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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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Narayana

Jan 25

Tech-Powered Meal Prep: How Busy Developers Can Hack Their Way to Healthy Eating in 2024

#productivity #technology #tutorial #beginners

6 min read

Hiral

Jan 25

Getting Started with cURL

#beginners #cli #tutorial #webdev

1 min read

Yurukusa

Feb 28

Single Source of Truth: The Concept Non-Engineers Don't Know (But Should)

#claudecode #ai #productivity #beginners

3 min read

Jan 25

Introduction to MS Excel for Data Analytics.

#beginners #learning #datascience

4 min read

Dinesh

Jan 25

Why Textures Look Wrong Without Proper UVs

#gamedev #beginners #learning #blender

2 min read

Emmimal P Alexander

Feb 17

Stop Sorting Just to Check Order: 5 Fast O(n) Methods in Python

#python #tutorial #algorithms #beginners

3 min read

Hiral

Jan 25

How DNS Resolution Works

#beginners #cli #networking #webdev

2 min read

Harish Kotra (he/him)

Jan 24

How to "Program" Your AI Agent: Introducing Gemini CLI Conductor 🎻

#programming #ai #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Feb 28

Vibe Coding: The next layer of Abstraction or Just Better Scaffolding?

#programming #ai #vibecoding #beginners

3 min read

Jack Pritom Soren

Feb 27

The Developer’s Guide to Prompt Engineering for AI Coding Assistants

#ai #webdev #programming #beginners

4 min read

Ruto Kipkirui Robert

Jan 25

MS Excel Data Analysis: Foundational Basics

#beginners #data #microsoft #tutorial

4 min read

Feb 28

Stop Using useEffect for Everything: Smarter State Management in React

#react #javascript #webdev #beginners

4 min read

Harsh

Feb 27

I Spent 3 Months Learning The WRONG CSS Don't Make My Mistake

#webdev #css #beginners #tailwindcss

6 min read

Nashipae Ntung'ani

Jan 25

Beginner's Guide to Basic Data Analysis in Microsoft Excel

#datascience #data #analytics #beginners

4 min read

miranda-1-gatwiri

Jan 25

Introduction to MS Excel as a method of data analysis.

#learning #beginners

5 min read

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