I've read entire programming books but have hardly touched my keyboard in the process. Can you /g/entlemen give me a good challenge to finally get my hands dirty?
Install gentoo
>>52035328
read them again, but when the author says something along the lines of 'make sure you do the examples as you read this book', take that advice
>>52035341
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>not programming while reading those books
bruh, that's like learning to ride a bike for the first time just by reading
>>52035341
This desu senpai.
>>52035328
print a Christmas tree made of asterisks
solve simple substitution ciphers
play a 440hz sine wave
then once you can do that maybe write a MOD player
You're supposed to program as you go and do the practice programs you idiot.
LOL
>>52035328
Pick an easy language like C++, Java, Python, Javascript, whatever. Complete one or more of pic related. Most/all have solutions on the web so if you get stuck it's easy to check your work.
>>52035478
>>52035328
try the Stockfighter game
>>52035440
That Christmas tree one is a really good idea. We had a contest where you write a tree that takes branch-height as a parameter with an implicit default of 7, and also has a two symbol trunk. Code Golf, so the smallest answer won.
Here's one answer of a few:#!/usr/bin/python2.7
import sys
r=len(sys.argv)>1and int(sys.argv[1])or 7
for i in range(r):print" "*(r-i)+"*"*(2*i+1)
print(" "*r+"|\n")*2
>>52035478
rolling
>>52035494
Rolling
>>52035352
This. OP is a faggot.
>>52035328
Try some problems on ProjectEuler.net
Thanks guys, those are some interesting projects! Will post results in due time when I have them ;)
make a Tetris clone
theres also this one
>>52035953
not op, but how do you submit answers? all i get is the problem
>>52036790
You need to make an account
I'm so going for Stockfighter as soon as I've done some progChallenges! :D
>>52037588
StockFighter doesn't teach shit about programming. Though it is kind of fun
