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  • P patr1c1a

    I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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    You could make a game like Spore. However, with a very specific theme (hint: you will replace two of the letters in "Spore"). You start out forming in a male testicle (you get to pick the species, but the cut scenes for the human species are the best!). And most of the game would be navigating through the male (and then female) reproductive system. Among other challenges, you must fight off millions of other "competitors". Also, you must retreat when your God is self-serving (i.e., when there is not a Godess in the vicinity). This idea has SO much potential... I really hope you run with it! :rolleyes:

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    • P patr1c1a

      I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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      Henry Minute
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      Make an IDE for WPF that actually works. Nobody has done that yet.

      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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      • H Henry Minute

        Make an IDE for WPF that actually works. Nobody has done that yet.

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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        Super Lloyd
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        ?? How about Visual Studio, #Develop, MonoDevelop?

        A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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          ?? How about Visual Studio, #Develop, MonoDevelop?

          A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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          Gary R Wheeler
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          He forgot one little detail: Make an IDE for WPF that actually works and doesn't crash at the drop of a hat. Any hat. Hats in Cleveland, for god's sake.

          Software Zen: delete this;

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            ?? How about Visual Studio, #Develop, MonoDevelop?

            A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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            AspDotNetDev
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            Allow me to respond on Henry's behalf:

            Henry Minute wrote:

            that actually works

            ;)

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            • A AspDotNetDev

              Allow me to respond on Henry's behalf:

              Henry Minute wrote:

              that actually works

              ;)

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              Super Lloyd
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              The world is full of curmudgeon! :P

              A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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              • A AspDotNetDev

                Allow me to respond on Henry's behalf:

                Henry Minute wrote:

                that actually works

                ;)

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                Henry Minute
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                muchas gracias

                Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                  He forgot one little detail: Make an IDE for WPF that actually works and doesn't crash at the drop of a hat. Any hat. Hats in Cleveland, for god's sake.

                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                  Henry Minute
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                  Earlier today I refreshed The Lounge and up popped the "Visual Studio has encountered......" dialog. I hadn't touched VS for some time. Just thought, perhaps that was the problem, maybe it was lonely?

                  Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                  • P patr1c1a

                    I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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                    Anthony Mushrow
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                    Rather than trying to think up some specific application to work on just try to find some broader subject you'd like to learn about and work on and then build something around that. Face recognition for example, fairly broad subject, and you could use it to do all sorts of interesting things. Automatically grouping photos by who's in them and whatnot. Expanding that out you could use similar techniques to make a simple version of Microsoft Kinect where the user could interact with the computer by a series of movements. Or you could make something a little more graphical. Dynamic worlds with some clever AI, so you could generate entire cities by passing in a few parameters and populate it with people who interact with each other. Most importantly though you should pick something you want to learn about and are interested in. If you're not enthusiastic about the project then nobody else will be.

                    My current favourite phrase: I've seen better!

                    -SK Genius

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                    • P patr1c1a

                      I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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                      Bassam Abdul Baki
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                      Venn Diagram database.

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                        The world is full of curmudgeon! :P

                        A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                        Henry Minute
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                        My local stream is full of Gudgeon. The local strays like to catch and eat them at the shallow spots. So maybe they are cur gudgeon.

                        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                        • A Anthony Mushrow

                          Rather than trying to think up some specific application to work on just try to find some broader subject you'd like to learn about and work on and then build something around that. Face recognition for example, fairly broad subject, and you could use it to do all sorts of interesting things. Automatically grouping photos by who's in them and whatnot. Expanding that out you could use similar techniques to make a simple version of Microsoft Kinect where the user could interact with the computer by a series of movements. Or you could make something a little more graphical. Dynamic worlds with some clever AI, so you could generate entire cities by passing in a few parameters and populate it with people who interact with each other. Most importantly though you should pick something you want to learn about and are interested in. If you're not enthusiastic about the project then nobody else will be.

                          My current favourite phrase: I've seen better!

                          -SK Genius

                          Source Indexing and Symbol Servers Vehicle Simulation Demo - Mostly Works

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                          patr1c1a
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                          Thanks a lot :) The face recognition idea sounds really great. I'll talk to my tutor about it and see if he can provide any interesting thoughts. I definitely want something that I'm excited about. But it's hard to be excited about something that has been done thousands of times already and where there's not much I can add to :laugh: So, thank you!

