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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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IgorIOT

Apr 24

What is a Raspberry Pi? A Complete Beginner’s Guide

#beginners #iot #programming #tutorial

6 min read

DHANRAJ S

Apr 28

Why We Use useState in React — Explained Simply with Real Examples

#react #javascript #beginners #webdev

6 min read

Rousselle laurent

Apr 24

Why I Built an Offline Collection App With No Account and No Cloud (DollVault)

#programming #beginners #mobile #productivity

2 min read

Dev Chavda

May 8

Why I Started Writing Technical Articles

#programming #beginners #career

1 min read

Apr 24

👋 Hello DEV Community!

#webdev #programming #beginners

1 min read

Muzammil Bilal Tanwar

May 8

Beginner to Pro in C programming!

#c #programming #beginners #codenewbie

3 min read

Apr 28

React Hooks Made Simple: Mastering useState (Without Losing Your Mind)

#react #javascript #beginners #programming

5 min read

Apr 24

Signals in Linux explained visually

#linux #learning #beginners

1 min read

Kunal

Apr 24

Error Handling in JavaScript: Try, Catch, Finally

#programming #javascript #productivity #beginners

3 min read

Prashik besekar

Apr 24

I Spent a Full Day Debugging This Python Error — Here's What Fixed It in 30 Seconds

#python #beginners #api #programming

6 min read

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#ai #beginners #career

7 min read

Apr 24

SQL LIKE and Wildcards: Pattern Matching Made Simple

#sql #database #beginners #tutorial

6 min read

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🌸 Iris Classifier ML Pipeline — Complete Tutorial & Instructions Manual

#beginners #machinelearning #python #tutorial

18 min read

Ian Akiles

May 7

Building a Local AI SaaS with Gemma 4 + Ollama 🚀

#webdev #programming #productivity #beginners

1 min read

May 7

Voice dictation for developers: a practical guide

#webdev #productivity #windows #beginners

2 min read

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