Help Thread — GitHub + DEV Hackathon 2023

If you're participating in the GitHub + DEV 2023 Hackathon and you need some help with your submission, you've come to the right place!

If you have any questions about how this contest works (ex: due dates, how to post your submission, picking a category, etc.) the DEV team will be happy to assist you.

If you are running into issues or get stuck when it comes to using GitHub Codespaces or Actions, please leave those questions here as well.

Comment below if you need asynchronous assistance with the Github + DEV 2023 Hackathon ❤️

P.S. If you'd like to share an update on the progress you're making on your project or if you'd like to connect with other participants, please do so in the community discussion thread!

Comments

[sachinM]

Hello Michelle,
I'm making an open-source collection of the useful github repositories for developers, programmers, newbies and students.
Will this project be considered as a valid project for the hackathon ? ( It is not an application but ofcourse it is very useful project )
Please help me get it.

Project repo link : github.com/sachin-source/top-githu...

[Michelle Duke]

The hackathon criteria is either a GitHub Action, or using Codespaces. How does your submission do one of these two things? If you can answer that, then it's valid 😄

[Rishav Dhar]

Hi @mishmanners, thanks for responding to these comments and sharing clarity, really appreciated.

Rather than any particular app, I wanted to leverage a very under-rated feature of GitHub Actions: reusable workflows for automating CI/CD across repositories. Would you mind confirming if that's a valid entry for participating in this hackathon?

I'm not sure about self-promotion here so, instead of linking my post, here's my source code for reference.

Thanks once again for your time.

[Dhruv Panchal]

Are the results for the hackathon announced or if there has been a decision to postpone the announcement to a later date?

[Ayush Kaushik]

Hi Michelle,
Could I create a project that showcases how build/ testing and deployment and a Java based application from scratch be done with the help of GitHub actions? Would this fall under the guidelines for the hackathon?

[Michelle Duke]

It would still need to fall under one of the criteria:

• customize your project for GitHub Codespaces by configuring dev container files to your repository
• build a custom action or integrate an existing one into your workflow

Sounds like it will be more "integrate an existing GitHub Action" into a new workflow. If you can do that, then go for it!

[Dima Sukharev]

Hi 👋

Where can I find the announced results? :)

[Param]

May be i am late to the party, but thinking about an idea.

1. if i make github acton, which will auto-update JIRA tickets / slack reminders etc, would that be ok? I wonder, because, JIRA is not for big OSS community friendly.

2. The code is open for a while, can I private it later?

3. If i make the monetization later, would that still fine?

[Michelle Duke]

The criteria is a GitHub Action, and the code must be open source.

[Tim]

Hello, do we know if and when the results are announced?

[Sumit]

Hey Michelle,

I wanted to ask if the 5th category, Wacky Wildcards, allows me to build any type of application, including those involving Machine Learning models.

[Michelle Duke]

Yes you can build anything you like, as long as you either:

• build a custom action or integrate an existing one into your workflow
• customize your project for GitHub Codespaces by configuring dev container files to your repository

Hope that helps.

[ruthmoog]

Can I still work on my project after the 23rd May, or do we need a code freeze until 8th June when judging is over?