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submission guidelines

UPDATED AUGUST 2, 2019

This tag is dedicated to beginners to programming, development, networking, or to a particular language. Everything should be geared towards that!

For Questions...

Consider using this tag along with #help, if...

You are new to a language, or to programming in general,
You want an explanation with NO prerequisite knowledge required.
You want insight from more experienced developers.

Please do not use this tag if you are merely new to a tool, library, or framework.

See also, #explainlikeimfive

For Articles...

Posts should be specifically geared towards true beginners (experience level 0-2 out of 10).
Posts should require NO prerequisite knowledge, except perhaps general (language-agnostic) essentials of programming.
Posts should NOT merely be for beginners to a tool, library, or framework.

If your article does not meet these qualifications, please select a different tag.

Promotional Rules

Posts should NOT primarily promote an external work. This is what Listings is for.
Otherwise accepable posts MAY include a brief (1-2 sentence) plug for another resource at the bottom.
Resource lists ARE acceptable if they follow these rules:
- Include at least 3 distinct authors/creators.
- Clearly indicate which resources are FREE, which require PII, and which cost money.
- Do not use personal affiliate links to monetize.
- Indicate at the top that the article contains promotional links.

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sm.lee

Mar 17

A Raw Journey of a Coding Beginner

#showdev #beginners #gamedev #python

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Mar 17

'Introducing Myself: From Classroom Teacher to Full-Stack Developer'

#career #webdev #beginners #codenewbie

3 min read

Mar 17

Most Contact Forms Don’t Fail Because of Code — They Fail Because of Human Behaviour

#webdev #startup #productivity #beginners

3 min read

ThomasP

Mar 17

Why finding where a product is made is an AI problem

#ai #machinelearning #webdev #beginners

9 min read

lu1tr0n

Apr 20

WebAssembly en 2026: la máquina virtual universal del navegador

#programming #tutorial #webdev #beginners

8 min read

Yaw Opoku Mensah Baffoe

Apr 20

Building Dashboard: A Beginner's Case Study with E‑commerce Data

#analytics #beginners #data #learning

4 min read

OpenClaw Challenge Submission 🦞

Roman Shalabanov

Apr 20

0x10 Lessons from Building with OpenClaw and What It Says About the Future of Work

#devchallenge #openclawchallenge #ai #beginners

13 min read

Athithya Sivasankarar

Apr 10

JavaScript Basics

#javascript #beginners #codenewbie #programming

2 min read

Mar 17

From Beginner to Worker Pools: Mastering Golang Channels with Real Code Examples"

#webdev #beginners

4 min read

Nagendra Namburi

Apr 9

🚫 Stop Writing Old JavaScript — ✅ Start Using Modern Built-in APIs (Part 1)

#javascript #webdev #beginners #programming

6 min read

Apr 7

How I Processed 335,000 Tokens in One Night for 57 Cents

#ai #beginners #opensource #cloud

5 min read

Apr 20

Up down or Down up. Understanding Subqueries and CTEs in SQL: A Comprehensive Guide

#beginners #database #sql #tutorial

7 min read

Tlaloc-Es

Apr 20

Python virtual environments: Inside .venv (Anatomy)

#python #programming #devops #beginners

3 min read

Jeff Reese

Apr 20

Few-Shot Prompting: Show, Don't Describe

#ai #prompting #beginners #fewshot

4 min read

Apr 20

Your App Has Three SDK Numbers and a Secret Evil Twin as your app has two version!

#beginners #mobile

5 min read

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