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Theme: Valentine's Day

Status: Hackathon Finished

Start: Feb. 23, 2022, 5 p.m.

End: Feb. 28, 2022, 3 p.m.

Organisation: Code Institute

Feb 2022 #17


A Hackathon is a sprint-like event in which teams collaborate intensively on software projects. The goal is to create a functioning project by the end of the event.

Hackathons are a great way to get real-world experience of agile programming and working together in a team, just like you would in a dev role.

  • Work as part of a developer team.
  • Manage the software development life cycle using agile methodologies (e.g. SCRUM, Kanban board, etc.).
  • Use version control in a team setting including Pull Requests, Code Reviews and resolving merge conflicts.
  • The short event simulates a high pressure working environment, delivering projects to tight deadlines.
  • Bolster your portfolio and CV for future employers.
  • Share participation on Social Media.
  • Receive Badges and add them to your LinkedIn profile.

Don't worry if you have limited coding experience, all levels are welcome, from absolute beginner to advanced developers.

Theme: Valentine's: Share the love



Schedule: All times are in BST(Irish/UK time)


Wed, 23rd Feb

  • Join the Intro Webinar at 17:00, which kicks off the event.

  • Teams will be assigned immediately after the Intro Webinar and announced in the Slack channel
  • Create your Slack IM group chat, & connect with your Team Facilitator.

Thur/Fri, 24th & 25th Feb

  • Set up your team page in the Hackathon app, project board, workspaces etc.
  • Plan your project, project management and dividing up of tasks.
  • Recommended first deployment on Friday

Sat/Sun, 26th & 27th Feb

  • Each team member dedicates a minimum of 8-10 hours to working in sprints on solo tasks, chatting with, connecting and working together as a team.
  • Continuous deployment

Mon, 28th Feb

  • Final touches to project
  • Update Hackathon App team page (team name, project name, banner, logo, description etc.
  • Final deployment
  • Submit project & add details to team page
  • 3pm sharp - Project Submission Deadline - no further commits or changes to projects
  • Project Presentations to Judges @ 17:30 - 19:00: At least one member per team to join and present.

Tue, 29th Feb

Winners Announcement

Winners will be announced at 4om on Slack


Judging Criteria

  1. The project provides a clear and substantial value to the user.

  2. The project uses an original or innovative idea, design or implementation.

  3. The project was well-planned and executed, using GitHub Projects

  4. Has a well structured and completed documentation (README & Wireframes)

  5. The project focus is realistic, and has an overall sense of completeness.