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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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Molly Struve (she/her)

Dec 16 '18

Preventing Useless Database Hits

#beginners #rails #ruby #performance

5 min read

Dec 17 '18

Linked lists in the wild: React Hooks

#beginners #datastructures #react #javascript

5 min read

Dec 25 '18

Imperative vs declarative

#programming #beginners

2 min read

Younes

Dec 18 '18

HTTP status codes - What happened to dev.to ?

#beginners #webdev #http #devto

2 min read

Laura Weatherhead

Dec 17 '18

Learn. Do. Teach.

#career #beginners #learning

2 min read

Levi ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

Dec 18 '18

How The Hell Do I use Map?

#discuss #webdev #beginners #javascript

4 min read

delph

Dec 21 '18

An intro to TypeScript

#typescript #react #beginners

2 min read

Dec 19 '18

How to manage stress - a dev's guide

#productivity #programming #beginners

11 min read

Max Ong Zong Bao

Dec 23 '18

Starting Your Own Developer Blog With Gatsby - Part 1 (Reading Time: 4 Mins)

#showdev #gatsby #webdev #beginners

4 min read

Dec 22 '18

Reference Guide: Pull Requests

#codenewbie #beginners #webdev #productivity

2 min read

Levi ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

Dec 22 '18

How The Hell Do I Use Filter?

#discuss #webdev #beginners #javascript

3 min read

Ghaleb Al-Nakhlani

Dec 22 '18

What are the fundamentals of programming?

#discuss #beginners #programming #developer

1 min read

Dec 19 '18

I18n for Rails: Set-up for Using Locales from URL Params and Basic I18n Usage

#rails #beginners #ruby

6 min read

Dec 5 '18

Optimize Your Programming Decisions for the 95%, Not the 5%

#beginners #devops #productivity #webdev

6 min read

Fred Heath

Dec 17 '18

Truth tables as Ruby Hashes

#ruby #truthtable #beginners #programming

3 min read

Dec 20 '18

Resource Summary for Simple Rails Features

#showdev #beginners #rails #ruby

10 min read

Dec 15 '18

Why should I care about HTTP?

#beginners #http

7 min read

Kelvin Wangonya

Dec 21 '18

Python's 'heapq' module

#python #beginners #devtips #learning

2 min read

Younes

Dec 18 '18

What resources to learn Ruby On Rails?

#discuss #beginners #learning #ruby

1 min read

Dec 21 '18

CSS grid intro for WPF/XAML developers

#css #xaml #wpf #beginners

4 min read

Fred Heath

Dec 21 '18

The Three Ghosts of FizzBuzz: A Christmas Story

#ruby #fizzbuzz #interview #beginners

3 min read

Jedidiah Weller 👑 for OpenForge

Dec 19 '18

What to Do After the Coding Academy

#help #beginners #career #discuss

6 min read

Ihtisham Zahoor

Dec 20 '18

WP Custom REST API Generator Open-Source Contribution for WordPress Plugin Directory

#discuss #wordpress #webdev #beginners

1 min read

Dec 20 '18

Intro to Asynchronous Patterns in JavaScript

#javascript #beginners

6 min read

kaelscion

Dec 19 '18

Testing Different Fibonacci Generator Techniques in Python

#python #programming #algorithms #beginners

4 min read

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