Announcing the GitHub Actions Hackathon on DEV!

Hey @shaijut , you're welcome to use any actions for your workflow. We only need the workflow .yml file to be open source. For Twilio specifically, perhaps this one could be useful to you? github.com/marketplace/actions/twi...

Shaiju T • Aug 20 '20

Thank you so much @jess . Appreciate. :)

Varun Barad • Aug 14 '20

@devteam in the "Additional Rules" section it is mentioned that contest entry period ends at September 17, 11:59 pm but at the bottom under "Important Dates" September 12 is mentioned as the time when Submissions are due.

Which amongst those should we look at?

Sorry about that, the September 12 was a typo and has been updated. The entry period will end on September 17 at 11:59pm PT. Thanks for catching that!

T "@tnir" N • Sep 17 '20

@pkfrank I could not see your update. As of 2020-09-17 06:28 UTC, I still see the template as follows:

[Reminder]: # (Submissions are due on September 12th (11:59 PM PDT) and winners will be announced on September 23!)

Mark Tse • Aug 23 '20

I made a submission and someone found a bug and provided a recommendation for the fix. If I accept the change before the submission deadline, will that change the submission from being an individual submission to a team submission?

Marta83 • Aug 23 '20

I wanted to try it out Github actions for a while and this was the perfect last push to do it.
Great initiative, I have already submitted mine 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Gracie Gregory (she/her) • Aug 27 '20

Woo hoo!

Dulya Perera • Aug 14 '20

Soo excited..!!!

skaytech • Aug 14 '20

Looking forward to the challenge ☺️

Darshan Baid • Aug 14 '20

Questions:

Is it global or only for US Participants? (+with regards to prize)
Can we submit more than one action?

This is a global contest (not restricted to US). You can enter as many submissions as you'd like, but are only eligible to win one prize. Look forward to seeing what you put together!

jodyswartz • Aug 14 '20

Sounds very interesting! Can't wait to see the possibilities with GitHub Actions!

Vidyasagar SC Machupalli • Aug 14 '20

Excited to see what the community builds

Paul • Aug 14 '20

I've looked through the official rules, and I'm still a little unclear. Are submitted workflows required to be open source? For example, can I submit a post about a GitHub Action used on a private repository?

Hey Paul, we'd ideally like to see the workflow used on an open source project but as long as you submit the .yml file for the file, you are good to go!

Morgan Connolly • Aug 14 '20

What's the difference between github.com/actions and github.com/marketplace?type=actions ? And, are we encouraged to use actions from both locations as building blocks? Or, should actions from github.com/actions , as linked in the announcement post, be the only ones used?

Bogdan Covrig • Aug 18 '20

From GitHub Actions Documentation:

While both GitHub Actions and GitHub Apps provide ways to build automation and workflow tools, they each have strengths that make them useful in different ways.

GitHub Apps:

Run persistently and can react to events quickly.

Work great when persistent data is needed.

Work best with API requests that aren't time consuming.

Run on a server or compute infrastructure that you provide.

GitHub Actions:

Provide automation that can perform continuous integration and continuous deployment.

Can run directly on runner machines or in Docker containers.

Can include access to a clone of your repository, enabling deployment and publishing tools, code formatters, and command line tools to access your code.

Don't require you to deploy code or serve an app.

Have a simple interface to create and use secrets, which enables actions to interact with third-party services without needing to store the credentials of the person using the action.

Serhii Vasylenko • Aug 14 '20

Will there be any notifications about the passed/failed status of the submitted post?
For example, I've made a post about my humble attempt to automate blogging and CV publication with Jekyll and Pandoc, but how can I know whether this project is eligible to participate? Or if it's not — how to improve / what to change.

Thanks!

Jess Lee The DEV Team • Aug 18 '20

Hey Serhii! Unfortunately, we will not be able to share the status of each submission but please let us know if you have any general questions about the hackathon requirements.

Peyton McGinnis • Aug 13 '20

Wow, this is awesome!!

Shahroz Ahmed • Aug 24 '20 • Edited

confuse about how to document our journey?do we need to build and test a complete action first then we need to fill that mentioned template and tell about our journey OR we need to write on this template from our learning phase to final product and edit our published post as we got to know more ?? Any Guidance ??? @jess

dev.to/aibcmars/simplifying-life-u...

Hi! Folks tackle this in a variety of different ways. Some prefer to build and test their hackathon first and then fill out the template + share their final post — some decide to provide updates across multiple posts before submitting their official entry.

Regardless, the post you share using the template is considered the official submission. Hope this helps!

Xavier Portilla Edo • Sep 13 '20

Hey I've just submited my GitHub Actions Post. Devops You Alexa Skill!!

Check all the content here: dev.to/xavidop/devops-your-alexa-s...

