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Java

Posted by kevinlibertino
kevinlibertino
Courses Plus Student 315 Points

Project Ideas??

Hello,

I am new to Java and would like to continue learning more about it. I heard that starting a personal project would help me learn the language much faster. Would anyone have any project ideas I could use to get started? Any resources?

Thanks!

John Magee
John Magee
Courses Plus Student 9,058 Points

One of the most difficult things I've ever thought about is my own projects. I can't ever seem to find something that works.

Some ideas I've had recently

  1. Create a program to generate RPG characters (if you're interested). There's a lot of different functionality, classes and subclasses that would be used in this concept.
  2. Create a tournament bracket, for seeding, allow for round robin as well. Re-seeding or not after each round...etc...lots of possible options there.

Though, ideally, it's helpful to think about things that interest you and come up with an idea of a project that you'd like from there.

kevinlibertino
kevinlibertino
Courses Plus Student 315 Points

Thanks John! I think the RPG character idea is a great one. I'll give it a shot!

John Magee
John Magee
Courses Plus Student 9,058 Points

Lynda.com has also set up something they are calling 'code clinics' that provide the same challenge in a majority of different languages...they give you a summary of what they want the goal to do and then will show you their solution step by step if you want it.

1 Answer

Maciej Torbus
Maciej Torbus
8,137 Points
Maciej Torbus
Maciej Torbus
8,137 Points

Hi Kevin,

maybe some problems based on real world would sound interesting to you. For example, something like shops or libaries work. You could add (delete) new items, providers to your shop or make a list of books in the library, people who borrowed book etc.

I think it's good practice while learning Java because it all makes sense then. Everything in Java is an object and you can compare it to our lives. Also you could learn about hierarchy (shop>provider>item) and it will look natural. Same like your code should! :)

Hope it helps and good luck learning Java!