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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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Understanding Scrapy's Project Structure: A Complete Beginner's Guide

#beginners #webdev #python #tutorial

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#programming #ai #beginners #tutorial

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Matt

Dec 23

How to use Python's requests library to retrieve data from APIs

#python #tutorial #beginners #api

3 min read

Dec 19

How to Earn More DEV.to Badges (Without Gaming the System

#devto #beginners #career #community

4 min read

Dec 21

Here are some things I discovered trying to find the a decent AI tool

#ai #webdev #coding #beginners

3 min read

Wang Wei

Dec 19

Getting Started with Midnight: Your First Smart Contract

#privacy #web3 #beginners #tutorial

1 min read

Dec 18

Praktikum Algoritma: Binary Search dengan Python 🚀🔍

#algorithms #tutorial #python #beginners

3 min read

Wang Wei

Dec 19

Correcting a Code Example

#blockchain #beginners #documentation #opensource

1 min read

Dec 18

Praktikum Algoritma: Linear Search dengan Python 😎

#algorithms #tutorial #python #beginners

3 min read

Dec 19

Why I Stopped Waiting and Started Building

#beginners #career #startup

1 min read

Dec 19

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#css #webdev #programming #beginners

6 min read

Jeya Shri

Dec 18

Understanding Amazon EC2: The Foundation of Compute on AWS

#beginners #aws #cloud #learning

3 min read

Mohammed Shaikh

Dec 20

Data Structures Series: A Structured Roadmap with JavaScript

#algorithms #javascript #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Chandrashekhar Kachawa

Dec 18

Hoppscotch: The Modern, Lightweight Alternative to Postman and Bruno

#api #webdev #programming #beginners

4 min read

Dec 18

Why Do Networks Even Work Correctly?

#cybersecurity #networking #iot #beginners

3 min read

Ananya

Dec 22

☁️ Cloud Job Roles Explained Like You’re 5 (A beginner-friendly guide for students & freshers)

#learning #career #cloud #beginners

3 min read

Dec 18

CSS Opacity Masterclass 2025: Guide with Code Examples & Best Practices

#css #webdev #programming #beginners

4 min read

Dec 18

Mentorship vs. Micromanagement in Engineering

#programming #webdev #beginners #devops

4 min read

Madhumitha Ganesan

Dec 19

Microsoft Teams: A Simple Collaboration Tool for DevOps Teams

#beginners #devops #react #api

2 min read

araf

Dec 22

AI Coding Agents 2025: GitHub Copilot vs Rovo Dev vs Cursor vs Claude vs Gemini vs Codeium

#vibecoding #ai #beginners #productivity

2 min read

HARINI SRI K A 24CB016

Dec 19

AWS Service: Amazon Honeycode

#aws #beginners #tooling

1 min read

LaTerral Williams

Dec 17

🛡️ Building a CASB‑Like Threat Monitoring Lab in AWS (Beginner Friendly)

#tutorial #security #beginners #aws

5 min read

PyOps Lab

Dec 18

From Non-CS to Django: My Learning Journey

#beginners #backend #learning #django

1 min read

Aby Noctel

Dec 18

Weekly update #22

#beginners #godot #devlog #gamedev

1 min read

Dec 18

From Curiosity to Creation: Every Developer’s Real Journey

#beginners #learning #motivation

1 min read

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