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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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I Was Using AI to Write Code. Then We Started Using It to Run My Life.

#productivity #ai #claudeai #beginners

10 min read

Feb 11

Developers Stop Over engineering in 2026

#ai #programming #beginners #productivity

4 min read

Jayashree

Feb 7

Understanding Data Types in Java: A Complete Guide

#beginners #java #programming #tutorial

1 min read

Karthick M

Feb 7

Switch case

#beginners #java #programming #tutorial

1 min read

Alex Reis

Feb 11

Interfaces Funcionais

#beginners #java #programming #braziliandevs

2 min read

Feb 6

My first post ( i guess)

#beginners #python

1 min read

ramya Thirunavukkarasu

Feb 11

How to Convert Vector Letters into OTF (OpenType Font)

#beginners #career #programming #performance

2 min read

MartinJ

Feb 20

NgSysV2-5.2: An Introduction to Git

#beginners #git #github #webdev

11 min read

Elyvora US

Feb 6

Understanding USB-C power delivery: A developer's guide to Smart Chargers and why wattage visibility matters

#tech #productivity #beginners #gadgets

6 min read

Dinesh

Feb 6

I Stopped Labeling Myself Too Early in Game Development

#gamedev #beginners #career #learning

2 min read

Maggie Ma

Feb 6

Basics about SAML/SSO with ADLAP

#beginners #security #tutorial #webdev

1 min read

Nithya Dharshini official

Feb 10

Squares of a Sorted Array — Understanding the Two Pointer Trick

#programming #dsa #cpp #beginners

2 min read

Emir Taner

Feb 20

From “Bank Declined” to Smooth On-Ramp: How I Finally Stopped Fighting Fiat Gates

#discuss #beginners #productivity #web3

2 min read

Feb 19

Encodings: Porque importan más de lo que crees

#spanish #beginners #webdev #programming

7 min read

Brian Kim

Feb 6

Rocks D. Xebec

#algorithms #beginners #computerscience #leetcode

3 min read

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