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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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Apr 12

How Do Smart Devices Perform Multiple Tasks?

#beginners #computerscience #iot #tutorial

6 min read

Apr 12

Unpacking the language of data: DDL, DML, Filtering and Transformation.

#beginners #data #database #sql

2 min read

Apr 12

How the Internet Works — A Complete Guide for Beginner Web Developers

#webdev #beginners #javascript #html

5 min read

Tyson Cung

Apr 11

How APIs Actually Work — The Simplest Explanation You'll Find

#api #webdev #programming #beginners

3 min read

Apr 12

Understanding DDL and DML in Database Management

#beginners #database #sql #tutorial

3 min read

Apr 11

What Hackathons Actually Taught Me

#hackathon #webdev #beginners #career

3 min read

Apr 12

My first ESP32 project: from nothing to building something real

#esp32 #arduino #beginners #iot

2 min read

Athithya Sivasankarar

Apr 16

JavaScript Object & Array Scenario based Questions

#beginners #tutorial #javascript #programming

2 min read

Ifeanyi O. for AWS

May 4

How to Survive Your First 90 Days as a Developer

#beginners #career #codenewbie #productivity

18 min read

Apr 12

useEffect Boucle Infinie en React : 5 Causes et Comment les Corriger

#beginners #javascript #react #webdev

2 min read

Apr 12

The 5 Life Lessons my AI Agent Taught Me (That Have Nothing to Do with Code)

#beginners #ai #productivity #career

1 min read

Yasaswini Balasubramaniam

Apr 25

What a Simple Autofill Extension Taught Me About Product Engineering

#programming #beginners #architecture #webdev

2 min read

SEN LLC

Apr 11

Every Time Format At Once: A Converter That Stops the Unix-Seconds-or-Milliseconds Dance

#javascript #webdev #datetime #beginners

4 min read

Ryan Qi

Apr 11

Your risk model passes all its tests. It will still blow up in a crisis.

#showdev #python #beginners #webdev

4 min read

Apr 11

My First Week with SQL: A Beginner's Guide to Building, Filling, and Querying a Real Database

#beginners #database #sql #tutorial

7 min read

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