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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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Libin Babu

Sep 11

Machine Learning vs. Deep Learning: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job

#machinelearning #beginners #ai #deeplearning

2 min read

Roberto Hernandez

Oct 14

What Will Shape the Next Wave of Frontend Development in 2026 (Backed by Experts + Data)

#webdev #beginners #javascript #frontend

5 min read

Shahrouz Nikseresht

Oct 13

🐍 Day 2: The Magic of Sets, Removing Duplicates While Preserving Order

#challenge #python #beginners #programming

2 min read

Aby Noctel

Sep 10

Weekly Update #8

#beginners #gamedev #sfml #devlog

2 min read

taiwo

Oct 12

Build an Offline-First Web App with Service Workers

#webdev #javascript #beginners #frontend

5 min read

Mari

Oct 14

10 Production Deployment Mistakes Alex Will Never Make Again (and How You Can Avoid Them)

#webdev #ai #programming #beginners

3 min read

Dinesh G

Oct 14

Java Introduction

#java #javascript #beginners #programming

2 min read

Halton

Oct 14

(basic) Provision VirtualBox Ubuntu VM Server on MacOS

#beginners #ubuntu #virtualmachine

2 min read

Oct 13

Week 4: The Why and How of React 💡

#frontend #javascript #beginners #react

4 min read

Naveens K

Oct 3

Understanding ACID Properties in SQL Transactions

#database #architecture #beginners #sql

2 min read

Oct 13

Kafka Fundamentals: A quick look at the basic building blocks

#kafka #eventdriven #beginners #tutorial

2 min read

yashi srivastava

Oct 13

🧭 React Navigation & Routing

#frontend #javascript #beginners #react

2 min read

Karthik Korrayi

Oct 2

Terraform: Writing Your Infrastructure as Code 🚀

#terraform #beginners #cloud #learning

3 min read

Oct 13

Kafka Essentials: Building Scalable and Reliable Event Streaming

#kafka #eventdriven #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

MrRobot

Oct 13

Black – The Uncompromising Python Code Formatter

#python #programming #cleancode #beginners

1 min read

Rolan Lobo

Oct 13

🔥 Burn After Reading — Because Sometimes, Files Shouldn’t Live Forever

#python #beginners #opensource #privacy

1 min read

Sathish K

Oct 14

Primitive Data Type, class and object, OOPS in Java

#beginners #java #tutorial

1 min read

Harshit Chaturvedi

Oct 13

RAG Systems 101: Build Your First Retrieval-Augmented Generation System 🚀

#ai #webdev #programming #beginners

9 min read

MrRobot

Oct 13

Flake8 – Python Linting and Style Enforcement

#programming #python #cleancode #beginners

1 min read

Pp

Sep 10

python: printing, variables and data types

#python #programming #beginners

1 min read

Prayush Adhikari

Oct 15

7 Productivity Hacks That Changed My Life (And Will Change Yours Too)

#productivity #linux #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

bblackwind

Oct 14

Day 9 of My 100 Days of Web Dev — CSS Gradients, Backgrounds & Parent-Child Magic!

#100daysofcode #css #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Oct 14

⚡ Next.js Mastery — Building Fast, Scalable, and Future-Proof Apps

#nextjs #beginners #productivity #learning

5 min read

Claudio

Oct 3

ConfigMaps and Secrets: Managing Configuration in Kubernetes

#kubernetes #devops #beginners

10 min read

Gervais Yao Amoah

Oct 14

10 Common Vue.js Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

#vue #programming #webdev #beginners

4 min read

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