programming projects that taught me how to code

In this video I show you five if the programming projects that taught me how to code!
00:00 intro
00:19 image to ascii
01:56 notes sorter
03:47 sudoku solver
05:09 typing game
07:01 dvwa
08:19 table tennis robot
09:00 bye
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[@vovagusse]

You did not have to put that sound effect when you opened mona_lisa.jpeg lmfao😂

[@daru6912]

🤣

[@aboxninja]

Your videos are amazing I can't believe you are this underrated, I am not even a beginner but I still got good project ideas from this, keep up the great work man!

[@VictorSilvaDev]

Nice dude. These projects are really fun. I will use these examples and create my own versions of each to practice as well

[@isak]

Glad you like them, go for it!

[@haji-koto9765]

Me personally the project that helped me the most was learning to make a battleship game, but those projects look good too 💪

[@amanakonda]

Definitely inspired me to get started with making my own projects to learn programming languages better. Fun projects and nice video :)

[@xAlphaRob]

You're going to have a bright future, keep doing your thing brother.

[@Justin-dt5od]

you are really cool dude man!!! I liked the sudoku solver project

[@isak]

Awesome, thank you!

[@anshchoudhary4004]

i love this channel dude! these projects are so cool

[@isak]

thanks!!

[@dominiclotz9829]

awesome too see! Cant wait to see more of your applications!

[@isak]

More to come!

[@digitalpanda5969]

My first project add two numbers 🥲

[@RajSingh-gz6mr]

Lol, HackerRank first ques! I today reached 5 star in HackerRank 😊

[@mich1970]

We all start from somewhere, gl!

[@anashe5417]

I started from the same way

[@Idkchangethislater]

AS IT SHOULD

[@8mynts]

Hello World 🔥

[@ilyeshammadi7278]

Good vibes in this channel, keep it up brother 💪🏼

[@isak]

Thanks! Will do!

[@yangxiyu5667]

love this video! The projects are so fun!

[@ThePixelSlime]

Love the RuneScape wallpaper on the background haha

[@mrparrot666]

My first project was adding two numbers, When i entered 2and 3 it prints 6

[@kenneth_romero]

awesome stuff, was seeing this in my recommended for the longest so glad I clicked on it.

[@isak]

thanks! :)

[@SolomonSerban]

you're the best mate, good luck with your next projects, cheers ^-^

[@isak]

Thanks, you too!

[@Garfield_Minecraft]

my first project is html point and click puzzle game(no canvas) the file is in my old PC and i don't think i can recover the file back😢 and i wish i learn actionscript and using flash back then now i know python and c# c++ and linux assembly(NASM)

[@slightly_versat]

Interesting and very unique projects. Whenever i try to look for projects i end up on websites which say stuff like "build a calculator, a mock bank app or other impractical boring ideas" but these a actually fun. one minor thing though, i personally found the typing sounds and some other sounds like cracking (maybe the regulation of the sounds) somewhat distracting and made the video hard to watch sometimes. other than that,, i hope your channel grows a lot more

[@irayzen9847]

man this video got me inspired thank you.

[@isak]

Glad to hear it!

[@aryanbhargav1755]

Hey these are really great projects and inspired me a lot!! I had one question throughout.... What was your thought process and how'd you get the ideas about making these

[@zechariaparas9885]

Love the rs background bro

[@GUTS-vw7rs]

you had me in the first project very good and informative video thanks

[@isak]

Glad to hear it!

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

They seem great projects for a beginner and they have also some usage value.

[@rohitkumarpilania94]

sudoku solver and table tennis robot were awesome

[@jaaferelsadig]

Cool project ideas, thank you 🎉

[@isak]

Glad you like them!

[@AyushMannCodes]

Cool projects to work on and write in different languages.

[@aluin3770]

I love your videos ❤

[@randelventura987]

awesome content, u will climb so high so fast let me assure you haha

[@miguelemmara5046]

tbh, well maybe in my university at least, most CS student I know never actually create any of fun, cool, something to show side projects like you did bro is cool!

[@trockenfruchte468]

What a likeable guy

[@dvonnr.8266]

Once I heard the afk tracker alarm I was like..."maybe a coincidence..."then the rs music made it official lol.

[@Rosalies_]

hitting that old school on the outdo

[@Winsomnia]

oh Isak, you beautiful bastard, in the midst of the digital firmament, where knowledge doth oft lie concealed by shadows profound, thine contributions shine forth. With wisdom and grace, thou hast parsed the complex lore of programming, making it accessible to the multitude. Such a deed is both noble and rare, for it doth illuminate the path for the novices and enricheth the understanding of all. Let it be known, thy efforts are received with utmost reverence and gratitude, for thou hast truly advanced the cause of mine wisdom, as well as motivation.

