Flockathon - Delhi

Do I need to pay any money to register for the Hackathon? No. You do not have to pay anything to anyone to register yourself for any Hackathon on HackerEarth.

Do I need to have any specific qualifications to be a participant for the Hackathon? If you love to code, you are more than welcome to participate in the Hackathon.

How do I submit what I have made for the Hackathon? You have to develop the application on your local system and submit it on HackerEarth in tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application and source code. Also, submit a screengrab (video) with a working demo of the app (maximum 4 minutes)

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.

How is the environment? Will your environment support any language? Will you provide any IDE and DB for us to work on ideas? You have to develop the entire software application on your local system and submit it on HackerEarth in tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application and source code.

Does one have to be online and available for the entire duration of the 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 and then submit it on HackerEarth, on the specific challenge page.

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.

Do I need to give a demo for the product that I have built? Yes. We would need a video (screengrab) that demos your submission.

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.

If it is 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.

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.

What kind of solutions do you want to be built? The solutions should be relevant to a team messaging context, and ideally solve a business problem which is best tackled by using a collaboration platform

Post the online stage, are there any other requirements before the prizes are handed over to the winners? The Flockathon winners would have to spruce up their app and then submit it to the Flock App Store, so that the apps are at a level comparable to other live apps. Most winning apps would already be at a level where it can be submitted with minimal effort. The prize amounts would be transferred to the winners after the final apps are submitted to the App store. The winners would own their respective apps. All support would be extended so as to help get the final app in place.

Where will the offline hackathon take place? The offline hackathon will be held in Gurgaon on the 1st and 2nd of April. Participants from Delhi NCR region are encouraged to participate in this hackathon.