Skip to content

DEV Community

Beginners

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Chinese Proverb

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.

👋 Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.

Narayana

Feb 9

7 AI Chrome Extensions That Actually Boost Developer Productivity

#productivity #technology #tutorial #beginners

5 min read

jidonglab

Mar 15

One Shell Script Now Generates, Translates, and Publishes All My Blog Content

#ai #automation #beginners #productivity

4 min read

jidonglab

Mar 15

I Used GPT-5 Codex to Generate 5,800 Lines in 4 Commits — Here's the Prompting Pattern

#ai #beginners #python #webdev

4 min read

Mar 15

Why I built a backend-only SaaS starter kit when everyone else builds full-stack

#node #typescript #webdev #beginners

3 min read

jidonglab

Mar 15

I Built an AI News Pipeline That Writes, Validates, and Deploys — Without Me

#ai #automation #beginners #productivity

4 min read

jidonglab

Mar 15

From Zero to Auto-Publishing: My AI News Pipeline Generates, Commits, and Deploys Itself

#ai #automation #beginners #productivity

4 min read

jidonglab

Mar 15

My AI Writes News in Two Languages Simultaneously — Here's the 50-Line Script

#ai #automation #beginners #productivity

4 min read

jidonglab

Mar 15

5,800 Lines of Code From Zero: How I Bootstrapped a Full Pipeline With AI in One Day

#ai #beginners #python #webdev

4 min read

Mar 14

I Built a 1M-View App on an Old Phone — Replit CEO Called It "Fantastic" & Gave Me Free Core

#ai #webdev #productivity #beginners

3 min read

Mar 4

Mercado de trabalho para iniciantes na programação pós pandemia. Exploratório ou Nivelador?

#beginners #career #programming #webdev

2 min read

Narayana

Feb 13

Content Marketing That Actually Works for Developer Beginners

#productivity #technology #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Willem van Heemstra

Mar 13

Like LEGO? Love Python! 🧱🐍 Ep.5

#python #beginners #oop #tutorial

11 min read

Nicholas Synovic

Mar 4

Use Your Tokens Before You Lose Your Tokens

#ai #programming #beginners #learning

2 min read

Feb 7

COLLEGE STUDENT ENTERING THE WORLD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

#ai #college #beginners

1 min read

Piotr S

Feb 9

First Interview Prep: How to Answer ‘What Are Your Salary Expectations?’ in Europe

#beginners #career #interview #tutorial

3 min read

👋 Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.