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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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Ananya S

Nov 10

Beyond the Basics: 5 Advanced Prompting Strategies that Turn LLMs into Autonomous Agents (Prompt Engineering for Devs - Part 3)

#promptengineering #llm #beginners #ai

7 min read

Nov 10

Understanding Classes and Objects in Dart

#beginners #programming #tutorial

6 min read

MinBapE

Nov 14

Smart Pointers

#cpp #programming #memory #beginners

2 min read

Sabin Sim

Nov 11

Python basics - Day 25

#challenge #python #learning #beginners

3 min read

Nov 11

Becoming a Full stack developer Day 4

#devjournal #beginners #javascript #machinelearning

1 min read

Nov 10

Understanding JavaScript Scope and Closures: A Deep Dive into Lexical Environments

#webdev #javascript #beginners #closure

4 min read

Nov 11

Understanding Function Binding in JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Sospeter Mong'are

Nov 11

Understanding Controllers in Express.js

#beginners #javascript #ai #programming

3 min read

spO0q

Nov 14

PHP: Do you need async?

#php #programming #beginners

4 min read

Aisalkyn Aidarova

Nov 10

Docker

#beginners #containers #docker #devops

9 min read

Nov 15

The Linux App Structure Explained: Working with /opt, Desktop Entries, and sudo tee

#linux #beginners

3 min read

n3on

Nov 11

How to Turn Coding Chaos into Clarity: A Dev’s Guide to Building Projects That Actually Matter

#programmers #beginners #productivity

2 min read

Chandrashekhar Kachawa

Nov 14

A Practical Guide to JavaScript Promises: Real-World Usage

#javascript #webdev #programming #beginners

4 min read

Nov 11

Why Young Developers Are Confused About What to Learn First ?

#discuss #beginners #developer #learning

3 min read

John

Nov 15

Dev Log 37 - Consolidated Update

#devjournal #beginners #unity3d #csharp

13 min read

Nov 11

I Tried Thousands of ChatGPT Prompts, and These 4 Saved Me Hours (No BS)

#ai #productivity #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Nov 14

What is JavaScript?

#beginners #webdev #javascript #programming

1 min read

Arul .A

Nov 10

Array in JavaScript?

#beginners #javascript #programming

1 min read

Nov 15

Statistics Day 4: Z-Score vs Min-Max Normalization — Making Data Fair for ML Models

#statistics #datascience #machinelearning #beginners

3 min read

Siddharth

Nov 11

HTTP GET vs POST vs PUT vs PATCH vs DELETE

#api #beginners #webdev

3 min read

Mart Young

Nov 10

Building Your Own Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) on Linux: A Complete Beginner's Guide

#networking #beginners #tutorial #linux

21 min read

DjSurgeon

Nov 9

Construyendo mi propio IPTV Player en C

#c #beginners #linux #development

3 min read

Jahongir Sobirov

Nov 15

Meaning of passwordless authentication for beginners (and let's make it)

#node #security #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Nov 13

Beyond the for Loop: Mastering Python's Core Collections

#programming #beginners #tutorial #python

8 min read

Moeed ul Hassan

Nov 9

What I Learned After 4 Years of Writing Code, What mistakes you shouldn't make

#beginners #motivation #career #learning

2 min read

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