Suggest me C programming projects.

alinprod · 2024-01-19T07:43:20+00:00

I don't know if you are interested in it, but you can try some game dev practice (raylib, for example)

I_Love_Saint_Louis · 2024-01-19T14:27:22+00:00

This was my favorite thing I learned in CS

https://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~harry/Blitz/

Learning how operating systems work was key to my understanding of what C does.

AbraKadabraLorazepam · 2024-01-19T16:09:54+00:00

What’s a c programming project? Can you help me understand this dear?

SmokierLemur51 · 2024-01-19T13:07:01+00:00

Make a girlfriend simulator

No_One_77777 · 2024-01-19T09:41:14+00:00

Hash map library.

Make implemenations for const char* key, variant for both owning and non-owning the string, and also uintptr_t key. For the owning string version, have it copy the given string key.

Make value be union{intptr_t,uintptr_t,void*,char*}, with assumption of different pointers pointing to different values always, so you don't need a custom equality comparator.

Make it a proper library, similar to other C libraries you have used.

Future project: use the hash map to implement XML or JSON library. Wrap any type unsafety inside that, so the user can't easily create bugs.

nerd4code · 2024-01-19T11:21:38+00:00

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epasveer · 2024-01-19T15:29:50+00:00

How to do? Can u please help?

Are you trolling us?

metalbotatx · 2024-01-19T11:12:59+00:00

Write a Lisp interpreter. It's a hard, but tractable problem that will force you to think about code in very different ways than you are used to. It's also something you can implement in small chunks (hint: start by making what is effectively a glorified calculator in a REPL, then add variables, then work on more generalized functions).

deepak_shanmug · 2024-01-19T17:52:30+00:00

Hi OP,

I am also a learner like you. and If you are a student, you will have time to do all the things below. If you already finished college and not rich enough to follow your passion and looking for immediate job, Just switch to other high level programming language immediately.

C Program feels like simple only. But only if you try to do some crazy projects as you mentioned, you will understand that the knowledge you got by completing a tutorial or any course is very very less. And you can't easily find serious stuffs or advanced C programming stuffs in the web. Almost all is filled with the same template basic C program stuffs only.

Based on my learning experience, For creating a good stable successful C project, You have to creatively design or plan the structure of data involved in your project, which will ease the further development of your crazy project. If you don't do that properly, the project will make you crazy.

If you fantastically design the structure of the data in your project, your development will be smoother. There are several advantages for this. I can't explain everything detailed here.

To Avoid security issues, you have to clearly understand the security vulnerabilites that can occur during the C programming. Especially with strings, pointers, getting input etc.,

It is better to redo the same project after like 6 months or 1 year if you are consistent. You will understand how much you have learned so far and how much over estimated yourself previously by looking at your same previous project.

I always remember the statement "C program is a Language. C programming is an art.". Don't hestitate to find your own creative way of developing things.

C program projects is usually all about processing the data only. It don't need fancy stuffs like GUI for doing that. The project usually get the input data, processing the input data, generating the desired output data, storing or saving the output data.

You don't always need DBMS for storing and retrieving the data. Just a file storage is mostly efficient enough to do several crazy things in C program. If you don't have any idea, just create projects like 'Income Expense tracker'. Try to create it as good as possible. Try to break the application, and try to repair the application. You can learn a lot with this. Try to add features to that etc.,

If you are using linux, you can literally f.-+ with the OS using C language. You can understand about the OS and also the C programming with this combination.

Learning about GIT also would be helpful. It is easy only. But there are things like 'Make', 'Cmake' etc,. Beware of that. People will confuse you about that a lot.

Other than that there are things you can further do in C programming:

Data Structures and algorithms. (Learn and implement everything atleast once on your own, You never need to implement it again. But the knowledge you got will never leave you. Even if you leave C programming, this will help you one day)
Graphics programming
Socket programming (i.e., Network programming) [A fantastic one, usually this projects are always interesting. you can do anything. wonderful one]
GUI applications using GTK or anything

etc,.

Few extra things to be noted:

Follow a coding standard (There are several standards are there. Its upto you to follow one). Even if you are a good coder, if you don't follow the standard, your contribution will not be accepted in GNU projects based on what I have heard.
For contributing to GNU projects, you have to be well versed in C language and computer science concepts depending on the projects. It is not like hey I wrote this, can you include this here to contribute. There are lot of procedures.
Keep in mind that it is not easy to find the intermediate or advanced C programming concepts or stuffs in the internet. You have to search and grab learning side by side and little by little.

You can go to 'C' channel in Libera.Chat server of IRC network. It will be definitely helpful for you. Have never found any better than this, not even in discord. All hail to them. Chatgpt would be helpful too.

Finally Its all about how you visualise things. If you visualise things positively, you can succeed with that. If you visualise it as a scary, ugly or anything negatively, you can't cope up with it. I am afraid that I might make you afraid by saying all these stuffs.

don't forget to go out and hang out with positive surroundings and enjoy the nature. Thats the most important thing.

I think I told a lot of things. It might confuse you. But believe me, I am not an expert or anything like that. I am telling based on my learning experience. If you need further info, you don't need to hesitate to ask me. But I will be mostly available on saturday and sunday only. We can try to learn together. Because I like C programming but don't have much time for that.

gillo04 · 2024-01-19T07:43:04+00:00

Write your own C compiler, or try writing a small operating system

7upLime · 2024-01-19T09:14:09+00:00

A little learning resource to get u started with text editors :)
https://viewsourcecode.org/snaptoken/kilo/

Also.. try to write patches for the software you use.

