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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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olakunle makanjuola

May 25

Azure Entra ID User & Role Management — Step-by-Step Practical Guide With A Simple Excercise

#azure #entraid #cloud #beginners

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May 25

The Ground Beneath Your Code

#cpp #beginners #learning #resources

4 min read

Feras Abdalrahman

May 25

دليل بوابات الدفع للتاجر العربي في 2026 (وكيف تختار المناسبة لمتجرك)

#ecommerce #payments #startup #beginners

1 min read

arnu515

May 25

Using DigitalOcean Droplets as Ephemeral Sandboxes for AI Agents

#ai #tutorial #beginners #agents

17 min read

Athithya Sivasankarar

May 25

useContext Hook in React

#beginners #javascript #react #tutorial

1 min read

May 25

Creating My First Token on Solana Devnet as a Web2 Developer

#solana #web3 #blockchain #beginners

3 min read

Mohamed Elmorsy

May 25

What Is an API? — A Complete Guide for Developers

#api #backend #beginners #go

5 min read

May 29

The Ultimate Python Logic Journey: Chocolates -> Divisors -> Primes

#python #programming #beginners #learning

5 min read

LayerZero

May 25

Your cloud LLM bill is lying. Here's the actual math for going local in 2026.

#ai #webdev #devops #beginners

4 min read

Bright Agbomado

May 25

TIL a PowerPoint file is just a zip — so I converted .pptx to Word entirely in the browser

#webdev #seo #programming #beginners

2 min read

Ali Hamza

May 25

#css, #webdev, #beginners, #codenewbie

#beginners #codenewbie #css #webdev

2 min read

May 25

I Let an AI Agent Loose on My Codebase. Here's What Actually Happened.

#discuss #ai #beginners #productivity

3 min read

Joseph Tan

May 25

Hello everyone! Glad to join the dev.to community

#watercooler #beginners #community #learning

1 min read

Gg ff

May 25

I had zero coding knowledge. Here is "RetroTube", a 2010 YouTube sandbox prototype I built using AI!

#showdev #ai #beginners #sideprojects

2 min read

May 24

A timber's diary

#productivity #webdev #beginners #pwa

9 min read

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