These Coding Projects Will Set You Apart as a Programmer (w/ Instructions Included)
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0:38 Introduction, because me
1:38 Games, because logic
3:11 Frontend Dev, because pretty
4:47 Real AI, because awesome
7:02 5 Different Portfolios, because depends
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16:39 AI Robots, because why not
18:20 Tourney Sim, because favorite
19:02 Chess AI Bot, because competition
19:33 GPT, because forget
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EDIT: Okay, added those to the description. Not all of these projects have their own video, or even a public repo lol. But for those that do, well there they are.
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You could just make a comment with the links, sir
I subbed because thank you
How do I start building a website similar to your forestknight website, I mean the site that looked like a commandline
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If you are watching this video, you have to actually START!! GO GO GO! ♥
Unreal dude, now I need a tutorial on GO!
I did the tutorial, still don't know Go haha
These comments just scream hey I need upvotes for attention
@@john9908 take it easy john
When I was learning to code, like taking a course of some kind, I've always been looking forward to the project tasks. The ones that give "loose instructions" and really let me plan out and implement my own ideas.
The ones with a predefined result are easy and comforting in the learning sense - something that lets you figure out an algorithm or a data structure - but that really only gets you so far, just like you mention.
I love these kinds of videos, even though I'm 10 years into Softwared Development this stuff is always nice to have in mind.
00:02 Building mini-games can be a challenging but valuable learning experience for programmers.
02:08 Building a tic tac toe game simplified the process and helped in understanding code logic and printing
04:07 Building different projects using different programming languages and algorithms can enhance programming skills and knowledge.
06:08 Start with a simple AI algorithm like a naive backtracking algorithm and experiment with other algorithms
08:11 Importance of having a GitHub profile and showcasing skills through a portfolio website
10:14 Building a portfolio website is not necessary, it just needs to showcase your work in your field.
12:18 Build a developer portfolio using Hostinger AI website builder.
14:16 Portfolio website template with customizable sections and integrations
16:31 Two fun AI projects utilizing artificial intelligence and robots.
18:20 Honorable mentions: Tournament Simulation and Chess AI Bot
20:19 Build a fun project that can be put on the GPT store to potentially make money or create a chat GPT plugin.
I love the timestamp names, awesome.
A note on the GPT idea is that ideally you should be very focused in what you want from it. Or even look into other kinds of specialised NLP!
Being able to encapsulate that in a module will be excellent for changing course in future if competitor products or new NLP models come by which serve that specific use case better.
Amazing video, thank you. I was recently hired as a college professor teaching special topics in CS and I want to give a fun and useful project to my students next semester where they can implement what they'll learn (SDLC, scrum events, design patterns, software architecture, testing, CI/CD, and cloud computing) and I loved the last idea about doing something with OpenAI, so thank you for this video!
Something I think I could have benefitted from in my CS courses was being exposed to more code and it being explained. Idk what level you're teaching at but it'll likely be beneficial for you to whip something up in class and explain why you are typing up what you are and what it does.
Edit: also asking for student input on what you should do next would be very beneficial and have them explain why they suggest that. It'll help them with explaining their thought process as well
personally, most of my teachers were too boring and too "technical" (or rather academic) when studying computer engineering at college.
a lot of the stuff I know today, is from bashing my head on my own (learning how to use git, for example, which I am still not even terribly good at) and not because they were such great educators or passed knowledge on that well.
One teacher really stuck to me, and he came up with small projects to teach concepts in class - and he would not come with a DONE project - he would start the projects with us in class and kept refining them until they were "ready" - sometimes even helping us out setting up our development environment when some library wouldn't play nice or something refused to work. and he was very open to contact outside class hours (being open to answer questions and helping out - even for other subjects or projects students were working on).
There you go! The only thing I am able to give u back for all the great content you gave us from the beginning! My support and of course the like!!! It would be great to show how those projects that involved mechanics and electronics besides the code can be shown as portfolio projects! I have some but I didn’t publish them😂! Have a wonderful time amigo👊🏽😊Cheers!
Thanks for the Video, been inspired and also thanks for the Link to the Free Courses, I needed that!
Thanks forest ! 🤩
Very helpful indeed.
great video bro! tks a lot! greetings from Brazil!!
