"How quickly can I build 50 different tiny demos that each show one thing"? Small size means you can focus on one thing at a time, before you hit #50 you'll probably already be building off of what you've learned in past demos and combining them as you try new things.
Ask HN: What is the coding exercise you use to explore a new language?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the coding exercise you use to explore a new language?
#52In my experience, a good sample program to learn a language is one I want to write.
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#53I typically write a raytracer while attempting to stick to a small set of "best-practices" for the language I'm trying to learn. I also use this exercise from time-to-time to test new language features (for example C++20 ranges/coroutines recently). I also recommend this same exercise to others through the book "The Ray Tracer Challenge" [1] by Jamis Buck, because it describes an entire implementation of a raytracer…
Great suggestion! And you earned them a sale from me. Going to try this out to bring my rustlang knowledge up to speed.
Re: Ask HN: What is the coding exercise you use to explore a new language?
#54Find a "koans" repo you can work through, first of all.
Advent of code after that.
Then, implement a super basic Lisp.
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#55I typically write a raytracer while attempting to stick to a small set of "best-practices" for the language I'm trying to learn. I also use this exercise from time-to-time to test new language features (for example C++20 ranges/coroutines recently). I also recommend this same exercise to others through the book "The Ray Tracer Challenge" [1] by Jamis Buck, because it describes an entire implementation of a raytracer…
I use: https://raytracing.github.io/books/RayTracingInOneWeekend.ht...
I second the advice of loading .obj, it's a good exercise.
Implementing Octrees is another good one that will speed up your code while exploring tree structures in that language.
Re: Ask HN: What is the coding exercise you use to explore a new language?
#56I typically write a raytracer while attempting to stick to a small set of "best-practices" for the language I'm trying to learn. I also use this exercise from time-to-time to test new language features (for example C++20 ranges/coroutines recently). I also recommend this same exercise to others through the book "The Ray Tracer Challenge" [1] by Jamis Buck, because it describes an entire implementation of a raytracer…
Great suggestion! And you earned them a sale from me. Going to try this out to bring my rustlang knowledge up to speed.
In that case, you might be interested in this youtube playlist [1]. The uploader claims to be new to Rust and implements the entire book in it. I haven't watched it myself, but had it bookmarked at the recommendation of a friend.
[1] https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy68GuC77sUTyOUvDhVboQoOl...
Re: Ask HN: What is the coding exercise you use to explore a new language?
#57Database CRUD
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#59Implement some of the core utils on a standard Unix env.
cat, ping, netcat, grep, cut, etc.
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#60I always recommend building a calendar app, or something that deals heavily with dates. Knowing how to work with date and time in any language is critical.