Announcing, the 2025 Adobe ColdFusion Hackathon! Y...
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Announcing, the 2025 Adobe ColdFusion Hackathon! Yep. You heard it right, we're actually doing one. So what's the scoop? Step 1: Build your team. You can have up to 5 people registered, or go solo. Your call. Step 2: Register your team here: https://adobe-cold-fusion-hackathon.meetus.adobeevents.com/registration/form Step 3: Join #C08R9P11P6E Step 4: ??? Step 5: PROFIT! It is up to you to fill in those ??? with the best little CF app or component you and your team (or just you, no judgements here) can come up with. So, what are the rules? Hopefully pretty simple. • Ya gotta use one or more CF25 features. It needs to run on CF25 (that's where we'll be testing it). • Any library you include has to be open source licensed (or written and owned by you). The app should not require any paid services to test. (Meaning, if it connects to x service in production, x service at minimum needs to have a free tier for us to test against). • It needs to run by just dropping it in. No complicated setup, or special system required. Drop it in wwwroot, it runs (its fine to have to set up a DSN, etc.) • Every entry needs documentation on what it is, what it does, and how to set it up. YOU WILL BE JUDGED PARTIALLY ON THE QUALITY OF YOUR DOCS. Seriously. • The more modern your code style, the more likely you are to win. • The judges are all highly technical Adobe & community personnel. We will be digging into your code, line by line. • You will be judged on exactly what you submit. No entries or changes accepted after the deadline. The decisions of the judges are final.
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FAQ When is this? 12:00AM CST June 13,2025 - 11:59PM June 16th What are the prizes? 1st Place - $1000 VISA gift card (1) 2nd Place - $500 VISA gift card (1) 3rd Place - $300 VISA gift card (1) 4th - 10th Place - Complimentary session pass to CF Summit 2025 (1 per team member, $199 value per ticket) What's the judging criteria? CF2025 feature use, creativity, community value, technical excellence, integration of multiple CF features How do I submit our project? You will email it, in a zip format, to takata@adobe.com. All files and documentation must be in the zip. You can submit just once, the first zip will be the one we judge. The timestamp on the email will be the determining factor on whether it was submitted on time. No late (or early!) entries allowed. Who can compete? Anyone who is over 18 years old, lives on planet earth, and does not work for Adobe. Also you must live in a country Adobe is allowed to do business with. This usually aligns with U.S. sanction stuff. You probably already know it if you're in one of those countries. If you're not sure, please DM or email me and I can find out. Also you can't work for Adobe (darn it!) Can I submit (insert whatever app type) Pretty much, if it aligns with the criteria, yes. But use common sense. Technically it is supposed to be written between the dates above. If you submit a clearly previously written app (yes, we'll find out) you'll be disqualified. What will Adobe do with my code? Anything we want. Like, normal Hackathon rules apply. We can publish it for community use, incorporate it into CF, print parts on a t-shirt, get tattoos of it. Whatever. When you submit the code, we own it (even if you don't win). That's how Hackathons work. So keep that in mind. Can I get (insert alternative prize) instead of (whatever I won)? Nope. You get the prize listed. They're chosen specifically due to global prize giving rules we have to abide with. If you have a question or concern, DM me.
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Is that FAQ anywhere I can point people who aren't on this slack, or aren't on it much?
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Dave, it isn’t. I can post it to LinkedIn also. However, we are focusing on using the Slack channel for main support and info. So joining the slack would be useful.
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understood