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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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Rushikesh Bodakhe

Dec 29 '25

Looking for Feedback & Bug Reports for My New Platform — Trace Dev Built a New Tool on Vercel — Curious What Bugs You Find!

#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

1 min read

Dani C.

Dec 10 '25

How I Started Learning to Code (And What Actually Helped me)

#beginners

7 min read

Lucas Pereira de Souza

Nov 26 '25

Introduction to Responsive Design

#mobile #design #beginners #webdev

3 min read

Dec 29 '25

When CI/CD Starts Feeling Wrong

#discuss #beginners #devops #learning

2 min read

Somay

Dec 29 '25

Looking for Short-term Web Dev & Writing Gigs (2 months)

#webdev #beginners #productivity #react

1 min read

IO_Node

Nov 25 '25

Back with another cancerous code block to share

#cursed #python #beginners #devjournal

1 min read

Erlan Akbaraliev

Nov 25 '25

Regulary expressions in Python

#beginners #python #tutorial

2 min read

Nov 24 '25

Introduction to Terraform: Simplifying Infrastructure as Code

#cloud #devops #terraform #beginners

3 min read

Umar Hayat

Dec 28 '25

Why Version Control Exists: The Pendrive Problem

#beginners #git #softwaredevelopment

4 min read

emmma

Dec 29 '25

LED Strips Aren’t “Just Lights” — They’re a Power + Signal Project

#beginners #resources #tutorial

2 min read

Philipp

Nov 27 '25

Google Doesn't Trust Your Site? My Real EEAT Story From 2025

#seo #webdev #ai #beginners

3 min read

Nov 29 '25

Building a Game Review API with Strapi: A Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide

#javascript #api #tutorial #beginners

7 min read

Dec 29 '25

Introduction & Foundation of Academic Suite

#architecture #beginners #systemdesign

4 min read

Nov 24 '25

Building My Crypto Research Watchlist (Beginner Full-Stack Project)

#programming #cryptocurrency #web3 #beginners

2 min read

Tochi

Dec 8 '25

Hash Tables

#algorithms #beginners #javascript

4 min read

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