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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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Promise CK

Jan 5

Learning AWS? Start With These 3 Services

#beginners #aws

1 min read

Jan 4

How Python Strings Actually Work

#python #beginners #programming #performance

2 min read

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Jan 5

Why Familiarity Isn’t Understanding

#beginners #learning #productivity

3 min read

Yash

Jan 5

Day 0: Starting My DSA Journey

#challenge #algorithms #beginners #interview

1 min read

Feb 9

Starting My Frontend Development Journey

#webdev #beginners #html #css

1 min read

Jan 4

The Beginner’s Guide to Cryptogram and ECI in Card Payments

#beginners #cybersecurity #tutorial

3 min read

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Bhupesh Chandra Joshi

Jan 29

Inside Git: How It Works and the Role of the .git Folder

#beginners #computerscience #git #tutorial

7 min read

alexrai

Jan 5

Test Recorder: The Fast-Track To Codeless Ui Test Automation

#programming #ai #javascript #beginners

7 min read

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Jan 6

How to Make People Fall in Love with Coding

#discuss #webdev #programming #beginners

5 min read

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Precious Uchechukwu Nwafor

Feb 7

Demystifying the Cloud: A Guide to the Core Pillars of Modern Infrastructure

#cloudcomputing #devops #architecture #beginners

4 min read

SPARSH

Jan 6

"Meow!" Starting My Dev.to Journey — Learning in Public

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

1 min read

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Indian Website Company

Jan 5

5 Free Open-Source Tools to Simplify Modern Web Development

#webdev #opensource #tooling #beginners

5 min read

Jan 19

Building Complex Tree Views with react-complex-tree in React

#react #webdev #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

Feb 9

I Built a File Converter That Never Uploads Your Images — Here's How

#webdev #javascript #opensource #beginners

5 min read

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Jan 4

Built a Java Multi-Client Group Chat Application using Socket Programming

#architecture #java #networking #beginners

2 min read

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