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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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Ositadinma Divine

Dec 20 '25

Building the Foundation: A Comprehensive Guide to Recursion (The Function That Calls Itself)

#algorithms #computerscience #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Nov 16 '25

Debugging Java ClassNotFoundException: A Beginner's Guide to Finding Missing Dependencies

#beginners #java #tutorial

9 min read

TJ

Nov 18 '25

A beginner's journey from setup hell to jump to heaven: Building a tool that does it in 30 seconds

#docker #beginners #productivity #webdev

7 min read

Danielius Navickas

Dec 20 '25

The mental checklist I use when troubleshooting Linux servers

#linux #beginners #productivity #tutorial

1 min read

VIDHYA VARSHINI

Nov 16 '25

Method Overloading in Java

#beginners #java #tutorial #programming

2 min read

Richard Abishai

Nov 17 '25

Getting Started With Hugging Face Transformers

#webdev #ai #programming #beginners

2 min read

Nov 17 '25

🚀 Introduction to Git Worktree (With Oh My Zsh Aliases)

#productivity #git #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Daniel Camucatto

Nov 15 '25

Ortogonalidade: O Caminho para Sistemas de Software Eficientes

#architecture #beginners #cleancode

4 min read

Chandrashekhar Kachawa

Nov 17 '25

Python Asyncio: The Real Difference Between `await` and `create_task`

#python #beginners #backend #ai

3 min read

Dec 20 '25

How to build Azure App service step by step.

#azure #webdev #tutorial #beginners

3 min read

Pavel Sanikovich

Dec 20 '25

What the Goroutine Scheduler Really Does (And Why It Matters)

#go #beginners #programming #concurrency

5 min read

Ikoh Sylva

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AltSchool Of Engineering Tinyuka’24 Month 10 Week 4

#altschoolafrica #altschool #cloud #beginners

4 min read

Nov 21 '25

IaC Showdown : Terraform ou Ansible ? 🚀

#beginners #programming #devops #terraform

4 min read

Jaideep Parashar

Dec 21 '25

Why AI Startups Need to Focus on Distribution Before Disruption

#webdev #ai #startup #beginners

3 min read

Jeya Shri

Dec 20 '25

EC2 Networking and Access: Security Groups, Key Pairs, and Connectivity

#beginners #aws #cloud #learning

3 min read

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