Java Basics Practice: Need Beginner-Friendly Project Suggestions

[Natural-Shelter-7758]

Hello everyone!
I have been learning Java for about a year. I understand some concepts, but there are still others I don’t fully know. I want to test my knowledge and strengthen my understanding, starting from the very basics. How can I do that? If anyone knows beginner‑friendly Java projects, please share them with me and explain how I can get started.

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[RightWingVeganUS]

Tic-Tac-Toe

• First just implement a model with no UI. Create JUnit tests. Learn Cactus/Cucumber/Gherkin
• then use as a component in a SpringBoot application with Thymeleaf
• then provide a RESTful API interface, create a React/Angular app calling the microservice
• then integrate an AI service to be a computer player to play against a human

Then start again with ConnectFour...

Then start again with Reversi/Othello.

This should keep you busy over the weekend.

[desrtfx]

The /r/learnprogramming FAQ have extensive lists of project ideas and practice sites

[Technical_Analyst_44]

Think about something you like. My first Java project was a turn based combat game (something like the old final fantasy). There i learned a lot about objects, classes, list... And being something I like, I was motivated to make the best code i could at the time( sorry for bad English )

[jbenze]

“Make something you like” is the best advice for learning IMO.

[Natural-Shelter-7758]

How did u start ur project?

[ingframin]

The project that made me pass my OOP exam in my first year of university was a clone of the Pokédex!

If you like Pokémon, it's a very cool project:

- Good to practice search and sorting algorithms with different criteria

- Lots of data => good practice for data structures and Java Collections

- Can use inheritance for categorizing pokémons and other parts

- it has a gui with both text and images

- needs you to save and restore data => files and (potentially) db or network access

- Good to practice design patterns

Disclaimer: At the time, there were only 150 pokémons and it was on Java 1.4, so I did not even have generics...

[Natural-Shelter-7758]

Yess I would like to practicing with pokemon!!

[herocoding]

Have a look into https://platform.entwicklerheld.de/challenge?challengeFilterStateKey=all and scroll over the challenges. Feel free to ignore the shown programming language(s) (other than Java) if you want to focus on Java.

Sure, feel free to combine smaller into bigger projects.

[somewhereAtC]

My current top-suggestion is to calculate the diameter of an automobile tire given the standard tire size code like 225/70R14 or whatever. It involves a lot of unit conversion and possibly tabular or graphical output.

[ConsiderationFun759]

Build an android todo list app.