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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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Joseph

Feb 1 '24

Breaking Down How Asynchronous JavaScript Works Under the Hood as a Noob

#webdev #javascript #learning #beginners

4 min read

Edoardo Dusi for SparkFabrik

Feb 1 '24

How (and why) to contribute to open source

#opensource #community #beginners #programming

7 min read

Francesco Ciulla

Jan 30 '24

Functions in Rust: a good introduction

#beginners #programming #tutorial #rust

5 min read

Arjun Vijay Prakash

Jan 31 '24

Ultimate Collection of 60 YouTube Courses for 21 Programming Languages [MEGA LIST] 🔥🌟

#beginners #tutorial #programming #learning

3 min read

Alex Roor

Feb 1 '24

"Code Complete" - this is not just the title of a book, this is an entire era

#webdev #javascript #beginners #programming

1 min read

Leonardo Montini for Playful Programming

Jan 31 '24

15 Minutes of Documentation 📖 for 15 Days

#documentation #webdev #beginners #codenewbie

4 min read

Scofield Idehen

Jan 31 '24

Scraping Websites With Python Scrapy Spiders

#python #programming #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Feb 1 '24

Controlled vs Uncontrolled Components in React

#react #component #webdev #beginners

1 min read

Rita Kairu

Feb 1 '24

Linked Lists in C Explained Clearly

#c #programming #beginners

2 min read

Alan North

Jan 31 '24

How to Recover Locally Deleted Files From Github

#git #github #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Michael Di Prisco

Feb 1 '24

Port binding - The Twelve Factor App Methodology

#beginners #tutorial #cloud #architecture

2 min read

Paramanantham Harrison

Jan 29 '24

Validating a mobile app idea

#discuss #webdev #beginners #learning

1 min read

Nandini S Hinduja

Jan 31 '24

What does a Computer Science and Engineering degree teach you?

#beginners #programming #learning #coding

2 min read

Jan 31 '24

Handling Exceptions to impress in your Tech Interview

#programming #php #beginners #tutorial

7 min read

Ackom Jnr

Feb 1 '24

Visual Studio Code Extensions should be used to improve code quality.

#webdev #beginners #programming #vscode

3 min read

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