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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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#webdev #buildinpublic #contentsite #beginners

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Apr 5

What does it really cost to become a DevOps engineer? Getting started in DevOps without spending a dime

#devops #beginners #career #linux

3 min read

Willem van Heemstra for The Software's Journey

Mar 13

Scuderia Data Ep.1

#azure #databricks #dataengineering #beginners

3 min read

Liam Altie

Mar 14

How I Serve 10,000+ Dynamic Pages for Free with Next.js ISR (and the Mistakes I Made)

#webdev #nextjs #javascript #beginners

4 min read

Munni Moni

Mar 13

Building a State-Specific Landlord-Tenant Law Database with React

#beginners

2 min read

Sharique Siddiqui

Apr 16

Arrays and Strings: Understanding the Basics

#javascript #beginners #webdev #frontend

3 min read

Apr 16

From Basics to Brilliance: React, SPAs, MPAs & More

#beginners #javascript #react #webdev

3 min read

Vidya

Apr 16

Collection in Java

#java #beginners #development #backend

1 min read

hqqqqy

Apr 5

Machine Learning Data Preprocessing: The Mistakes That Break Models Before Training

#machinelearning #python #tutorial #beginners

3 min read

Aviral Srivastava

Mar 14

SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs Defined

#beginners #devops #monitoring #sre

9 min read

Dakshim Chhabra

Mar 17

Building a Spin Wheel - Part 2, Weighted Randomness: Cumulative Method

#javascript #beginners

2 min read

Apr 5

Why 0.1 + 0.2 != 0.3 in C? Understanding Floating Point Numbers

#beginners #c #computerscience #programming

2 min read

Vinayagam

Apr 16

React Basics for Beginners

#beginners #javascript #react #webdev

2 min read

Aisalkyn Aidarova

Apr 16

Sizes in Computers (VERY IMPORTANT FOUNDATION)

#beginners #computerscience #networking #tutorial

4 min read

Batty

Apr 5

How to Get Your Open Source Project into Awesome Lists (and Why It's Worth the Effort)

#opensource #github #seo #beginners

4 min read

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