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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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Sebastian G. Vinci

Feb 4 '19

Intersection, union and difference of Sets in Python.

#python #sets #beginners

4 min read

Ritikesh

Feb 7 '19

Ruby/Rails : Memoization with dynamically defined methods

#beginners #rails #ruby #performance

2 min read

Jason C. McDonald

Jan 15 '19

Dead Simple Python: Project Structure and Imports

#python #beginners #coding

13 min read

tiff

Feb 5 '19

What is the Difference Between a Function and a Method in JavaScript?

#beginners #javascript #webdev

1 min read

Feb 6 '19

GraphQL for 6 year Old

#graphql #javascript #webdev #beginners

4 min read

Feb 7 '19

Bash! Bash! Bang! Bang!

#bash #linux #beginners #commandline

1 min read

Bhupesh Varshney 👾

Feb 4 '19

pipreqs: Automatically generate python dependencies

#python #beginners #productivity #tutorial

2 min read

Zac Heisey

Apr 25 '19

4 Non-Coding Skills Every Developer Needs

#discuss #webdev #beginners #career

5 min read

arnabroychowdhury for LambdaTest

Feb 6 '19

All You Need to Know About End to End Testing

#showdev #testing #beginners #productivity

9 min read

Feb 4 '19

CSS :not Selector

#css #webdev #beginners #devtips

3 min read

Josh Hadik

Feb 6 '19

Ten Tips to Get the Most out of Your Rapid Reps

#productivity #beginners #learning #devtips

7 min read

Ben Lovy

Feb 5 '19

Parser Combinators are Easy

#beginners #functional #javascript

5 min read

Jeff Kreeftmeijer for AppSignal

Feb 5 '19

Unraveling Classes, Instances and Metaclasses in Ruby

#ruby #programming #beginners

5 min read

Sean

Feb 3 '19

#100DaysOfCode - First Quarter Finished

#beginners #webdev #learning #productivity

3 min read

himanshuseth004 for LambdaTest

Feb 5 '19

Test Automation Using Pytest and Selenium WebDriver

#showdev #python #beginners #testing

16 min read

Ryan

Feb 4 '19

🍝 Cooking a Deliveroo clone with Next.js (React), GraphQL, Strapi and Stripe - 🏗️ Setup (part 1/7)

#react #graphql #tutorial #beginners

7 min read

Feb 6 '19

Database models and ERDs for Newbs Part: 5

#beginners #database #sql #postgres

3 min read

Dave Swersky for Raygun

Feb 5 '19

The SDLC: 7 phases, popular models, benefits & more

#sdlc #beginners #agile #waterfall

9 min read

Feb 5 '19

Webscraping in Python with Flask and BeautifulSoup 4

#python #beginners #beautifulsoup4 #webscraping

6 min read

Tierney Cyren for Microsoft Azure

Jan 28 '19

Start Contributing to Node.js in the New Year

#node #javascript #beginners #opensource

8 min read

Molly Struve (she/her)

Jan 28 '19

How to Start a Conversation Without Saying a Word

#career #beginners #tips

2 min read

Lavinia

Feb 5 '19

Challenges

#discuss #beginners #frontend #motivation

2 min read

Feb 5 '19

Building a Chrome Plugin - Image Swap it up!

#javascript #webdev #beginners

5 min read

Nikita Sobolev for wemake.services

Jan 31 '19

Simple dependent types in Python

#python #tutorial #beginners #learning

6 min read

Jan 31 '19

Web Basics: How to Capitalize a Word in JavaScript

#javascript #algorithms #webdev #beginners

6 min read

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