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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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Jeya Shri

Dec 22 '25

Understanding Amazon VPC: The Networking fundamentals of AWS

#beginners #aws #cloud #learning

3 min read

Cathy Lai

Dec 22 '25

My Progress: Why I Wrote Down Everything I Learned About Mobile App Deployment

#learning #mobile #softwaredevelopment #beginners

2 min read

Dec 22 '25

Sequence-to-Sequence Models: The Building Blocks of Modern AI Systems

#ai #beginners

2 min read

Dec 21 '25

Here are some things I discovered trying to find the a decent AI tool

#ai #webdev #coding #beginners

3 min read

araf

Dec 22 '25

AI Coding Agents 2025: GitHub Copilot vs Rovo Dev vs Cursor vs Claude vs Gemini vs Codeium

#vibecoding #ai #beginners #productivity

2 min read

Wireshark

Dec 22 '25

What is AWS? AWS Cloud Computing for Beginners

#aws #beginners #cloudcomputing

4 min read

Gayathri.R

Dec 12 '25

what are the key words in java

#beginners #java #learning

1 min read

Dec 23 '25

Pointers Store Addresses — So Why Do They Have Types?

#discuss #programming #beginners #learning

2 min read

Dec 20 '25

Wait, You Mean They're Different?

#beginners #vscode #productivity #programming

3 min read

Diana Castro for AWS Community Builders

Dec 22 '25

Diario de una builder: Preparándonos para AWS Machine Learning desde cero – Preparando Datos

#aws #ai #machinelearning #beginners

15 min read

Erick Mwangi Muguchia

Dec 12 '25

I made a promise to myself that am not leaving Meru University without Python skills.

#programming #beginners #learning #100daysofcode

2 min read

Anirban M

Nov 19 '25

Spring's Core Concepts: Bean, Container, and Context Explained

#beginners #java #tutorial

2 min read

mukitaro

Dec 22 '25

Hello DEV! My first step here 🚀

#welcome #beginners #hello

1 min read

Nov 19 '25

7 Ways to Practice New Coding Concepts Without Writing Full Projects

#coding #learning #beginners #productivity

2 min read

AWERDdev

Nov 22 '25

StockTR a Built Trading Platform

#webdev #architecture #beginners #programming

3 min read

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