a new comer
 

hey guys,
i am new to C# this is acually my first programing language so i started learning it i reached the classes and until now no problem in it,the thing i want is to get my hands dirty in the code and program some programs for learning purpose but everytime i open my visual studio i just sit there in front of it doing nothing i just don't know what to program so i just want an advice.


i hope you got the problem

What i try to do, as im still learning, is create a program that uses parts of the language and librarys that i have never used before. That way i create something usefull and i learn some part of the language and api's at the same time.

At the moment im creating a vector drawing app in java. It uses swing extensively, xml for the file formats and i will have to finnaly learn how the java printing system works so i can print. This means i will be learning new stuff instead of just programming with what i know. It broadends my knowlege and i think thats whats important when programming, never just sit back, always try to find something you have not done before. If you have no idea of how to do it, research and plan. Then you will have a better idea of what you need to do.

I cant give you a list of things to program, but start with simple programs and before you know it you will be making your own media player or a simple 3d game. Then its onwards and upwards.

Im sure others here will contribute more than i have. Good luck with whatever you do.

i guess you are right but i just have no ideas in my blank head and i dont know where can i get one.

Okey.. not sure what your are going for but just one thing before i start... please, please use . if you talk like this then there might be a problem understanding what you are going for if you know what i mean but i'm going to give you "my" idea :P.

You could start making a text based game. Which you graduatly develop into a bigger game, with GUI(buttons, windows, maybe even using some kind of image on the screen)

I started that in C. Didn't get very far, becaue I'm now currently starting c++ (waiting for my book) but i'm going to do the same thing there.

Just a suggestion to what you could do...

-thondal-

Think of a project, it doesn't have to be in gui, just something so you can get tested your skills - and learn more. I know you say that your mind is blank, but think!
If there's something you can't do in your project then look up at the internet, find what you need, read, use and understand it! Then move forward.

Maybe you'll also find something in your library files?

Don't be afraid to reinvent the wheel when you are in the learning phase.

well thnx guys this is realy usefull,
i think i will start with the text game then go to reinventing the wheel idea,
thnx again.

I got exercises for you;

"Dates are printed in several common formats. Two of them are:

1st: 07/18/06
2nd: July 18, 2006

Write an application that will read a date in the first format and output the date in the second format."

After that exercise,

"Write an application that reads several lines of text and print a table indicating the number of times a word occurs in the text."

Those exercises are good ones. When I'm just playing aroudn with an IDE, when I don't actually know the language, I usually just throw a bunch of control on the form, and play with them to see what they all look like. Then go into the code, an start looking at all there properties and methods. Doesn't nessacarily have to make sense, but it seems to work for me.

that one look like a challenge.

i came here with a blank head and came out with a head full of ideas,i think i will be busy for about a week may be more.

thnx guys you all was realy helpfull