[Tutor] New project idea!!

[Prasad, Ramit]

>So, last year I build a Sudoku solver in C which was an amazing experience (though re inventing wheel is not a big deal at all), I learned a lot. 
>Now, I would like to do a similar project using python (which should be quite acceptable to put on my resume).. Any Ideas please!!
>(Note: I am no computer science guy, My day-to-day affairs deal with resistors, capacitors, transistors etc. I try to learn programming myself at home.. So, I wouldn't have knowledge exactly how a computer science guys will have. But I have more than enough enthusiasm..   


Why not simply create a Sudoku solver from scratch in Python. 
That way you will be familiar with the logical process and learn Python?

Or just use it to do something you do on a computer you find tedious. 
My last Python script (at home) was simply to take a bunch of Facebook 
emails and merge the comments so I could go back and read the comments 
on a deleted post. A script before that was to help me download files,
but it would save where it stopped so I could go back if I stopped
prematurely or if new files were added to the list.

Maybe you have something you could automate at work? Some kind of 
calculation or circuit planning?

For non-CS people, usually games are the most interesting. So if you
are bored with Sudoku, pick another game. Casino games e.g. poker / 
blackjack / slots are common beginner games and can be done without 
having to learn a GUI framework...you can just print cards/slot.


Hope that helps,
Ramit


Ramit Prasad | JPMorgan Chase Investment Bank | Currencies Technology
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