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                          • P patr1c1a

                            I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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                            Nithin Sundar
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                            This wasn't my area before but when I had to do a project (I'm a B.E. in Electronics and Communication) almost everything was done before. Most of my peers took up projects which were done earlier and went on to add their own improvements to it and stuff. :) My team was lucky enough to stumble upon a field where almost no projects had been done. So we did our project in the area of Solar Energy but we ended up getting lower marks than most of our classmates! :mad: You basically have these choices right now: Either you bring in a new idea or take an existing technology and improve it or look out for and venture into unknown waters. I would initially suggest you to ask your tutor as to what kind of a project needs to be done (for example if your institution requires that your title meet the IEEE standards or something) and then proceed to ask him about any such ideas. You can search for the latest papers on the internet on new ideas and try to implement them as well. I know that it's going to be really hard to choose a project. Good Luck and do your best!

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                            • P patr1c1a

                              I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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                              M dHatter
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                              Build an app that says hello world in every language. :laugh:

                              "I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain

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                              • P patr1c1a

                                I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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                                GenJerDan
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                                What do you do all the time? Find an easier way to do it. Or something that will make it easier. Or something that will make it more fun.

                                There is water at the bottom of the ocean. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                                • P patr1c1a

                                  I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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                                  stephen hazel
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                                  midi sequencer? that's my pet project. there are a lot of em out there, but most of em suck. good luck to ya :)

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                                  • P patr1c1a

                                    I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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                                    IN this thread[^] I noted there was an application available on a mag cover CD that allows the user to spec up a PC - giving selection of the various parts (Mother Board, video card, RAM, disk etc. etc.) but that it would be much better to have it as a web app where the latest prices are sourced from local vendors. I don't know how 'big' your project needs to be to fulfill requirements, but this strikes me as being doable. Another one (I did at Uni) is a Doctor/Dentist/Vet/something else booking system. Book your own appointment at the doctor - email reminders sent out (or SMS) when appointment is due or if it needs to be canceled; the opportunity for patients to ask to get the earliest appointment (so they fill a slot if someone else cancels) or to specify they need an appointment "after 5 O'Clock any day except Thursday" etc. A similar, but simpler version (again I did at Uni) is a Kindergarten booking system. Here in Australia parents have to queue overnight to try to get a place at Kindy. My app allows parents to register children any time up to a closing date/time, allocates randomly (with criteria such as siblings both getting a place together) and allows them to select any number of Kindys to register with - but obviously only being allocated a place at one. Again, emails sent out requesting acceptance - cancellations allowing others who missed out to be allocated places etc. I got top marks for both - and if I can do it, anyone can :) Good luck! While it is a good idea to do something in which you're interested (my son was about to go to Kindy and I was working on medical software) I'd advise on doing something you feel is easily achievable, and doing it well rather than attempting something difficult and failing to produce.

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                                      IN this thread[^] I noted there was an application available on a mag cover CD that allows the user to spec up a PC - giving selection of the various parts (Mother Board, video card, RAM, disk etc. etc.) but that it would be much better to have it as a web app where the latest prices are sourced from local vendors. I don't know how 'big' your project needs to be to fulfill requirements, but this strikes me as being doable. Another one (I did at Uni) is a Doctor/Dentist/Vet/something else booking system. Book your own appointment at the doctor - email reminders sent out (or SMS) when appointment is due or if it needs to be canceled; the opportunity for patients to ask to get the earliest appointment (so they fill a slot if someone else cancels) or to specify they need an appointment "after 5 O'Clock any day except Thursday" etc. A similar, but simpler version (again I did at Uni) is a Kindergarten booking system. Here in Australia parents have to queue overnight to try to get a place at Kindy. My app allows parents to register children any time up to a closing date/time, allocates randomly (with criteria such as siblings both getting a place together) and allows them to select any number of Kindys to register with - but obviously only being allocated a place at one. Again, emails sent out requesting acceptance - cancellations allowing others who missed out to be allocated places etc. I got top marks for both - and if I can do it, anyone can :) Good luck! While it is a good idea to do something in which you're interested (my son was about to go to Kindy and I was working on medical software) I'd advise on doing something you feel is easily achievable, and doing it well rather than attempting something difficult and failing to produce.

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                                      Jorgen Andersson
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                                      _Maxxx_ wrote:

                                      I'd advise on doing something you feel is easily achievable, and doing it well rather than attempting something difficult and failing to produce

                                      That's so right.

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                                      • P patr1c1a

                                        I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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                                        realJSOP
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                                        How about something that converts XAML to ANY .Net language.

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                                        • P patr1c1a

                                          I need a good software project to work on as my final project (I'm trying to get my degree as a Computer Programmer). But there's nothing that hasn't been done! I've already accepted the fact that I will have to do something that someone has already done before, but I'd like to, at least, make an application that hasn't been done by 6346 programmers before ;P So that I can add my pinch of salt and expect it to be a worthy contribution. Any ideas?

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                                          On the DonationCoder forum (Coding Snack section) there's a whole stack of ideas that never got implemented, so you might want to take a look[^]

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