Topic: hackathons
Guest View: Use hackathons to validate your product
You think you have a great product. Your product manager thinks you have a great product. Your developers think they have created a great product. The question is – how do you prove this before you send it out to your alpha and beta testers for real-world feedback? Therefore, we recommend the multistage hackathon approach … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Microsoft announces a new dev landing page and issues repo, MuseDev’s free code analysis platform, and Applitools’ Ultrafast Cross Browser Hackathon
Microsoft is giving developers new ways to work with Windows. The company announced a new docs landing page and a new GitHub issues repo. The new landing page aims to help developers set up their development environments and optimize workflow on Windows. It will provide guidance and resources for working with Windows and using open-source … continue reading
Developers take on COVID-19 with open-source projects, hackathons
In the past few weeks the coronavirus pandemic has taken hold in the United States, and the disease will continue to have a massive impact around the world for the foreseeable future. But even in the midst of panic and uncertainty, communities are coming together to do what they can. People are 3D printing face … continue reading
How to coordinate an exciting and productive hackathon
Did you know Gmail was born from a hackathon project? Same goes for LinkedIn’s “Year in Review.” Companies of all sizes and from all industries embrace hackathons as a way to foster innovation and collaboration — even the NBA does it. Silicon Valley is home to a number of famous projects and startups that were … continue reading
Devpost’s Hackathon report, Git 2.5 released, and JShell in Java 9—SD Times news digest: July 30, 2015
Devpost, the hackathon platform formerly known as ChallengePost, has released its first Student Hacker Report for the 2014-2015 academic year, ranking the most popular platforms, programming languages, APIs, libraries, frameworks and more at hackathons over the past year. The report shows Android edging out iOS 38.2% to 22.7% for the most popular mobile platform, while … continue reading
Tips for making hackathons a success
Apigee’s developer programs leader explains how organizations can extend their developer engagement beyond the event itself … continue reading
Analyst Watch: Make hackathons a win-win
Developers should feel they can get as much out of a hackathon as your company can … continue reading
