Current in bold. Completed in strikethrough.
Learn a variety of commonly-used 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 Clojure
- Write a program in Perl
- Write a stand-alone program in Javascript
Learn a variety of not commonly-used programming languages:
- Write a non-trivial program in Brainfuck
- Write a program in Lua
Learn a variety of frameworks:
- Write a web application with Rails
Write a web application with Django
- Write a program with .Net
- Write a program with OpenGL
- Write a program with DirectX
- Write a program with Cocoa
Learn a variety of editors/IDEs:
Use vim exclusively for a month
- Use TextMate exclusively for a month
- Use emacs exclusively for a month
Use Visual Studio exclusively for a month
Use Eclipse exclusively for a month
- Use XCode 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
Experience the ins and outs of programming for different platforms:
- Write a nontrivial web app
- Write a nontrivial desktop app
- 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
Enlighten yourself with koans, katas, and the wisdom of ages:
Program in the open:
- Contribute to an open source project - Mozilla Firefox my tickets on bugzilla
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