JavaFX Contests for Sun Platform Promotion
What is the best way to attract programmers to develop a new platform? Organize a competition with prizes or cash rewards. To promote JavaFX and draw attention to this language, Sun organized two competitions.
The first contest is a contest for the best application written in JavaFX. Unfortunately, it ends on May 29, so there is not much time left to develop the application. Prizes for 1.2 and 3 place are $ 25,000, $ 10,000 and $ 5,000, respectively. There is also a special category for students, with their own prizes. Also included incentive prizes - 100 prizes each worth $ 25. The project requirements are as follows: the application must be submitted as a Netbeans project, must work under one of the launch environment configurations indicated on the site, the project must contain a brief description of the application, and when using libraries with open licenses, applications must meet the requirements of these licenses.
The second competition is a competition for the best algorithm for controlling a space probe. Prizes in it are not so big, but it is more interesting to participate. The essence of the competition is as follows: the action takes place on a space map in 2D. Resources are located on the map, each resource has its own value. Also on the map are several space probes - the task of each probe is to collect more resources than the others. The API for writing a space probe control algorithm is very simple and easy to learn. Your ship has a radar that allows you to find objects near the ship and a complete space map that contains the location of all objects at some point in time. In order to update the map the ship must completely stop moving for a while. Using the radar does not require stopping the ship, but allows you to find objects on a small radius from the ship, while the map allows you to see objects on the entire playing field.
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The competition is divided into 3 stages, changes at each stage can (and most likely will be) changes in the probe control API and in the conditions of the competition.
Stage I, May 1–20, iPod Touch Prize.
Stage II May 21 - June 10, the prize is unknown.
Stage III June 11 - June 30, the prize is unknown.
The main prize of the GalaxyFX competition is a laptop with a set of open source software from Sun.
If you want to participate - good luck!
JavaFX Coding Challenge
GalaxyFX Algorithm Contest
The first contest is a contest for the best application written in JavaFX. Unfortunately, it ends on May 29, so there is not much time left to develop the application. Prizes for 1.2 and 3 place are $ 25,000, $ 10,000 and $ 5,000, respectively. There is also a special category for students, with their own prizes. Also included incentive prizes - 100 prizes each worth $ 25. The project requirements are as follows: the application must be submitted as a Netbeans project, must work under one of the launch environment configurations indicated on the site, the project must contain a brief description of the application, and when using libraries with open licenses, applications must meet the requirements of these licenses.
The second competition is a competition for the best algorithm for controlling a space probe. Prizes in it are not so big, but it is more interesting to participate. The essence of the competition is as follows: the action takes place on a space map in 2D. Resources are located on the map, each resource has its own value. Also on the map are several space probes - the task of each probe is to collect more resources than the others. The API for writing a space probe control algorithm is very simple and easy to learn. Your ship has a radar that allows you to find objects near the ship and a complete space map that contains the location of all objects at some point in time. In order to update the map the ship must completely stop moving for a while. Using the radar does not require stopping the ship, but allows you to find objects on a small radius from the ship, while the map allows you to see objects on the entire playing field.
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The competition is divided into 3 stages, changes at each stage can (and most likely will be) changes in the probe control API and in the conditions of the competition.
Stage I, May 1–20, iPod Touch Prize.
Stage II May 21 - June 10, the prize is unknown.
Stage III June 11 - June 30, the prize is unknown.
The main prize of the GalaxyFX competition is a laptop with a set of open source software from Sun.
If you want to participate - good luck!
JavaFX Coding Challenge
GalaxyFX Algorithm Contest
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/59067/
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