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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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Hiral

Mar 13

JavaScript Arrays 101

#beginners #codenewbie #javascript #tutorial

1 min read

Mar 25

8 Terminal Commands That Make Me Look Like a Wizard to Non-Developers

#linux #productivity #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Mar 25

Spotify Has a Free API — Search Tracks, Get Audio Features, and Build Playlists Programmatically

#discuss #api #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Mar 25

9 cURL Tricks Every Developer Should Know (I Use #6 Daily)

#discuss #beginners #tutorial #linux

2 min read

Feb 24

The Holy Trinity: Ruby, Bundler, and Gemfiles Explained

#ruby #rails #beginners #learning

3 min read

Mar 25

I Automated My Entire Job Search With Python — Here Is Exactly How

#discuss #python #career #beginners

4 min read

Mar 25

Why I Store All My Scraped Data in SQLite (Not JSON, Not CSV)

#discuss #python #database #beginners

4 min read

Mar 25

I Built 77 Web Scrapers on Apify — Here's What Nobody Tells You About Cloud Scraping

#discuss #webdev #python #beginners

4 min read

Mar 25

5 Git Commands That Saved Me From Losing Work (Nobody Talks About These)

#discuss #git #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Feb 19

How to Generate a UUID Online (And When You Should Use One)

#beginners #database #programming #tutorial

3 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 25

The Invisible Developer Problem: Why Good Coders Still Get Ignored

#career #productivity #programming #beginners

3 min read

Ibrahim

Mar 25

Why do we need git

#beginners #codenewbie #git #tutorial

2 min read

Mar 25

Your Domain Doesn't Know About PostgreSQL (And It Shouldn't)

#architecture #python #webdev #beginners

4 min read

Gingiris

Mar 25

How to Conduct User Interviews: The 937-Interview Framework That Found PMF

#startup #productmanagement #ux #beginners

5 min read

A0mineTV

Mar 14

Building a Clean REST API in Go — No Frameworks, No Fuss

#webdev #go #api #beginners

4 min read

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