Winners are announced.
Do I need to pay any money to register for the hackathon? No. You do not have to pay any amount to anyone to register yourself for any hackathon on HackerEarth.
Do I need to have any specific qualifications to be a participant for this hackathon? If you love to code, then you are more than welcome to participate in this hackathon.
How do I submit what I created for the hackathon? You have to develop the application on your local system and submit it on the HackerEarth platform in a tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application and source code.
Do I need to have the entire idea fully working? The entire idea need not be fully implemented. However, the submission should be functional so that it can be reviewed by the judges.
How is the environment? Will your environment support any language? Will you provide any IDE and DB to work on ideas? You have to develop the entire software application on your local system and submit it on the HackerEarth platform in a tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application and source code.
Do I need to be online and available for the entire duration of the hackathon? No, you do not need to be logged in to HackerEarth or be online for the entire duration. You can develop the application on your local system based on the given themes and then submit it on the specific challenge page.
Since there is no specific technology mentioned, are there any restrictions on using the number of pre-built libraries? There is no restriction to use any language, technology stack, or libraries. You can use any of them to create your web or mobile application.
Do I need to give a demo for the product that I have built? If you want, then you can submit a small presentation or video that provides a demo of your submission. However, it is not mandatory, and only good to have. In case you are one of the winners, you might be invited to provide a demo of your application at a physical event, details of which will be shared with sufficient advance notice.
A fully developed application must contain a solid backend for data storage like SQL, SharePoint, etc. Since it is an online application, can I display only the prototype of it? Yes, you can submit only the prototype of your application. If you have used any database such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, then you can also submit a database dump along with your submission. However, you are allowed to submit only the prototype.
If it is a team submission, does it mean that all team members will have access to work at the same time? Yes, all team members can log in from their account and submit the application on the platform.
Who will own the intellectual property (IP) rights to the product that I have built? The developer or developers of the web or mobile application will have all the rights to own the IP of the product. However, all code needs to be in the public domain (open source) so that it can be evaluated by the judges.
