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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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How I got a dev job 5 months out of high school

#career #beginners #javascript #typescript

2 min read

Nov 20 '19

Don’t excessively mutate the DOM. Here’s what you should do instead.

#beginners #tutorial #javascript #webdev

2 min read

Kiara Contreras

Nov 17 '19

How To Tackle A Technical Interview By Using Soft Skills

#career #webdev #beginners #advice

5 min read

Nov 21 '19

Use em For Padding and Margin

#css #beginners #webdev

1 min read

Nov 21 '19

CSS Flexbox part 1

#beginners #css

8 min read

Matt Upham

Nov 21 '19

How to use Custom React Hooks! (React Form Validation made easy, example)

#react #beginners #javascript #codenewbie

1 min read

Nov 20 '19

Logical Time and Lamport Clocks (Part 1)

#distributedsystems #beginners #computerscience

8 min read

Nov 22 '19

Julius Caesar's Cryptography

#codepen #javascript #cryptography #beginners

1 min read

Tomasz Buszewski

Nov 20 '19

The three states of data-driven UI

#react #javascript #beginners

2 min read

Ben Lovy

Nov 16 '19

Creative Coding in Rust with Nannou

#rust #beginners #tutorial #creative

19 min read

Prashant Sharma

Nov 20 '19

Securely Transfer Files from/to a Remote Server using SCP

#linux #ubuntu #productivity #beginners

2 min read

Nov 21 '19

Ethernet Cables Explained

#beginners #networking #tutorial

4 min read

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Nov 3 '19

🔥 GraphQL Crash Course (in 10 pics!)

#graphql #webdev #beginners #javascript

4 min read

Nov 21 '19

Guide to line-height in CSS

#todayilearned #css #beginners #webdev

2 min read

Nov 21 '19

Charming the Python: Builtins and Variables

#python #beginners

1 min read

Nov 16 '19

Creating a Pinterest style image gallery in Vue

#vue #javascript #beginners #tutorial

8 min read

Nov 18 '19

How I overcame my fear of writing

#todayilearned #30daysofwriting #beginners #motivation

4 min read

Nov 19 '19

Two CSharp idioms

#beginners #csharp #tutorial

2 min read

miku86

Nov 14 '19

JavaScript Data Structures: Singly Linked List

#beginners #javascript #tutorial #webdev

2 min read

Edison Ade

Nov 20 '19

‪What is HTTP?

#discuss #beginners #help

1 min read

Oct 28 '19

How to write a kickass README

#opensource #documentation #github #beginners

5 min read

Jasterix

Nov 20 '19

Getting around CSS with Sass and Less

#tutorial #beginners #webdev #javascript

2 min read

Nov 20 '19

Functional Test Myopia

#testing #devops #beginners

6 min read

Nov 20 '19

JAVASCRIPT FUNDAMENTALS

#discuss #beginners #javascript #findamentals

1 min read

Cody G

Nov 20 '19

Beginner Projects?

#beginners #projects #rails

1 min read

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