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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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Muhammad Ikramullah Khan

Jan 8

Scrapy Cookie Handling: Master Sessions Like a Pro

#webdev #programming #python #beginners

7 min read

Kirill Tolmachev

Feb 11

Your 'Clean Code' Is Unreadable (And Your Team Hates It)

#discuss #programming #beginners #codequality

4 min read

Feb 11

I'm a garlic farmer with no PC — I had AIs build a rough security gate for OpenClaw from my phone. 171 tests passed (sandbox).

#ai #beginners #security #python

6 min read

Feb 10

Constructors in Java:

#beginners #java #programming #tutorial

2 min read

Nithya Dharshini official

Jan 12

Find All Duplicate Elements in an Array (C++)

#programming #beginners #tutorial #cpp

1 min read

Dinesh

Jan 8

Learning the Foliage Tool in Unreal Engine (Day 13)

#gamedev #unrealengine #beginners #learning

2 min read

Shashi Bhushan Kumar

Feb 11

How async/await Makes Promises Even Easier.

#javascript #programming #webdev #beginners

1 min read

Alex Reis

Feb 11

Interfaces Funcionais

#beginners #java #programming #braziliandevs

2 min read

Feb 9

Good vs Bad Prompting: What I Learned While Working With AI Models

#ai #beginners #learning #llm

5 min read

Shrijith Venkatramana

Feb 6

AI Is Stress-Testing Software Engineering as a Profession

#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

5 min read

Donnie Brown for OWASP BLT

Feb 10

The Origin of the Lettuce Project

#beginners #community #opensource #security

3 min read

Frihk Ian

Feb 11

Go templates

#beginners #go #tutorial #webdev

2 min read

Nithya Dharshini official

Jan 31

Finding the Missing Number — What I Tried vs What I Learned About Optimal Patterns

#programming #cpp #dsa #beginners

2 min read

ValPetal Tech Labs

Jan 31

Javascript Interview Question of the Day #8 [Talk::Overflow]

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Rodrigo

Feb 10

Do Zero ao Firewall: Guia Completo de Organização e Segurança no Homelab (TP-Link ER605)

#beginners #networking #security #tutorial

3 min read

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