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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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#webdev #beginners #career #css

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Explain Non-Blocking I/O Like I'm Five

#explainlikeimfive #java #asynchronous #beginners

7 min read

Apr 7 '19

How to create a global .gitignore file

#git #beginners #tutorial #webdev

2 min read

Uddesh

Apr 7 '19

Spread Operator(...) in JavaScript.

#javascript #beginners #tutorial #functional

1 min read

Dan Newton

Apr 7 '19

Privately scoped variable in a `when` block

#kotlin #beginners

2 min read

Apr 5 '19

Why You Need (at least) Two Mentors

#career #mentorship #beginners

2 min read

Claudio Bernasconi

Apr 6 '19

Why I Publish My Articles on Dev.To

#showdev #beginners #career

7 min read

Apr 3 '19

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#career #productivity #beginners #leadership

1 min read

Apr 6 '19

IMDB Rating on Mouse Hover

#beginners #javascript #programming #webdev

3 min read

Tomek Poniatowicz for GraphQL Editor

Apr 5 '19

GraphQL Java Cheat Sheet

#discuss #graphql #java #beginners

3 min read

Chris Noring for Angular

Apr 3 '19

NGRX — from the beginning, part II, Redux

#angular #beginners #redux #tutorial

11 min read

CodeGym

Apr 9 '19

The Best Way To Learn Java Programming

#beginners #java #coding #learning

7 min read

Apr 6 '19

IMDB rating on Mouse Hover - II

#beginners #javascript #programming #webdev

5 min read

Apr 4 '19

I am a middle aged junior developer, Ask Me Anything!

#ama #beginners #career

1 min read

Milecia

Apr 4 '19

Differences Between SQL And NoSQL Databases

#webdev #beginners #database #sql

4 min read

Łukasz Żarski for 2n IT

Apr 5 '19

ES6 for beginners - part 2 (Arrow Functions)

#es6 #javascript #beginners #webdev

4 min read

Nicole Archambault

Mar 31 '19

A Guide to Teaching Yourself to Code (and getting a job!)

#learningtocode #careerchange #beginners

12 min read

Dmitry Vdovichenko 💻🤘

Apr 6 '19

Goodfellas from ES6. Let & Const.🤘

#beginners #javascript #es6

2 min read

Apr 6 '19

CSS for Beginners

#css #selectors #beginners #cssselectors

2 min read

Chris Noring for Angular

Apr 2 '19

NGRX - from the beginning, Pub-Sub

#angular #ngrx #tutorial #beginners

6 min read

Adi Polak for Microsoft Azure

Apr 2 '19

Why should you consider distributing your Web App?

#beginners #webdev #kubernetes #learning

5 min read

Laurie

Apr 1 '19

Don't Get Fooled By Errors

#beginners #testing #productivity #javascript

6 min read

Chris Noring for Microsoft Azure

Apr 5 '19

Weekend upskilling - from ML to Cloud to OSS

#beginners #webdev #azure #serverless

1 min read

meikay

Apr 5 '19

Ruby Web Scraper with Nokogiri

#beginners #ruby #webscraper #webdev

3 min read

Christopher Kade

Apr 5 '19

Mentoring - A discussion at Algolia

#mentoring #career #beginners

5 min read

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