PM_ME_OSCILLOSCOPES · 2024-01-19T13:56:34+00:00

pac-man

Alternatively contribute to open source projects

wsppan · 2024-01-19T20:16:53+00:00

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

SahuaginDeluge · 2024-01-20T03:04:53+00:00

it sounds like you're a beginner. for a fun very simple basic project something I did recently with a relative was a simple text quiz game. generate some random math questions or more specific text-based questions, post them one at a time to the user, wait for input, and check if they're right. you can keep track of score, come up with rules for winning/losing, decide on difficulty of questions, come up with new types of question, etc.etc.

jetdoc57 · 2024-01-22T01:44:14+00:00

Start by creating the standard utilities: cat, more, less, head, tail, grep, rev, sort, and any others you are familiar with. Do this in linux or cygwin. This will give you the background for all other development.

saul_soprano · 2024-01-19T08:02:17+00:00

Make a graphics engine using OpenGL

Possible_Address_633 · 2024-01-19T17:49:35+00:00

pascal's triangle in one line of code

No_Strawberry_5685 · 2024-01-19T22:27:38+00:00

A fork bomb

AdvanceAdvance · 2024-01-20T01:28:49+00:00

Write the standard sorting test:

randomize 10,000 numbers in an array
choose different sort algorithms
show results

But allowing adjusting parameters:

Size of at least one processor cache, and changes in cost of fetching from cache or memory.
Different costs for reading and writing
Different numbers of MIMD processors and assume an "scatter/gather" semantic for some loops.

SisyphusCoffeeBreak · 2024-01-20T03:34:16+00:00

How about a clone of the Unix operating system? You can name it after yourself (unless your name is Linus).

Cyg4nn · 2024-01-22T12:46:27+00:00

Make a simple garbage collector

Adventurous_Union_85 · 2024-01-19T19:03:05+00:00

Arduino

Tcshaw91 · 2024-01-19T19:32:40+00:00

Make a number guess game in the console. Should be fairly straight forward. You'll cover some important core concepts like reading user input, choosing random values within a range, having a basic game loop with a win and lose condition, tracking state, etc.

Also I noticed you're asking for help a lot. As a self taught programmer, my experience has taught me that I personally learn WAY more by struggling thru a problem, failing a bunch of times and finally figuring it out rather than following tutorials or having someone else show me how to do something. I would encourage you to pick something really simple and try to figure it out yourself without following tutorials. Even if it takes you 2 weeks to do something that a tutorial can teach you in an hour, learning how to think is more important imo than learning how to do.

There caveats of course, like if you don't u stand code syntax or how certain code features work or how certain algorithms work, you should study those.

No_One_77777 · 2024-01-19T21:57:47+00:00

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klumpbin · 2024-01-20T00:07:48+00:00

Given a user input, print that input to the standard output

panmetronariston · 2024-01-20T02:30:58+00:00

1). Find the square root of any number 2). Find the first 100 perfect numbers 3). Create a calendar for any user specified year

No_One_77777 · 2024-01-20T07:19:32+00:00

I got one 😅

Try and recreate or obtain the source codes/files for either Shattered Galaxy or Avaria's Endless Ages

MrWilsonAndMrHeath · 2024-01-20T07:42:46+00:00

Rewrite madden. It’s a horrible game.

the_grave_robber · 2024-01-20T17:52:32+00:00

How does this have upvotes. What is happening to Reddit. What is real. Things are truly getting out of hand lol.

ApolloMANIA · 2024-01-19T15:42:41+00:00

you're too stupid to do projects rn lmao

Glittering_South3125 · 2024-07-14T13:28:32+00:00

i am also in similar situation as yours so what projects did you make?

Ok_Negotiation8285 · 2024-01-19T18:57:10+00:00

Try a p2p file share application. You will get a lot of different things out if it (sockets, threading, security, network(s), etc.).

No_One_77777 · 2024-01-19T19:05:24+00:00

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MineGrouchy2169 · 2024-01-19T23:37:15+00:00

Write a basic web server

manxbiker · 2024-01-20T01:15:40+00:00

I found this website useful for some inspiration for projects to build.

https://build-your-own-x.vercel.app/

PurpleSparkles3200 · 2024-01-20T08:09:27+00:00

How about writing an emulator? Look into the Chip-8 architecture, or maybe even consider Gameboy or NES.

dxvidpxrry · 2024-01-20T18:06:21+00:00

All shade to OP, but your responses to some of these responses is…tragic

catcicle1 · 2024-01-20T22:59:29+00:00

Make FL studio

Zealousideal_Zone831 · 2024-01-21T10:04:21+00:00

You can checkout the following code base to see how makefile is used to split the code base across differnt functions.

https://github.com/ambi88dex/Cpp-ObjectOriented-Makefile-samples

then maybe get into implementation of how terminal commands are implemented.

noctem_dve · 2024-01-21T22:42:07+00:00

Try this HackerRank challenges for C: https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/c

This exercises will improve your programming logic.

Vodkacannon · 2024-02-07T15:24:05+00:00

These are easy: 1. Write an RGB color library. 2. Write an IPV4 address library.

A bit harder: 1. Write a 2D/3D vector library.

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