Programming Bucket List

Master COBOL for legacy business systems

Master Vue.js for web applications

Master Scala for functional JVM programming

Master designing scalable cloud-based systems

Learn Objective-C for iOS development

Master Laravel framework for web development

Master designing large-scale systems

Master blockchain technology, the decentralized digital ledger system behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Learn about distributed consensus, smart contracts, and applications in finance, supply chain, and beyond.

Master Kubernetes for container orchestration

Build a whole game in a weekend to somebody else’s theme: Ludum Dare, the GMTK jam, or a jam in a room with other people.

Change somebody else’s game: a balance patch, a total conversion, a Skyrim follower who talks back. Half-Life became Counter-Strike this way.

Put something finished in front of strangers, with a page, a price of your choosing and a download counter that is honest.

Take an app, a plugin or a piece of open source and localise it properly - the strings, the dates, the plurals - then send the translation upstream.

Master LEAN, a functional programming language and interactive theorem prover used for formalizing mathematics and verifying software. Develop skills in writing proofs and constructing mathematical objects within LEAN's dependent type theory, enabling you to tackle complex formal verification projects and contribute to mathematical libraries like mathlib.

Learn CUDA, NVIDIA's parallel computing platform and programming model, to harness the power of GPUs for high-performance computing. Master the CUDA C/C++ API to write kernels that can process thousands of threads simultaneously, ideal for tasks like deep learning, scientific simulations, and image processing. Explore essential topics including memory management, thread hierarchy, and performance optimization techniques such as shared memory and coalesced access.

Master GDScript, the scripting language for the Godot game engine, used for creating 2D and 3D games.

Master Vim, a highly configurable text editor for efficient coding and text editing

Master Lua, a lightweight and embeddable scripting language used in game development and applications

Achieve the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award for technical expertise and community contributions

Master Modo, a powerful 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software used in industries like film, gaming, and design

Master K-3D, a free and open-source 3D modeling and animation software

Master Terraform, an open-source infrastructure as code software tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently

Master Knockout.js, a JavaScript library for creating rich, responsive user interfaces with a clean underlying data model

Master Tailwind CSS, a utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development

Master Zig, a general-purpose programming language designed for robustness, optimality, and clarity

Master FastAPI, a modern, fast web framework for building APIs with Python

Master Fortran, a high-level programming language used for numerical and scientific computing

Master Bash, the Unix shell and command language for efficient system management and automation

Create and publish your own npm package to share with the developer community

Master CGI (Common Gateway Interface), a standard protocol for web servers to execute programs like console applications running on a server that generates web pages dynamically