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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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Jurn W

Nov 21 '18

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Learning How to Code

#beginners #codenewbie #learning #tips

4 min read

Nov 13 '18

Real time + Postgres = ?

#webdev #beginners #opensource

4 min read

Ben Lovy

Nov 15 '18

Scrape your Dev.to pageviews with Rust

#rust #beginners #meta

2 min read

Miguel Rodriguez

Nov 22 '18

What I've learned in my first year as an Android developer. Part I

#beginners #android #kotlin #mobile

7 min read

Jeff Hall

Nov 20 '18

Initial Thoughts on Vim

#beginners #vim #productivity #tools

6 min read

Wilson Reyes Collado

Nov 11 '18

Top 3 Things That I've learned in my journey as a Software Developer.

#productivity #career #beginners #learning

6 min read

Nov 11 '18

How Classes work in JavaScript

#javascript #beginners #react #webdev

3 min read

Ben Lovy

Nov 19 '18

Let's Build a Rust Frontend with Yew - Part 2

#rust #webassembly #beginners #webdev

10 min read

Nov 16 '18

Does programming professionalise anxiety?

#career #programming #stress #beginners

5 min read

Nov 20 '18

Big O notation and Algorithmic Complexity analysis

#timecomplexity #algorithms #beginners #programming

3 min read

Nov 19 '18

Socket.io: Change Once, Update Everywhere

#javascript #beginners #codenewbie #webdev

3 min read

Oreoluwa Ogundipe

Nov 16 '18

Building a Screen Recorder for the Web With Cloudinary in a jiffy!

#javascript #webdev #beginners #video

7 min read

Eka

Nov 17 '18

What device to get for learning?

#discuss #beginners

1 min read

Nov 16 '18

Migrating to a New Mac for Programmers

#apple #productivity #beginners #technology

3 min read

Nov 12 '18

Tips and tricks for scalable CI/CD flow

#beginners #devops #docker

4 min read

Nov 20 '18

Coding Bytes Part 3: Javascript Functions

#beginners #javascript #webdev

3 min read

Banesa Guaderrama

Nov 15 '18

JavaScript: Logical operators and Boolean Values

#javascript #webdev #coding #beginners

2 min read

Nov 14 '18

Memory leak, redirect loop, deadlock, XSS, CSRF, XEE, ..., understanding bugs by using too buggy web application

#webdev #opensource #security #beginners

2 min read

David Disu

Nov 19 '18

What is the right learning path for an absolute beginner?

#discuss #beginners #javascript

1 min read

Matthew Carpenter

Nov 16 '18

Sequelize Model Guide

#sequelize #beginners #mysql #node

2 min read

Xing Wang

Jan 2 '19

Based on thousands of APIs, what is the best approaches for timezone, timestamps, and datetime in APIs and Apps

#api #webdev #timezone #beginners

3 min read

TrozWare

Nov 20 '18

Learning Swift - For-Loops

#swift #loops #beginners

4 min read

Knut Melvær for Sanity.io

Nov 13 '18

Getting started with Sanity as a headless CMS

#javascript #cms #webdev #beginners

5 min read

Nov 19 '18

On That 'New' New!

#beginners #javascript #webdev

2 min read

Nov 19 '18

What do I write about in my blog as a junior developer?

#discuss #beginners

1 min read

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