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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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Jareth Tan

Jun 14 '22

Function Declaration vs Function Expression

#javascript #beginners #webdev #codenewbie

3 min read

Philip Onuchukwu

Jun 14 '22

Installing Node.js using nvm, the best way.

#webdev #beginners #tutorial #react

2 min read

Jun 12 '22

You either 'let', 'var' or keep 'const' in JavaScript

#javascript #programming #webdev #beginners

3 min read

AISuperHub

Jun 14 '22

How to read or convert an inputstream into a string in java? - Six easy ways

#java #tutorial #programming #beginners

2 min read

Christopher Ninman

Jun 13 '22

VSCode Like a Pro on Your Mac

#vscode #mac #codenewbie #beginners

5 min read

Jacob Kim

Jun 13 '22

Writing Tests in Go

#go #beginners #tutorial #testing

6 min read

May 24 '22

How to use Typed.js in React (Beginner friendly)

#beginners #react #webdev #codenewbie

2 min read

AkaraChen

Jun 7 '22

Optimize the use of if-else, you need a better selective structure!

#javascript #beginners #codenewbie

3 min read

Robert

Jun 13 '22

How to create a scraper with Cheerio

#node #javascript #beginners #tutorial

7 min read

Obisike Treasure

Jun 13 '22

Custom OTP input component with VueJS

#vue #javascript #programming #beginners

5 min read

Patrick

Jun 13 '22

Web Storage API - Explain Like I'm Five

#javascript #webdev #beginners #programming

3 min read

bob.ts

Jun 13 '22

Overthinking the Programmer's Brain

#beginners #programming #productivity #100daysofcode

3 min read

Alexandra

Jun 12 '22

DSA: Search algorithms with JavaScript

#webdev #javascript #beginners #algorithms

4 min read

Chantae P.

Jun 12 '22

My plan going forward...

#discuss #career #beginners #programming

1 min read

Ken Swearengen for CoderPad

Jun 13 '22

Dev Discussions: SQL vs NoSQL with James Quick of PlanetScale

#sql #database #beginners #architecture

4 min read

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