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[ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!

The competition is over and we have our winners - thank you to everyone for taking part and making the competition a success!

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Wiki page
http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_Coding_Competition_1

Intro
Are you bored waiting for new games to be released for your n900? Is your forehead wrinkled stressing about the lack of applications in the extras repository? Does the emptiness of the Ovi store make you urinate in your sleep? And do you call out your mother's name when making love to your girlfriend because of step 4 of 5 disappointment and unrelated mental issues?

Well now YOU can change that, my friends! Introducing the first ever N900 Coding Competition!

If you are new to programming or want to learn, here's the excuse to finally make something. Anything. Particularly crap or stupid apps are particularly welcome, and I, in particular, will be particularly focusing on making such an stupid crappy app in particular.

Qt, PyQt, PyGTK, whatever language you like as long as it's functionally complete, runs safely and easily on the n900. Don't make a virus kthx.

Prizes
Nokia are kindly inviting the six winners (winner of each category) to the MeeGo Conference 2010, in Dublin, Ireland! Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by Nokia. If the winner is unable to attend, a n900 can be offered in exchange.

In addition, we have a bounty to award the developer(s) of the best overall apps. How we split the bounty share will be decided by forum poll.

Bounty Roll of Honor is here

Please let me know if your name is missing from the bounty list, it means Ive forgotten to do it - let me know so I can credit you for your generosity :)

Categories
There are 6 main categories for submissions:

1. Desktop
2. System & Utilities
3. Games
4. Graphics & Multimedia
5. Location & Navigation
6. Other

Judging
The winning application(s) will be decided by forum poll after the closing date of July 21st, 2010. Good luck and most of all have fun!

New to n900 development?
The development wiki is a great place to start, it contains lots of code examples and development guides. Don't forget this thread is on the 'Developer' section here on maemo.org, there's plenty of posts in here for us newbs to get started. Whatever your development platform of choice (Qt, Python, etc) you'll find something to get you started. This thread is a great place to start and will have you coding your first app in minutes Windows Python and Qt in 30 mins, and here's a link to a tutorial from Linuxuser.co.uk. There's also more great wiki links in this recent thread What do I need to start developing applications?. The key is to get started, and dont be afraid to ask questions. Beginners are definitely welcome in this comp, even the crumbiest "Hello World." Great oaks from little acorns grow..

This is a professional competition, and no expense has been spared to create the following soul stirring poster.

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Entrants can join at any time, please show your interest by signing in below :cool:

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[News, 21 May 2010] Due to unexpected interest we're extending the comp by another month, the new end date is July 21st, 2010.