I have a seriouslly bad case of programmers block right now. It's been quite a while since I have done any REAL programming...

I need to rehab my programming skills, and I need to learn and relearn alot of languages... big list... but I don't know what I want to program!


Is there any website that has a big list of generic programming problems/exercises/challenges?


Hopefully generic because I can't implement something such as an array of structures in a bash script.



I need something HUUUUUUUUUUGE... something to get me going

I'll be learning bash, sed, awk, perl, python, tcl, and when I set up the GUI on my LFS system, tk


I'll also be "rehabilitating" my knowledge of C, and learning C++


I can see how the categories go between scripts and compiled languages... so two seperate lists for each would be fine. But like I said, I need something to get me going


THANKS

like me im doing something simillar but im learning for the first time.

mp3 player that starts out in command line and you finish with a gui interface for it is a nice large project :P

try

http://acm.uva.es/problemset/

That's a pretty good website. Alot of the problems seem very confusing though, but it does give me a whole bunch of ideas to make my own programs. A WHOLE Bunch



I really like that website, I'll keep it in mind. Unfortunately that sort of thing is most aimed at compiled languages (not that it is impossible to make scripts with them). So I'm still on the lookout for programming ideas that can be easily implemented using scripts.


I appreciated all the help I can get

a great site for keeping sharp is
http://www.topcoder.com/tc

there are hundreds of problems that are scaled so you can see the approx difficulty. The list of languages you can use includes c++, java, c#, vb .. maybe some others.. they started with only c++ and java and have added the others over the years..

very good site, you should check it out.
just register and click 'launch arena applet'

if you get good enough you can go play for real $$$$$ in the competitions. i think they still give away $$$..

Well it looks like I have the compiled-laguages down pat, but I'm having a hard time thinking up of any scripts I wanna write.


I couldn't even find a decent "bash script archive" to give me inspiration (I'm starting with bash, then sed & awk, then Perl).



Eh...

oops. I guess I didnt read your last post very well, where you specified about scripting..
if I would come across anything Ill let you know.

Well, if you just want to exercise those scripting muscles, just try implementing the compiled langs probs as far as you can in the relevant script lang or combine them to get a soln.
As it's only exercises, it doesn't matter if you don't get a finished working prog. You'll learn a lot by bumping up against the limits of a lang.
Actually, I'd be surprised if there's much you can't do with Perl, esp if you take adavantage of CPAN.
Good luck

Why not take a look t a large project like Blender which is built using Python. It has a scripting interface so you can write your own stuff as you think of it. If you get inspired enough then why not join in with development.

Take a look at www.blender.org

Of course another option is to try and answer as many qns in this forum as possible.
Even if you don't beat others to the soln initially, you'll learn a lot and won't get bored just doing 1 lang with no specific goal.