Project Idea in Python or C#

Question

Hi

So far I was familiar with c and c++ only, and I have programmed in these languages only. I have some experience working on some projects in c or c++.

Some good projects or applications I've made till now:

Duplicate file finder and remover

Process monitor on Linux

Basic http proxy server

I have made one small flex application also.

I have to work on some Project. So I am thinking of what to do or what application to work on?

Now I want to do a project in C# or Python languages so that I can learn these languages also along with my Project.

I have a lot of time(approx. 10 months) to work on anything and learn things.

I thought maybe some nice people out there can give me some nice ideas or suggestions. (By the way some c c++ idea can also work for me).

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Thanks

Alok.Kr.

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Ok I forgot to mention that this project I need to develop as My B.Tech final year Project, Thats why I am looking for some good and different idea, else I could have tried with anything out there. I am helping myself with making doing some simpler things for now to learn python, not yet started with C# but really want to do that too.

Thanks

Answer 1

Nothing more enjoyable (and educational) than trying to program a game. I recommend starting with something simple like Doom.

Answer 2

You could make a program to play a game such as chess or checkers against a user, or you could create a program to solve a Rubik's Cube (I finished that one much faster than I expected)

Answer 3

Have you tried porting your existing apps over to C# or Python?

Answer 4

Following links might help

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/471692/educational-project-ideas/471699

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2267804/project-ideas-for-course

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/156752/new-open-source-project-ideas

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2342079/business-application-idea-any-idea-is-a-good-idea

Answer 5

I've got a friend that whenever he starts to learn an new language he recreates notepad. It covers alot of ground, which should give a good starting point.

Answer 6

I would always write a backtracking Sudoku-puzzle-solver whenever I learned a new language (or new skill in said language). Implementing it would require knowledge of user IO, file IO, arrays, memory allocation, optimizaion, etc.

I don't know what the requirements for your "B.Tech final year Project" are but I would suggest this if you wanted to do a fun/small/cool project.

Best of luck.

Answer 7

Writing games can be very enjoyable on XNA with C#. There are great educational resources here and many tutorials.

Answer 8

Write this:

Build a website in ASP.NET MVC and Razor that exposes a todo list. Add a web service to the website using WCF Data Services (odata) to CRUD your list. Use a Sql Server Compact Edition 4.0 database and EF 4 POCO for database access.

Next, create a simple HTML chunk that can be dropped on any web page that uses jQuery to access the data service and display your current list.

Now create a WPF application that allows you to interact with the website using the data service. Use nRoute as your MVVM framework.

Once you have your WPF app, port it to Windows 7 Phone (nRoute should help in this).

Now you've got a todo list that you can update from the web, desktop and phone, with the ability to access this data and display it on any webpage. You'll be using both the latest and greatest and you'll be on the razor's edge for some of the new stuff coming out.