Learning to code can be difficult and confusing, especially if you don't know where to start. The best approach to improve your programming abilities is to use them to create coding projects.
Here are the best programming projects to boost your confidence and make you a better developer, whether you're new to coding or returning to coding. I also mentioned the technologies that can be used in each project, but feel free to use any of your favorite programming languages or frameworks.
Calculator app
The program that we all use daily is the calculator. The calculator is a simple and practical project. For reference, you can see Adeola Adeoti's calculator app, the source code of her app can be found here.
What you will learn
Building a calculator app can help you learn how to create reusable components, how to use props, and how to manage states.
Technology stack
Features
- Beautiful user interface
- Dark mode / Light mode
- Sensitive
Blog website
Starting your own blog not only improves your coding skills but also your online presence. If you have a blog and share content regularly, you can attract many visitors, which can increase your online presence.
What you will learn
After creating a blog from scratch, you'll learn about styled components, routing in Next JS, implementing MDX, and using dynamic routes.
Technology stack
- Next.js
- React.js
- Styled Components
- MDX
Features
- Sensitive
- Dark mode / Light mode
Weather app
Having a comprehensive weather app in your portfolio can help you a lot in attracting customers. And if you deploy this application, not only you but many people can benefit from it.
What you will learn
After creating a weather app, you will learn how to retrieve data from the API, publish data to the API, map data, and create dynamic pages.
Technology stack
- React.js
- CSS tailwind
- Axios
Features
- Sensitive
- 4 day forecast
- Beautiful user interface
Spotify 2.0
You can create Spotify 2.0, your own version of Spotify. You can add as many features as possible and once finished you can deploy it online 🙂
What you will learn
Creating your own version of Spotify can help you learn how to retrieve data from the API, how to handle dynamic routes, how to handle authentication, etc.
Technology stack
- NextJS
- CSS tailwind
- Axios
- Auth0
Features
- Sensitive
- Light mode / Dark mode
- Beautiful user interface
- Authentication
- Use profile
- View song lyrics
Movies app
You can create a movies app from scratch in which you need to display movie details, posters, trailers, and cast. I believe you will enjoy building this project.
What you will learn
Creating a movie app can help you learn how to create a reusable component, how to retrieve data from API, how to create dynamic pages.
Technology stack
- VueJS
- Styled component
- Axios
- TMDB API
Features
- Sensitive
- Light mode / Dark mode
- Beautiful user interface
- View movie ratings
- Show castings/film trailer
- View movies based on genre
Clone Youtube UI
If you want to learn more about grids, flexbox and management states, it would be better to clone YouTube UI. You don't need to do 100% the same thing as YouTube, you have the freedom to rethink and create your own version of YouTube.
What you will learn
Creating a YouTube UI clone can help you learn more about grids, flexbox, state management, and responsiveness.
Technology stack
- Slender
- SMUI (slender hardware user interface)
Features
Chat app
If you want to know more about Firebase, Firestore, Realtime Database, etc. This project is for you, having this project in your portfolio can strengthen your portfolio.
What you will learn
Building a chat app can help you learn about Firebase, authentication, Firebase real-time database, etc.
Technology stack
- React.js
- Fire base
- Hardware user interface
Features
- Sensitive
- Real-time chat
- Dark mode / Light mode
SaaS landing page
Creating a landing page can help you a lot in improving your frontend skills.
What you will learn
Developing a landing page for SaaS can help you improve your grid, flexbox, and responsiveness skills.
Technology stack
Features
Task management app
This project might take some time, but it will be worth it. You can create a task management website with just tasks, a calendar, and a few documents.
What you will learn
Creating a task management app can help you learn about states, markdown, local storage, and authentication.
Technology stack
- Next.js
- CSS tailwind
- Auth0
- Reduction
Features
- Sensitive
- Add tasks
- Creating wikis (using markdown)
E-commerce website user interface
Another awesome project you can do to improve your frontend skills is developing the user interface of an e-commerce website.
What you will learn
After developing the user interface of an e-commerce website, you will learn about reusable components, state management, and working with props.
Technology stack
Features
Admin Dashboard
Last on our list is the admin dashboard. The admin dashboard or admin panel is a place where the website administrator/owner manages their website. Creating the UI of an admin panel can help you improve your frontend skills
What you will learn
After developing an admin dashboard, you will learn how to create many types of components, reuse them in the right place, and make a page responsive.
Technology stack
- React.js
- SCSS
- React to Bootstrap
Features
- Sensitive
- Beautiful user interface
- Light mode / Dark mode
Conclusion
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