Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

about.md

Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

This gist is part of a blog post. Check it out at:

http://jasonrudolph.com/blog/2011/08/09/programming-achievements-how-to-level-up-as-a-developer

First things first:

This is what shit means:

• Achievement unlocked
• [*] Partially finished
• [-] Working on it
• Haven't bothered yet

programming-achievements.org

Learn a variety of programming paradigms [3/7]

• [ ] Write a program in assembly language
• [x] Write an application in a functional language
• [x] Write an application in an object-oriented language
• [x] Write an application in a prototype-based language
• [ ] Write an application in a logic programming language
• [ ] Write an application using the Actor model
• [*] Write an application in Forth

Experience the ins and outs of programming for different platforms [1/5]

• [x] Write a nontrivial web app
• [ ] Write a nontrivial desktop app
• [ ] Write a nontrivial mobile app
• [ ] Write an embedded app
• [ ] Write a realtime system

Enhance your understanding of the building blocks that we use as developers [1/7]

• [ ] Write a networking client (e.g., HTTP, FTP)
• [ ] Write a device driver
• [ ] Write a B-tree database
• [ ] Wrap an existing library to provide a better (more pleasant) user experience
• [ ] Write an application or framework that provides a plugin model
• [ ] Write a testing framework
• [x] Write a programming language

Enlighten yourself with koans, katas, and the wisdom of ages [1.5/4]

• [ ] Complete five code katas
• [x] Complete the programming koans for a language that you want to learn
• [ ] Attend a code retreat
• [*] Read SICP and complete all the exercises

Program in the open [3/5]

• [x] Contribute to an open source project
• [x] Have a patch accepted
• [ ] Earn commit rights on a significant open source project
• [x] Publish an open source project
• [ ] Perform a Refactotum of an open source project

Learn by teaching others [1/7]

• [ ] Present a lightning talk
• [ ] Present at a local user group
• [x] Present at a conference
• [ ] Deliver a training course
• [ ] Publish a tutorial
• [ ] Publish a constructive code review of an open source project
• [ ] Write a programming book