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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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Athreya aka Maneshwar

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B-Trees, Pages, and the Hidden Problems Behind Traditional Indexin

#webdev #programming #database #beginners

3 min read

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#linux #devops #beginners #tutorial

1 min read

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Daniel Camucatto

Oct 28 '25

PARE DE USAR POST EM TUDO, JOVEM! (E Descubra o Superpoder da Idempotência)

#programming #webdev #backend #beginners

6 min read

Anshuman

Nov 4 '25

A Beginner’s Guide to Channel Attribution Modeling in Marketing

#ai #beginners #datascience

6 min read

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Dec 2 '25

Your First Mini Terraform Project: Install, Configure, and Deploy on AWS

#beginners #tutorial #cloud #devops

2 min read

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Chibuzo Franklin Odigbo

Dec 2 '25

Plain ReactNative-Expo setup with pure JavaScript

#reactnative #javascript #beginners #mobile

4 min read

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Dec 3 '25

DevFest Vienna 2025: How Blind People Navigate the World, On and Offline

#a11y #design #ux #beginners

6 min read

Oct 29 '25

C++ Linked List Tutorial for Beginners: Concepts, Examples & Logic Explained

#cpp #datastructures #programming #beginners

15 min read

DenisC

Oct 29 '25

Read and Learn from Open Source Projects

#programming #beginners

2 min read

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Ananya S

Dec 3 '25

LLM Reasoning: Why Models Hallucinate and how to reduce it?

#ai #llm #beginners #vectordatabase

3 min read

ZeeshanAli-0704

Dec 2 '25

Simplest possible Redux Thunk example

#frontend #tutorial #javascript #beginners

2 min read

Dec 3 '25

Don't Learn Prompt Engineering. Here's What Matters More

#coding #beginners #ai #programming

2 min read

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Nov 11 '25

The Power BI and REST APIs: A Fun Guide on how to Turn Web Data into Beautiful dashboards.

#beginners #microsoft #api #tutorial

7 min read

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likhitha manikonda

Oct 29 '25

🧠 Memory Management in Python: A Beginner’s Guide

#programming #python #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Niladri Banerjee

Oct 29 '25

Day 4: Learning JavaScript by Step By Step

#webdev #javascript #programming #beginners

14 min read

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