[@Winsomnia]

Unto thee, esteemed harbinger of digital enlightenment, I, a youth of Danish soil, reach forth with a query most pressing. As one who navigates the frost-kissed landscapes of the North, akin to thy own Norwegian roots, I find myself ensnared in a quandary. The sands of time, ever fleeting, implore me not to squander my days in the pursuit of commoners' toil, tasks which lay not claim to the fruits of my programming prowess. Verily, I seek to wield mine skills for the betterment of our world, to sow the seeds of progress whilst also partaking in the harvest of prosperity. In thine own journey, how hast thou bridged the chasm betwixt passion and sustenance? How might one, still tender in years and eager in spirit, cultivate a stream of income through the art of programming? Such wisdom I seek, that I may too tread a path that honors both my capabilities and my desire to contribute meaningfully to the tapestry of our shared existence. Thy guidance would be as a lighthouse to a mariner amidst a tempest-tossed sea. I await, with bated breath, the beacon of thy wisdom to illuminate this endeavor.❤

[@guccigabbana.8284]

​@@Winsomniabro teach me how to write like that, please

[@ahsansajjad5259]

Nice Video man

[@lazarmilenkovic7799]

nice videos bro keep it up

[@jumbledfox2098]

one of my favourite little projects was a minesweeper game, the annoying part was drawing it to the console haha

[@MahmutEmenir]

nice dude.which you macbook model ?

[@ditz3nfitness]

"Hello World!"

[@isak]

hello ditz3nfitness !!

[@Misty.Buchanan]

Crazy. Are you from Norway?

[@isak]

u know it!!

[@sempiterno3243]

Thanks bro, interesting

[@isak]

You bet!

[@Pulko172]

okay what i have to type so I actually get a beginner project, like I just finished a lesson about pointers, idk exactly why would I use them with my current knowledge, I know they are useful but idk what I can exactly do with them as of now

[@akaBryan]

Great video but just a question about notesync! I looked through the repo and I wondered how the classification actually works! How does it know whether a sticky note is there and note just some color coded text?

[@isak]

good observation! it wouldn't know the difference between a blue note and a blue pen, so actually using it you would have to stick with a black pen

[@man-hf5ic]

That sound effect when he showed us the mona lisa💀💀

[@cx3622]

i like the dvwa one

[@lucaxtshotting2378]

I made a sudoku solver too, but mine can actually be used. If you can't play and you copy the algorithm from wikipedia it becomes quite a dull, borderline hard to finish project imo. Cool projects overall though, random, as they should be, maybe a little bit too simple.

[@nazmusshakib194]

can you provide the source code for the typing game . I am trying to make a project like that for my self but its in java .

[@__di3ter]

When did you make those projects? How much did you study before making those & how much assistance did you take? What's your approach when making projects? (Like first choosing project & then tech stack to make it or the other way around) Please reply, it'll be helpful as it'll bring some level of clarity. Thank you.

[@isak]

thanks for the comment! these projects were all made in 2018 by me. im not sure what you mean by studying before hand, but i definitely had some basic programming experience before doing these. i guess my approach would be to just make whatever interests me at the time! hope that clarifies :)

[@__di3ter]

@@isak Thanks 🥂

[@Nebula096]

for the first project i would say increase the width

[@wad2k]

thanks dude this is exactly what i was looking for!

[@isak]

Glad to hear it!

[@mohammadnassir8277]

whats the outro music ?? btw nice video liked and subbed !

[@isak]

its from the oldschool runescape soundtrack, track it called "background"

[@logeshwaran3016]

great brother !

[@isak]

Thanks for the visit

[@mycatissuperfluffy1388]

how do you figure out what libraries to use for coding projects

[@isak]

i often try to find similar projects and see what they are created with!

[@onedev02]

New video 🎉🔥 As always, I'm the first))

[@isak]

onedev02!!👑

[@AMNOWTECH]

Interesting projects, The last project you showed but didn't show us the code, so when will bring out a video on it?

[@isak]

probably never as it was created before my github days and the code is long lost by now😬

[@AMNOWTECH]

@@isak lol 😆 got you, but can I get in touch with you privately?

[@isak]

@@AMNOWTECHsend me an email! you should be able to find it on my website :)

[@varshneydevansh]

Bro got hair kinda like me instant sub 😂

[@QueenMissRose]

Nice projects! What terminal are you using?

[@isak]

kitty! I showed of my terminal setup in another video if you are interested :)

[@QueenMissRose]

@@isak dope! Will check it out, thanks ☺️

[@daumienebi]

Nice video, what's the ending music called?

[@isak]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3SalpidrMd3rac

[@nyfyoodiego5184]

hello, great video btw, can i do this projects to learn C programming??

[@isak]

Yes, absolutely! Go for it! 🙌

[@mintz347]

Is this for frontend role or which type of job is this application?

[@isak]

hmm these are all very general projects without any specific "role" in mind.. just some tips on how to learn some basics in programming

[@obiwankenobi1784]

coool

[@Rick-gd1uw]

how many weeks/months you were coding to be able to do these projects?

