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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Chinese Proverb

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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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Jose Tomas Gonzalez

Nov 8 '17

Mr. Dalton, the story of an impossible App

#ios #colorblind #impossible #beginners

3 min read

robencom

Nov 6 '17

Non-stop learning

#learning #coding #career #beginners

3 min read

Pierre Bouillon

Nov 6 '17

MinGW pronunciation

#discuss #beginners #funny

1 min read

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Oct 28 '17

Sleep Sort: Where Theory meets Sobering Reality

#sleepsort #sortalgorithms #beginners #shell

5 min read

Oct 30 '17

A Brief Introduction to REST APIs

#http #webdev #api #beginners

2 min read

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Oct 23 '17

Is the use of scaffolding a good idea for a junior dev?

#beginners #career #programming #webdev

3 min read

Oct 30 '17

What were your problems with "real world TDD"?

#discuss #tdd #unittests #beginners

1 min read

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Anthony Delgado

Oct 24 '17

Adding Emoji ðŸ”¥ to your terminal

#emoji #beginners #bash

1 min read

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Lorenzo Pasqualis

Oct 19 '17

19 Types of Developers Explained

#career #beginners #industry

7 min read

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Oct 31 '17

The human side of software development

#career #culture #beginners

5 min read

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Yechiel Kalmenson

Oct 27 '17

Parenthetically Speaking

#algorithms #career #beginners #interview

3 min read

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tiff

Nov 29 '17

Finishing YelpCamp and Lessons Learned

#webdev #apps #beginners

3 min read

Oct 28 '17

Async and Sync JavaScript in Layman's Terms

#beginners #javascript #learning

1 min read

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John Van Wagenen

Oct 30 '17

Starting Out In Development - Subversion

#beginners #development

8 min read

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Sumeet Jain (he/him)

Oct 25 '17

How My Mom Taught Me to Make Websites

#career #learning #beginners

3 min read

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Oct 23 '17

What's the Deal With Redux?

#redux #react #javascript #beginners

3 min read

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Ryan

Oct 21 '17

Let's Solve: Code Challenge - Picking Numbers

#challenge #algorithms #beginners #javascript

5 min read

Oct 18 '17

How useful dev.to is for the beginner?

#discuss #beginners

1 min read

Oct 23 '17

What a Year.

#beginners #life #bootcamp

2 min read

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Oct 19 '17

Make Your Pseudocode Your Real Code

#code #style #beginners #methodology

4 min read

Ahmedur Rahman Shovon

Oct 21 '17

Inheritance in Python

#python #inheritance #beginners #programming

3 min read

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Lorenzo Pasqualis

Oct 12 '17

9 Software Engineering Career Mistakes To Avoid At All Costs

#career #advice #mistakes #beginners

8 min read

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Oct 18 '17

3 Things You Need To Do When Setting Up Your First AWS Account

#aws #learning #beginners #cloud

4 min read

Oct 16 '17

Solving a Job Application Code Challenge

#beginners #javascript

4 min read

Ryan

Oct 18 '17

The Path to Conquering Async JavaScript

#async #javascript #beginners #node

7 min read

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