MeeGo Coding Competition 2011

Introduction
The wait is over!

We are proud to announce the MeeGo Coding Competition 2011!

As successor it will follow the good example of the community driven Maemo Coding Competition 2010. Quim Gil wrote lot of good things about this "grass roots community success".

To make this year's competition bigger and better, we urge all MeeGo enthusiasts to organize events during the MeeGo Coding Competition 2011 in their Local MeeGo Network. We are sure that Intel and Nokia are going to assist you doing that. Please [mailto:info@meetmeego.org contact us] to get in touch with Intel and Nokia.

Events
The MeeGo Coding Competition is not an event restricted to one city or country! Everyone can and should participate! Local MeeGo Events and Intel AppLabs will take place in different cities and countries.

Local MeeGo Network Berlin
The Local MeeGo Network Berlin has planned the following events using the name "MeeGo Freeday". The events in Berlin will be streamed live.

Coding Qt - Workshop - 2011-04-01
Qt is a framework for a cross-platform application development. Qt is pre-installed on our beloved Nokia N900. Software development using Qt is also possible for MeeGo, Symbian and WebOS. All these platforms support Qt. There are also libraries for desktop systems, like Windows, Mac OS and Linux available. Unofficially, it is also running on Android and iOS.

Therefore, Qt is a very good base if you want to publish your app on as many platforms as possible!

You never coded using Qt? You are already a Qt pro and want to work with Qt developers? You still have questions? Then come to the Qt Workshop on 01 April 2011 in the c-base in Berlin! The Qt gurus of Qt Berlin are present and help you with advice and support! By all this Qt-iness don’t forget the next step: publish your app in the largest MeeGo AppStores: Intel AppUp and Nokia Ovi.

Streaming
You can watch the recorded video of the "Code Qt!" Workshop at the following link. The language is English: http://t.co/kGvEQRR

Nokia Ovi Workshop 2011-04-15
Therefore, on 15 April 2011 there will be the Ovi workshop also in the c-base in Berlin. In this workshop Nokia's specialists will teach you the process of publishing your app to the Ovi-Store. Then you are a true Ovi professional. And who knows? Maybe there will be new info about Nokia's secret MeeGo / Maemo device?

Intel AppLab 2011-04-29
On 29 April 2011, we bring you the Intel AppLab to Berlin (of course also in the c-base)! During the AppLab coding examples are shown and you will submit your app to the Intel AppUp store. At previous AppLabs developers got MeeGo hardware to take home. This time? Come and see for yourself!

Categories
this List is still in a Draft state

* Beginner

* Business & Office * Games * Desktop (Widgets) * Fun & Strange * Graphics & Multimedia * Location & Navigation * Network & Communication * System & Utilities

Timeline
The Competition runs from 01 April 2011 to 30 June 2011. After that the winners will be elected by the community.

Prizes
Apart from the educational events and the fun at coding there is a lot more for you!

Developers of promising apps will probably receive a MeeGo device.

If you will be elected by the community as one of the main winners, you will fly to the MeeGo Conference in November and sleep there in a nice hotel. There you will meet a lot of like-minded. Without having to pay a single cent.

If Nokia likes your app, they will preinstall it on their first MeeGo device!

But even if you won’t win one of the main prizes, that does not mean you get nothing! We will have cash prizes this time, too. Independent of sponsorship funds, last time the community extensively donated. About $1000.00 came together! Will we be able to beat this record-sum this year? Your donation is just a click away!

Donations
Here you can find a list showing all the donations made. If you want to make a donation please click on the following link: Donation via PayPal Please include your talk.maemo.org nickname in the PayPal messaging box if you don't want to be your donation annonymous.

Participants
Fill in the table with your application informations and progress. New participants can join at any time up until the closing date.

Rules
To ensure that the event runs properly, there are a few essential rules:

Only individuals may participate. Companies are excluded from the competition because of equity reasons.

If you have coded your app in a team and you win one of the travels to the MeeGo Conference, your team has to designate one person as the winner.

Any number of apps can be submitted and elected as winner.

Apps must be uploaded as executable including at least two screen shots and a brief description on a yet to be named website to take part in the election. The applications have to run on default hardware running on an official version of Maemo or MeeGo.

All applications, which are created and uploaded during the duration of the Competition will take part in the election. For existing programs, only progress which has been made during the Competition will be considered. When porting apps, only the work of porting will be considered, unless the original program is from the same programmer and was developed or extended in the Competition timeframe.

Only users of maemo.org and meego.com who are registered at the time of voting for at least four months are entitled to vote.

There is no legal right to win.

More details regarding the election process to follow.

FAQ
Q: It is obligatory to code in Qt?

A: No, it isn't, but it would make your life probably a lot easier because you will be able to reach more platforms. We encourage everyone to use Qt.

Q: Will the developers select the category when they join the competition or will someone sort it into the correct category before the voting begins?

A: They will choose the category for their app, but everyone should keep an eye on that. Before the voting process starts we'll check if every app is in a reasonable category, so that it is not possible to cheat by choosing the category with the lowest competition.

Application proposal
If you would like to have an App but you can't code yourself, write it down here! Many devs are happy to get a new idea input.

Discussion
Please participate in the discussion at http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=71561

Resources

 * Facebook-Fan Page of the MeeGo Freeday: Like it to get the latest information about all the events
 * Blog-Posts:
 * Announcment of the MeeGo Coding Competition (in german)
 * Coding Qt Workshop announcement (in german)

Contact
Ready? Grab your PC, start to hack and show us your app!

You still have questions? Contact us!
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 * info@meetmeego.org