Thanks for the video, because yes
Thanks!
Gold content, congrats for the baby
Nice video. Very informative.
Subscribed, because video description
Thank god, I've been saved by Jesus from tutorial hell
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Lmao😂
Jesus had to step in to save us 🙏
I thought I was the only one who noticed it 😂😂😂😂 the guy looks like Bro Jesus
cool jesus
That's the best way to talk about the sponsor I have ever seen. Very well done.
dude, i just tried out your terminal website, it's soo cool. would like to see how you did it someday.
Thanks for all the ideas thats one of my biggest issues is finding something I care about. let alone coming up with something that solves a problem. I hardly know how the internet works yet 🤣.
LOVE the timestamp labels XD
Because why not
Sir, you've bombed me away with more ideas and inspiration than I can process through a couple clicks of your content. You've also very kindly made sure that I do my research by assigning plenty of homework with those learning resources. Whether to laugh or cry, I will decide after I attempt tackling the workload. But at the very least, you've rightfully claimed my subscription rights to your channel.
Bro I watched every single second, I love this guy. Thanks dad 🙏
Awesome. As a programmer and student, these are really helpful and insightful.I love doing projects, and these are just exceptional.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for uploading this! I really liked the mini game projects you showed at the beginning. Could you put them behind a pay wall? I'm trying to learn web dev and SaaS.
Nice ducks bro. I'm in tutorial hell at the moment.
Absolutely I do agree with you did many tutorials hell, I hate it now, I'm doing my own things I got silly things on github my first tutorial was in 2016, I didn't study CS at all, but I can tell I studied many books like the topics in CS I can say I'm software developer, but I need to be recognized for it, I'm looking for job now, I never did but at least I have 70 projects, included tutorials hell and my own, so I don't feel so proud because some area tutorials, I wanted to erase it but well I can't do it I've just left it there,, you gave me inspiration my friend thank you for this video, I prefer now just to read the whole books in programing.
Thanks
I just built a CRM for my own business and I learnt a lot . Building projects either from researching or following a tutorial will teach you more and hone your knowledge more than just reading
May I have the source code to build on it? Good so I can "work with another developer" I can do the same for you if you would like, what tech stack?
@@aricwilliamsdeveloper python, JavaScript, flask, MySQL
Learning this stuff is just so hard these days. I feel like only by only understanding lower level programming and how computers work on a more fundemental level, did i finally start to understand how programming works at a higher level. Even ChatGPT is basically useless outside of the hands of someone who knows what theyre doing.
Ask ChatGPT to further elaborate lol
@@will201084 still doesnt work, that why people with CS degrees are preferred more than people that dont have them.The first year is chock full of fundamentals
@Random-qi3vv yes for now. But ChatGPT is good for starting a project and getting better guidance in a visual way to your specific needs. It enhances learning imo.
@@will201084 enhances learning. And decreases the need for Jr Developers imo.
Omg, i just finished my first year. Its intense, alot of repetition and gradual increase in knowledge, first its whats a cpu, PCIe, ALU blah blah, then onto the stack, then again back to the hardware, then onto tcp/osi, then back to the stack, then onto networking, then networking again. A whole semester on CLI training, one for Unix/Linux, one for Windows scripting and the like. Finally in Nov i got my first real programming class thats not all about scripting teaching Python and Web Dev. Its a bitch, but had i not taken those classes first id be in absolute hell. I understand everything they say, its just getting the semantics down for me right now. I dont see how a coding bootcamp would work for anyone, unless theyve already known this stuff prior.@@Random-qi3vv
Thank you very much, Could you please do complex projects recommendation.
I really want to start to get into ai and ml, I’m going to start a project involving googles mediapipe for recognizing hand gestures, people objects etc, but I’m starting school back in a few days so it’s going to take a while now.
The game example makes me feel a little better. I’m trying to build an idle rpg - way more complex than I anticipated…
I read that if you're applying for UX/UI types of roles, portfolio website actually does need to have a good amount of creativity in it. I guess that's a given
Yeah for that you definitely need to build a good one even for front end roles
I'm a full stack applying to get my first job so i also spent a lot of time in it
My websites look like crap
@@hoi-polloi905 Don't give up.
