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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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Hiral

Mar 1

Arrow Functions in JavaScript: A Simpler Way to Write Functions

#beginners #javascript #tutorial #webdev

1 min read

TextKit

Mar 5

Regex Cheat Sheet: 10 Patterns That Handle 90% of Real Work

#regex #javascript #webdev #beginners

3 min read

Tushar Kumar Raj

Mar 1

What if JavaScript Promise Methods were IPL Teams?

#beginners #javascript #programming #webdev

5 min read

Даниил Корнилов

Feb 28

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

#career #beginners #webdev #programming

7 min read

Abdulsamad Osunlana

Mar 2

From Zero to Production: How I Deployed My App on a VPS Without Losing My Mind

#devops #linux #beginners #selfhosted

9 min read

Kathryn Grayson Nanz

Mar 4

AI Crash Course: Tokens, Prediction and Temperature

#ai #beginners

7 min read

Harini

Mar 1

useContext in React

#react #webdev #programming #beginners

1 min read

Precious Afolabi

Mar 2

Weeks 6-8: Advanced Arrays, Problem-Solving Patterns, and Building a Data CLI

#javascript #node #problemsolving #beginners

3 min read

Mar 1

My journey as a modern day web developper (or part of it at least)

#webdev #ai #beginners #learning

2 min read

Caroline Sikolia

Mar 1

From Tables to Trends: Understanding Joins and Window Functions in SQL

#beginners #datascience #sql #postgres

4 min read

Kanishka Shrivastava

Mar 1

#java #oop #inheritance #programming

#beginners #java #oop #programming

1 min read

Mar 1

The Semantic Gatekeeping Problem in AI Research

#discuss #ai #machinelearning #beginners

4 min read

Mar 2

Signing Your Android APK: From Keystore to Google Play

#android #kotlin #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Elanat Framework

Feb 27

Using the Segment Feature

#tutorial #dotnet #beginners #backend

2 min read

Mar 1

JavaScript 101: The Logic of the Web

#beginners #javascript #learning #webdev

5 min read

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