Expanded Project Guides

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Project Index

#	Project	Difficulty	Time	Key Focus
1	DNS Query Tool (UDP Basics)	Level 1: Beginner	Weekend	UDP Sockets, DNS Protocol, Binary Parsing
2	TCP Echo Server & Client (Blocking Sockets)	Level 1: Beginner	Weekend	TCP Sockets, Client-Server Model
3	Multi-Client Chat Server (select/poll)	Level 2: Intermediate	1 week	I/O Multiplexing, Event-Driven Programming
4	TCP Port Scanner	Level 2: Intermediate	1 week	Connection States, Timeouts, Concurrent Connections
5	HTTP/1.1 Client (From Scratch)	Level 2: Intermediate	1-2 weeks	HTTP Protocol, Text Parsing, Keep-Alive
6	HTTP/1.1 Server (From Scratch)	Level 3: Advanced	2 weeks	HTTP Protocol, Request Routing, Static File Serving
7	JSON-RPC Server	Level 2: Intermediate	1 week	RPC, JSON Serialization, Protocol Design
8	Protocol Buffers Message Queue	Level 3: Advanced	2 weeks	Binary Serialization, Message Queues, Pub/Sub
9	High-Performance Server with epoll	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	Linux epoll, Non-Blocking I/O, Event Loop
10	HTTP Load Tester	Level 3: Advanced	2 weeks	Concurrent Connections, Statistics, Benchmarking
11	Thread Pool TCP Server	Level 3: Advanced	2 weeks	Concurrency, Thread Pool, Work Distribution
12	WebSocket Chat Server	Level 3: Advanced	2 weeks	WebSocket Protocol, HTTP Upgrade, Framing
13	HTTPS Client with OpenSSL	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	TLS/SSL, Certificate Validation, OpenSSL API
14	TLS Chat Server with Client Certificates	Level 4: Expert	2 weeks	Mutual TLS, PKI, Certificate Generation
15	io_uring Echo Server	Level 4: Expert	2 weeks	io_uring, True Async I/O, Ring Buffers
16	C++20 Coroutine HTTP Server	Level 4: Expert	3 weeks	C++20 Coroutines, Executors, Async Patterns
17	SOCKS5 Proxy Server	Level 3: Advanced	2 weeks	Proxying, SOCKS Protocol, Traffic Forwarding
18	Production HTTP/2 Server with Complete Features	Level 5: Master	1-2 months	HTTP/2, All Previous Concepts Combined