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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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#programming #productivity #beginners #learning

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Oct 21

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#beginners #programming #tutorial #backend

3 min read

Mohammed Ali Alamoudi

Oct 21

A Day in My C++ Learning Journey: My First Mini Project is Stone, Paper, Scissor Game

#programming #tutorial #cpp #beginners

1 min read

Sanjida Reza Rafa

Oct 21

From Words to Intelligence: Understanding NLP and BERT — The Model That Changed Language AI

#beginners #ai #llm #machinelearning

2 min read

Nov 4

Java String getBytes() Explained: Your Ultimate Guide to Character Encoding

#java #webdev #beginners #javascript

6 min read

Shahrouz Nikseresht

Oct 22

Day 11: Finding Numbers Divisible by 8 with Loops and List Comprehension

#challenge #python #beginners #programming

4 min read

Alex Peter

Oct 23

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#cybersecurity #security #beginners #webdev

3 min read

Mhammed Talhaouy

Nov 3

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#ethereum #web3 #blockchain #beginners

3 min read

Oct 21

Making Sense of Asyncio: Tasks, Futures, and Timeouts Simplified

#python #programming #beginners #tutorial

8 min read

Bipin C

Oct 22

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#webdev #programming #productivity #beginners

11 min read

Karrie “BUNDY” Hahn

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#webdev #beginners #career #learning

1 min read

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Oct 21

AWS re/Start – My Week 10 Experience

#aws #beginners #restart #cloudcomputing

2 min read

Mhammed Talhaouy

Nov 3

📜 EIP vs ERC — What’s the Difference?

#web3 #blockchain #ethereum #beginners

3 min read

Oct 22

Master Java Write to Files: A 2025 Guide for Developers

#javascript #webdev #beginners #programming

6 min read

Oct 22

Java Try-With-Resources: Stop Messy Code & Master Clean Resource Management

#javascript #webdev #beginners #programming

6 min read

Nov 3

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#showdev #coding #beginners #programming

2 min read

Praveen

Oct 22

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#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

1 min read

Oct 22

The Beginning of Event Hub 2025

#sideprojects #beginners #motivation #devjournal

1 min read

Nov 3

My First Week Learning NestJS (Coming from Frontend)

#nestjs #backend #learning #beginners

5 min read

Oct 22

Stop Guessing If Your Laptop Can Handle X - Ask It Directly

#webdev #ai #beginners #productivity

2 min read

Nov 1

My First Open Source Journey

#opensource #beginners #github #contribution

6 min read

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Oct 20

My First Data Engineering Project: Building a Real-Time IoT Pipeline on Azure

#azure #iot #dataengineering #beginners

6 min read

Dinesh G

Oct 21

Features of Java

#java #beginners #programming #webdev

4 min read

Dinesh G

Oct 21

JVM, JDK & JRE

#programming #beginners #java #react

2 min read

gannaosma

Nov 3

Understanding Delegates in C#: The Complete Beginner’s Guide

#csharp #dotnet #beginners #tutorial

7 min read

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