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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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Strategies for documenting code

#programming #beginners #webdev #javascript

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How to get current date in JavaScript

#codenewbie #javascript #webdev #beginners

1 min read

Nov 25 '22

Storybook - Structuring and naming

#storybook #testing #webdev #beginners

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MakendranG

Nov 25 '22

The Beginner's Guide to 25 Best Developer Tools You Can’t Do Without

#beginners #webdev #productivity #devops

17 min read

Luc van Kerkvoort

Nov 15 '22

Rock the Paper and scissors

#react #javascript #beginners #tutorial

8 min read

Nov 22 '22

#gitPanic - Removing and Restoring Work

#github #git #programming #beginners

8 min read

L2ncE

Nov 25 '22

Golang Reverse Proxy Practices

#webdev #beginners #go #programming

6 min read

Timofey Chuchkanov

Nov 25 '22

Trusted self-signed TLS certificates for dummies (w/ thorough explanations included)

#security #https #ssl #beginners

11 min read

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Patroni and Availability Zone failure

#beginners #career #codenewbie

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#community #beginners #learning

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Code Smell 180 - BitWise Optimizations

#webdev #javascript #beginners #programming

2 min read

Coderslang: Become a Software Engineer

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How to update all npm package.json dependencies to the latest version

#webdev #javascript #beginners #codenewbie

1 min read

Jessica Wilkins

Nov 23 '22

Beginner JavaScript Project: How to reverse a sentence and display it on screen

#bash #beginners #learning

9 min read

Nov 25 '22

Perl Dancer #3 - Hello World

#perl #tutorial #webdev #beginners

6 min read

Nov 22 '22

My first ever JS project

#showdev #javascript #beginners #html

1 min read

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