I built an unbeatable tic tac toe recently in c++ few day ago. I must say I learned a lot for a beginner like me.
Holy shit, Jared Leto is a coder now... Subscribed!!!
My 2 cents: Building unrelated with business and job focus stuff is fine if you're a fresh graduate or a CS student, and your goal is to get hired by a company willing to invest you into training. However, self-taught developers and generally people who're willing to go for a small company or a startup company should instead research their job market, select a stack and build stuff that will demonstrate to the manager or technical lead "hey, I'm business ready over here and I'm waiting for you".
Cool ideas though, but not stuff I'd add cause I'm one of those self-taughts.
Really good advice, if u have a business knowledge you are waaaay above others candidates.
100% some good learning projects though.
Working at a startup is usually much more difficult to get into because you have to wear many hats. And, you logic is not to learn on small personal project so you can get a job, but get a job so you can learn on small business projects. How do you learn on the small business projects if you cant get hired to begin with?
The advice in this video is spot on. Find something - anything - that you find interesting that has problems to solve. Then solve them. Games fit well.
Liked, because good😁
If you want to step up from the simple game in this video, try implement the solid 2d platformer player control (like in Mario, Celeste, Super Meat Boy).
After months of avoiding "it", you finally got me. Nice "Only use if you're admin" , it was too tempting to not check out 🤣🤣 btw Thanks for all your advice , you're a great inspiration to me
After years of experience in IT, I've moved over to the security realm. Really wish I would have taken programming more seriously when I was in college. That said, currently trying to learn Python and Node.js and the best teaching aid is just having to code. I am doing a couple of courses, but having a piece of IaC that needs to be completed and just having to do it has taught me a lot. Inevitably I'm wrong or not efficient a lot of times, but that's what other programmers are there for, to check my work. I'm now starting to catch my own mistakes when things don't work right, which is always a great feeling...assuming they work after I make the change. If they don't, then you feel worse haha
Love the timestamps lol
I like the intro 😂
your chrome looks clean can u suggest how u did that?
For me
- A programming language since It's the tool that we use to tell computer what to do. Also teach me a lot about parsing things which is useful in other fields where you have to retrieve data by yourself
- An emulator, teach me a lot how computer actually works (even the simplest one like chip8) and how to read documentation (weird docs of CPUs)
- C based HTTP server with its parser
- Game from scratch teach me how graphics in computer is done
I would like to say an operating system but it's a very complex one and I've never made one.
When I saw your thumbnail will literally the first thing I thought was "oh it's coding Jesus"
gonna make the clip of chopped and screwed TUTORIAL HELL my ringtone (I use a land-line)
They say that college is useless, but most of the projects that are mentioned here, I did them there.
Best vid intro ever..
been in tutorial hell for 4years.
I knew Steven Wilson was a jack of all trades but I didn't expect him to be a programmer as well
Thanks for the video, Coding Jesus
0:34 🤣subscribed!
You are an inspiration for me as a programming teacher. Which I wish is my students get your vibes and energies.
im a backend developer, i'd like to know how you did your portfolio project that looks like a terminal.
😊Billy Mitchell codes ? Must be his happy cousin.
Tutorials -> Project(s) -> Job
Hey Bro great video, wanted to know if you needed a video editor/thumbnail designer for the channel?
Where do all these codes come from? The military? I use to be a tv and video engineer is the leap to programming a chasm?
dude this portfolio 10:37 is insane, why didn't you finish this one and go with it?????
I had an idea to make a python webscraping project for the stock market but uuh I need to learn python first 💀
started cs50p and finished the first week 😤
the most important project is having projects. remember that quote, everyone fighting in the comments saying X or Y is better than Z.
all of the stuff shown here will teach you "nitty gritty" stuff on programming (from beginner topics to more advanced ones), but what sets you apart when job hunting is having projects that will go directly in favor of the job you're applying to - for example, applying for backend development, have projects showcasing your skills (a simple CRUD API, and have something consume that, or whatever) - in whichever language you prefer, there's no harm in tying yourself to a "easier" language because the core vernacular will be the same for most, if not all.
I just started playing with embedded, using esp32 not Arduino, my first projrct is going to be a oximeter.
