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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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Arul .A

Oct 15 '25

What is Type of?

#beginners #javascript #programming

1 min read

Alex Aslam

Oct 14 '25

The Art of the Map: Navigating the Modern ORM Landscape

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

5 min read

Crishtion

Sep 12 '25

Thoughts on Codecademy?

#discuss #beginners #learning

1 min read

Alex Aslam

Oct 14 '25

The Artisan's Journey: Sculpting JSON in Rails

#webdev #programming #ruby #beginners

4 min read

Mustapha Tijani

Oct 14 '25

Coding as Poetry: Why Every Engineer Should Write Readable Code

#cleancode #programming #beginners #software

3 min read

Jaideep Parashar

Oct 20 '25

AI Isn’t Replacing You: But the One Who Uses It Better Might

#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

2 min read

Oct 14 '25

What a backend looks like JavaScript, Express and Node.

#webdev #backend #beginners #tutorial

12 min read

IRM4N01

Sep 12 '25

Hello World 👋 My First Step into Software Development

#beginners #webdev

1 min read

Sanjanasharma20

Oct 15 '25

Cloud Security: Locking Down the Cloud Like a Pro

#webdev #beginners #productivity #career

1 min read

Oct 13 '25

How to Build a Real-Time Blockchain Dashboard with PAPI

#blockchain #beginners #tutorial

6 min read

👨‍💻Pierre-Henry ✨

Oct 15 '25

Set systems, rather than relying on goals or motivations

#goal #programming #beginners #learning

1 min read

Oct 14 '25

SPRING BOOT: @Configuration and @Bean — Complete Beginner Guide

#springboot #beginners #tutorial #java

4 min read

Oct 15 '25

My Friend's Team Almost Over-Engineered a 'Simple' Solution.

#news #ai #beginners #productivity

3 min read

Athreya aka Maneshwar

Oct 15 '25

Brotli vs. Gzip for Web Performance In Static Sites

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

6 min read

Kevin Djabaku Ocansey

Oct 14 '25

From Hash Functions to Vector Databases: The Data Structures Powering AI

#algorithms #beginners #computerscience #ai

15 min read

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