Project ideas

[christopher clark]

Hello, could anyone recommend some project ideas for someone just beyond
the beginner level, but not quite intermediate? I seem to have a case of
programmer's block, even though I don't consider myself a programmer yet,
heh.

I have done everything in the various books I have, and wish to do
something that will help me get better at programming in the C# language.
I have tried to think of something interesting to work on, but seem to
draw a blank. I don't believe I have enough experience as of yet to join
an open source project, and google hasn't returned anything that has
sparked an interest with me.

Thanks for your time.
-Christopher-

[HackingPSP]

Try working on a program that uses delegates and threading. Maybe a
program that reads in all your music files and lets you play them back
using the Windows Media Player control.

So your tasks would be:

1. Write code that brings in all your music files at once, say all MP3s
and WMAs. Thread it out so you can scan all your music and have one
thread reading in MP3s and the other reading in WMAs. Have a progress
bar showing the total progress.

2. Have all that data placed in tables in a database that you can list,
sort, and view.

3. Once you have all the music, interact with the Windows Media Player
control by passing your music files to it and telling it to play, stop,
and pause.

Good luck! Please let me know if you have questions!

Best,

Auri Rahimzadeh
Author, Hacking the PSP
Author, Geek My Ride
www.hackingpsp.com

[nightshift]

christopher clark wrote:

Hello, could anyone recommend some project ideas for someone just beyond
the beginner level, but not quite intermediate? I seem to have a case of
programmer's block, even though I don't consider myself a programmer yet,
heh.

I have done everything in the various books I have, and wish to do
something that will help me get better at programming in the C# language.
I have tried to think of something interesting to work on, but seem to
draw a blank. I don't believe I have enough experience as of yet to join
an open source project, and google hasn't returned anything that has
sparked an interest with me.

Thanks for your time.
-Christopher-

Sure try http://www.extensibles.com/modules.php?name=Forums

[HackingPSP]

Also, just think of an app you need/want and just write it :)

[christopher clark]

Thanks for the ideas!

I think I will look into working on the music app that Auri Rahimzadeh
suggested. I have not done anything using threading yet, and I would like
to check that out. Also, I have a lot of music sitting on my file server,
so that works out great. :)

Thanks for the replies, and you all have a great day!
-Christopher-