liamphmurphy/2020_hackathon

2020 Hackathon

Date: Saturday, April 4th, 2020

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm PDT

Theme: Mt. Shasta

Sponsors:

• Shasta Networks
• SOU CS Club
• Alan and Priscilla Oppenheimer Foundation

Prerequisites

• You must have a GitHub account. You can sign up for free at github.com!

Getting Started

1. Navigate to the Hackathon GitHub project at https://github.com/shasta-sou-hackathon/2020_hackathon.
2. Click on the "Fork" button at the top of the page and create your own fork of the project.
3. Create a new folder on your computer and clone your fork of the project into that folder:
   git clone https://github.com/<your_account_name>/2020_hackathon.git
4. Import the project into your favorite IDE and start getting creative with your code!

Rules

• All code must be written in Java and/or Python.
• All code submissions must be received by 5:00pm PDT on the day of the event (see the Submissions section below). Any commits after this time will be ignored.
• Have fun!

Submissions

When you are done writing your code, it's time to commit your changes to the Git project and push up your code for submission.

First, add all your code:

git add --all

Next, commit all your changes (the commit message is up to you):

git commit -m 'My 2020 Hackathon submission!'

Finally, push your commit up to your GitHub fork:

git push origin master

Note: We encourage you to make commits of your code throughout the Hackathon (this is good practice to save your work)!

Judging

• Only your master branch will be judged. However, feel free to use other branches during your development.
• The following criteria will be considered for judging:
  • Creativity/Originality - How cool/unique was your idea? Does it tie in well with the Mt. Shasta theme?
  • Code Elegance - How does your code flow? How is the structure/formatting?
  • Technical Difficulty - How difficult is your code to understand? Does it solve problems efficiently or by brute force?
  • Polish - Did you spend any time on finishing touches or just call it "good enough"?
  • Functionality - Does it work?

Shasta Networks will announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners by the following weekend.