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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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Gabriel Njoroge

Apr 28

Understanding Subquery and Common Table Expressions(CTEs)

#beginners #database #sql #tutorial

2 min read

M.Ark

Apr 28

Instance methods

#webdev #programming #tutorial #beginners

2 min read

Apr 28

AI-900 Self-Study vs Instructor-Led Training: Which One Works Better?

#ai #azure #beginners #learning

2 min read

Apr 28

You Want To Learn SQL? Here Is What I know So far...

#sql #data #analytics #beginners

3 min read

Apr 28

10 Essential Open Source Projects for Beginners to Contribute to in 2024

#opensource #github #programming #beginners

3 min read

Ajibola Anjorin

Apr 28

Catching Hackers with Math: How I Built a Self-Healing Server

#showdev #beginners #cybersecurity #security

2 min read

May 2

Build In-Memory CRUD API in Axum (Rust)

#rust #axum #webdev #beginners

5 min read

Tanisha fonseca

Apr 28

Connecting Phantom to a Web App Changed How I Think About "Login"

#100daysofsolana #solana #web3 #beginners

2 min read

Jakub

May 11

How to Read OBD Error Codes Without a Mechanic (And What They Actually Mean)

#beginners #tutorial #javascript #webdev

2 min read

May 2

Base64 Encoding: What It Is, How It Works, and When to Use It

#webdev #javascript #beginners #programming

3 min read

Apr 28

Keyword Density in 2026: What It Is, What to Avoid, and How to Check It

#webdev #productivity #beginners #tools

4 min read

Apr 28

Markdown Cheatsheet: Every Syntax Element You'll Actually Use

#webdev #productivity #beginners #tools

3 min read

muriithilydia46-wq

Apr 28

The Query Inside the Query: Understanding Subqueries and CTEs in SQL

#postgres #beginners

4 min read

Reinhard Bonnke

Apr 27

SQL Building Blocks: How Subqueries and CTEs Shape Your Data

#beginners #sql #postgres #data

3 min read

Pavanipriya Sajja

Apr 27

Please Engineers share your feedback — It helps products easy to use

#tutorial #beginners #cloudnative #machinelearning

9 min read

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