Code For Good Hackathon Tips

Here are Some of the Useful Tips for Selection for Internship in Code For Good Event.

Be Confident! Everyone is in the same boat, feeling anxious and skeptical. Be confident of your skills.

Make a Google doc/Trello/Notion or similar space for collaboration.

Get acquainted with GitHub, that is where evaluation will take place.

Start researching about the NPOs as soon as their names are released 

• Mission statement 
• Objectives of the organization 
• Where do they function(demographic, webpage/app) 
• Go through their social media handles

In the morning(7 am), problem statements will be released and teams will be given 30-60min to go through them 

a. crucial time 

b. decide the project, tech stack, probable solution 

c. Pain point at this point: conflicts amongst team members, resolve them, all should be team players 

d. Fill the form quickly, to receive the choices that you filled

A buffer time of 1hr will be given, after which team can interact with their NPOs to gain insights 

a. 30-40% efforts should be made on understanding the problem statement 

b. Know the requirements well, for instance, they might not require a website/app so think otherwise

Do not be domination, be a team player 

Think of a team name before hand

It is not necessary that the winning team will get the internship, the team who displays the best team collaboration will land up an internship role.

Have templates ready before hackathon due to time crunch and limited resources: 

• UI/UX template 
• PPT template [10 Slides] 
• Video template if any 
• GitHub readme template 
• Web/App templates 
• Go through github projects for similar tasks to save time

observe space efficient ways in hackathon during video editing or any other development

Functionality/Features are More Important than UI/UX Design

SMEs are people skilled in their domain(ML Framework, Github and so on) & seek their help whenever needed.

Push your code side by side, do not wait till the end, since issues can crop up on GitHub and make a panic environment for the team

Here is a list of websites that can come handy and useful to designers, developers and students.

• PPTS : Slidesgo, Prezi. Google Slides
• Screen Recording : ApowerSoft
• Designing Flowcharts: Lucidcharts / creately
• Brochure Designing: Canva
• Todos and Reminder: Trello
• Github Readme generator. https://dillinger.io/
• UI Designing: Figma

2 hrs before project submission, start with your deliverables 

• Video [Most Important]
• Read Me 
• PPT

Make a user friendly demo, not something where u are opening cmd

• If an NPO does not specify a web/app, select one where the requirements can be integrated efficiently, if requirements are of camera, live location, dynamic notification, then go for APP
• if your user does not come on portal often, notifications are not to be updated often, then opt for web

Search CFG-github to get project from past Code for Good Events.

Some Hackathon Articles to Read:

5 Must-Have Skills You'll Need In Your Hackathon Team - GeeksforGeeks

Hackathon - Think, Code, Create - GeeksforGeeks

Hackathon Handbook: A comprehensive resource for all Hackathon enthusiasts

A Complete Guide to Web Development in Python

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Python Developer Roadmap in 2021 🗺

The 2021 Web Developer Roadmap

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