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Ask HN: Project ideas to level up as a programmer

Hello guys.I´m searching for good project ideas where I can challenge myself to learn useful skills outside webdev (low level coding, applied math).My lastest project was a Chip-8 emulator (https://github.com/vitoralmeidasilva/godot-chip8-emulator) and the current one is an implementation of this emulator using PICO-8 (https://twitter.com/vitoralmeidasil/status/967137152080515072).My main areas...

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I believe PICO-8 (https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php) is one of the most simple and fun environments for kids to learn programming (specially game programming). It's very accessible and affordable.
Re:QuickBASIC Lives on with QB64 on Friday February 23, 2018 @01:34PM (#16448258)
PICO-8 (https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php) is a good alternative to a very simple system with a focus on game programming.

It captures that vibe of an old computer system (where you turn it on and are ready to program immediately) with simplicity and an awesome community to learn from.

Re:The Video Game Software Wizardry of Id (2002) on Thursday September 28, 2017 @07:13AM (#15356240)
Actually It really doesnt need to be an app. I made it because I was learning Android programming and I was looking for a simple idea to implement.

The internet permission is required because of the ads unfortunately...

Re:The Video Game Software Wizardry of Id (2002) on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @08:43PM (#15353598)
id games were some of the best of its time, containing a good mastery of technical and fun gameplay elements. I´ve made a nice Android app with all the older .plan files documenting John Carmack´s insights on the development of Doom and Quake: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitoralmei....
How about a pico-8 version?
Re:Kotlin is the hero Android needs on Friday May 19, 2017 @08:23AM (#14374891)
Genuine question: what is wrong with Java from a pragmatic point of view?
Re:Ask HN: What is your side project for 2017? on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:17AM (#13309240)
Re:Ask HN: What is your side project for 2017? on Monday January 02, 2017 @05:37AM (#13300367)
I'm working on Android app that is as a reader of the old John Carmack . plan files. Probably going to release it in January on Google Play.

Ask HN: Java or .NET for a new big enterprise system?

I work at a company that has a big (in development for about 7 years) and critical system developed in PHP (PHP 5.3 without frameworks and a few base libraries (AdoDB, NuSoap, Smarty)). It is a monolithic application with many SOAP webservices, a big MySQL database (main table has 33M rows) and a number of background services (crontabs running some shellscripts that calls a php program). We...

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Re:The First Browser Dedicated to Developers Is Coming on Monday November 03, 2014 @08:29AM (#8550646)
Lower the barrier? The barrier IS lower enough even for kids... Javascript is the basic of this generation. There aren´t any barriers for new programmers to just sit and learn programming. The tools are already available in the browser. You can learn web programming with your PC, mobile, chromebook, macbook, "any"book.

But yes, I would really like to have more mature and integrated developer tools.

Re:Asciiflow on Sunday January 19, 2014 @06:44PM (#7086633)
This is definitely a useful tool to embed diagrams on source code.