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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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Jan 13

When to use Cloudflare Workers for Edge Processing

#webdev #programming #beginners

4 min read

Feb 12

The Frontend Caching Handbook (Part 1)

#webdev #performance #javascript #beginners

4 min read

Jayaprasanna Roddam

Jan 9

In-place Modification

#programming #beginners #tutorial #datastructures

2 min read

Jan 10

Java Basics: Variables and Data Types Explained for Beginners

#java #beginners #learning #programming

2 min read

Feb 12

How Enterprise Applications Use UI Frameworks and Rapid Application Development Tools to Build Modern Web Apps

#webdev #ai #programming #beginners

3 min read

Jayaprasanna Roddam

Jan 9

Two Pointers (Opposite Ends)

#programming #beginners #tutorial #career

2 min read

Jan 9

# Welcome to React World: Grasp the Fundamentals and Mental Model! (React Day 1)

#beginners #javascript #react #tutorial

5 min read

Feb 12

Building a Formula-as-a-Service API: My Journey from Student to Published Researcher

#programming #api #beginners #productivity

2 min read

Harsh

Feb 12

So You Want to Build for the Web? Here's Your 2026 Game Plan

#discuss #webdev #beginners #codenewbie

4 min read

Jayaprasanna Roddam

Jan 9

Prefix Sum

#programming #beginners #tutorial #python

2 min read

Mate Technologies

Jan 9

Build a Screen Capture & Scopes Tool with Python, Tkinter, and MSS

#python #tkinter #beginners #opensource

4 min read

Jayaprasanna Roddam

Jan 9

Sliding Window (Variable Size)

#programming #beginners #tutorial #python

3 min read

Viktor de Pomian Sandell

Feb 12

My f...second game

#godot #gamedev #beginners #gdscript

2 min read

Jayaprasanna Roddam

Jan 9

Hash Map Frequency Counting

#programming #beginners #tutorial #datastructures

2 min read

Feb 12

5 AI Automation Scripts That Save Me 10 Hours/Week

#python #ai #automation #beginners

10 min read

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