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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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#webdev #javascript #programming #beginners

3 min read

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Jun 17 '25

TIL: Found this super clean Unix timestamp converter that actually makes sense

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

1 min read

Jun 21 '25

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#linux #debian #beginners #opensource

1 min read

May 19 '25

my journey starting with MERN

#webdev #programming #beginners #ai

1 min read

Sania Shah

Jun 17 '25

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#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

1 min read

May 23 '25

Day 29/ 30 Days of Linux Mastery: if Statements in Shell Scripting for Beginners

#cloudwhistler #redhat #beginners #cloud

3 min read

Zack Rac

Jun 11 '25

Big Data Project Ideas for Students and Beginners

#programming #beginners #javascript #python

3 min read

itsmegsg

Jun 22 '25

Networking Solutions- Monitoring switches using LibreNMS

#beginners #productivity #tutorial #learning

6 min read

Adesola Kehinde

May 19 '25

A quick and beginner-friendly guide to deploying any HTML page to Azure App Service using only the CLI

#azure #cli #webdev #beginners

3 min read

Jun 21 '25

Handling REST APIs Like a Pro: Auth, Headers, and Advanced Fetching

#javascript #webdev #tutorial #beginners

6 min read

Sarthak

Jun 21 '25

Deploying My WebApp on Cloud using Nginx

#devops #webdev #beginners #cloudcomputing

3 min read

Jun 20 '25

Top 5 Security Mistakes Devs Make (and How to Avoid Them)

#webdev #programming #beginners

5 min read

Jun 22 '25

Go Concurrency Made Easy: Mastering errgroup for Error Handling and Task Control

#programming #tutorial #go #beginners

10 min read

Athreya aka Maneshwar

Jun 21 '25

Installing MongoDB 8.0 with Ansible on Ubuntu & Debian

#webdev #programming #beginners #devops

3 min read

Sumit Roy

Jun 19 '25

🔁 Throwback Thursday: The Time I Abstracted Too Soon

#beginners #careerdevelopment

2 min read

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