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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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Mar 13

To The Moon Terraform Ep.1

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How to Test AI Agent Tool Calls with Pytest

#tutorial #beginners #ai #python

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#webdev #opensource #productivity #beginners

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Apr 17

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#beginners #devjournal #webdev #swift

1 min read

Caroline Sikolia

Mar 14

Connecting Power BI to a SQL Database

#beginners #tutorial #database #datascience

4 min read

Athithya Sivasankarar

Apr 6

Understanding JavaScript Objects Using CRUD Operations

#beginners #codenewbie #javascript #tutorial

1 min read

Liam Altie

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#python #api #beginners #tutorial

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#go #algorithms #beginners #computerscience

11 min read

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Mar 27

Sync vs Async in JavaScript (Explained in the Simplest Way)

#javascript #webdev #learningtocode #beginners

2 min read

Abhishek Sharma

Apr 16

I Stopped Watching Tutorials and Started Building a REST API in Go

#go #buildinpublic #backend #beginners

4 min read

Max

Mar 13

The bug that lived in Unicode

#programming #debugging #webdev #beginners

3 min read

Reinhard Bonnke

Mar 27

How Excel is Used in Real-World Data Analysis

#beginners #productivity #tutorial #writing

4 min read

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