Hackathon Guide - Mission Code Compete Operation Briefing

Mission: Code Compete

When: Wednesday, 5:45pm

Destination: The Force.com Zone




Goal: Mission:Code Compete is a collaborative app-building event. Whether you a beginner or an advanced coder, come along to learn, laugh, build, network, explore Force.com—and most importantly, have fun! Along the way, you'll also stand a chance to win some goodies.

Directives: Work alone or in a team to completing one or more operative missions, based on building apps that bridge the clouds. There'll be plenty of Hackathon Guides available to help you on your way.

Required Equipment: Each team will need at least one laptop, and a little ingenuity!

Pre-Mission Intelligence: Expect plenty of food, laughs and covert hacking. We'll have have our best Force.com experts on hand offering technical guidance.

Attendees will receive t-shirts and baseball caps while supplies last.



Operative Mission Guidlines
Recruit / Easy

Goal

Add charting, mapping or other forms of rich data visualization to your Force.com application. For example, visualize the address information, numbers or other data in your records.

Hint

You can typically do this by having some external service provide the visualization for you, and embed a call to that external service in your user interface. One way to do this is to use formulas. Another would be to use Visualforce components that embed richer HTML and JavaScript callouts.
If you complete this level, you will be entered into a raffle to win one of several iPods.

Resources

  1. The resources for doing this will be released at the Hackathon on Wednesday evening.
win an ipod touch


Agent / Medium

Goal

Integrate a Force.com application with social media services like Twitter or Facebook.

Hint

You may want to integrate real-time twitter search, or post important changes to a Facebook account, or build a Facebook app that is driven by Force.com data.
The top submission for this level, based on creativity, coolness and Force.com tech usage, will be rewarded with a Dell Alienware M15x.

Resources

  1. For Twitter integration, use TwitterForce
  2. For Facebook integration, use Force.com for Facebook
  3. Consider exposing data via platform web services, Atom feeds or Sites pages.
win a mackbook air


Secret Ageny / Difficult

Goal

Build a killer Force.com integration of your choice.

Hint

The world is your oyster. Integrate with some combination of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, YouTube, or any other cool technology in the cloud.
The top submission for this level, based on creativity, coolness and Force.com tech usage, will be rewarded with a MacBook Air.

Resources

  1. Use the resources at ProgrammableWeb to find an awesome candidate API
win a macbook air