[gab00n]

I was just wondering, what would you guys/girls say to having a monthly programming project? We can all help each other out to finish the project and teach each other new things. It will be a cool way to learn as it will make us research new topics and hopefully make us better coders.

So let me know what you guys think.

[SizzlinSean]

Sounds like a pretty interesting idea. It would be a good excuse for people that don't know what to do, and a great learning experience for people like me who are just getting started.

[Raekwon]

yeah, i agree, it would be an awesome idea, but unfortuneately, there are only a few people on the boards who are really proficient with any programming languages. im just starting to learn python, i know a tiny bit of qbasic as well, so im not in the "proficient" category, if i can call it that. plus not everyone would know the same languages, so it would be a good learning epxerience, but it will take some time. maybe start on one language, with really easy projects, and work up to harder things.

cool idea, it will be interesting to see if it takes off.

[gab00n]

Well we can have different teams doing the same thing in their language. I am good with C++ and still learning Java and assembly so i will be on the C++ team. That should solve the problem, plus other programmers could still solve some of the issues you might encounter.

[Iron_Cross]

It's a cool idea, but it might be really difficult to pull off.
1.) People may not have time
2.) People would have to choose, and FOLLOW a designated "Project Leader"
3.) Not everyone knows the same languages (Although, choosing something like the .NET Framework would help because people could choose freely between like 4 languages C#, VB, C++, J#, JScript)
4.) People would have to agree on a project, which might be hard.

But if people are willing it could end up being fun. I'm going to start an IRC Channel for those of you that want to join or discuss this idea. It will be #tech-forums on the EFNET network....you can go download a free copy of mIRC if you don't already have one. http://www.mirc.com/

[vidyaputra]

i think it will be defficult if its abig project, lets just make a simple program that hopefully will give a new knowledge.

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or we could use algorithm .... ?!?^^

its really a great idea ... gab00n^^

[strifer]

Yeah. Count me in. Hope i could help. That's a great idea gab00n.

[gab00n]

Yeah algorithms will work as they would be small and all about logic. We can start off with small projects focusing in on a certain topic, then we could try and incorporate all the little projects into a decent sized one and see how we handle it.

[gsbtech]

Like the quote gabOON but scientists have been doing that since Newton invented calculus. The computer just makes it more enthralling.

The best way to start a thread on an algorithm development project is to throw out a problem to be solved. It doesn't matter if it's an unsolved problem. We are here to learn... right?

[Iron_Cross]

The bad thing about algorithms, is that they can be solved in so many different ways. I could write a very small sorting algorithm, but it would be largely inefficient. To write an efficient algorthim it can be harder than writing an application...they have whole teams of people working on algorithms today. I think a small sized application would be better to start off with. And if it's too hard, we just adjust the plan