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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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Sep 12

getState

#beginners #frontend #javascript

1 min read

nk sk

Sep 25

🌱 Understanding the Spring Bean Lifecycle

#springboot #architecture #beginners #java

3 min read

Oct 14

Understanding APIs: A Beginner's Guide to Making Your First API Call

#api #webdev #javascript #beginners

13 min read

Oct 15

How Recursion Actually Works

#algorithms #javascript #beginners #programming

2 min read

Sep 11

Building a Portfolio while you Chat: My TamboHack Project

#webdev #programming #beginners #ai

3 min read

Oct 15

Why AWS?

#webdev #learning #aws #beginners

1 min read

Oct 14

I Cut My API Response Time from 1.9s to 200ms - Here's How

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

6 min read

Shahrouz Nikseresht

Oct 14

Day 3: Mastering the Dictionary, Counting Character Frequency

#challenge #python #beginners #programming

2 min read

Sep 12

React Re-render Behind the scene.

#webdev #react #beginners

2 min read

Usama

Sep 16

🚀 JavaScript Array Non-Mutating Methods Explained (with Examples)

#javascript #beginners #webdev #programming

2 min read

Crishtion

Sep 12

Thoughts on Codecademy?

#discuss #beginners #learning

1 min read

PacHash

Oct 4

Why Your Side Project Builds Slow: A Simple Fix

#programming #beginners #productivity #tutorial

1 min read

Chikara Inohara

Sep 16

🎯 The Heart of a Proxmox Cluster: Understanding Corosync for a Stable Homelab

#proxmox #beginners #learning #virtualmachine

5 min read

IRM4N01

Sep 12

Hello World 👋 My First Step into Software Development

#beginners #webdev

1 min read

Elizabeth Fuentes L for AWS Español

Oct 15

Despliega Agentes de IA a Producción en 15 Minutos (Sin Docker, Sin Kubernetes, Sin Dolor de Cabeza)

#python #tutorial #aws #beginners

7 min read

Alex Aslam

Sep 11

Forging Data Symphonies: The Art of the ETL Pipeline in Rails

#webdev #programming #ruby #beginners

5 min read

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

ElshadHu

Oct 3

How I Made My First Successful Hacktoberfest Pull Request

#github #opensource #beginners #hacktoberfest

2 min read

Anh

Oct 14

⚙️LangChain vs. LangGraph: A Comparative Analysis

#programming #webdev #ai #beginners

6 min read

I.K

Oct 14

🚀 Day 10 — DSA x System Design Learning Log

#dsa #devjournal #beginners #systemdesign

2 min read

Nethra Loganathan

Oct 4

Cursor & Trigger in SQL with Examples

#database #tutorial #beginners #sql

2 min read

Sep 11

Your First Line of Code: A Beginner's Guide to Installing Python and Running "Hello World"

#first #python #beginners #guide

5 min read

iRender GPU Cloud Rendering

Oct 15

Which Unreal Engine 5 Plugins Are Most Useful for Creators in 2025?

#discuss #programming #beginners #tutorial

6 min read

Dharmeshkumar Khairnar

Sep 11

Visiting the coding after the long break == Nightmare

#productivity #programming #beginners #code

1 min read

swathi m

Oct 12

From Local Laptop to Team Collaboration: How Remote Git Repositories Work

#webdev #programming #beginners #git

5 min read

Sep 11

Deploying a Honeypot SOC with Microsoft Sentinel

#tutorial #security #azure #beginners

3 min read

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