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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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Elizabeth Stein

Mar 6

My Bartending Job Taught Me More About Software Than School Did

#discuss #career #beginners #productivity

4 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 6

How I Built 27 Digital Products Before Turning 20 (And What Each One Taught Me)

#beginners #productivity #career #programming

2 min read

Jan 31

Python's Silent Failure: When `python -m` Does Nothing (And How to Fix It)

#python #cli #beginners

3 min read

Jan 31

HTML Basics for Beginners: Start Building Web Pages Today

#beginners #html #webdev #programming

1 min read

Mar 1

Coding Agents Are Actually Good at This One Thing

#webdev #productivity #ai #beginners

4 min read

Mate Technologies

Jan 31

Build a Simple Job Recommendation Engine with Python and Tkinter

#tutorial #beginners #python #tkinter

4 min read

Dmytro Huz

Mar 5

A Practical Guide to Time for Developers: Part 2 — How one computer keeps time (Linux)

#webdev #programming #tutorial #beginners

7 min read

Giovana Armani for AWS

Mar 5

SDK: as ferramentas para seu código se conectar com o mundo

#development #beginners #programming

4 min read

Pedro Beethoven

Mar 6

How to Actually Tailor Your Resume Without Losing Your Mind

#resume #career #webdev #beginners

5 min read

Bruno Freschi for He4rt Developers

Mar 5

Seu código é Orientado a Objetos

#discuss #braziliandevs #developer #beginners

2 min read

Leonardo Ferreira

Mar 6

Arquitetura em Camadas: Um guia para Organização de APIs

#webdev #programming #beginners #learning

4 min read

Ebenezer

Mar 6

Problem Solving Series — Day 1 The String Problem That Taught Me About Sets in JavaScript

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Jaideep Parashar

Mar 5

From Applications to Agents: The New Software Paradigm

#webdev #ai #programming #beginners

3 min read

jidonglab

Mar 6

Why Googling 'Fortune Telling App Design' Almost Ruined My Product

#webdev #beginners #design #ai

4 min read

Mate Technologies

Jan 31

Build a Smart Video Converter in Python with FFmpeg

#tutorial #beginners #ffmpeg #python

4 min read

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