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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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#challenge #python #beginners #programming

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#cybersecurity #security #beginners #webdev

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Oct 21

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#beginners #productivity #tooling

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Oct 21

Making Sense of Asyncio: Tasks, Futures, and Timeouts Simplified

#python #programming #beginners #tutorial

8 min read

Bipin C

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# Self-Hosted Push Notifications Part-1

#webdev #programming #productivity #beginners

11 min read

Ijay

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AWS re/Start – My Week 10 Experience

#aws #beginners #restart #cloudcomputing

2 min read

Hardik Kanajariya

Oct 21

Day 3: Creating Your First Database and Understanding Schema

#postgres #tutorial #beginners #database

2 min read

Oct 22

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#javascript #webdev #beginners #programming

6 min read

Oct 22

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#javascript #webdev #beginners #programming

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#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

1 min read

Oct 22

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#homebrew #productivity #beginners #tutorial

7 min read

Oct 22

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#sideprojects #beginners #motivation #devjournal

1 min read

Oct 22

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#webdev #ai #beginners #productivity

2 min read

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Oct 21

🎨 My React.js Portfolio Journey: From Learning to Doing

#showdev #portfolio #beginners #react

1 min read

John

Oct 20

Dev Log 34 - Tooltip Resurrection

#beginners #devjournal #gamedev #vibecoding

7 min read

Roghaye Mohammadi

Oct 21

programming operators

#programming #operations #webdev #beginners

1 min read

Humza Inam

Oct 20

My First Data Engineering Project: Building a Real-Time IoT Pipeline on Azure

#azure #iot #dataengineering #beginners

6 min read

Dinesh G

Oct 21

Features of Java

#java #beginners #programming #webdev

4 min read

Dinesh G

Oct 21

JVM, JDK & JRE

#programming #beginners #java #react

2 min read

Mithu_kr

Oct 22

#2 Lexical Scoping && Closure in JavaScript --

#webdev #beginners #javascript #hiring

2 min read

Dipti M

Oct 21

Understanding Path Analysis in R: A Step Beyond Multiple Regression

#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

5 min read

Dipti M

Oct 22

From Static to Stunning: Interactive Charts in R using Plotly

#webdev #programming #productivity #beginners

5 min read

Boo C

Oct 22

Building an Interactive Product Search App with JavaScript and a Mock API

#api #javascript #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Oct 22

I Built a Conversational System Monitor So Developers Can Stop Decoding Activity Monitor

#webdev #ai #productivity #beginners

2 min read

MrRobot

Oct 21

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#python #programming #beginners #basic

1 min read

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