Tools to be installed:

• MariaDB or MySQL
• JDK
• Android Studio
• MongoDB
• Visual Studio 2015
• Visual Studio 2017?
• Windows 10 SDK
• Python 2 & 3
• Ecilpse?
• XAMPP
• IIS

Projects

• Android based file manager and de-duplicator
  Manage file sync onto and off of tablets and phones.
  Assist in removing duplicate files from areas on the phone.
  Assist in transferring only files not already saved from the phone to an external PC
  Assist in transferring only files not already on the phone from external sources.
• Possibly a simple Android based game
  Play with android native graphics (OpenGL ES)
  Play with some game mechanics and UI functionality.
• PC Based file de-duplication and archive management tool
  C#/MongoDB
  Facilitate removal of unneeded duplicate files
  Index removable media with full file fingerprints
  Manage tracking of multiple copies of files for safe archiving
  Assist in identification of files with viewing or thumbnailing and potentially some validity checking.
  May be several discrete tools using common data store and formats.
• Build a simple networked game using web technologies
  PHP/WebGL/Javascript/Angular
  Back end to my web hosting here
  Present some simple, wargame-like game with multi-player remote capability
  Run game rules and dice rolling on the server
  Present game state on the web browser using canvas and probably WebGL.
• Camera card data transfer
  IIS/APS.NET/C#/C++/Service
  Run on a NUC and monitor SD and CF cards
  When new image files are found, transfer them to two attached hard drives and verify the tranfer
  Once the transfer is complete, erase the files from the card…possibly progressively
  Present a web UI to show status of the drives, the card and any transfers in progress.
• Play with HTC Vive
  OpenGL
  Start writing some VR code to work with the VR headset.
  Not sure what I’ll do here, but have to get through the initial complexity before looking at specifics.