Kickoff Presentation

This is the 2016 CodeTN kickoff presentation. It discusses dates, specs, and all the relevant information for this year competition.

Transcript

1. CodeTN 2016
2. The Challenge • Produce a dynamic web application to alleviate or solve 
 a community problem 1.Dynamic = Performs data processing operations in 
 response to input and maintains persistent data in a relation database - NOT just display of static content
 2.Community = Your School, The Planet
3. The Challenge Must be: open source, public domain, or currently licensed for classroom use by Knox County Schools
4. The Challenge—Judging •January 06, 2017 •Preliminary Online Evaluation •January 13 Finale (The Standard) •Poster/Demo session for all competing teams •5 Finalists Selected based on Preliminary Eval •Finalist Present and Explain Websites •Top 2 Teams Announced •$5000 and $2500 Awarded
5. The Challenge—Judging •Two Panels 3-6 User Representatives 2-4 Technical Experts
 •Each App Receives Up to 100 points per User panelist Up to 80 point per Technical panelist
6. The Challenge—Judging •Judges: 3 independent experts from industry •Top 5 teams from preliminary judging present •What we built •How we built it •What we learned •Judges pick winner and runner-up based on •User and Technical Criteria •Effectiveness of presentation
7. The Challenge—Judging For the full Judging Criteria visit: http://codetn.org/the-competition/
8. The Challenge—Judging 9/17/2016 - Competition Kickoff • Update Support Info • Web Programming & GitHub Workshops • Identify outstanding TechPro needs 10/5/2016 - DOI and Media Release Forms Due 10/5/2016 - Tech Pro Waiver and BG check 11/11/2016 – Requirements Checkpoint 1/06/2017 – Preliminary Judging Starts 1/13/2017 – CodeTN Finale Final Judging
9. App Development Scope
10. codetn.org/the- competition/
11. • The application
 executable
12. • The application
 executable • Procedure for deployment to the web server
13. • The application
 executable • Procedure for deployment to the web server • Accessible via PC web browsers
14. • The application
 executable • Procedure for deployment to the web server • Accessible via PC web browsers • Extra credit for mobile platform support
17. GitHub •We’ll be providing 3 Stacks this year: 1.Ruby 2.Node 3.PHP Clone one of these stacks in Cloud9 and you’re ready to go! Find them after the kickoff at….
18. github.com/ CodeTN
19. Questions info@ codetn.org
20. Questions #CodeTN2016
22. Danke.