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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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Sivakumar Prasanth

Feb 10

The Game Art Pipeline: A Step by Step Guide for Creating Stunning Game Assets

#beginners #design #gamedev #tutorial

3 min read

Jan 27

My first week in Ubuntu

#programming #beginners #career #ubuntu

2 min read

Mar 2

SQL Joins and Window Functions: A Developer's Guide

#webdev #sql #database #beginners

5 min read

Mar 2

I Told My AI "Never Touch Auth" — It Did Anyway. Here's How I Fixed It.

#discuss #ai #programming #beginners

4 min read

Mar 2

Stop Writing Spaghetti API Routes: A Practical Guide to Clean Express.js Architecture

#javascript #node #webdev #beginners

5 min read

Happy

Mar 2

3 Vite Tricks I Wish I Knew When I Started

#webdev #javascript #react #beginners

2 min read

Feb 10

Variable in java

#beginners #java #programming #tutorial

1 min read

Priyanshu verma

Jan 28

CSS Selectors

#beginners #css #tutorial #webdev

2 min read

hqqqqy

Mar 2

The Same Data, Opposite Predictions: 3 Data Normalization Crash Scenarios

#beginners #data #datascience #machinelearning

3 min read

Dinesh

Feb 7

Plugins Aren’t Cheating — They’re Part of Real Workflow

#gamedev #unrealengine #blender #beginners

2 min read

Jan 27

Lost Updates, Dirty Reads, and Phantom Rows: A Simple Guide to SQL Transaction Problems

#sql #database #transactions #beginners

4 min read

Jan 27

3 Spring Boot Mistakes I Made (And How to Fix Them)

#java #springboot #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Jan 27

3 Spring Boot Mistakes I Made (And How to Fix Them)

#java #springboot #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Jaideep Parashar

Feb 19

How to Position Yourself as an AI Expert Without Coding Everything

#webdev #ai #programming #beginners

4 min read

Jan 27

All About Insertion Sort : From First Line to Final Optimization

#algorithms #beginners #computerscience #tutorial

5 min read

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