[@isak]

hard to give an exact time estimate, i was not programming very consistently at the time but i had done the codecademy python2 course at least

[@pizzakat]

goated

[@Fraaaaaaag]

hi i just subscribed to ur channel hopping to learn more

[@isak]

legend! u got it :)

[@solgrace42]

Cool

[@maxmuster7003]

But ASCII art is not very pixel precise. And so i made a pixel precise picture to character converter for monochrome pictures with a size of 112x112 pixel to display inside a block of extended character on vga text screen using batch files as an open source container to create the executable files with a little help from debug inside the DosBox emulation. I made a video(no speech) to show how it works and to share the batch files. Have fun.😊

[@isak]

checked out the video, seemed way cooler than my shitty ascii generator :D

[@maxmuster7003]

@@isak thx

[@maxmuster7003]

@@isak I learned how to decode the uncompressed Truevision Targa picture format *.tga files with 24 bit color and 1 bit color and with a tiny file header of 24 bytes easy to use, but i don’t know how to use other picture formats like *.gif, *.bmp, *.jpg. In DosBox i use a function from the graphic bios to change the character with software interrupt int 10 and AX=1110. I am not sure if Windows Powerscript provide to change the charcter to display a picture inside.

[@rad6626]

What’s your nvim setup?

[@isak]

custom setup, i showed it off in my previous video! :)

[@aniket7743]

Did he just say that Backtracking is a simple Algorithm ?

[@nickiascerinschi206]

Everything is hard when you just start after 1 decade it will be boringly easy so appreciate the complexity while you can.

[@ruan9631]

theme name?

[@isak]

github dark :)

[@splits8999]

osrs song located

[@itsmetoony]

Should I learn python before learning js if I want to pursue web dev?

[@isak]

not necessary at all, you could go straight for js :) what I liked about learning python fist was grasping some basic programming concepts, like functions, loops and so on. but you could ofc learn those easily in js as well!

[@itsmetoony]

@@isak All right, thanks for the advice!

[@itsmetoony]

Any good online resources for learning html css js?

[@phir9255]

Instead of Python better learn Java. Then JavaScript.

[@aresix8239]

​@phir9255 Java for an intro to web dev? Dude stop trolling. Javascript is all OP needs at the beginning.

[@SteinBee]

I made a photoshop 1.0 clone and a pong clone that I ported from windows to linux and then to a modern retro computer the commander X16,

[@isak]

sounds cool! photoshop on linux would be sick :D

[@d3adstarr]

I am a beginner programmer too and my knowledge is limited too but in the image to ascii project you have used a if else chain which is apparently an inefficient way for doing it. What you could've done is store the sum in a var then divided it by 100 and ciel the value so you could use a switch case instead. Very nice projects man !

[@user-fh1mx6pz3r]

are u swedish???

[@princememphis7726]

How would I go about doing your projects without just following along?

[@tmcxp]

Following a shitty or outdated tutorial/ course, you still following the idea but you won't be able to copy the code even if you want to.

[@princememphis7726]

@@tmcxp awesome. That's exactly what I was looking for

[@aeggeska1]

gigachad wtf

[@maxmuster7003]

At my school time no home computer exist and pocket calculators are not allowed at school. I learned programming at home without to have internet. These days it is much easier with all the documentation in the internet.

[@isak]

i couldn't even imagine! :D do you still code?

[@maxmuster7003]

@@isak Yes, but only tiny routines.

[@grenadier4702]

The next step is how to write reliable, maintainable and scalable code

[@Abhishek-cy1il]

If you really want to learn how to code then game development is best way to learn how to code

[@isak]

this is what college doesn't want u to know :P

[@zaidtk7233]

Am I supposed to just google "How to do Image to ASCII?" asking seriously

[@isak]

yup, go for it!🔥 if it seems to complicated you could try an easier project first

[@phir9255]

Damn what's so good about Python that it's so popular?

[@grenadier4702]

it's easy to learn just like js

[@phir9255]

idk, it has many libraries that do a lot with a few lines of code but actually learning the language to me is no easier than any other language@@grenadier4702

[@isak]

i think python has a pretty minimal and beginner friendly syntax, as well as infinite resources aimed for those learning the basics of programming

[@boastfultoast]

AMONGUS SUS

[@tezzla6358]

you look like you know how to code

[@antonkalashnikov572]

Bro, use switch or dictionary

[@Pat315]

JS is not a class-based object oriented language. So for anyone wanting to OOP, don't learn it in JS.

[@isak]

after ES6 which came out in 2015 javascript has had class syntax

[@yyyd6559]

Learn Java or c#

[@Pat315]

@@isak which no one should use for OOP

[@mirtilo]

why did mona lisa rizz me up

[@dewmi4403]

Hey you! Yes you! Now Comback🫂!

[@isak]

i will!

[@dewmi4403]

@@isak Im waiting

[@pea3080]

Crazy. Are you from Norway?