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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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Mohammed mhanna

Oct 30 '25

🔥 Mastering Data Structures in Java - Part 7: HashMap

#java #programming #coding #beginners

3 min read

Oct 8 '25

React Router

#frontend #javascript #react #beginners

1 min read

Hareesh

Oct 8 '25

CRUD in MongoDB

#tutorial #mongodb #database #beginners

2 min read

Balaji

Oct 8 '25

NORMALIZATION

#tutorial #database #sql #beginners

2 min read

PRAKASH B

Oct 9 '25

Day - 5 of Learning Web development

#webdev #programming #html #beginners

3 min read

WISDOMUDO

Oct 22 '25

Understanding Date and Time Methods in JavaScript (Beginner’s Guide)

#javascript #programming #web #beginners

4 min read

Oct 8 '25

Why is 0.1 + 0.2 != 0.3 in Java?

#java #programming #programmers #beginners

1 min read

Sahil Sahu

Nov 4 '25

I Stopped Writing Tests and My Code Got Better

#webdev #programming #career #beginners

4 min read

momina raheel (Moona)

Oct 8 '25

Day 26 of My 90 Days Python Series – Age Calculator 🧮

#programming #beginners #python #opensource

3 min read

UserX

Oct 7 '25

I want to learn programming, I only have a smartphone, I'm very weak at math, should I learn coding?

#programming #beginners #career #tutorial

1 min read

Oct 7 '25

🧱 Docker Mastery: Scaling, Volumes & Secrets Like a Cloud Engineer

#beginners #tutorial #devops #docker

4 min read

Ananya S

Nov 10 '25

Beyond the Basics: 5 Advanced Prompting Strategies that Turn LLMs into Autonomous Agents (Prompt Engineering for Devs - Part 3)

#promptengineering #llm #beginners #ai

7 min read

Nov 11 '25

Understanding Function Binding in JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Mart Young

Nov 10 '25

Building Your Own Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) on Linux: A Complete Beginner's Guide

#networking #beginners #tutorial #linux

21 min read

Shahrouz Nikseresht

Nov 10 '25

Day 30: Python List Merger, Combine Two Lists Manually with Loops

#challenge #python #beginners #programming

2 min read

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