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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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Jan 29 '19

CSS: From Zero to Hero

#beginners #css #frontend

8 min read

YCM Jason

Feb 19 '19

Frogram - this might be the best way to introduce programming to laymen

#beginners #tutorial #webdev #opensource

2 min read

Miguel Palhas for AppSignal

Feb 19 '19

Pouring Protocols in Elixir

#elixir #beginners #programming

4 min read

Feb 19 '19

Lessons learnt in my first year of coding (while being a full time music teacher)

#webdev #learning #teaching #beginners

5 min read

LambdaTest Team

Feb 19 '19

LambdaTest + JIRA Integration - One Click Bug Logging

#showdev #testing #beginners #tips

1 min read

Feb 15 '19

How to learn to code in Java: why you should and where to start

#beginners #java #coding #learning

10 min read

Feb 13 '19

What to learn first

#beginners

3 min read

sadhvisingh1 for LambdaTest

Feb 18 '19

Starting Automation Testing From Scratch? Here Is What You Need To Know!

#showdev #tips #testing #beginners

10 min read

Alex Kadis

Feb 18 '19

Resources for Underrepresented People in Technology and Allies

#discuss #career #beginners #mentoring

6 min read

Vicente G. Reyes

Feb 18 '19

Is it really easy for black hat hackers to inject codes into a website?

#help #beginners #websecurity #advice

1 min read

Pritesh Usadadiya

Feb 18 '19

Noobs introduction to Cloud and Virtual Machine

#beginners #cloud #webdev

4 min read

Josh Hadik

Feb 12 '19

The Many Worlds of Programming

#webdev #learning #beginners #programming

7 min read

Feb 18 '19

Where do I start? Part1: IDES, HTML, CSS, & CSS Frameworks/Libraries

#beginners #webdev #html #css

4 min read

Saif Sadiq

Feb 18 '19

Reference Error: JavaScript

#javascript #webdev #beginners #testing

2 min read

Kshitij Aggarwal

Feb 18 '19

Novices guide to Dependency Injection & Dagger2 - Part 1 - Introduction

#android #dagger #beginners

2 min read

Feb 17 '19

When should we use the appropriate way to set state?

#explainlikeimfive #react #beginners #help

1 min read

Gabe

Feb 12 '19

Fluid Animated CSS Gradient Text Effect

#css #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Chris Noring for Microsoft Azure

Feb 27 '19

Learn Docker - from the beginning, part III databases and linking

#docker #beginners #tutorial #devops

14 min read

Feb 13 '19

Scalability: Growing a System in Different Directions

#computerscience #distributedsystems #beginners

9 min read

Karolis for Webhook Relay

Feb 17 '19

Automating testing, building and publishing of TypeScript libraries

#javascript #typescript #productivity #beginners

4 min read

Feb 17 '19

How to Manage Freelance Web Development Clients’ Expectations

#freelancing #beginners

5 min read

Feb 15 '19

Learn back-end development with Node.js and Express with this free in-depth course (2.5 hours)

#node #beginners #tutorial #webdev

2 min read

Feb 16 '19

Roman Numeral Converter

#discuss #beginners

1 min read

Jen Chan

Feb 13 '19

Imposter Syndrome in Diagrams

#beginners #impostersyndrome

1 min read

Milecia

Feb 14 '19

HYWCT: Servers

#webdev #beginners #programming #servers

3 min read

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