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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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Talha Amin

Feb 10

Why I Built a 100% Client-Side Tool Suite for Developers (And Why Your Data Stays Yours)

#webdev #tooling #productivity #beginners

2 min read

Willem van Heemstra for The Software's Journey

Mar 14

Like LEGO? Love Python! 🧱🐍 Ep.3

#python #beginners #oop #tutorial

8 min read

Willem van Heemstra for The Software's Journey

Mar 14

Like LEGO? Love Python! 🧱🐍 Ep.4

#python #beginners #oop #tutorial

10 min read

Devits

Feb 14

Hot Take: Next.js Might Not Be the Right Choice for Your Indie SaaS

#discuss #react #webdev #beginners

1 min read

Mar 16

What I've Been Building as a Full Stack Developer — 2025 Edition

#webdev #mern #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Feb 10

Configuring Nginx Files and Directories

#beginners #devops #tutorial #webdev

6 min read

Mar 17

Day 17 of 100

#python #beginners #basic #learning

3 min read

Nithya Dharshini official

Mar 5

Sliding Window on a Circular Array — Defuse the Bomb (LeetCode 1652)

#programming #beginners #dsa #cpp

2 min read

Feb 10

Do you really need to be good at math to become a developer?

#webdev #learning #beginners #programming

3 min read

Feb 10

Why I Spent 5 Hours Finding a 20-Minute Fix: A Case for Structured Logging

#devops #aws #webdev #beginners

3 min read

Feb 10

Python vs Go vs Java vs Ruby: Picking the Right Language for Production Web Scraping

#automation #mcp #beginners #mobileproxies

6 min read

Feb 10

Why Date and Time Bugs Happen in JavaScript (And How Apps Actually Get It Right)

#beginners #javascript #programming #webdev

4 min read

Tyson Cung

Mar 14

I Found Hidden Solutions to a Viral Math Puzzle — Here's How

#math #programming #python #beginners

2 min read

Feb 10

Create a Local AI Chatbot with Ollama: No API Keys Required

#ai #beginners #python #tutorial

5 min read

Art light for Tirixa-hub

Feb 25

The $0 Developer Phase — And How Dev.to Pulled Me Out

#career #webdev #productivity #beginners

5 min read

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