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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Chinese Proverb

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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Feb 8

🎫 Sessions Explained Like You're 5

#eli5 #web #beginners

1 min read

Dinesh

Feb 8

Building a Simple Fidget Spinner Taught Me More Than I Expected

#gamedev #blender #beginners #learning

2 min read

Feb 7

What is class?

#beginners #codenewbie #java #programming

1 min read

Githinji Victor Maina

Feb 8

Data Storytelling in Power BI: Moving Beyond "Correct" to "Useful"

#datascience #beginners #dax #powerbi

3 min read

Tirth T

Feb 18

How I Tricked AWS Elastic Beanstalk Into Using pnpm

#beginners #devops #aws #npm

7 min read

Mar 3

I Tested My AI Ad Generator on 3 Completely Different Ad Formats — Here's What Actually Happened

#ai #programming #beginners #python

6 min read

Mar 1

Material3 Dynamic Colors: How AI Gets Android Theming Right (And You Can Too)

#android #kotlin #design #beginners

5 min read

Karthick M

Feb 8

Instance variable, Local variable, static variable and global variable

#beginners #java #programming #tutorial

2 min read

Aman Kumar

Feb 8

The world of AWS Cloud

#aws #beginners #cloud #tutorial

4 min read

Mar 3

Headless Commerce in 2026: Why Decoupling is the Key to Scaling Enterprise Stores

#news #beginners #opensource #learning

4 min read

Feb 21

Docker Essentials: A Developer's Practical Guide for 2026

#docker #devops #infrastructure #beginners

2 min read

Feb 7

Git is Not Magic- Part 2: Where Are You in the Timeline?

#git #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Mar 2

The Numbers That Deflate the AI Hype About Replacing Coders—and Ease FOMO

#coding #beginners #programming #ai

2 min read

okunola babatunde

Feb 12

Provide storage for the IT department testing and training

#cloud #azure #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Maria Artamonova for Red5

Feb 10

How to Create a Virtual Background Using the Red5 WebRTC SDK

#livestreaming #software #learning #beginners

7 min read

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