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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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Jan 30

cURL

#api #beginners #cli #webdev

2 min read

Jan 26

Serverless: Magic or Someone else's Computer?

#architecture #beginners #cloud #serverless

4 min read

Nithya Dharshini official

Feb 8

Sliding Window in Arrays — A Beginner’s Mental Model

#programming #beginners #dsa #cpp

2 min read

alegrarsio gifta

Jan 30

I Tried to Build a Lightweight Scripting Language for IoT. It Failed — But My Friends and student Loved It Anyway.

#programming #beginners #opensource #career

2 min read

Mar 1

Stop Writing Spaghetti API Routes: A Practical Guide to Clean Express.js Architecture

#javascript #node #webdev #beginners

5 min read

Aviral Srivastava

Jan 26

Embedded Rust Basics

#beginners #iot #rust #tutorial

8 min read

Dinesh

Jan 30

This Is Why My AI Was Stuck in Place

#gamedev #unrealengine #beginners #learning

2 min read

Akanle Tolulope

Jan 25

I Created My First AI Tool-Using Agent with LangGraph and Groq

#ai #python #programming #beginners

3 min read

Paschal Ugwuanyi

Jan 25

5 Mistakes That Make Your No-Code Apps Insecure AF

#webdev #ai #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Feb 28

How to Build a Developer Portfolio That Actually Gets You Hired (2026)

#career #beginners #webdev #programming

7 min read

Art light

Feb 20

I’ve Mentored 37 Junior Developers. Here’s What They All Get Wrong (And Why It’s Not Their Fault)

#discuss #career #programming #beginners

3 min read

ak0047

Jan 22

Why React Feels So Confusing: My Observations

#beginners #react #frontend #programming

2 min read

ThankGod Chibugwum Obobo

Jan 26

Set Up Vagrant With Apache2 and Serve a Static Page via Port Forwarding

#beginners #devops #tooling #tutorial

4 min read

Alexandre Fernandes dos Santos

Jan 25

Docker Compose - SFTP: Managing files securely

#docker #security #beginners #tooling

4 min read

Jaideep Parashar

Feb 27

The Future of Coding: Human Creativity + AI Execution

#ai #webdev #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

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