Just curious if your primarily ot only PC or do you develop on a mac as well and what mac do you use if you do?
Is a GitHub profile with unfinished projects ok or does it look bad?
At 8:00, in Forrest's Coding Journey, you wrote "that it being a creator" instead of "that is being a creator". Hope that helps 👍
I am First time here, after watching the thumbnail I was like, how come Jesus is giving programing lessons. Nice video.
Do algorithms like BFS and DFS count as AI?
How to escape tutorial hell:
1- Get a solid book on C++. I recommend Problem Solving With C++
2- Work through the f*cking book
3- ???
4- Profit
It's literally that easy
You can take it a step further by repeating the process but substituting "C++" in Step 1 with any of the following (unordered):
1- Networks
2- Operating Systems
3- Distributed Systems
4- Compilers
5- Calculus
6- Discrete Mathemathics
7- Theory of Computation
8- Design Patterns
10 - Any language/technology of your choosing
Is it slower than tutorials? Yes. Is it way better? Also yes. It's the difference between knowing how to use an hammer and knowing how to build AND use any kind of hammer for any kind of situation with any type of material
Cheers
bro 💀💀💀💀💀💀 its for college dudes
@@hwapyongedouard bro, I am a college dude kekw
What's #3 ??? Lmfao.
@@semyaza555 ■
Haven’t watched the video yet but…
Earned a like because description
Just watched video and…
Earned a sub because intro and explanation
This guy's coding ability peaked in college
wooow jesus is a programmer
thank you Jesus
3:37 what do you mean my react useCases?
Thank you jesuss ❤
ForrestKnight because .... No explanation needed
Tutorials are never gonna make you as good as pair programming will
I watched 6h of python tutorials and know some commands now but i have no idea how to do anything with them
The sections. Tutorial noob, because noob! 😂😂😂😂
I think one of the best starter projects anyone can do is make a tic tac toe game. Its something everyone knows the rules of, but you shouldn't have any instructions on how to make it. Figure it out. doing that kind of thing makes you understand
i really needed coding jesus to tell me to get back to coding
We got coding Jesus before gta 6
my challenge is how would I name my would be web dev company? I want to start on my own eventually any name generation tips?
Then one writes a name generator and uses it to create own name :)
Please let me know the name of your keyboard.
There is where I am at the moment!!
Can you take a look at this ai code I’m working on
How to recover from burnout?
The best most well known and prominent and legendary programmers all have shitty looking websites that look like they were done in 30 minutes. I find that really funny and awesome at the same time.
I have been in tutorial hell for 10 years
When i said jesus i need your guidance i didnt meant you to actually upload tutorials
He’s like Adam Ragusa for devops
watching this, because curious
I brought up how dumb IoT sounded at work. Everyone thought I was crazy.
Glad I'm not alone 😂
These are reasonable projects suggestions, but I wouldn't say they will set you apart when applying for jobs and such.
If you want to set yourself apart when applying for jobs as an entry-level applicant, I would say getting your hands dirty with networking protocols (and lower-level concepts for that matter), building your own libraries that allow other developers to create applications (like a library to build chatbots), going above and beyond in terms of learning technologies such as building microservices with gRPC for synchronous communication or some message broker for asynchronous communication.
For example, I am currently building a deployment platform to showcase to employers as a CS student and software intern applicant, with a Svelte frontend, an Actix backend, multiple services hooked up to the backend via gRPC and Redis as a message broker where asynchronous communication is better-suited, such as a builder service, where each builder 'worker' node consumes a build task whenever it is idle.
Challenge yourself, see what is possible for you! 😀
Nah. I disagree. If you want to set yourself apart, no amount of low level concepts will help you, ever, even slightly. Especially if you are searching for a first job, the better advice is to learn practical skills that you will use on your job immediately first and foremost. Then learn all the surrounding stuff and go from there. Also having a single job "target" is best, so it's better to decide first if you want frontend, backend, fullstack, systems programming or what. I wouldn't recommend fullstack as a first job since it will pay the same, have 2x the work(really) and it's not as "fun" as it seems. Later down the line, no problem though.
