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If anyone has questions, I'm happy to help!
Will it be solo or team work(4 members)base hackathon?
Same question for me as well. Up!!
Hey @star_trooper and @riocantre , solo entries are allowed and so are group entries. I believe the preference is to keep it under 4 members per team. You can learn more about the hackathon rules at this link: dev.to/page/official-hackathon-rules
Thanks 👍
Thank you!
Really excited for this Hackathon 🚀🔥
But where can I register for this hackathon?
looks like if you follow the submission rules here you should be good, but I'd definitely also wait on an offical DEV.to rep to answer as well dev.to/devteam/join-us-for-the-202...
Ok so we don't have to register by filling any form to participate just like other hackathon . Just write a post on Devto before 8 December with the given submission template right!
Yep, you're right @cerchie by following the submission rules outlined in the doc, you should be good to go. No need to register for the hackathon. Only a submission is needed.
Ok Thanks 👍
Hey, new to Github Actions here! Curious about what it means to use an action in a workflow. Can you link to good examples and blog posts so I can start cooking up ideas?
@cerchie highly recommend you check out this blog from @blackgirlbytes ! 😊
Thanks Gracie!!! @cerchie you can also check out these two blog posts:
docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-g...,
damienaicheh.github.io/github/acti...
Thank you Rizel!!
Thank you!
Hey, I've curated this list of resources on GitHub actions, Check it out😊
twitter.com/coderlens/status/14597...
ok this is awesome thank you!
This is great, Lenin! Thank you!
can someone share the link of registration ?
Hi @sathyapriyaasketch ! There's no registration form. You just have to submit your entry before December 8th by following the Hackathon rules outlined here: dev.to/devteam/join-us-for-the-202...
Can we submit the workflow which was made a few months back?
This hackathon is about leveraging existing Actions. If you created a workflow a few months back, then it's an existing Action.
I'd recommend building on this existing Action you already created and submitting that along with your blog post. You could mention why you created the existing Action, and then how you built on that during this hackathon.
Good luck ❤️
Are multiple submissions allowed??
Yes, multiple submissions are allowed!
As this year's theme is leveraging existing workflows does it mean that I can tweak an existing worflow and submit it ?even if it's small changes,would it be counted as a valid submission ?
Hi, yes! You can use and tweak and existing workflow for submission. You can also gain some inspiration from this video regarding creating reusable workflows: youtube.com/watch?v=lRypYtmbKMs
Here to help if people need!
What's the difference between the sections "My Workflow" and "Yaml File or Link to Code" in the submission post? It's not clear for me.
They are both the same. In your submission, I would recommend linking to your entire repository so we can see your license and README file, and separately linking to your workflow/yaml file so everyone can see the amazing Action/workflow you build 😄