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The Agile Developer's Handbook
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The Agile Developer's Handbook

by Paul Flewelling
February 2018
Beginner
398 pages
11h 2m
English
Packt Publishing
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Hackathons

A Hackathon is an informal gathering of people with a related interest in the goal of creating usable software. A Hackathon will usually have a theme, of which some examples include:

  • A specific item of technology such as an API or a programming language or framework.
  • A specific subject matter, for example, open government.
  • Sometimes it's about the demographics of the programmers. Personally, I like the grey-haired C programmers' Hackathons the best.
  • Or it may just be about a group of developers getting together to share ideas and show each other some cool stuff.

As well as a theme, Hackathons will usually have categories and there are usually prizes for the entry judged best in each category. For example, here are a few of the ...

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