For those just starting development
5 min
This article is aimed at people who are about to begin programming, mapping out the areas commonly encountered early in learning, on a fact basis. A guide for when there is no clear sense of where to start.
#programming basics
Posts tagged programming basics
Categories
AI & LLM
9AI/LLM topics — agents, prompts
Web Fundamentals
7HTML, CSS, JS, HTTP, URL basics
Languages
4TypeScript, Java, Python, Rust
Programming
4Data structures, Big-O, patterns
Frontend
18React, Next.js, Tauri, Tailwind
Backend
19Spring, FastAPI, SQL
Agent tooling
15Claude Code · MCP · Context7 · Figma — overview of AI coding tools
Cloud
22Deployment options and decision criteria
Data
20PostgreSQL · Kafka · data strategy notes
Infra
10Docker, Compose, Caddy, SSH
Environment
11Windows vs Mac and other dev-environment notes
Mobile
4Cross-platform options compared (Tauri · Flutter · RN)
Dev tools
12pnpm, uv, Gradle, Git, regex
Philosophy
10KISS · DRY · YAGNI · naming — development philosophy
Security concepts
9OAuth · JWT · security fundamentals
Quality / Tests
11Testcontainers, Vitest, pytest
Learning
6Searching, reading docs, debugging