What are some web applications worth coding for experience? [closed]

Question

Lately i got into web development (in asp.net mvc), and i'm looking for some ideas web application ideas worth coding, preferably in an increasing difficulty level. my first app (which i'm currently coding) is a photo gallery web site

Answer 1

The application you're likely to get the most out of is the one you most want to actually use. That way you'll have much more motivation to add features, consider usability etc than if you just do one for the sake of learning.

Implementation requirements which are handy to have had experience with though:

• Security (logging in, database security etc)
• Internationalisation (if you're really keen - it can be very tricky!)
• AJAX
• Database access

If you can think of something you might want to actually use that covers most of those, you'll learn a lot. Of course, if you can think of something that isn't already out there, that's even better - when you've started getting somewhere, you can found your own company :)

Answer 2

Something that interests you. If it doesn't interest you, you probably won't finish it. Odds are you'll stop as soon as you hit a snag. But if it interests you, the odds of persevering through the challenges are much higher.

And remember, you learn a lot more pushing past the big obstacles than just coding the bulk.

Answer 3

A simple blog site (coded from scratch) is pretty good. DB interactivity, logging in for comments... eventually searching, etc :)