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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Chinese Proverb

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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Mar 27

I'm Building Things I Don't Fully Understand Yet. Good

#beginners #codenewbie #learning #programming

3 min read

Abishek Haththakage

Mar 27

Terraform Isn’t What I Expected: Hidden Things You Should Know

#terraform #devops #beginners #aws

16 min read

Stepan Kukharskiy

Apr 30

So ComfyUI started as a solo side project 👀

#ai #programming #beginners #opensource

2 min read

Abdulmalik Muhammad

Apr 9

Things I Wish I Knew Before Building My First React Native App

#reactnative #javascript #mobile #beginners

2 min read

Mar 31

RECURSION SUMS

#algorithms #beginners #python #tutorial

2 min read

Vidya

Apr 30

Set in Java

#java #beginners #programming

1 min read

Mar 27

Building a live electricity dashboard as a first-semester CS student

#webdev #programming #beginners #api

2 min read

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ for Virtual Coffee

Apr 27

Your Developer Journey: Progress or Plateau?

#discuss #community #learning #beginners

4 min read

Mar 30

How I Review AI-Generated Pull Requests (A Step-by-Step Checklist)

#beginners #ai #programming #productivity

4 min read

Mar 30

3 AI Coding Workflows I Use Daily (and 2 I Abandoned)

#ai #productivity #programming #beginners

3 min read

Esther Ninyo for AWS Community Builders

Apr 29

Hosting a Static Website on Amazon S3

#aws #beginners #webdev #cloud

3 min read

Leandro Horas Pereira

Mar 31

I spent 3 hours writing no code — and it may have saved weeks on my ERP project

#flutter #architecture #supabase #beginners

5 min read

Apr 29

Why I Turned My Portfolio Into a Linux Operating System

#webdev #programming #beginners #opensource

6 min read

charlie-morrison

Apr 30

How to Negotiate a Developer Salary (With the Actual Email I Sent)

#career #beginners #productivity #abotwrotethis

5 min read

MJ-O

Apr 29

Implementing Airflow DAGs: A Beginner-Friendly Guide

#beginners #airflow #automation #python

3 min read

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