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    Project ideas

    Hello,

    I have been learning C++ and I am passed the stage of a complete beginner. And now want to put my new found knowledge to the test by developing a project in C++. However, I need some good ideas of any C++ projects that are used out there in the real world.

    If anyone has any ideas of what will make a good project that could be usefull.

    Many thanks for your ideas,

    Steve

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    Plenty here - http://sourceforge.net/
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    Hello,

    Why not think of something you think would be useful for you on the computer, and then write a program to do it.

    For instance, if you think it would be really nice to have program that would email you baseball scores after every inning, then write a program to do that.


    Hope this helps!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JMJ_coder View Post
    Hello,

    Why not think of something you think would be useful for you on the computer, and then write a program to do it.

    For instance, if you think it would be really nice to have program that would email you baseball scores after every inning, then write a program to do that.


    Hope this helps!
    ^

    Sometiems jsut thinking of something you could use is helpful. Even if it's not a specialized case and you could easily just go download a program to do it, it can be quite a learning experience trying to build something for use.
    What is C++?

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    Typing "programming contest" into your search engine will show many sites with many example problems to solve. Some of these are quite tough.
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    I would go with a web server, or an ftp server...

    Rather advanced for a beginner, but you learn alot.

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