TeenTechSF GLOBAL Civic Hackathon

36 Registered Allowed team size: 2 - 5
36 Registered Allowed team size: 2 - 5

Winners are announced.

hackathon
Online
starts on:
Oct 14, 2017, 03:30 PM ()
ends on:
Nov 14, 2017, 07:55 AM ()

Winners

FAQs


  1. Do I need to pay any money to register for the TeenTechSF Global Civic Hackathon? No. All TeenTechSF GLOBAL events are free. You do not have to pay anything to anyone to register yourself for any Hackathon on HackerEarth.

  2. Do I need to have any specific qualifications to be a participant for the TeenTechSF Global Civic Hackathon? You need to be a teen 13-18 yrs old to participate. If you love to code, you are more than welcome to participate in the TeenTechSF Global Civic Hackathon.

  3. How do I submit what I have made for the TeenTechSF Global Civic Hackathon? You will need to submit a 3 minute pitch video, short project description including project title, team name, and names of participants, plus whatever tech documentation/demos you would like to include. If you develop an application on your local system, submit it on HackerEarth in tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application and source code.

  4. Do we 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. Projects that are fully functional will receive more points from the judges.

  5. How is the environment? Will your environment support any language? Will you provide any IDE and DB for us to work on ideas? You may include whatever technical documentation you wish with your project. If you develop a software application on your local system, submit it on HackerEarth in tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application and source code.

  6. Does one have to be online and available for the entire duration of the TeenTechSF Global Civic Hackathon? No, one does not need to be logged in on HackerEarth or be online for the entire duration. You can develop the application on your local system based on the given TeenTechSF Global Civic Hackathon themes and then submit it on HackerEarth, on the specific challenge page.

  7. Since there is no specific technology mentioned, are there any restrictions on using 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 the web/mobile application.

  8. Do I need to give a demo for the product that I have built? If you want you can submit a small presentation or video that demos your submission, however it's not mandatory, and only good to have. In case you are one of the winners, you might be invited to demo your application at the TeenTechSF Global Youth Summit @MicrosoftSV on December 9th, details of which will be shared with sufficient advance notice.

  9. A fully developed application need to have a solid backend for data storage like SQL, SharePoint etc. since its online, is it accepted to show only the proto type of it? Yes it's absolutely fine to submit just the prototype. If you use any database like MySQL or PostgresSQL you can also submit a database dump along with your submission. However you are allowed to submit just the prototype.

  10. The TeenTechSF Global Civic Hackathon requires a team submission, does that mean all team members will have access to work at the same time? Yes, all team members can login from their account and do application submission on HackerEarth.

  11. Who will own the IP(Intellectual Property) Rights to the product that I have built? The developer/developers of the web/mobile application will have all rights and own the IP of the product. However, all code needs to be in public domain (open source) so that it can be evaluated by the judges.

  12. If you have additional questions, please contact us at: TeenTechSF@gmail.com.

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