Thread: How do you all practice Java programming?

I'm a computer science student who only just earned an Associate's degree this past Spring but I still don't feel, I guess you could say, that I'm proficient at coding using what I currently know which is only Java basics, and basics of data structures/algorithms. You always hear that the best way to improve or to remember something is through consistent practice, and I'm all for it. BUT the part I get stumped on is the question of: What do I code?

What I've tried:
I've done most of the problems on CodingBat and I try doing problems here and there on Codewars, although, on Codewars some seem way beyond what I can currently do.

Conclusion:
How do you practice coding, what do you do exactly, any tricks you do/use to help, any recommendations?

Find a project that solves some problem you (or a friend) currently have and write the code to solve it.
For example a project I am currently working on:
I want to provide a simple way to distribute to other PCs an image of what is shown on my PC's screen.
My project will provide a server that other PCs can connect to and receive a html page that will poll my server for a copy of my PCs screen. The project is to provide a group of people with phones or tablets a quick and easy way to view the contents of my PC while I give a talk about it.
The server on my PC will receive two types of http connections: one to get the html page that will poll for the images and the other a request from that page to return an image of what is being shown on my PC. The server will be written in java.
The html page will be html and a lot of javascript.