What will set you apart is a deep knowledge about a certain area of expertise. Many people can shuffle a bunch of technologies, but they don't know a deep understanding of any of them, and I can say the same about you. Sorry to disappoint you, but most employers won't really even look at your project in Svelte, Actix, gRPC and so on. They are a good technologies, but you are searching for a job so you should show that you are good at something like React or Vue, since sadly the person that will review your code probably(with high probability) will not know rust or svelte so you can't be rated properly in most cases.
Sorry for the "conventional take" but that is just the reality. 1 year ago when I was searching for a job I was like you and was fullstacking with different technologies, languages and so on, having big grasp. But in the end what helped me the most is just to specialize a little bit more and I got the job very quickly then.
That is an advice from a person who started from zero with no degree and got the Middle position job in 5 months.
After you get your first job, of course, learn all the CS stuff, underlying low level concepts and different topics. But when you are in the middle of searching for a job, probably better time investment is to not bother.
Of course, I agree with much of this, and I meant to say that one should definitely learn React, Vue, etc first. But the purpose of this videos is about setting yourself apart with projects, and of the projects listed, none of them will set you apart as a developer.
Necessarily, to learn low-level concepts or even further technologies like I mentioned, you have to have a strong grasp of the more fundamental hoops.
Also to say "no amount of low level concepts will help you, ever, even slightly" is just a completely poor take in general and you will not be a successful engineer with this mindset of constantly relying on libraries without understanding them, not pushing yourself, etc.
Not just that, but this take is poor for further reasons as consider 2 candidates with the same fundamental practical knowledge, however 1 of the candidates has also demonstrated in a project that they know how these things work internally and can build them themself, this is much more impressive.
I also have a slight feeling a developer who demonstrates skills in things like Rust, Svelte, etc clearly shows an inherent passion for programming from a hiring manager perspective (because they are taking their time to learn things, although as you say, may not directly be applicable to the job market, but this emphasises the passion moreso), in addition to familiarity with industry standard frameworks like React.
Don't get me wrong, I would in any other situation recommend learning React, JavaScript, REST APIs, SQL databases, etc, but you have to consider the title of the video more specifically, which you gloss over. It does not give a good representation of how you would set yourself apart as a developer, everybody does projects like these.
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@@twothreeoneoneseventwoonefour5 hey, how long did it take you to get a job in tech with no degree? did you have relevant experience? esp with the brutal job market now.
@@nark4837 First, I am not talking about the video but generally. Second, you are delusional and let me explain why.
1. My take about "no amount of low level concepts will help you" is about getting your FIRST job. If there was an employer who had to choose between a person who has a lot of practical skills and built a couple of practical real world projects vs a person who studied C for a Frontend Developer role, having little to no practical knowledge(or, highly BELOW someone who specialized), the choice is clear. Same is with you learning Rust, writing fullstack, Svelte and so on. An employer will always value someone who specializes more. So you need to be at least at the same level as someone who specializes. Connects to the next point,
2. If you want to be fullstack, it is practically impossible to be better than a specialized person, at all skill levels. So what you are getting yourself into, especially as a first job, is some unstable startup with low salary and high work hours/workload or a company with a team of
@@AvidL1623 I basically went from zero to getting a job in 5 months, as I said. It was around January this year.
Experience? I built a couple of real world projects, but not commercially.
I did some chaotic learning in that time, had wide grasp(kind of like the op here), but I actually specialized in frontend so I got the job without much problem skill-wise (took me like a month to find it though).
IDK about (global) job market because my country is kind of isolated from it. I live in Europe, and even though my country has free higher education, I could still find the job (after hundreds of rejects, having only 3 interviews total, but still). Maybe luck since I am now called a "senior" developer, but it's more like "middle" internationally, and there is a catch... I maintain(structure/architect, do all the decisions) a project(frontend) alone.
Well I'll make it work, pretty interesting situation to be in, if you ask.
What IDE and font/theme is that at 2:01?
IntelliJ IDEA. Just their default dark theme
Font is Jetbrains mono, theme could be catpuccin,,,it's great. It looks so nice with Jetbrains nerd font
looking at the thumbnail, I thought I am going to watch a James Montemgno
Learn to code from Jesus this Christmas on this CZcams channel
Jesus is that you
😂😂😂
Can I share my programming pathway to learn any language?