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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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Jan 15

How to Undo a Git Commit Without Losing Your Work

#beginners #git #tutorial

3 min read

Jan 14

Top 5 React Animation Libraries: Bring Life to Your Web Applications

#webdev #javascript #beginners #react

4 min read

Muhammad Ikramullah Khan

Jan 14

Running Scrapy on a Server: The Beginner's Guide to nohup

#webdev #programming #beginners #python

6 min read

Muhammad Ikramullah Khan

Jan 14

Virtual Environments: The Right Way to Run Scrapy Projects

#programming #webdev #beginners #python

7 min read

Burak

Jan 14

Keeping scope focused - how unclear goals kill projects

#startup #programming #beginners #productivity

2 min read

MaxxMini

Feb 17

I Built 50 Automation Scripts in One Day. Here's Why Most Were Useless.

#automation #productivity #devops #beginners

3 min read

Nithya Dharshini official

Feb 6

Intersection of Two Linked Lists — My First Working Approach

#programming #beginners #dsa #cpp

2 min read

Feb 17

AI Coding Tip 007 - Avoid Malicious Skills

#ai #programming #webdev #beginners

4 min read

Aisalkyn Aidarova

Feb 6

Jenkins lab basics

#beginners #cicd #devops #tutorial

4 min read

Jan 14

The Agentic Revolution: From Prompt to Partner – Navigating Autonomous AI in Your Organization new

#ai #agents #architecture #beginners

5 min read

Jan 27

/init: Let Claude Write Its Own Onboarding Docs

#tutorial #claudecode #productivity #beginners

4 min read

Ann Maureen Wangui

Jan 18

Let's not zip files like it's 2009

#beginners #learning #github #datascience

4 min read

Jan 27

AI Coding Tip 004 - Use Modular Skills

#ai #webdev #programming #beginners

4 min read

Dinesh

Jan 14

Understanding Vertices, Edges, and Faces in Blender

#gamedev #blender #learning #beginners

2 min read

Jan 14

An Introduction to Git & Gitbash

#beginners #cli #git #tutorial

3 min read

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