Beginner Programming Projects/Challenges

[Dobbsjr]

I've been teaching myself how to code for a while now by reading books and watching tutorials, but everybody keeps telling that the best way to learn is to just do it(nike anyone?). So far the I've only made basic stuff like this: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/367562-magic-8-ball-app/. However, I still think that I haven't completely understood all the concepts and fundamentals yet. Can anyone provide me a list of projects/challenges in an order that can teach me the skills I need and helps me build upon those skills. All suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[Ciccioo]

expand the magic ball app

make it so that the user can enter outcomes, list all the possible outcomes, edit them and remove them, do some input validation, make a gui, save the results on a file and collect a few simple statistics on them, allow the user to make an outcome more likely than any other, connect to a weather service and make positive outcomes more likely if it's sunny and less likely if it's rainy

[TechFnatic]

I've been teaching myself how to code for a while now by reading books and watching tutorials, but everybody keeps telling that the best way to learn is to just do it(nike anyone?). So far the I've only made basic stuff like this: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/367562-magic-8-ball-app/. However, I still think that I haven't completely understood all the concepts and fundamentals yet. Can anyone provide me a list of projects/challenges in an order that can teach me the skills I need and helps me build upon those skills. All suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Props to you man, keep on learning, I'm currently learning Python and just using books and videos, just make sure to do ALL the examples in the book. If you want to take it to the next level sign up for a course on Coursera.com and there are tons of quize's and assignments in each class (And its free!)

[TechFnatic]

expand the magic ball app

make it so that the user can enter outcomes, list all the possible outcomes, edit them and remove them, do some input validation, make a gui, save the results on a file and collect a few simple statistics on them, allow the user to make an outcome more likely than any other, connect to a weather service and make positive outcomes more likely if it's sunny and less likely if it's rainy

That is a great reply too ^, improve what you got!

[Dobbsjr]

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[Dobbsjr]

Props to you man, keep on learning, I'm currently learning Python and just using books and videos, just make sure to do ALL the examples in the book. If you want to take it to the next level sign up for a course on Coursera.com and there are tons of quize's and assignments in each class (And its free!)

 

 

expand the magic ball app

make it so that the user can enter outcomes, list all the possible outcomes, edit them and remove them, do some input validation, make a gui, save the results on a file and collect a few simple statistics on them, allow the user to make an outcome more likely than any other, connect to a weather service and make positive outcomes more likely if it's sunny and less likely if it's rainy

 

 

That is a great reply too ^, improve what you got!

Thanks so much for your suggestions and positive responses! I just need some motivation to get started programming more complex programs.

[MrKickkiller]

Thanks so much for your suggestions and positive responses! I just need some motivation to get started programming more complex programs.

 

What language again?

http://www.programmr.com/exercises

[Dobbsjr]

What language again?

http://www.programmr.com/exercises

I'm currently learning C#

[SuperPug]

I've been teaching myself how to code for a while now by reading books and watching tutorials, but everybody keeps telling that the best way to learn is to just do it(nike anyone?). So far the I've only made basic stuff like this: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/367562-magic-8-ball-app/. However, I still think that I haven't completely understood all the concepts and fundamentals yet. Can anyone provide me a list of projects/challenges in an order that can teach me the skills I need and helps me build upon those skills. All suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

Think about a simple program that you would like to exist or that would be useful to you and try to make it from scratch. Its a big challenge but it should advance your skills a lot.

[madknight3]

Take your pick!