Current in bold. Completed in strikethrough.
Learn a variety of programming languages:
- Write a program in Ruby
Write a program in Python
Write a program in C
Write a program in C++
- Write a program in Java
Write a program in Objective-C
- Write a program in C#
Write a program in PHP 5
- Write a program in Perl
Write a stand-alone program in Javascript
- Write a non-trivial program in Brainfuck
- Write a program in Lua
- Write a program in Haskell
- Write a program in D
Learn a variety of editors/IDEs:
Use Vim exclusively for a month
- Use Sublime Text 2 exclusively for a month
Use Emacs exclusively for a month
Learn a variety of programming paradigms:
Write a program in assembly language
Write an application in a functional language
Write an application in an object-oriented language
Write an application in a prototype-based language
- Write an application in a logic programming language
- Write an application using the Actor model
- Write an application in Forth
- Write an application in a concatenative language (e.g. Joy)
- Write an application in a strict design-by-contract language (e.g. Eiffel)
Experience the ins and outs of programming for different platforms:
Write a nontrivial web app
Write a nontrivial desktop app
- Write a nontrivial game
- Write a nontrivial mobile app
Write an embedded app
- Write a realtime system
Enhance your understanding of the building blocks that we use as developers:
Write a networking client (e.g., HTTP, FTP)
- Write a device driver
- Write a B-tree database
Wrap an existing library to provide a better (more pleasant) user experience
Write an application or framework that provides a plugin model
- Write a testing framework
- Write a programming language
- Write an operating system
Enlighten yourself with koans, katas, and the wisdom of ages:
Program in the open:
Contribute to an open source project
Have a patch accepted
- Earn commit rights on a significant open source project
Publish an open source project
- Perform a Refactotum of an open source project
Learn by teaching others:
- Present a lightning talk
- Present at a local user group
- Present at a conference
- Deliver a training course
- Publish a tutorial
- Publish a constructive code review of an open source project
- Write a programming book