Forging Integration Innovations
Ballerina Hackathon 2024

Join the Ballerina Community and the Namibia University of Science and Technology for an exciting Hackathon in Namibia.

This event has ended.

How to contribute?

Register your team today to build an innovative solution using Ballerina and share it as a GitHub project. Highlight the impact of your work with a blog or social media post and unlock extra rewards!

Round 1: Proposal Submission and Acceptance

Proposal submission deadline: Friday, 27 September 2024 (23:59 CAT)
Announcement of accepted proposals: Thursday, 3 October 2024

Round 2: Final Implementation and Demo Submission

Participants must submit their final implementations using the Ballerina language, along with a 15-minute demo on or before Monday, 7 October 2024

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Proposal selection and next steps:

  • Project proposals that demonstrate strong relevance to actual problems and align with the shared interests of the university or the country are better suited.
  • WSO2, in collaboration with NUST members, will evaluate the proposals and communicate the acceptance to the participants.
  • Once the idea is accepted, participants will be required to implement it.

Example technical areas to focus on (but not limited to):

  • API Integration Challenge:
    Participants can choose existing APIs (e.g., weather data, social media, university LMS) and demonstrate how they can integrate them into a useful application using Ballerina.
  • Microservices Orchestration:
    Participants can present scenarios where they need to orchestrate multiple microservices with Ballerina, showcasing its capabilities in a distributed system.
  • Legacy System Integration:
    Participants can bring a legacy system and modernize and integrate it with newer technologies/applications to solve a real integration problem using Ballerina.
  • Event-Driven Integration:
    Participants can propose a scenario of event-driven integration where they integrate different systems based on real-time events.

Rewards

All participants whose proposals are accepted in Round 1 are eligible for a Ballerina branded T-shirt and a sticker sheet.

The winners of this hackathon will receive prizes as mentioned below.

Cash prizes

  • 1st prize: 500 USD
  • 2nd prize: 300 USD
  • 3rd prize: 200 USD

Other prizes

In addition, all winners will receive:

  • Free vouchers for WSO2 practitioner and developer certifications
  • Choreo credits (10 components free for 3 months + $1,000 infrastructure credits)
  • A Ballerina T-shirt
  • A Ballerina branded sticker pack
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To participate, please submit this form before Friday 27, September 2024, at 23:59 CAT.

Join the Ballerina Discord server to connect with the Ballerina community.

Rules

  • The applicant must be a legal resident or citizen in Namibia.
  • The Ballerina programming language should be used in the final implementation.
  • Any legal resident or citizen in Namibia above the age of 18.
  • Any student of NUST even below the required age limit (with the written consent of the guardian/parent).
  • Participants can join the event individually or with a team of up to 4 members. Each person can join only one team.

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