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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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araf

Dec 11 '25

🚀 Upgrading Your Legacy Java 8 + Spring Boot 2.1 Project to Java 17 (Without Breaking Everything)

#java #programming #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

DenisC

Dec 11 '25

Progress Updates on Contribution to Scrapy

#python #programming #beginners

2 min read

Dec 12 '25

Understanding Flow’s Lending Protocol Architecture

#web3 #tutorial #architecture #beginners

3 min read

Ical Amir

Dec 11 '25

Learning Basic Data Structures in Go (Array, Slice, and Map)

#beginners #dolearncode

2 min read

Debesh P.

Jan 15

49. Group Anagrams | LeetCode | Top Interview 150 | Coding Questions

#leetcode #programming #beginners #productivity

1 min read

Shani G

Dec 10 '25

🚀 Secure Your Microservices: API Gateway + Docker Private Networks

#docker #devops #microservices #beginners

3 min read

Federico Herrera

Dec 10 '25

Simplificando Inversion of Control y Dependency Injection

#beginners #java #programming #software

3 min read

Arindam Majumder for Tensorlake

Jan 13

Claude Cowork: Architecture, Capabilities, and Usage Overview

#ai #programming #webdev #beginners

8 min read

Jan 15

Prompt Engineering For Developers - In a Nutshell

#ai #beginners #llm

2 min read

Ananya

Dec 11 '25

🌩️From Cyber Cafés to Cloud Computing

#cloud #learning #beginners #aws

1 min read

Ntombizakhona Mabaso for AWS Community Builders

Jan 3

Identify Components and Resources for Security

#aws #beginners #security

3 min read

Bernie

Dec 12 '25

Git for newbies(from a newbie)

#git #beginners

4 min read

Dec 11 '25

ما هو API #what_is_API? #simple_concept

#api #beginners #webdev

1 min read

Jan 14

Am I the Problem?

#motivation #computerscience #beginners #productivity

2 min read

itsmegsg

Dec 14 '25

Hunting Malware Like a Pro: A Beginner's Guide to YARA

#cybersecurity #tooling #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

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