Community Discussion Thread — DigitalOcean App Platform Hackathon on DEV

This thread is your place to share progress with your fellow App Platform Hackathon participants and encourage one another throughout the month!

Feel free to share...

• Positive encouragement for other participants
• Milestones you've achieved or things you've learned throughout the hackathon
• Links to DEV posts related to your official submission (especially if you've written multiple reflections/progress posts). Reminder to take advantage of the DEV article liquid tag when sharing a link!

Finally, if you need help throughout the DigitalOcean App Platform Hackathon on DEV, head over to the help thread

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Comments

[shadowtime2000]

Cool it seems like we are having another hackathon.

[Bobby]

Good luck, and have fun building!

[Raman Sharma]

This is exciting.

Here is a post I wrote recently that describes some of the cool things you can do with App Platform:

DigitalOcean App Platform talks at the deploy conference

Raman Sharma ・ Nov 16 ・ 2 min read

#digitalocean #dodeploy #cloud #cloudnative

[Bobby]

That is an amazing post! Kamal's video is super awesome 🎉

[Raman Sharma]

Kamal is the real deal

[Vicente G. Reyes]

How many entries are allowed? 😂 I'm almost finished with my new portfolio and it's on the app platform already ✌🏼

[Chris Sev]

Unlimited entries! That's awesome about your portfolio! Got a link?

[Vicente G. Reyes]

Cool!

yeah here dev-studio.icvn.tech

[Chris Sev]

love the look. the animations add such a good touch!

[Vicente G. Reyes]

Thank God for Lottie's!

[Vicente G. Reyes]

I still have a $37.85 credit on my DO account for the covid tracker I built. Will the current credit be in conflict with the credit I'll receive on this Hackathon?

[Chris Sev]

The credits will add up!

[Vicente G. Reyes]

Thanks, man! I appreciate all the answers I got from you. Cheers!

[Hardik Vinzava]

When the DotNetCore support is launching on App Platform?

[Bobby]

There is no official ETA for this yet.

As of the time being, you can accomplish this with a Dockerfile in your repo.

This is an example: github.com/snormore/aspnetcoresample

Source

[Hardik Vinzava]

Sad to hear that .... :(

[Shaiju T]

Godaddy windows hosting only supports .NET Core 2.0 and Azure is Costly, So Consider cheaper pricing of .NET Core hosting once its released in App Platform. .NET Developers will like it. 😄

[Raman Sharma]

You can try using Dockerfile like this sample

creativefisher / aspnetcoresample

ASP.NET Core Docker Container Sample for DigitalOcean App Platform

ASP.NET Core Docker Container Sample for DigitalOcean App Platform

This sample demonstrates how to run a Dockerized ASP.NET Core application on DigitalOcean App Platform. Since App Platform doesn't yet support dotnet core, this sample shows how to accomplish this using Dockerfile.

This sample has been adapted from official dotnet docker sample - github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/tr...

Getting Started

These steps will get this sample application running for you using DigitalOcean.

Note: Following these steps will result in charges for the use of DigitalOcean services

Requirements

• You need a DigitalOcean account. If you don't already have one, you can sign up at cloud.digitalocean.com/registratio...

Forking the Sample App Source Code

To use all the features of App Platform, you need to be running against your own copy of this application. To make a copy, click the Fork button above and follow the on-screen instructions. In this case, you'll be forking this repo as a starting…

View on GitHub

[Shaiju T]

Hi, I can see App Platform has free pan, So Can i deploy Commercial static websites and .NET Core API with 0 $ plan ?

digitalocean.com/products/app-plat...

[Raman Sharma]

Static sites can be done on free tier.
.NET Core API will have to run on the paid tier.

digitalocean.com/pricing/#app-plat...

[Smruti Ranjan Rana]

Will we need to take the Basic Plan and pay $5/month to deploy our Node JS server in this Hackathon?

[Bobby]

Hi there,

No, you don't need to use the basic Droplet plans. The Hackaton is only for the new DigitalOcean App Platform.

Also, you can fill out this form to get a $50 credit for DigitalOcean, good for 60 days from the date of redemption.

[Smruti Ranjan Rana]

Thanks ✌️✌️✌️✌️

[Bobby]

No problem! Good luck! 🙌

[Kushak Zohaad Jafry]

Hi I am already having $49 credit in my account do taking this $50 affect my credit.

[Lucas Sorenson]

An above comment says that they will add up!

[Tushar Agrawal]

Should I deploy the app first then fill out the $50 form or the reverse?

[simkimsia]

I took my tentative first steps towards this hackathon and wrote it up here

Building GoGreen 1/n

simkimsia ・ Dec 12 '20 ・ 3 min read

#dohackathon

Executive summary:

1. Deployed sample app on DOAP
2. Setup repo for idea 💡
3. Learned abt doctl and app sec from DO
4. Figured out how to create series name correctly

Amongst many other miscellaneous logistical steps

[simkimsia]

Wrote up the 2nd and 3rd posts in this series

Building GoGreen 2/n

simkimsia ・ Dec 12 ・ 3 min read

#dohackathon #django #docker

I'm calling it DjangoGreen 3/n

simkimsia ・ Dec 16 ・ 5 min read

#dohackathon #django #docker

Executive summary:

1. A breakdown of the time I spent and obstacles I faced so far
2. Revealing what my app is supposed to do
3. Learned how to show the hero image in your DEV.to post
4. Finally overcome the obstacle that was preventing me from using Dockerfile to deploy Django on DigitalOcean's App Platform

[simkimsia]

Wrote up the 4th and 5th posts in this series

More than 9 hours spent on dev work so far in this dohackathon

simkimsia ・ Dec 19 ・ 2 min read

#dohackathon

I was fighting the platform and I lost. Now I'm better for it

simkimsia ・ Dec 26 ・ 4 min read

#dohackathon #django #docker

Executive summary:

1. Realized finally that I best use the DOAP way of deploying Django app. Rather than forcing to use Docker
2. GitHub social login works!

[simkimsia]

DO Hackathon: DjangoGreen - Server Management - Submission

simkimsia ・ Jan 11 ・ 2 min read

#dohackathon #django

Submission post

1. Allow login via DO
2. Create droplet via API
3. Delete droplet via API

[Chee Seng Leong]

Hi everyone, I'm a product designer and have basic knowledge about coding. I'll be building a digital postcard customization platform where users can customize a postcard, write their message and send to their loved ones through email. They can also download it as PDF if they want to print it!