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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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Nov 29 '18

How to easily build Desktop Apps with HTML, CSS and Javascript

#node #beginners #javascript #webdev

6 min read

Julia Torrejón

Dec 5 '18

What are the best platforms for code challenges for hiring developers?

#discuss #career #beginners

1 min read

Jermaine

Dec 4 '18

Build Web APIs with Aqueduct #2 (video series)

#dart #api #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Dec 4 '18

Click Event Filtering on a JSON Rendered List in Vue.js

#javascript #vue #frontend #beginners

5 min read

helena ✨

Dec 2 '18

Using Forestry To Maintain Your Hugo Site on GitHub Pages

#forestry #hugo #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Nov 27 '18

Tasty Testing with Mocha and Chai ☕️

#webdev #javascript #beginners #node

4 min read

reduncan

Dec 4 '18

Tech Speak: Terminal Command Aliases

#beginners #terminal

2 min read

Nov 27 '18

How to Transfer a Domain Name with Zero Downtime

#beginners #devops #webdev

5 min read

Dec 1 '18

Tis the season to write Clojure

#beginners #clojure #christmas

8 min read

Dec 1 '18

Hey Newbies - What Do You Struggle With Most?

#discuss #beginners #webdev

1 min read

Milecia

Nov 29 '18

Do You Copy And Paste Code?

#discuss #webdev #programming #beginners

3 min read

Ben Lovy

Nov 29 '18

Know When to Fold 'Em

#beginners #haskell #functional

9 min read

Eugene Cheah for Uilicious

Nov 19 '18

5 Fatal Docker Gotcha's 😱 - for new users

#explainlikeimfive #docker #beginners #introduction

10 min read

Nov 26 '18

Get data from a headless CMS into a static site generator!

#react #cms #beginners

3 min read

Nov 16 '18

What dev topic do you think you should understand, but don't?

#discuss #career #beginners

1 min read

Dec 2 '18

@OneToMany relations in Hibernate and its perils

#hibernate #java #persistence #beginners

2 min read

Gastón García

Dec 1 '18

Screencast on Node, Express and MongoDB for beginners

#beginners #mongodb #node #screencast

1 min read

Darryl D.

Nov 28 '18

The Rejection-proof Freelance Portfolio Formula

#freelancing #career #beginners #webdev

8 min read

wiz

Dec 2 '18

Everyone knows algorithm analysis!

#algorithms #beginners #computerscience

4 min read

Jeremy Schuurmans

Nov 22 '18

A Year Ago I Never Would Have Been Able To Do This, But I Just Built My First Web App. Here It Is!

#showdev #ruby #codenewbie #beginners

6 min read

Levi ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

Nov 26 '18

Learning Resources for New Developers!

#discuss #beginners #webdev

1 min read

Mark Catalano for TakeShape

Nov 27 '18

All You Ever Wanted To Know About GraphQL

#graphql #apollo #beginners #tutorial

2 min read

Nov 30 '18

CODING BYTES: PART 4 — CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS

#beginners #javascript #webdev

3 min read

Alex Patterson for CodingCatDev

Apr 29 '19

NPM Quick Tips

#npm #beginners #webdev

2 min read

German Rodriguez Ortiz

Nov 26 '18

A journey of self-discovery... and also how I learned how to use Git

#git #beginners #story #horror

7 min read

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