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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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#learning #beginners #programming

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#javascript #webdev #programming #beginners

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Muhammad Ikramullah Khan

Dec 24 '25

Scrapy Meta: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Passing Data Between Callbacks

#webdev #programming #beginners #python

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Dec 25 '25

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#docker #devops #tutorial #beginners

1 min read

ram vnet

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Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)

#beginners #datascience #machinelearning

3 min read

likhitha manikonda

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Understanding AGI vs ANI: A Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence

#ai #beginners #machinelearning

3 min read

maso

Jan 28

DAY1 -Basic VPC Configuration

#aws #beginners #networking #tutorial

3 min read

Dec 25 '25

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#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

4 min read

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LinkMedic-Finds broken image and file links in HTML, PHP as well as in MERN stack.

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

1 min read

Jan 28

Linux Fundamentals - Part 2: Understanding Directory Hierarchy

#beginners #cli #linux #tutorial

2 min read

Nandan K

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Terraform Provisioners

#beginners #aws #terraform #devops

2 min read

Alexandra

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HTML <abbr> Tag 📝

#webdev #a11y #beginners

2 min read

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Java Variable

#beginners #java #programming #tutorial

1 min read

Umar Hayat

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DNS Record Types Explained

#webdev #learning #beginners #chaicode

5 min read

Dec 22 '25

The Multiprocessor Mindset: Safety vs. Liveness (A Beginner’s Guide)

#java #concurrency #beginners #softwareengineering

4 min read

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