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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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Nazrul Kamaruddin

Sep 25 '18

Teaching the "right" mindset to junior devs in a team

#developers #team #beginners

2 min read

Sep 27 '18

Creating Ransack params without search_form_for

#beginners #rails #ransack

2 min read

Sagar

Sep 15 '18

Three dots ( … ) in JavaScript

#javascript #es6 #beginners #coding

2 min read

Sep 27 '18

How does one create MS Office documents programmatically?

#help #advice #beginners #webdev

1 min read

Ted Hagos

Sep 28 '18

Kotlin's when is switch, on steroids

#android #kotlin #beginners

3 min read

Ted Hagos

Sep 28 '18

Android Jank

#android #kotlin #threads #beginners

3 min read

Max Houston Oppenheimer

Oct 2 '18

You Too Can Animate: SVG Line Animation

#svg #animation #tutorial #beginners

9 min read

Arsen

Sep 29 '18

Computer science

#help #computerscience #beginners #career

1 min read

Tom de Bruijn for AppSignal

Sep 25 '18

#to_s or #to_str? Explicitly casting vs. implicitly coercing types in Ruby

#ruby #beginners #programming #learning

6 min read

radlinskii

Sep 27 '18

Writing a pre-commit git hook for Go files.

#git #go #beginners #shell

1 min read

Sep 20 '18

Why Your Best Work is Hardest to Finish

#productivity #career #beginners

3 min read

Stefan

Sep 28 '18

Learning How to Learn

#webdev #career #beginners

4 min read

Jen Chan

Sep 22 '18

How to start contributing to open source as a junior or newbie?

#discuss #beginners

1 min read

Sep 24 '18

The definition of APIs

#api #javascript #beginners

4 min read

Nathan Sebhastian

Sep 22 '18

ESLint seems useless to me. Should I use it?

#javascript #eslint #beginners

3 min read

Sep 7 '18

Learn ES6 without leaving Dev.to

#es6 #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Milecia

Sep 25 '18

How Do Objects Work In JavaScript?

#beginners #javascript #webdev #programming

2 min read

Sep 25 '18

Tips for Your First Tech Talk

#speaking #advice #conferences #beginners

5 min read

John Bull

Sep 24 '18

A key dependency I was using was deprecated, what did I learn?

#beginners #webdev #node

3 min read

Drew Bragg

Sep 20 '18

Lessons I learned from training with special forces that I use in software development

#beginners #career #motivation #dieliving

3 min read

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Sep 21 '18

What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do

#softwaredevelopment #beginners #productivity

3 min read

Sep 5 '18

My Blog Post Workflow: from Topic to Publication

#blogging #beginners #leadership

7 min read

Swapnil Agarwal

Sep 26 '18

geeksay - Translate layman text 👶 to its geeky version 🤓!

#javascript #webdev #beginners #opensource

1 min read

Sep 19 '18

Building My First Sinatra-based Ruby App: Thoughts and Wrap-up

#sinatra #ruby #beginners

8 min read

Sep 19 '18

How to build an Geolocation Weather Forecast app in React Native in 30 minutes

#reactnative #mobileapp #react #beginners

1 min read

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