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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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Narayana

Feb 10

Your Blog Titles Are Killing Your CTR (Here's How I Fixed Mine)

#productivity #technology #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Martin Omander for Google AI

Mar 13

Deployments made easy: Cloud Run 101

#googlecloud #serverless #beginners #cloud

2 min read

Jaideep Parashar

Mar 15

How to Architect AI Products That Improve Over Time

#webdev #ai #programming #beginners

3 min read

Mar 16

Understanding JavaScript Core Concepts: Spread Operator, Constructor Functions, and Built-in Objects

#beginners #codenewbie #javascript #tutorial

6 min read

Feb 10

Build Your First ChatGPT Plugin in 30 Minutes: A Complete Beginner's Guide

#ai #beginners #chatgpt #tutorial

5 min read

Feb 10

Constructors in Java

#java #beginners #oop #constructor

2 min read

Mar 16

The day I stopped Googling "how to rename 50 files at once" and just learned the CLI

#cli #productivity #beginners #tutorial

2 min read

Mar 16

Array Flatten in JavaScript

#javascript #beginners #chaicode #webdev

4 min read

Raj Gupta

Feb 23

🌍 Lingo Canvas

#webdev #ai #beginners #opensource

8 min read

Feb 10

Significance of Python Virtual Environments

#beginners #python #softwaredevelopment #tooling

2 min read

Ajay Raja

Feb 9

JavaScript Basic Array Methods

#javascript #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

David Tio

Mar 16

Run Your First Docker Container (2026 Step-by-Step)

#docker #tutorial #linux #beginners

6 min read

Feb 10

Linux Fundamentals - Part 12: Linux Redirection, Pipes, and Command Chaining (Applied Text Processing)

#beginners #cli #linux #tutorial

2 min read

Mar 15

10 DevOps Mistakes Beginners Make (and How to Avoid Them)

#devops #beginners #basic #cloud

3 min read

Narayana

Feb 10

I A/B Tested 100 Dev Blog Titles—Here's What Actually Works

#productivity #technology #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

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