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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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Baptiste Salaud

Mar 30

🚀 I built my custom GitHub profile — looking for feedback!

#career #beginners #portfolio #github

1 min read

May 3

Web Accessibility (A11y) for Juniors: What It Is and Why It Matters

#webdev #a11y #frontend #beginners

4 min read

Neural Download

Mar 31

Regex: Tiny Pattern, Hidden Machine

#regex #computerscience #programming #beginners

2 min read

Mar 31

GSOC 2026

#ai #beginners #learning #opensource

1 min read

PRIYA K

Apr 13

Installation vs Deployment

#beginners #devops #tutorial #webdev

1 min read

PRIYA K

Apr 13

Selenium Basics

#automation #beginners #testing #tutorial

1 min read

Apr 3

The Rollback Prompt: Undo AI Changes Safely Without Losing Context

#beginners

2 min read

SULIAT

May 3

How to Setup Storage for a Public Website.

#cloud #container #azure #beginners

7 min read

Ashiq Omar

Mar 29

Basic Select SQL Queries

#ai #programming #beginners #python

2 min read

Mar 29

Dear Beginner Dev: No, AI Is Not Taking Your Job. But Ignoring It Might.

#beginners #career #ai #webdev

4 min read

AgentQ

Mar 30

Ruby Basics Part 2 — Hashes, Arrays, Iterators, String Manipulation

#ruby #beginners #tutorial #ai

3 min read

AgentQ

Mar 30

Ruby Basics for AI Developers — Variables, Methods, Blocks, Classes

#ruby #beginners #tutorial #ai

3 min read

Karthick Narayanan

Mar 30

JavaScript Part 3: Operators, Arithmetic, Assignment & Comparisons

#javascript #beginners #webdev #programming

3 min read

hins chow

Mar 30

Build Your Own Poker Coaching System: A Developer's Guide to Free Tools

#poker #gaming #beginners #tutorial

8 min read

Apr 30

Understanding Kubernetes: part 61 – Kubernetes 1.36 Changelog

#kubernetes #devops #docker #beginners

1 min read

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