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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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ObservabilityGuy

May 20

Put a Microscope on Hermes: Full Visibility into Agent Execution

#hermes #agents #beginners

9 min read

Vinayagam

May 24

A Study on Conditional Statements and Control Flow in Python

#python #beginners #ai #webdev

2 min read

shahriyar anwar

May 20

How I Built a Free Random Letter Generator — And Got 7,800+ Impressions in 8 Weeks with Zero Ad Spend

#webdev #javascript #beginners #opensource

3 min read

May 19

My first day as an SWE Intern at a startup - The importance of QA

#qa #programming #beginners #career

2 min read

May 19

Git Merge vs Rebase: The Easiest Explanation for in under 2 mins!

#git #beginners #tutorial #programming

3 min read

Anika Jha

May 19

Why Solana’s Account Model Broke My Web2 Brain

#100daysofsolana #blockchain #web3 #beginners

2 min read

Kaloovaloo

May 19

How I Published My First App on Google Play: A Developer's Honest Guide

#android #beginners #mobile #tutorial

2 min read

May 20

The Free Note Frequency Chart: A Practical Guide to Understanding Pitch and Tuning

#beginners #resources #science #tutorial

6 min read

aiskillnav

May 20

From Zero to Agent: A Practical Roadmap for Building Your First AI Agent

#agents #ai #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Henry of Oracus 🇳🇬

May 19

DNS for Beginners: How Your Browser Finds Websites

#webdev #beginners #networking #internet

5 min read

May 19

Rust's Borrow Checker: Translating Intent into Memory Safety

#rust #beginners #programming #tutorial

3 min read

Luis Filipe Pedroso

May 19

Generic components in SwiftUI: write once, reuse everywhere

#swift #swiftui #programming #beginners

2 min read

Jayashree

May 20

String in Java - Complete guide for Beginners

#beginners #java #programming #tutorial

3 min read

Jan Phan

May 19

What I talk about when I talk about swimming and coding

#learning #lifestyle #beginners #webdev

2 min read

May 20

JS INTERNALS: Hoisting, STARVATION, PROTOTYPE

#javascript #beginners #coding

3 min read

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