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Discussion on: How can we make CodeNewbie better?

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Tony Cimaglia

I want to reiterate what sheriffderek is saying here. There are articles popping up here that are not even remotely in the realm of beginner content. I know you're getting everything off the ground, so there will be growing pains.

I think you're going to have to put something in place that allows people to easily report articles that aren't for beginners. The "Report Abuse" option doesn't really seem to fit this case. Either that or articles need to be reviewed by a moderator before they can go live (seems impossible once things get really rolling).

I also think that there might need to be some kind of rubric / guidelines for writers depending on what type of post they're creating. There are a lot of "beginner" articles that aren't really laying out any pre-requisites, or relying on A LOT of assumptions about the reader's knowledge level. I read a tutorial here that would be good for someone fairly new, but it fails to mention that following along requires:

Familiarity with HTML & CSS.
Basic knowledge of JavaScript and programming.
Basic understanding of the DOM.
Familiarity with ES6 syntax and features.
Node.js and npm installed globally.

Naming the pre-requisites, or providing links to other resources seems essential for newcomers. I would have felt discouraged and overwhelmed reading many of these posts 3 years ago when I began coding.

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Brenda Michelle

I agree there should be a moderator or something in place that can determine if an article is for codenewbie. Maybe to start of they can have some guidelines for posts. I know it might take some time to get moderators or a system going so some guidelines and a report button might be a good start.