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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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Otto

Mar 23

Solidity for Beginners: Build Your First Smart Contract in 2026 (No Blockchain Experience Needed)

#solidity #blockchain #web3 #beginners

3 min read

PunterD

Mar 22

Neural Network Training - Simply Explained with a Mental Model

#ai #machinelearning #deeplearning #beginners

2 min read

Apr 25

The Ultimate System Design Interview Cheatsheet (Visual Guide)

#ai #webdev #productivity #beginners

6 min read

Jason Guo

Mar 23

I Built a Pixel Art Roguelite in Vanilla JS — Here Are 6 Things That Broke (And What I Learned)

#gamedev #javascript #pixelart #beginners

4 min read

Benjamin

Mar 22

How I Score Your Website's Security (And Why I Rebuilt It From Scratch)

#security #webdev #javascript #beginners

8 min read

Apr 25

How to Turn Your Contact Form Into a Simple Lead Tracking System

#beginners #productivity #tutorial #webdev

10 min read

Mar 22

Connect CoinGecko API to Your Local AI Agent: Step-by-Step

#cryptocurrency #ai #python #beginners

4 min read

Matthias | StudioMeyer

Apr 25

Git Is Your Seat Belt When You Build With AI

#git #ai #claude #beginners

4 min read

Ryu0705

Mar 22

The Edge Cases Your Tests Are Missing: A Pattern Library

#testing #javascript #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Mar 22

First and Last Occurrences - CA19

#algorithms #beginners #computerscience #dsa

2 min read

Abinaya Dhanraj

Mar 22

ANAGRAMS

#dsa #leetcode #beginners

2 min read

Abinaya Dhanraj

Mar 22

KADANE'S ALGORITHM

#dsa #beginners #geeksforgeeks

2 min read

Apr 25

Plugins

#android #kotlin #beginners #gradle

5 min read

Yunhan

Mar 22

Building a Multilingual Name Database: 2000+ Names Across 46 Cultures

#webdev #database #javascript #beginners

2 min read

Mar 26

Building a Link Shortener? Here's What I Learned About Click Analytics

#webdev #javascript #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

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