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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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Pointer or Value Receiver in Go? The 3 Cases That Settle the Argument

#go #programming #beginners

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Kiell Tampubolon

May 5

I Shipped My First Cloudflare Worker via GitHub Actions in 47 Minutes (3 Were Wasted on the Wrong API Token)

#cloudflare #github #devops #beginners

4 min read

Benjamin Tetteh

May 8

Building My First AWS VPC and EC2 Environment with Terraform: A Beginner-Friendly Guide for Career Changers

#devops #terraform #aws #beginners

7 min read

Alex Agyei

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#beginners #tutorial #cybersecurity #linux

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Prateek

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The planning fatigue nobody warns you about in interview prep

#productivity #beginners #career #programming

4 min read

May 8

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#seo #webdev #buildinpublic #beginners

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io_uring: la API asíncrona moderna del kernel Linux

#programming #tutorial #webdev #beginners

9 min read

May 4

Collections in C#: List, Dictionary, Queue, Stack

#csharp #dotnet #programming #beginners

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#ai #productivity #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

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May 9

How computers work: An Overview.

#computerscience #beginners

2 min read

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May 9

Escaping the tutorial trap and starting my ML training arc

#ai #beginners #learning #datascience

1 min read

Tlaloc-Es

May 4

How I got my Python library listed on Awesome Python (and what I learned along the way)

#python #opensource #beginners #careerdevelopment

5 min read

May 4

Flutter Navigation Made Simple: Moving Between Screens Without the Confusion

#beginners #flutter #mobile #tutorial

2 min read

Vaibhav Pratap Singh

May 4

I built and deployed my first full stack SaaS in 5 weeks while working full time

#java #sideprojects #react #beginners

2 min read

May 8

CAP Theorem Explained: What I Learned Setting Up MySQL Replication

#systemdesign #mysql #distributedsystems #beginners

4 min read

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