[drcube]

>Every time someone says, "I want to learn to code." They should have a project/task in mind and just go.

If there was a list of software projects somewhere, ordered by difficulty, with tips on how to get started and how to extend it later, I would be very interested.

I can code (somewhat), but I find that any time I have an itch to scratch, it's much easier to google it and solve it through existing software and configuration changes. Every time I've had a project in mind, I'm quickly in over my head. I'd like to move beyond scripting and actually build self contained software I can post on Github and give to my friends, but I guess I don't know where is a reasonable place to start.

[noahc]

What do you wish existed and build that?

Oh, it's too big?

Build a piece of it.

Oh, that's too big?

Build a piece of it.

The problem you're probably having is that you're saying, "I want THIS" and THIS is too big for you to imagine. So, just write a small subset, maybe 3% of that. Then you'll realize you can easily build this next little bit over here or over here and eventually get there.

[manaskarekar]

http://mindprod.com/project/projects.html

[bradddd]

That's a nice list to help people when brainstorming. I wasn't necessarily implying that the project had to be something new or different, or even specific to the user. A lot of people learn rails or django by making some microblogging twitter clone. On a recent relevant topic, sometimes the best ideas come from emulation and slight modification, so maybe you just challenge yourself to replicate a site or web app you use.