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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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cynthia

Feb 10

From Clone to iPhone: A First-Time Flutter iOS Journey (with All the Pitfalls)

#beginners #devjournal #flutter #ios

4 min read

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Feb 10

Docker, Demystified: Building and Optimizing Containers the Right Way

#beginners #devops #docker #tutorial

2 min read

Banala Sreelaxmi Reddy

Feb 10

Hello DEV 👋 I’m Sreelaxmi, a CS student building CLI tools

#beginners #cli #computerscience #learning

1 min read

Yanko Alexandrov

Feb 10

OpenClaw Setup Guide: From Zero to AI Assistant in 10 Minutes

#openclaw #tutorial #ai #beginners

5 min read

Chandrashekhar Kachawa

Jan 7

System Design Fundamentals: From Monolith to Microservices

#programming #ai #webdev #beginners

4 min read

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Feb 10

Context Switch 🔁 in REAL life

#computerscience #beginners #basic #learning

4 min read

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Harish Kotra (he/him)

Jan 7

Build Your Own Local AI Agent (Part 3): The Code Archaeologist 🔦

#programming #ai #beginners #opensource

1 min read

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yijun xu

Jan 7

2026 New Year Challenge - 5 Projects United Hackathon

#programming #ai #beginners #llm

3 min read

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Jan 7

Conversion Funnels & the Banality of Success

#startup #beginners #productivity #marketing

3 min read

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Feb 10

HTTP vs HTTPS: Understanding Website Security (Beginner-Friendly Guide)

#beginners #security #tutorial #webdev

2 min read

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Jan 7

Elixir - A brief introduction to the language behind WhatsApp, Nubank, Brex, and so many others!

#beginners #programming #startup #tutorial

6 min read

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likhitha manikonda

Jan 6

How to Evaluate ML Models Step by Step

#ai #machinelearning #beginners #programming

5 min read

Muhammad Ikramullah Khan

Jan 7

Scrapy Authentication & Login Forms: Scrape Behind the Login Wall

#programming #python #beginners #webdev

7 min read

Feb 4

How can I learn Python (free)?

#python #ai #beginners #automation

1 min read

Karthick M

Jan 30

Day-3 details of Class and Object

#beginners #java #programming #tutorial

1 min read

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