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bakerchad79
Full stack developer looking for a job
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I feel like I have imposter syndrome because I graduated as a full stack developer yet I haven’t done an individual project yet because I don’t feel skilled enough and it’s stressing me out. Seems so hard sometimes. I know I can create something great though one day

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SeattleDataGuy
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Take a deep breath!

I don't have any specific projects on github but I have done plenty at companies.

It all happens in time! If you want to do one for yourself, just start small. Start by scraping a website, or building a basic form and go from there.

You don't have to build it all in one day. I often look back after a year or two of coding and I am shocked at how much worked I have done. In the day by day it seems like nothing. But it all adds up!

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Kabeer279
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That was motivating for me thank you..

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dilakv
I am a developer, and i love it. I want to learn every single day how to improve my skills.
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You have to start. Really start with something, whatever. it's probably going to be wrong and buggy, accept it, that will be fine. But you need to start

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Kabeer279
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That was motivating for me thank you.."That start with something part" .. was a good point ..

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SeattleDataGuy
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Yup! just start and then don't stop!!!

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Nando AM
Open the Source. Free the Software.
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I plan to develop a football scores predictor based on data scraped from multiples sources on the internet.

I also want to dive into the cryptocurrency world to see if I can develop an autotrader. I want a hobby that can make me rich :)

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SeattleDataGuy
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Haha! Good luck!

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Anower Jahan Shofol
Full-stack Engineer and Founder, Revolab
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I got a list here too- github.com/florinpop17/app-ideas

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SeattleDataGuy
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Now this is some next level side-project. Most of us just sit here constantly starting new projects and never finishing them XP....

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Nikita Sobolev
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When doing these projects, don't forget about your coding style. I recommend to use wemake-python-styleguide to catch all possible errors one can accidentally make.

It is the strictest Python linter out there. And trust me, it will help you to learn a lot of things as a beginner. Why? Because it encourages you to write high-quality code. And even forces sometimes.

Combine it with nice docs and friendly community, and you are all set for the success!

GitHub logo wemake-services / wemake-python-styleguide

The strictest and most opinionated python linter ever!

wemake-python-styleguide

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Welcome to the strictest and most opinionated python linter ever.

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wemake-python-styleguide is actually a flake8 plugin with some other plugins as dependencies.

Quickstart

pip install wemake-python-styleguide

You will also need to create a setup.cfg file with the configuration.

We highly recommend to also use:

  • flakehell for easy integration into a legacy codebase
  • nitpick for sharing and validating configuration across multiple projects

Running

flake8 your_module.py

This app is still just good old flake8 And it won't change your existing workflow.

invocation resuts

See "Usage" section in the docs for examples and integrations.

We also support Github Actions as first class-citizens Try it out!

What we are about

The ultimate goal of this project is to make all people write exactly the same python code.

black mypy pylint flake8 wemake-python-styleguide
Formats code?
Finds style issues?
Finds bugs?
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M4YM30W
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Nice post :)

I have some side projects too but only small pieces are production ready. My problem is during developing i get new idea and that is end ...

Now i woring on project which downloading informations from Mikrotik routers over API.

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Andrei Gatej
On a never-ending learning journey.

Great list! I did something similar to nr6 and I can tell that I’ve learnt a LOT!

I had such a great time building that app.

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SeattleDataGuy
Software Engineer | Consultant | Data Scientist

What's your next project idea?

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Andrei Gatej
On a never-ending learning journey.

Nowadays I prefer exploring and eventually contributing to projects rather than building my own.

I have no idea of what I could build, but I’d look for something complex.

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Chris Achard
I'm trying to teach everything I know at chrisachard.com Instructor at egghead.io Mostly, I use JS, React, Rails, and Node
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Neat list! It definitely has some things on it that I wouldn't have thought of.

My biggest recommendation is to find something you're actually excited to work on! If you build something that you don't like just because it will look good on a resume - then interviewers will really pick up on that. So make sure you pick a project you like :)

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Victor Darkes
Software Engineer that uses AWS, React, Kotlin and Java.
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These are definitely some solid ideas. If someone can go through all of these they have a great portfolio!

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