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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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Tommaso Bertocchi

Apr 12

I Spent 3 Hours Adding Antivirus to My Express App. Then I Reduced It to 3 Lines.

#javascript #node #security #beginners

4 min read

Ahsan Khan

Mar 10

Building Your First Web API with ASP.NET Core Part 3: Implementing POST, PUT & DELETE

#api #beginners #dotnet #tutorial

5 min read

Apr 12

At 21, You Should Be Building — Not Stressing About Settling

#career #selfimprovement #mentalhealth #beginners

3 min read

Mikasa Ackerman

Mar 9

The Developer SEO Checklist You Actually Need

#seo #webdev #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Mar 8

My Journey Discovering AI Agents”

#ai #beginners

2 min read

Apr 12

Why We Talk OSI but Live in a TCP/IP World (A Developer’s Guide)

#networking #webdev #computerscience #beginners

4 min read

May 5

The GTD Workflow: How Items Flow Through Your System

#beginners #productivity #tutorial

3 min read

Mathieu Kessler

Mar 9

The Centaur Developer: Why Human+AI Teams Outperform Both

#ai #promptengineering #beginners #productivity

8 min read

Mar 22

Valid Anagram

#algorithms #beginners #dsa #leetcode

1 min read

Apr 12

How I Ranked #2 Out of 25,000+ GSSoC 2025 Contributors: My Open Source Journey

#gssoc #opensource #github #beginners

4 min read

Ashiq Omar

Mar 22

Guess the Number Higher or Lower

#webdev #programming #beginners #python

1 min read

Bhavadharshini R

Mar 13

Hello...I'm into programming(full stack) for 8 months

#discuss #beginners #learning #webdev

1 min read

Precious Afolabi

Mar 9

Week 10: Working with APIs and Starting to Build

#javascript #api #node #beginners

2 min read

Michelle

Apr 12

30-Day Cloud & DevOps Challenge: Day 7 — Docker Compose: One Command to Rule Them All

#beginners #devops #docker #tutorial

5 min read

muriithilydia46-wq

Apr 12

Introduction to SQL: DDL, DML, and Querying Data

#beginners #postgres #database #sql

3 min read

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