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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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TypeScript Explained: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Master It

#beginners #typescript #javascript #webdev

2 min read

Lavender Princess

Dec 25 '25

🎄 My Hackathon Journey: Building a “Useless” Project That Taught Me Real Lessons

#ai #programming #beginners #learning

2 min read

Dec 25 '25

How to Set Up Your First IAM User in 5 Minutes on AWS

#aws #beginners #cybersecurity #cloud

2 min read

Muhammad Ikramullah Khan

Jan 9

Scrapy with Docker: Deploy Anywhere in Minutes

#webdev #programming #beginners #docker

7 min read

Dec 26 '25

My NewbieDevDiary #0000

#webdev #programming #beginners #tutorial

1 min read

Georgel

Dec 25 '25

Stop Letting Your "Useless" Side Projects Die on Your Hard Drive 📦

#javascript #webdev #opensource #beginners

2 min read

Muhammad Ikramullah Khan

Dec 26 '25

Scrapy Logging: The Complete Beginner's Guide (Debug Like a Pro)

#webdev #programming #python #beginners

9 min read

Dec 25 '25

Why Mutating an Object Returned by Array.find() Changes the Original Array

#beginners #javascript #programming

1 min read

Cloud Native Engineer

Dec 26 '25

Pinning GitHub Actions for Reproducibility and Security

#development #devops #programming #beginners

1 min read

Jan 9

HTML-101 #1. What is HTML & How the Web Works

#discuss #webdev #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Dec 25 '25

Introduction to GraphQL and How to Use It in Your Projects

#beginners #tutorial #api #webdev

4 min read

Ritam Saha

Jan 29

How DNS Resolution Works — Tracing the Internet’s Phonebook with dig

#webdev #network #beginners

5 min read

Bùi Ngọc Lâm

Dec 29 '25

I Built My First macOS App: Translate Text Instantly from Screenshots

#showdev #beginners #tooling #productivity

2 min read

likhitha manikonda

Dec 25 '25

Understanding AGI vs ANI: A Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence

#ai #machinelearning #programming #beginners

3 min read

Sabin Sim

Jan 29

Going Back to C# Fundamentals — A Deliberate Reset

#programming #csharp #learning #beginners

2 min read

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