/jquery content management system that uses various blockchains for backend storage, loaded via ajax modules. The contribution also includes updates to other documentation files.

Total payout: 69.36 STU
Number of votes: 20

- picked by @ms10398

Utopian.io Post Statistics

The staff picked contributions are only a small (but exceptional) example of the mass of contributions reviewed and rewarded by Utopian.io.

• Overall, the last week saw a total of 263 posts, with 163 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
• In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 10956.73 STU to contributors.
• The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 193.515 STU, with a total of 172 votes received from the community.
• The contribution that attracted the most engagement was Particle physics - Exercise 1b (Reconstructed event filtering, remembering C++ and VIM), with no less than 18 comments in its comment threads.
• The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 67.22 STU.

Category Statistics

Category	Reviewed	Rewarded	Total rewards	Top contributor
video-tutorials	8	5	369.19 STU	@sargoon
graphics	73	64	5029.16 STU	@zularizal
development	50	38	3414.02 STU	@pcsg-dev
documentation	4	3	164.06 STU	@kit.andres
bug-hunting	51	18	338.72 STU	@alan-walker
blog	10	5	243.05 STU	@revo
ideas	15	5	110.26 STU	@olamatto
tutorials	41	19	978.73 STU	@team2dev
analysis	3	3	287.91 STU	@abh12345

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