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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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Apr 9

The Silent Memory Leak: Why Every C++ Base Class Needs a Virtual Destructor

#beginners #learning #computerscience #coding

2 min read

Prakhar

Apr 9

5 Real Bugs I Found in AI-Generated Code (That Looked Fine)

#ai #vibecoding #webdev #beginners

3 min read

Kavitha

Apr 14

Arrays in JavaScript

#beginners #javascript #programming #tutorial

2 min read

Shashikumar Pattanashetti

Apr 23

How to Use ChatGPT for Your Job Hunt (Without Sounding Like a Robot)

#career #ai #beginners #tutorial

2 min read

hqqqqy

Apr 9

Why StandardScaler Broke My kNN Model in Production (And The Fix)

#machinelearning #python #beginners #datascience

4 min read

Kavitha

Apr 9

Objects in JS

#beginners #codenewbie #javascript #tutorial

2 min read

dev koan

Apr 9

Why Copying Code from Stack Overflow Is a Skill (Not a Shame)

#beginners #career #productivity #webdev

3 min read

Ritam Saha

May 2

What is NodeJS? JavaScript on the Server Explained

#node #javascript #webdev #beginners

6 min read

Reframing the hook as synchronization

May 5

Stop Using useEffect Like This: 5 Patterns That Are Silently Breaking Your React App

#react #javascript #webdev #beginners

9 min read

Ren Sato

Apr 23

Why I stopped overcomplicating things while learning to code

#beginners #webdev #javascript #learning

1 min read

Apr 9

Build a Motion-Triggered SMS Alert System with XIAO ESP32 S3 - No GSM Required

#esp32 #iot #arduino #beginners

3 min read

tracelit

Apr 9

Python Tutor Alternative for LeetCode: Why TraceLit Exists

#leetcode #python #algorithms #beginners

2 min read

Apr 9

🌙 Late Night Chronicles: #4 Understanding MySQL Data Types

#beginners #database #mysql #sql

2 min read

May 2

Quark's Outlines: Python Name Spaces

#python #programming #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

Apr 22

UPSERT in MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite & MS SQL Server — A Complete Comparison

#sql #database #python #beginners

2 min read

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