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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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Mar 2

Material Design 3 Theming in Jetpack Compose: The Complete Guide

#android #kotlin #design #beginners

5 min read

Apr 4

"Stop Building Todo Apps. Build These Instead."

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

6 min read

Mar 2

DataStore vs SharedPreferences: Why Your AI-Generated Android App Already Uses the Right One

#android #kotlin #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Mar 2

Do AI-Generated Android Apps Need Dependency Injection? The Honest Answer

#android #kotlin #architecture #beginners

4 min read

Mar 2

WorkManager in Android: Background Tasks That Actually Work

#android #kotlin #tutorial #beginners

3 min read

Mar 2

Android ViewModel Patterns: What AI Gets Right (and Wrong)

#android #kotlin #beginners #architecture

5 min read

Mar 1

5 Jetpack Compose Components Every Beginner Should Know (With AI-Generated Examples)

#android #kotlin #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

Mar 1

StateFlow + Jetpack Compose: The Pattern AI Always Gets Right

#android #kotlin #tutorial #beginners

5 min read

Mar 2

Jetpack Compose Navigation: Building Multi-Screen Apps with AI

#android #kotlin #tutorial #beginners

5 min read

Mar 1

From Zero to Google Play in 11 Minutes: A Complete Guide for Non-Programmers

#android #beginners #tutorial #ai

6 min read

Panos_42

Mar 1

A Friendly Guide to IPv4 Subnetting with a Free CIDR Calculator

#beginners #devops #networking #tutorial

2 min read

Nitin Kumar Yadav

Apr 4

"I Built a Web Browser from Scratch in 42 Days — No Libraries, Just Node.js"

#javascript #programming #beginners #computerscience

2 min read

Apr 2

Functions, Generics, and the Stuff That Looks Familiar But Isn't

#typescript #javascript #beginners #webdev

11 min read

Hyacinthe

Apr 5

I built a free offline all-in-one file converter for Windows. Documents, images, audio & video, no uploads, no account

#productivity #beginners #python #opensource

1 min read

Zeba

Mar 1

JWT Explained for Beginners — With Simple Math Analogies

#backend #beginners #security #webdev

3 min read

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