[alexgaribay]

I try to replicate a blog with posts, tags for posts, and users. It's a good way to get familiar with the ORM and creating associations assuming you will use relational data. I recently started learning Play Framework (Java/Scala web framework) and it worked pretty well.

EDIT: This is assuming you are intending to learn a web framework along with the language.

[andrewberls]

I'm not terribly interested picking up another web framework. I've looked into Play before but am looking for a non-web project for now!