Skip to content

DEV Community

Beginners

"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.

👋 Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.

Tomas Fernandez for Semaphore

Nov 3 '25

What is MCP Really?

#ai #mcp #programming #beginners

3 min read

Deepana

Oct 3 '25

Normalization in DBMS with SQL Examples (1NF 2NF 3NF)

#database #tutorial #beginners #sql

2 min read

Oct 3 '25

Scaling Node.js Applications: A Complete Guide to Performance & Scalability

#codercrafter #programming #beginners #node

7 min read

Oct 3 '25

Why HTML Comments Are More Important Than You Think

#html #beginners #productivity #webdev

2 min read

Oct 3 '25

Web Developer's Journey: EDC

#webdev #beginners #roadmap

4 min read

Nov 6 '25

Labellerr SDK & YOLOv8: Cars and Number Plate Detection Practical, Step-by-Step

#beginners #deeplearning #tutorial

17 min read

Oct 3 '25

Database Normalization in Livesql

#database #tutorial #beginners #sql

2 min read

DIKSHA P 24CB010

Oct 4 '25

ACID PROPERTY IN DBMS

#database #tutorial #beginners #sql

2 min read

Umme Salma

Oct 16 '25

Redux নাকি context api?

#webdev #programming #beginners #productivity

1 min read

Sk

Oct 8 '25

RAII Explained: Why C++ Doesn't Need a Garbage Collector

#cpp #webdev #tutorial #beginners

2 min read

Leo

Oct 4 '25

🚀 First Responsive Landing Page — Completed! 🚀

#showdev #design #beginners #css

1 min read

Nov 6 '25

Network Topology|Physical and Logical Topology and types in detail| Israh Binoj

#beginners #computerscience #networking

3 min read

Nov 6 '25

Class and Data Types in Java

#programming #career #beginners #java

2 min read

Vidya

Oct 26 '25

Important definition in CSS

#programming #css #beginners #web

2 min read

Gianni

Oct 3 '25

My first simple project with python. Please help me to be better. Thank you:)

#programming #beginners #python

1 min read

👋 Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.