Hope to win this hackathon!

Marcin Michniewicz • Oct 27 '20

If anyone would like to have a look at an easy example of GitHub Actions Build workflow, please check my article about how we use GitHub Actions in our opensource project: BPMN Visualization

take care

Natesh M Bhat • Aug 14 '20 • Edited

This is awesome ❤️. Wonderful initiative by the github team 👌👌
I have a doubt.
can i submit my project if it just uses already published github action into my project's workflow ?

Yep! You can incorporate existing actions into your workflow!

Bhupesh Varshney 👾 • Aug 14 '20

Ah man now I wish I had made Memer Action a bit later 🙈

Calinoiu Alexandru Nicolae • Aug 14 '20

Hey, is this a individual event, or can teams participate?

Teams can participate, but the prize is split up across all members (other than the DEV badges, where everyone receives their own).

Developer Nation Survey • Aug 14 '20

Good luck everyone!

Shashwat Pandey • Aug 15 '20

Looking forward for a collaborative content creation this time !!

kG_Sama • Aug 15 '20

Good Luck

Shaiju T • Aug 15 '20

Hi , Is it required that the technologies that i use for this submission should be open source technologies ? Example : Can I use Twilio ? But Twilio services are not open sourced ?

Swastik Baranwal • Aug 15 '20

We can also make a workflow with pre-existing Actions right?

Swastik Baranwal • Aug 16 '20

Please answer anyone

Peter Kim Frank The DEV Team • Aug 18 '20

Sorry for the delay @delta456 , but that is correct. So long as you start the workflow as part of the contest, you're welcome to leverage existing Actions.

Swastik Baranwal • Aug 19 '20

Alright thanks

Hemant Joshi • Aug 19 '20

Can we participate in more then 1 category for a single project?

Meat Boy • Aug 15 '20

Such a great opportunity to write some code in a new stack tech :D

Mark Davies • Aug 28 '20

I would particpate, but last time I participated in a hackathon I didn't even get my participation prize so 🤷‍♀️

Peter Kim Frank The DEV Team • Aug 28 '20

Please email yo@dev.to and we’ll get this sorted out right away.

Shahroz Ahmed • Aug 15 '20

Little knowledge about github action but want to participate in the hackathon... any guide where to start or learn how to make awesome github actions???

Brian Douglas • Aug 28 '20 • Edited

Glad you asked. I have a youtube series that includes making an Action powered by Docker - youtube.com/watch?v=NRCqL9ifpcw&t=...

You can also check out some hands-on content here: lab.github.com/githubtraining/gith....

Also highly recommend Michael's book - actionsbook.com

Ahmad Awais ⚡️ • Sep 4 '20

Awesome sauce! 💯

Ayan Banerjee • Sep 6 '20

In the template the last date of submission is September 12, but here it is September 17. Which one should we consider?

So sorry for that confusion. We've updated it in our template. The official deadline is September 17th at 11:59 PM PT.

C M Pandey • Sep 6 '20

Can a DEV user send multiple entries for the same? Will he be disqualified if he does so?

Hi! If you think your entry could fit into more than one category, you are free to write the suggested categories in your post. If your project is selected as a prize-winner, the judges will make a final decision about which category your project fits under 🙂

Andrew Artajos • Sep 7 '20

I am aware of github actions but did not take the time to understand it. Maybe a cash price would be enough to motivate me.

Omicron • Sep 8 '20

is it sponsored/influenced by github or else in any way?
because there is also CI on gitlab

Paul Odero • Sep 9 '20 • Edited

I would like to build a simple Github action which can be handy for many Github actions users. Is that acceptable for the hackathon?

Paul Odero • Sep 9 '20

I have a Github Action to build. Is it relevant for the hackathon?

hedy • Aug 15 '20

Damn it this is unfair, why only 18+ ??

Karen Efereyan • Sep 15 '20

I have read this but I don't really seem to understand. Can someone help me out?

Hi! Happy to help. Let us know what part of the hackathon is confusing and we'll get back to you with answers 🙂

khaleel gibran • Aug 15 '20

Oh come on, why is the hackathon only for people with 18+ of age?

Natesh M Bhat • Aug 15 '20

am i eligible to submit my project to this if i just use an already present github action and integrate it as a workflow in my github action ?

Hey! As long as your workflow changes were made after we announced the hackathon, you're good to go!

You will want to get your submission in before 11:30 AM India Standard Time 🙂

Juan F Gonzalez • Aug 14 '20

This looks like a great initiative although too DevOpsie for my taste lol.

fjmurillov4036 • Aug 14 '20

hola, muchas gracias por contar con mi persona, estaré conectado
me gusta aprender y emprender con GitHub

Sorry! September 18th your time.

Swastik Baranwal • Aug 14 '20

Is it by team or individual?