Who ?

First I want to say HI !!
I'm new and I hope to get help, and maybe help other.

So, I want to make a project in python but I have no idea about what to do/need to be done. I have some exp with python and Tkinter (on and off for a year soon). Do you have anything you think would be intresting and/or useful to write as a learning project??

Thanks.

Ooble

Python... well, if you want to get into networking, you could try a BitTorrent client.

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Dietrich

How about a program to keep track and cross reference code snippets and helpful hints.

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Ooble: I dont think I can handle a BitTorrent client yet...
Dietrich: Can you please explain better your idea ?

Thanks!

Dietrich

I think the official word is "Code Librarian", a program to which you can cut and paste code samples, give them a title and keyword list, then save to a data file and be able to find the right code quickly and easily via the key words.

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al1986

How about an anagram generator? It'd go something like: -

1.) Prompt the user to enter a word
2.) Generate all permutations of the letters (using recursion)
3.) Check each newly constructed word against all the words in a word list
4.) If the word appears in the word list, it's an anagram
5.) Print the anagram(s)

I'd suggest putting a limit on the length of the word which the user can enter. Recursion is a resource hungry process, and a 10 letter word will generate over 3 million permutations!

If you want, you could give the program a GUI. Imagine 2 columns - one with all the words to check, and another with the anagrams found so far. PythonCard would make doing this relatively easy.

Good luck whatever project you end up doing

al1986

An automated Googlewhacker might make a nice project (see example http://www.uselesspython.com/showcon...hp?category=17)

Don't forget about simple encryption algorithms such as ROT13 (if you can even call it encryption). Note that ROT13 is included with the standard Python distribution (see the folder e.g. C:\Python24\Lib\encodings). It could still be fun to write your own version, though.

Even more fun - write a game!

Who ?

I like the "Code Librarian" idea, and if I will not find anything better I'll do it.
About the google wacker, I have no idea what does it do (I checked the example)...

I liked the game idea, but I dont know what it takes to build one.
Do I need any graphic skills (draw charcters, etc) for it??
How hard would be to make a simple game (like tetris or pacman) with pyGame?

Thanks :-)

Dietrich

If you want to learn and use a computer language, you really need to use the help of a good "code librarian". When I learned C++ I used the free "gbCodeLib" from:
http://www.garybeene.com/free/gbcodelib.htm

Take a look at it, it is good, but also tries to do too many things for all sorts of languages that makes it a big program and a little cumbersome to use in the end.

I always wanted to write one in C++, mean and lean and safe. Maybe the right group of people could make one in Python for Python.

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gbeene

In response to interest for a simpler version of gbCodeLib, I just released a no-install version that can simply be copied to a folder and run in place. It is of particular use for runing gbCodeLib off a flash drive.

But, it has a simpler user interface and some users might prefer its simplicity over the more powerful, full verison of gbCodeLib.

Both use the same database, so moving between the two version is easy to do.

Gary Beene
Author of gbCodeLib