Freshworks,
The Developer Platform team is gearing up to host an Internal Hackathon on building apps on Freshworks Developer Platform on November 27, 28, & 29 2019.
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Appathon is a hackathon where developers group as teams and spend 36 hours to build apps that can empower Freshdesk, Freshchat, Freshservice, Freshsales, Freshteam, and Freshcaller (as of today). You can register for the appathon using this link.
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Ideathon for developers and non-developers: Starting November 20, everyone is encouraged to post App ideas or concepts to the Ideation Platform workplace group. The best Idea will get surprise special prize. (This is valid for all the offices.)
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The winners of theAppathon will earn the privilege to choose their prizes.
Want to gear up participating in the Appathon? Learn more about the Training program, Venue, Tools, Slack, Prizes, Surprises, and a lot more relevant stuff here on the Notice Board and the Freshworks appathon internal website
Eligibility
Developers of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels are encouraged to submit projects. Teams may have between 1 and 3 participants. Participants are encouraged to use Freshworks developer platform to build their apps.
Applications may submit projects that integrate with other third-party APIs, and services, provided the participant is authorized to use them. There are no restrictions on cloud service providers, operating systems, or hardware platforms. All participants will be obliged to work under the Platform's Code of Conduct.
Note: This hackathon is Internal Hackathon. Developers outside Freshworks are not eligible to participate.
Requirements
The Submission should be Apps built using Freshworks Software Development Kit.
Reach out to the DevRel team over Slack (Saif/ Hem/ Ravi / Vel) in case of further queries
Prizes
Privilege to choose any one in Forest Prize Plan
OnePlus 7 Pro
(Or)
Apple iPad 128 GB
(Or)
Nikon D5300
(Or)
Any one from Estate
Privilege to choose any one in Estate Prize Plan
GoPro Hero 8
(Or)
Xbox One S
(Or)
Kindle Oasis
(Or)
Any one from Garden Prize Plan
Privilege to choose any one in Garden Prize Plan
Google Home + Gear Cycle
(Or)
Bose QueitComfort 35 headphones
(Or)
Guitar Bundle - Ibanez MD - 39CNT
(Or)
Airpods + FitbitVersa Smartwatch
Judges’ prize for engineering excellence
Judges’ prize for innovative leap of faith
Best Freshteam App - Serverless
Best Freshcaller App
Best Freshchat App
Best Freshsales App
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Tarkeshwar Thakur
Vice President - Engineering, Freshdesk
Senthil Kanthaswamy
Director - Product Management, Freshteam
Rohit Agarwal
Director - Product Management, Freshdesk
Arvind Ravindran
Senior Principal Engineer
Karthick Sundaram
Director - Engineering, Freshchat
Umanand Iyappan
Senior Director - Engineering, Freshservice
Mariappan Vaithilingam
Senior Director - Engineering, Freshsales
Jeykar Watson
Senior Director - Engineering, Freshdesk
Srivatsan Venkatesan
Senior Director - Product Management
Ramesh Parthasarathy
Vice President - Engineering Platforms • Engineering
Srikrishnan Ganesan
Senior Director - Product Management
Mohana Sidhaarth V N
Senior Product Manager • Product Management
Judging Criteria
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Technical Challenges
What technology hurdles were likely overcome to build this app. -
User experience
How polished and usable the app's experience is. -
Protential Business Value
If released to users, what value might it deliver and how important it would be. -
Finish
How well thought out and executed the app is, within the technical constraints of the platform and the time constraints of the appathon and the way it's demo-ed.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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