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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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How To Adopt Developer Mental Models

#discuss #career #productivity #beginners

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Chris Noring for .NET

Jul 17 '19

How YOU can get started with .NET Core and C# in VS Code

#dotnet #webdev #tutorial #beginners

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Jul 27 '19

Why are you learning Elm?

#discuss #elm #beginners #webdev

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Jul 25 '19

Git TIP - Why you should not keep a local master branch ?

#git #learn #beginners #tip

1 min read

Ryland G

Jul 15 '19

Things All Developers Should Learn In College

#javascript #beginners #webdev #tutorial

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Let's build a Random Quote Machine in Elm - Part 1

#elm #beginners #tutorial #webdev

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Dr. Michael Garbade

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Make Money Online By Teaching People How To Build Products

#beginners #career

3 min read

Andrei Lesnitsky

Jul 29 '19

WebGL Month. Day 29. Fog

#beginners #javascript #webgl

3 min read

Drew Town

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#vue #tailwindcss #tutorial #beginners

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Michael Morehouse

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The 35 Words You Need to Python

#python #beginners #learning #reference

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Chris Noring for ITNEXT

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JavaScript series, Reverse Engineering, best practices and Spies

#showdev #beginners #tutorial #javascript

1 min read

Juneau Lim

Jul 28 '19

A story about myself: My first experiences with a computer (Part 1: pre-stage & OS)

#beginners #personal #devdiary #askdev

2 min read

André

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#showdev #resource #beginners

5 min read

Laurie

Jul 24 '19

Deep vs Shallow Copy - with Examples

#javascript #webdev #learning #beginners

4 min read

Jay Gordon for Microsoft Azure

Jul 23 '19

Kubernetes Terminology for Beginners

#beginners #kubernetes #docker #azure

3 min read

Desi

Jul 27 '19

Best DEV.to Posts for Beginners: Week of July 15, 2019

#codenewbie #beginners #tutorial #bestofdev

3 min read

Ryland G

Jul 2 '19

The Best Book to Read as a Developer

#javascript #webdev #beginners #career

4 min read

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5 Ways to Keep Going During Your Last Weeks of Bootcamp

#beginners #bootcamp #motivation #productivity

3 min read

kcarrel

Jul 29 '19

Once Upon a Time in a Tutorial Loop

#beginners #tutorial #codenewbie #resources

2 min read

GaneshMani

Jul 27 '19

Prototypal inheritance - Javascript weekly

#showdev #webdev #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Pierre Bouillon

Jul 28 '19

A small concrete implementation repository for data structure

#showdev #beginners #contributorswanted

1 min read

Andrei Lesnitsky

Jul 28 '19

WebGL Month. Day 28. Click detection. Part II

#beginners #javascript #webgl

4 min read

Jul 28 '19

Guard Clauses vs. Nested Conditionals

#ruby #beginners #fundamentals

2 min read

Alex Parra

Jul 28 '19

GitHub - Set up SSH Key

#beginners #github #ssh

3 min read

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