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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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Mutesasira Mubarak

Apr 11

Why Every Developer Should Understand Binary and ASCII (With Real Examples)

#beginners #computerscience #programming #webdev

3 min read

Abhay Raj Singh Hada

Apr 11

How I Built a Voice-Controlled AI Agent in Python

#ai #python #gradio #beginners

2 min read

Brian Oiko

Apr 15

From Confused to Confident: My Outreachy Contribution Experience

#beginners #codenewbie #devjournal #opensource

3 min read

Apr 15

Callback Functions

#beginners #javascript #programming #webdev

2 min read

Apr 11

How to Build a Waitlist Page for Your Startup in 2026

#beginners #startup #tutorial #webdev

11 min read

달리기

Apr 11

I trusted the code AI wrote for me. My data was silently broken the whole time.

#python #automation #ai #beginners

2 min read

Apr 10

How to build Flexible Neural Networks from scratch in C++

#ai #programming #beginners #cpp

10 min read

Muhamed

May 4

My ambitions.

#beginners #career #cybersecurity #learning

1 min read

sidharth

Apr 11

Finding meaning in text, an experiment in document clustering

#datascience #beginners

6 min read

Sam Novak

Apr 15

The Part of Your Game That Breaks First

#gamedev #gamechallenge #productivity #beginners

3 min read

sakkubaii

Apr 11

Built a TypeScript form validator from scratch to actually learn TypeScript!

#typescript #beginners #npm #learning

1 min read

Apr 11

From Theory to Code: My Kotlin Journey. Part 1

#beginners #codenewbie #devjournal #kotlin

1 min read

Lyra_TinyStrack

Apr 10

I got cryptomined 5 times in 10 days. Here's my story 🧵

#webdev #beginners #devops #security

2 min read

Hannah Usmedynska

Apr 15

Junior Scala Developer Resume Samples Optimized for Employers

#beginners #career #resources #scala

9 min read

Apr 11

Always Pair VLOOKUP with ISNA (or IFERROR)

#excel #spreadsheet #beginners #productivity

2 min read

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