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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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Dec 9 '25

Memory Layouts Explained in Bare Metal Systems

#beginners #computerscience #architecture #tutorial

5 min read

Nov 5 '25

Day 1, part II : Call by value

#beginners #tutorial #java #coding

1 min read

Orlin Vakarelov

Dec 9 '25

Building SVGs with the new Snap.svg (Basics - part 1)

#beginners #tutorial #webdev #javascript

7 min read

Dec 10 '25

Unleashing the Future: Mastering iOS Mobile App Development with Swift

#beginners #ios #tutorial #swift

3 min read

Maureen Muthoni

Dec 10 '25

Building an Effective Power BI Dashboard: Connection, Cleaning, Modeling & Design

#discuss #beginners #datascience

3 min read

Nov 5 '25

Prompts that work for beginners (small, clear, and testable)

#learning #beginners #ai #productivity

7 min read

Dharmendra Kumar

Dec 9 '25

🚀 Writing cleaner, scalable JavaScript starts with small habits.

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

2 min read

Rolan Lobo

Nov 6 '25

I Built a File-Hiding App Because I Didn't Know Any Better (And It Actually Works!)

#beginners #python #opensource #webdev

5 min read

Nov 4 '25

Tipos de EC2 Instance

#beginners #architecture #cloud #aws

3 min read

Dec 10 '25

'JS & React "Silent Killers": Implicit Returns & Stale State'

#javascript #react #webdev #beginners

4 min read

Debesh P.

Dec 9 '25

80. Remove Duplicates from Sorted Array II | LeetCode | Top Interview 150 | Coding Questions

#leetcode #programming #productivity #beginners

1 min read

Nandan K

Nov 28 '25

Terraform state file and Remote backend

#terraform #devops #beginners #aws

2 min read

Debesh P.

Dec 9 '25

26. Remove Duplicates from Sorted Array | LeetCode | Top Interview 150 | Coding Questions

#leetcode #programming #productivity #beginners

1 min read

Ananya S

Dec 8 '25

The Science of Prompt Evaluation: From BLEU & ROUGE to Real Human Feedback

#ai #llm #promptengineering #beginners

3 min read

Theodora Cristea

Dec 1 '25

The Developer's Safety Net - Introduction to TypeScript

#typescript #development #backend #beginners

5 min read

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