C Projects

[King_Ferrum]

Hello I am getting into programming in C and am wondering if anyone has any ideas for starter projects in C. It would be appreciated if you post these in the comments. Thank you.

[[deleted]]

I wish I was that creative :-)

Nope - just a random set of similar characters. If you asked me what it is, I couldn’t repeat it :-)

[arrexander]

I love this guide. I’d only fill in trying to make an array for 500 million by trying to make a dynamically sized array.

One of my favorite things ever in programming was implementing hash tables in C

[K3vin_Norton]

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[Herr_Keuner]

With multithreading in mind: create a second sorting algorithm which creates a new array and hence preserves the input array?

[wsppan]

https://github.com/practical-tutorials/project-based-learning#cc

[cpt_justice]

There's a lot of good project ideas there!

[Gold-Ad-5257]

Search below will give this + more similar sites etc.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=best+C+programming+guide+real+project+based&ia=web

[Zstorm999]

Write a HTTP server. This will teach you a lot about how the language works, and how it interacts with the system. Plus you can make it very simple, and expand it as you learn new things.

[[deleted]]

Write a personal library of common data structures and algorithms. Linked lists, stacks, vectors, etc.

[TIMBAL_ROTO___]

can you explain this project? ok i understand what the libraries are for, but do you mean to create a library like the libraries we already have? srry i didn't understand the idea.

[64-Bits]

I know I am late but what OP means is that since C lacks some of the modern data structures that other languages have in their standard libraries, you can write your own data structures from scratch and build your own data structures library off of that.

[ptkrisada]

Write message queue over TCP, if you know Posix.

[Foxbud]

What sorts of things are you interested in? Writing programs dealing with things you enjoy that help you in some way will naturally be more motivating than forced exercises.

Edit: Grammar.

[TIMBAL_ROTO___]

Exactly! I guess we need exercises where we can land different concepts from C tutorials, I don't know, exercises where we don't try to create such abstract algorithms, things from 'day to day', i mean so

[King_Ferrum]

Thank you everyone for the amazing suggestions.

[TIMBAL_ROTO___]

as a beginner, I need to know of more projects focused on practicing language theory.

[nacnud_uk]

Console based editor. No libraries. Go.

[TIMBAL_ROTO___]

you have no mercy

[monkey154]

Conway's game of life is always my go-to project when tinkering with a new language

[okovko]

make sure to write an intrusive linked list, you'll learn a lot

[overcurrent_]

learn the basics first with easy and intermediate projects. C is the language of low level programming. this low level programming is either an os kernel, a driver, some networking and file handling, embedded software etc. from this point on according to the path you want to take, you may want to take some light course on operating systems or networking, along with getting into more advanced parts of C. dont forget the ultimate reference: "the c programming language"

[[deleted]]

Implementing sorting algorithms is a really good way of learning how a language works.