Ask HN: Projects one can build to get better at programming as a beginner?

#1

Post by noob_eng » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 9:00 AM UTC

Is there a list of projects or the like that beginning programmers can build to get better at their favorite programming language?

Also if there are repos, tutorials, walkthroughs you want to mention?

Re: Ask HN: Projects one can build to get better at programming as a beginner?

#2

Post by brudgers » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 5:00 PM UTC

Here is the prose your question motivated me to write.

https://benrudgers.posthaven.com/remarks-re-ideal-project-fo...

Basicially, choice of project is the least important aspect of learning anything. When you are seriously learning you won't have the technical experience necessary to make a well informed choice.

Time spent doing something is valuable. Time spent choosing what to do is not.

Good luck.

Re: Ask HN: Projects one can build to get better at programming as a beginner?

#3

Post by JoeCortopassi » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 6:57 PM UTC

The standard answer is:

    - Hello World
    - Calculator (add/subtract/multiply/divide)
    - Todo List (create/delete todo items, mark them as done, view completed and current)
    - Blog (user facing blog posts, a place to sign in and create/edit/delete posts)
    - Forum (user account handling, posting, moderation, etc)

The most gain of knowledge will come from just building the core functionality, but they quickly can become fun to tweak in small ways to add features

Re: Ask HN: Projects one can build to get better at programming as a beginner?

#4

Post by fuzztester » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 2:40 AM UTC

Rudimentary versions of many common software products or utilities, like a text editor, word processor, database server , email client, FTP client, etc.

Re: Ask HN: Projects one can build to get better at programming as a beginner?

#5

Post by gls2ro » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 6:40 AM UTC

Not sure if they apply for any programming language but I wrote some ideas few weeks ago here https://allaboutcoding.ghinda.com/projects-ideas-for-learnin...