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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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#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

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#programming #androiddev #kotlin #beginners

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Refactoring 036 - Replace String Concatenations with Text Blocks

#webdev #programming #java #beginners

15 min read

Aby Noctel

Oct 15 '25

Weekly Update #13

#beginners #sfml #devlog #gamedev

1 min read

Nov 19 '25

A Deep Dive Into ESP-CSI: Channel State Information on ESP32 Chips

#esp32 #beginners #wifisensing #iot

4 min read

Oct 28 '25

How to find an open source project to contribute to?

#opensource #programming #beginners

1 min read

Arma Sahar

Nov 19 '25

JavaScript reads your code twice - Hoisting in var, let & const

#beginners #javascript #webdev #programming

3 min read

Jaideep Parashar

Nov 19 '25

AI for Devs: Build Fast, Write Less, Think More

#ai #productivity #career #beginners

3 min read

Dev Ananth Arul

Oct 15 '25

Java Architecture

#architecture #beginners #java

1 min read

Key

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#programming #webdev #beginners #gamedev

1 min read

Oct 28 '25

Code Smell 312 - Too Many Asserts

#webdev #programming #beginners #web3

8 min read

Oct 20 '25

🧠 RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation): The Secret Sauce Behind Smarter AI

#ai #programming #beginners #learning

4 min read

Nov 7 '25

Explainable AI (XAI): Why Transparency in AI Matters to Me

#ai #beginners #machinelearning #openai

1 min read

Ank

Oct 28 '25

What are Chunks?

#discuss #webdev #ai #beginners

2 min read

Harini

Nov 18 '25

Git and Gitlab

#git #gitlab #beginners

2 min read

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