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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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Shrijith Venkatramana

Feb 21

We Built a Free AI Code Review That Runs on Every Commit

#webdev #ai #programming #beginners

3 min read

Feb 11

What do I need to focus on?

#help #beginners #career #webdev

1 min read

humble engineer

Feb 22

Biological Debt & Beyond: A Garbage Collector for Everyday Living

#productivity #mentalhealth #beginners #career

3 min read

Harsh

Jan 30

DNS Record Types Explained

#devops #networking #webdev #beginners

4 min read

Jan 30

Understanding Network Devices: From Your Home to the Cloud

#beginners #computerscience #networking #tutorial

28 min read

Feb 22

Your First Week With an AI Coding Agent: A Realistic Timeline

#ai #beginners #programming #productivity

2 min read

Feevol Into for UP Mindanao SPARCS

Feb 22

From Zero to Full-Stack: Getting Started with Your First MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) Architecture Project

#node #database #react #beginners

19 min read

Dinesh

Feb 4

There Is No Perfect Game Engine — And That’s Okay

#gamedev #unrealengine #unity3d #beginners

2 min read

Jan 30

Test Isolation vs. Mocking Mechanics in Express

#testing #beginners #express

3 min read

Jan 30

TCP vs UDP: When to Use What, and How TCP Relates to HTTP

#backend #beginners #computerscience #networking

3 min read

Tyshaun Louis Siga for UP Mindanao SPARCS

Feb 22

Introduction to Mobile Game Dev: How to Build a Basic Chess Game on Mobile in Flutter

#flutter #dart #gamedev #beginners

25 min read

Omar Abdelhalim

Feb 3

The React Timer Trap: Refactoring a "Simple" Countdown from Buggy to Bulletproof

#react #webdev #beginners #javascript

6 min read

Abbas Mohamed Rashid

Jan 31

Beyond the Chatbox: Why Claude 3.5/4 Artifacts is the New Standard for Developer Velocity

#showdev #ai #javascript #beginners

2 min read

Xander Jay Cagang for UP Mindanao SPARCS

Feb 22

A Beginner's Guide to Making Data Web Applications using Python with Streamlit

#beginners #python #streamlit #data

8 min read

Feb 22

You're Not Behind on AI. Here's a Practical Starting Point.

#discuss #ai #career #beginners

2 min read

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