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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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David

Jan 31

I'm 14 and built a course tracker because Udemy's dashboard is not good enough

#webdev #beginners #productivity

1 min read

Souvik Guha Roy

Jan 31

Emmet for HTML - A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Faster Markup

#webdev #programming #html #beginners

3 min read

Mohd Asif Ansari

Jan 31

Emmet for HTML

#webdev #html #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Jaideep Parashar

Mar 6

Why Every Developer Will Eventually Design AI Systems

#webdev #ai #beginners #devops

3 min read

Jan 31

How a Browser Works: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Browser Internals

#beginners #frontend #tutorial #webdev

8 min read

Daniel Cerverizzo

Jan 31

Comprehension Debt: The Hidden Cost of Coding Without Understanding 🇺🇸

#ai #beginners #learning #career

3 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 6

The 7 SwiftUI Mistakes I See Every Junior Developer Make (And How to Fix Them)

#swift #beginners #ios #tutorial

3 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 6

How a 19-Year-Old Makes Money Selling Code (Not Apps) to Developers

#beginners #career #programming #productivity

4 min read

Elizabeth Stein

Mar 6

My Bartending Job Taught Me More About Software Than School Did

#discuss #career #beginners #productivity

4 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 6

How I Built 27 Digital Products Before Turning 20 (And What Each One Taught Me)

#beginners #productivity #career #programming

2 min read

Boka AI

Feb 4

Why Your Side Project Needs a README Before Code

#productivity #beginners #tutorial #opensource

4 min read

Jan 31

Python's Silent Failure: When `python -m` Does Nothing (And How to Fix It)

#python #cli #beginners

3 min read

Jan 31

HTML Basics for Beginners: Start Building Web Pages Today

#beginners #html #webdev #programming

1 min read

Mar 1

Coding Agents Are Actually Good at This One Thing

#webdev #productivity #ai #beginners

4 min read

Mate Technologies

Jan 31

Build a Simple Job Recommendation Engine with Python and Tkinter

#tutorial #beginners #python #tkinter

4 min read

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