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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 30

Implementing Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in Flutter and Dart

#webdev #beginners #tutorial #programming

6 min read

Manikandan Mariappan

Mar 5

🚀 VS Code Pre-March 2026 Release (v1.110) Including Practical Agents — What's New? A Beginner's Guide

#news #ai #beginners #vscode

5 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 5

I Mass-Applied to 500 Developer Jobs. Here's What I'd Do Differently

#discuss #career #beginners #productivity

3 min read

Jan 30

Getting Started with cURL: Sending Messages to the Internet

#beginners #cli #tutorial #webdev

3 min read

Kanishka Shrivastava

Mar 5

#java #collections #programming #datastructures

#beginners #computerscience #java #programming

1 min read

Jan 30

JavaScript Concept

#beginners #codenewbie #javascript #tutorial

2 min read

Mar 5

Neural Networks Still Confuse You? Start Here.

#ai #beginners #machinelearning

11 min read

Ryan Maquiling for UP Mindanao SPARCS

Feb 22

Hello World, Literally: Mapping Real-World Data using Geospatial Python

#beginners #datascience #python #tutorial

14 min read

Jan 30

TCP vs UDP: When to Use What, and How TCP Relates to HTTP

#backend #beginners #networking #webdev

17 min read

Souvik Guha Roy

Jan 31

How a Browser Works A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Browser Internals

#webdev #programming #browser #beginners

3 min read

Windy Tony

Feb 22

I Built an AI System That Generates Trading Signals Across 4 Stock Markets — Here's How

#python #ai #tutorial #beginners

3 min read

Vinayagam

Mar 5

How Group Discussions Helped Me Understand JavaScript Better

#beginners #codenewbie #javascript #learning

3 min read

Kunal

Jan 30

Emmet for HTML: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Faster Markup

#html #programming #webdev #beginners

3 min read

bblackwind

Feb 22

Day 16/100: CSS Box Model & Building a Hover-Effect Pokémon Grid

#webdev #css #100daysofcode #beginners

3 min read

Aiyesha Threa Caña for UP Mindanao SPARCS

Feb 22

Applying MVC Architecture in Python: Building an Automated Certificate Generator

#mvc #architecture #beginners #python

8 min read

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