Building Portfolio - Need ideas to dev

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Hello,

As December is here. Would like to start building a portfolio.
Not too clued up on Web/Mobile which is where I would like to start.

Anyone looking for Web Apps or Mobile Apps? Need idea's.

Mainly backend dev. Know some Python,C#, Java, C++ etc. A little HTML :o
 
First work on your grammar.
Secondly, I have found that, unless you're in the graphic design/publishing space, nobody cares about a portfolio.
But if this has changed, do let me know I'd be interested to hear your experience or how it worked out for you.
 
Randy_The_Squirrel said:
First work on your grammar.
Secondly, I have found that, unless you're in the graphic design/publishing space, nobody cares about a portfolio.
But if this has changed, do let me know I'd be interested to hear your experience or how it worked out for you.
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As an independent contractor. Having previous work helps.
 
Last time someone asked this I posted somethign similar to the below and never heard back ...

I have a couple of mp3 files.
They're scattered across different directories in a music folder.
Some of them have full metadata, some have none.
Some have a filename:
song.mp3
and there may be duplicates like:
song-albumn.mp3
maybe even
song-albumn-artist.mp3
or any combination of that.

They may be in different directories:
music/song.mp3 or music/artist/song.mp3

Write a program to sort this all out, keep the highest quality recording and mark the duplicates.

Probably give an option of :
This is the origional file, these are the duplicates, delete duplicates?


I guess it could be done by creating a md5 of each file and comparing them to find duplicates.
From there, try read metadata and divide them into a common file structure like:
music/artist/albumn/song.mp3


how's that?
 
rward said:
Last time someone asked this I posted somethign similar to the below and never heard back ...

I have a couple of mp3 files.
They're scattered across different directories in a music folder.
Some of them have full metadata, some have none.
Some have a filename:
song.mp3
and there may be duplicates like:
song-albumn.mp3
maybe even
song-albumn-artist.mp3
or any combination of that.

They may be in different directories:
music/song.mp3 or music/artist/song.mp3

Write a program to sort this all out, keep the highest quality recording and mark the duplicates.

Probably give an option of :
This is the origional file, these are the duplicates, delete duplicates?


I guess it could be done by creating a md5 of each file and comparing them to find duplicates.
From there, try read metadata and divide them into a common file structure like:
music/artist/albumn/song.mp3


how's that?
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By highest quality... FLAC > MP4A >AAC > MP3 && bitrate?
Will look into this thanks :)

Will try bump thread in a week. Should be done before then.
 
rward said:
Last time someone asked this I posted somethign similar to the below and never heard back ...

I have a couple of mp3 files.
They're scattered across different directories in a music folder.
Some of them have full metadata, some have none.
Some have a filename:
song.mp3
and there may be duplicates like:
song-albumn.mp3
maybe even
song-albumn-artist.mp3
or any combination of that.

They may be in different directories:
music/song.mp3 or music/artist/song.mp3

Write a program to sort this all out, keep the highest quality recording and mark the duplicates.

Probably give an option of :
This is the origional file, these are the duplicates, delete duplicates?


I guess it could be done by creating a md5 of each file and comparing them to find duplicates.
From there, try read metadata and divide them into a common file structure like:
music/artist/albumn/song.mp3


how's that?
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ooo that sounds like a challenge. I'll try jump on this as soon I'm done with exams.

OP.
I had a portfolio with FreeCodeCamp (pomodoro, todos, weather api app) projects and was told to do away with them as they've been overdone. But ja, open source and random apps that people would actually use seems the way to go.
 
A portfolio of code is hard. If you've written the code for someone else, they own that code and its a little dubious to (potentially) expose their intellectual capital.

This is a decent alternative, though it shows problem solving ability above code structure ability. If you can solve the problems (and you can to it in any language, not just Python) in a decent manner, you have what it takes to be a developer

http://www.pythonchallenge.com/

That will give you a "portfolio" of some solutions to complex problems.


(and even solving the first 3 or 4 with decent code will show you know your stuff - you don't have to finish it)
 
rward said:
Last time someone asked this I posted somethign similar to the below and never heard back ...

I have a couple of mp3 files.
They're scattered across different directories in a music folder.
Some of them have full metadata, some have none.
Some have a filename:
song.mp3
and there may be duplicates like:
song-albumn.mp3
maybe even
song-albumn-artist.mp3
or any combination of that.

They may be in different directories:
music/song.mp3 or music/artist/song.mp3

Write a program to sort this all out, keep the highest quality recording and mark the duplicates.

Probably give an option of :
This is the origional file, these are the duplicates, delete duplicates?


I guess it could be done by creating a md5 of each file and comparing them to find duplicates.
From there, try read metadata and divide them into a common file structure like:
music/artist/albumn/song.mp3


how's that?
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Funny enough, this is faaaaar better than the specs I receive at work, if I ever do get any.
 
as a non-coder person,

Why not make your portfolio as a series of case studies and infographics? eg. Point out the problems, and what you did to solve it and finally the savings or results from your software or script.
 
naeem said:
as a non-coder person,

Why not make your portfolio as a series of case studies and infographics? eg. Point out the problems, and what you did to solve it and finally the savings or results from your software or script.
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It would help, but as a coder person I'd like to see actual code, not BI/Business Architect stuff.
 
To avoid the stuff that has been done to death like todo lists and to avoid exposing clients intellectual property why not do something that will help an NGO or non-profit? I'm not talking about partnering with an NGO, I mean like a tools that NGO's in a certain sector can use.
 
No one has ever asked for my portfolio. I've always just passed the test they give you which usually show competency. If you're a graphics designer, by all means, get a portfolio together to show your stuff.

If you can't think of anything to write, then you most probably won't be able to problem solve well. Currently I have several ideas, both personal and work-related that I'm busy with.
 
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