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"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.

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Jack Felke

Jan 16

How My Economics Degree Made Me a Better AI Engineer

#beginners

3 min read

Alicia Marianne 🇧🇷 for He4rt Developers

Feb 12

API vs Event Streaming: O Que Muda Para Quem Testa?

#testing #braziliandevs #beginners #eventdriven

4 min read

Jan 16

Git & GitHub: A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide to Version Control

#beginners #git #github #tutorial

2 min read

Feb 20

My Journey into Web Development (And Why I Started with JavaScript)

#beginners #codenewbie #javascript #webdev

1 min read

Ben Link

Feb 19

You Don't Need Anyone's Permission To Make Life Better: A Blink Fairy Tale

#beginners #developers #devex #devrel

6 min read

Feb 19

Vue Composition API: Computed and Ref Properties Explained

#vue #typescript #beginners #webdev

5 min read

camb

Feb 19

"How Do I Know If My Code Is Good?" — A Conversation Worth Having

#discuss #webdev #ai #beginners

4 min read

Feb 19

¿Qué es un encoding? Explicación sencilla: ASCII, UTF-8 y Unicode

#beginners #programming #tutorial #codenewbie

7 min read

@codingsh

Feb 19

Building an AI Node Client in Elixir from Scratch

#elixir #tutorial #websocket #beginners

6 min read

Feb 19

Using Perplexity AI and Gemini 3 (Pro) for Academic Research and Writing

#ai #beginners #productivity #tooling

3 min read

Feb 19

Vibe Coding in 2026: Why the Best Developers Are Becoming AI Orchestrators 🧑‍🎤🤖

#webdev #ai #programming #beginners

1 min read

Rahul kumar parida

Jan 30

Emmet for HTML

#beginners #html #productivity #webdev

3 min read

@codingsh

Feb 19

Why Elixir is Perfect for AI Agents

#elixir #ai #agents #beginners

4 min read

Jan 16

Advanced List Virtualization with React List

#webdev #programming #tutorial #beginners

6 min read

Jan 16

Getting Started with AG Grid in React: Building Your First Data Table

#react #webdev #beginners #tutorial

6 min read

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