Beginner practical programming problems?

Question

Where can I find lists of practical programming problems for a novice? Something similar to http://www.projecteuler.net, but for practical problems.

I am asking for problems even less complex than this question

Answer 1

SPOJ is similar to Project Euler but has much more problems to choose from and many of them don't require deep mathematical/algorithmic knowledge.

Answer 2

A resource that may fit what you're looking for is the PLEAC site, which is a cook-book across many languages - if you're able to read the sections without peeking at the solutions, then it should serve as basic introductory problems, where you can go and look at the particular solutions when you've finished.

I've kept track of the puzzles I've come across here. Some of those are more complex (like the ITA puzzles) than what you're looking for though.

Answer 3

The Python Challenge consists of fun puzzles that are not really Python-specific (but that are a nice match for Python and its extensive standard library). They are definitely more practical than the mostly math-oriented puzzles of Project Euler, often involving e.g. image processing.

Answer 4

Project Eureka http://www.projecteureka.org is a very good start, it is a community driven portal, in a sense very much alike stackoverflow, however is for problems. Similarly is not limited to programming problems.