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    practical-tutorials/project-based-learning

    Curated list of project-based tutorials

    education
    beginner-project
    cpp
    golang
    javascript
    project
    Python
    MIT
    289.3K stars
    36.8K forks
    3.5K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    The project lists 110 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #4 in the weekly ranking the week of Aug 16, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a curated list of project-based programming tutorials across multiple languages and technologies to learn software development by building real applications.
    • Offers diverse, language-specific, and practical tutorials that enable hands-on learning through building complete projects from scratch.
    • Use for beginners seeking structured, language-focused projects to practice coding skills in Python, JavaScript, C++, and more.
    • Use for educators or mentors looking for comprehensive, project-based resources to teach programming concepts through real-world examples.
    • Use for developers aiming to explore new languages or frameworks by following guided tutorials that cover web development, game development, networking, and system programming.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    A list of programming tutorials in which aspiring software developers learn how to build an application from scratch. These tutorials are divided into different primary programming languages. Tutorials may involve multiple technologies and languages.

    To get started, simply fork this repo. Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution guidelines.

    Excerpt from the practical-tutorials/project-based-learning README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 12: +504Aug 13: +214Aug 14: +80Aug 18: +78

    +10,979 stars over 89 days across 12 snapshot days; best day +504 on Aug 12.

    Forks

    36.8K+1.1K

    Open issues

    239-29

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