Advanced Portfolio project suggestions.

Paige;

This is a great question and one that comes up a lot. What are you interested in doing in your coding career? What types of websites or apps interest you?

Have you thought about finding one that you use frequently and trying to clone it using your preferred language stack?

They don't have to be as fully fleshed out as an entire production site. Perhaps choose one feature that you really want to explore and build that part out. For example, if you could build a social site that maybe doesn't have all the same bells and whistles as Facebook, but handles the basic concepts of users, user networks, and messaging.

There are lots of project ideas out there that would be great for a portfolio and remember that for your portfolio they don't have to be full-featured applications. A minimal-viable-product is a great thing to have as an example as well. It can lead to some great interview conversations too. "What would be the next thing you add to this project?" "How would you do this differently now?"

Here's a list of ideas, though, just for fun:

• Build a content management system that manages a restaurant menu.
• Make a simple time tracking and invoicing tool.
• Make a searchable notes app.
• An address book that stores the contact information for a list of people.

Hope it helps. Post back if you'd like to continue the conversation.

Happy coding!
Ken W. Alger