programming project ideas?

[lyssword]

Can you guys give me a few ideas for a programming class? If i don't come up with my own project I will be assigned to work on some school website.

It has to include a programming language (c#/ruby) and work with databases. Is there any desktop application that I can create which can utilize database for a good reason? Or a web app?

I will have 1-2 months to finish this, and I don't have very advanced programming skills, though I have taken ruby/ruby on rails, c# classes.

Thanks.

 

[sourceninja]

Time tracking is always a good option. It's simple, but with the ability to become very robust if you want it to.

 

[Ka0t1x]

For my senior project I took my Reefkeeping hobby and created a mockup of Wikipedia with Rails.

Kept me interested the whole time I was doing the project, instead of slacking.

 

[lyssword]

^sourceninja, Hmm, you mean like a schedule planner? sounds good 🙂

 

[sourceninja]

Yea, I usually build one when ever I'm learning the in's and out's of a new framework/language.

I start simple with a task list, then I add more scheduling features until I get the hang of the style.

It's like my own personal hello world.

 

[Cogman]

Here's one that I've been thinking about doing for myself.

I've always wanted a personal grocery manager/meal planner. I would put into it recipes, grocery items, and how much I consumed. in turn, it would plan future meals and tell me what groceries I needed to buy for upcoming meals.

It shouldn't be too complicated, however, it should fit the bill for 1-2 month school project.

You could add extra features like a meal rating so liked meals come up more frequently, a cupboard-consumer so that it would choose meals that utilize more of your shelf. Expiration dates on foods, so you don't waste, ect. This could easily scale from very complex to not too hard.