#Typora or monkey writer how to#

Why build it: This project is a good starting point to learn how to accept user input, change that input, and give output. For example, it can be a reference or it can convert user inputted text to its character code. There are a few different ways you can do this app.

Random Things - random objects with picturesĪ list of emojis or other special characters for copying and pasting.

#Typora or monkey writer generator#

Fantasy Name Generator - fantasy names for gaming and nerd stuff.

Name Generator - has various name generators for food, blogs, usernames, people’s names, etc.

Accept user input this can be a list of words to select from or their name to use as a base.

Generate random game characters or objects with a mini ad-lib background story.

This can be a useful reference tool for anyone that practices any kind of art

Generate random objects and display pictures of those objects.

Reading Data & Selecting Random Parts of it.

The basics of your programming language.

Why build it: This project is more advanced than a hello world but simpler or around the same difficulty as a todo list, which makes it a good starter project. You can display it as text output in a console, graphical interface, web browser, text file, or whatever. The final step is to randomly select keywords from your data, make some combination of them to create a name, and display it.

If you’re just starting out, explore what data structures your language supports (objects, lists, arrays, hashmaps, etc) and experiment with those. This can be hard-coded, stored on the filesystem using a CSV or text file, pulled from an API, or stored in a database. Types of names examples: of - Duke William of Cornwall - President Wilson of Canada of - Solaire of Astora the - Kyle the Chicken Slayer the - SomeName1234 - ChickenBob28 // etc, you get the ideaĪfter you have figured out what kinds of names to generate, you must think about how you want to store the data that contains the names, nouns, adjectives, titles, etc. Naming things is hard, it seems like every username is taken these days… so how about we make the computer generate names for us? The idea is simple and should only require a basic knowledge of the programming language.įirst, figure out what kinds of names you want to generate (usernames, fantasy, character names, normal names, etc) and the parts of those names. Learning the basics with a focus on create, read, update, and delete operations (CRUD). Note: I tailor the examples in this post for JavaScript developers, but the ideas can work for anyone regardless of programming language. Think of it as programming challenges, but with projects instead of single challenges. Each idea has a detailed description, examples, and suggestions that you can build your own unique idea off of. A list of starter projects for new developers or experienced developers learning a new language.