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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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Aad Pouw

Jan 25

Why I prefer my own 'new Map()' based createObjects() function over 'new Map()' *.set().

#javascript #oop #modular #beginners

1 min read

miranda-1-gatwiri

Jan 24

GIT BASICS: UNDERSTAND VERSIN CONTROL, TRACK CHANGES, PUSH AND PULL CODES FOR BEGINNERS

#beginners #learning

3 min read

Jan 25

EXCEL MASTERY: Beginner's complete guide.

#programming #beginners #datascience #data

4 min read

Jan 25

Using Microsoft Excel for Basic Data Analysis (Beginner-Friendly Guide)

#beginners #microsoftexcel #tutorial #datascience

5 min read

Kunal

Jan 29

TCP VS UDP : Reliability vs Speed and HTTP must pick a side .

#webdev #programming #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Feb 28

#6 Known is a drop! Constructors in java

#beginners #java #oop #tutorial

3 min read

Devansh Prajapati

Feb 27

Reverse Linked List

#algorithms #beginners #computerscience #tutorial

3 min read

Juan Isidoro García Cifuentes

Feb 27

Open Source Licenses: Which One Should You Pick? MIT, GPL, Apache, AGPL and More (2026 Guide)

#opensource #licensing #beginners #webdev

20 min read

Jan 24

Introduction to MS Excel for Data Analytics

#analytics #beginners #datascience #microsoft

3 min read

Feb 16

Navigating the Web with NGINX

#webdev #programming #beginners #devops

4 min read

Feb 27

How a Korean Garlic Farmer and 3 LLMs Rebuilt an Error Handling System in 4 Hours on a Phone

#ai #beginners #terminal #python

8 min read

PONVEL M

Jan 24

Understanding getElementsByClassName vs querySelector in JavaScript

#beginners #javascript #tutorial #webdev

1 min read

Feb 27

Curious About CyberSecurity!?

#beginners

2 min read

jidong

Feb 27

I Had AI Build 15 Trading Strategies. Only 1 Survived.

#ai #trading #python #beginners

3 min read

jidong

Feb 27

AI한테 트레이딩 전략 15개 만들게 했다. 살아남은 건 1개.

#ai #trading #python #beginners

1 min read

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