At the begging I will tell that I am first year undergrad in bioinformatics. My programming skills are not satisfying me. I do some basic programs in C at uni. In past I did some codecademy/khanacademy etc. also took some android class. I get some general ideas, yet I don't see fun in doing exercises from books/manuals. That's why I want to join some project to do something real. I don't think of doing it by myself. Just hoping someone needs a pair of hand to do some basic stuff too boring/monotone for people who are not beginners in programming anymore. I wish to learn. I think of spending this Summer doing so. I would want to join a project somehow connected to my future plans. Yet I don't know will they accept a novice and also where to find a project. My interest and future plans are in synthetic biology and/or gerontology. I checked SENS Foundation website, yet I am not sure do I qualify as a total beginner. Do you know any projects at least somehow connected to my interests that accept beginners?
search for a bioinformatics project on github.com, fork-it, modify it, send a pull request.
C is a pretty nasty programming language. Powerful but not for beginners. You should start with something easier like Perl, R, PHP, Ruby, hell even VB....
Thank you guys for responses ;D @BioApps C is obligatory at my university in past I did some courses with something easier like Python. I have hopes for finding something in bio-python ;D @Pierre Thanks I will try that. @Istvan, you may be right, I just thought that in that case I would have a supervisor/mentor, yet starting something myself may be better and it can allow me to connect it to my interests. Thank you all guys
If C is mandatory then at least find a nice IDE, debugger, etc to help you with the development.