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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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Srikanth Srinivas

Mar 14

Papio Framework Generator

#qa #playwright #beginners #automation

2 min read

Kriti

Mar 14

Happy Pi Day!! 🥧 (And how I sorta like Tau better)

#discuss #ai #programming #beginners

1 min read

Dinesh

Feb 8

Building a Simple Fidget Spinner Taught Me More Than I Expected

#gamedev #blender #beginners #learning

2 min read

Feb 7

What is class?

#beginners #codenewbie #java #programming

1 min read

Willem van Heemstra for The Software's Journey

Mar 14

Like LEGO? Love Python! 🧱🐍 Ep.5

#python #beginners #oop #tutorial

11 min read

Narnaiezzsshaa Truong

Mar 13

The Pattern Starts at Home: Why Beginner Status Is a Social Position, Not a Skill Level

#discuss #careeer #beginners #inclusion

3 min read

Githinji Victor Maina

Feb 8

Data Storytelling in Power BI: Moving Beyond "Correct" to "Useful"

#datascience #beginners #dax #powerbi

3 min read

Shane Ho

Mar 14

3 Patterns That Fix LLM API Calling — Stop Getting Hallucinated Parameters

#ai #tutorial #python #beginners

6 min read

jidonglab

Mar 14

Nvidia GTC 2026: Rubin GPU Architecture Signals the Real AI Infrastructure War

#ai #beginners #hardware #programming

3 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 14

The Dark Side of 'Vibe Coding' That Nobody Talks About

#discuss #programming #ai #beginners

2 min read

Mar 14

Day 18 of 100

#challenge #beginners #learning #python

4 min read

Jonathan Vogel for AWS

Mar 13

You Deleted Everything and AWS Is Still Charging You

#beginners #aws #tutorial #cloud

7 min read

soy

Mar 14

Three Months of Code: What a Patent Lawyer Built from Zero

#programming #career #beginners

5 min read

Mar 14

From Zero to Your First VS Code Theme: A Complete Beginner's Guide

#vscode #theme #beginners #tutorial

7 min read

Mike Chambers for AWS

Mar 13

I Trained Qwen to Talk Like a Pirate 🏴‍☠️ Got It Right Second Time

#ai #beginners #llm #machinelearning

9 min read

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