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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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Jayaprasanna Roddam

Jan 9

Hash Map Frequency Counting

#programming #beginners #tutorial #datastructures

2 min read

AnsonRE

Jan 9

I build a small website to challenge people's CSS skill!

#challenge #beginners #css #showdev

1 min read

Alex Reis

Feb 12

O que são generics?

#java #backend #braziliandevs #beginners

3 min read

Muhammad Ikramullah Khan

Jan 13

Running Scrapy with nohup: Keep Your Spiders Running 24/7

#webdev #programming #beginners #python

8 min read

Feb 12

Inheritance in Java:

#beginners #java #programming #tutorial

2 min read

Yuhao Xu

Feb 12

The "Agent Tax": Why the Era of Subsidized AI is Coming to End

#ai #agentaichallenge #beginners #startup

3 min read

Kavitha

Jan 13

Static and Non-Static Variables in Java

#programming #beginners #java

1 min read

Feb 11

Mastering Go Testing: From Basics to Subtests in 3 Minutes

#go #testing #programming #beginners

2 min read

Karthick Narayanan

Jan 13

Day 13: Understanding Inheritance in Java

#java #programming #tutorial #beginners

2 min read

Amir

Jan 22

Practicing JavaScript Data Structures Without map/filter/reduce

#algorithms #beginners #javascript #tutorial

2 min read

Jan 9

JAVA INTERNALS: JDK, JRE, JVM, and JIT!

#beginners #java #tutorial

2 min read

BrainRash

Feb 11

The Ultimate Guide to Spaced Repetition: How to Remember Anything Forever

#learning #education #productivity #beginners

4 min read

dbc2201

Feb 11

Computers Aren't Calculators — They're Spellbooks

#programming #beginners

4 min read

Ananya S

Jan 22

🌱 NLP for Beginners: Understanding the Basics of Natural Language Processing

#beginners #nlp #ai #python

3 min read

Willem van Heemstra for The Software's Journey

Feb 12

Like LEGO? Love Python! 🧱🐍 Ep.5

#python #beginners #oop #tutorial

11 min read

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