Mobile Monday Nigeria announces its first ever “Hackathon” bridging the worlds of software developers and graphic artists, an event which will take place in Lagos under the auspices of the Lagos State Government Ministry of Science and Technology and sponsorship by VConnect Global services.
Theme Developers are to create a mobile web application in ASP.NET or PHP enabling users discover great movies in local cinemas. User’s should be able to locate movies based on their location and proximity to cinemas. The app should leverage social media API’s to allow users to recommend and rate movies.
Output
- To engage a community of Developers and Facilitate the development of a “Mobile Optimized Web Application” that leverages VConnect’s data services for movies listings and viewing times.
- Developers are expected to utilize other freely available ‘social’ and ‘location based’ APIs to improve usability Andy continuous user engagement.
Coding Environment
Developers are expected to use ASP.NET or PHP [Hypertext Pre-Processor] as the middleware language with Microsoft SQL Server as the target database.
Overview of Task
- V-Connect will provide database structure with sample data on the day of the hackathon. Developers are free to modify or use their own database structure.
- In addition, Free versions of Google’s Maps API or any other Maps API to make the application more interactive.
- Social Elements for sharing (eg. Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus) can be added in order to make the site social.
- Reviews, Ratings and Trailers can be pulled using API’s of websites such as IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes and YouTube. Features like commenting can be integrated to increase user interaction. Team Size The Team size is four. You can either come with your own team or pair up with other developers to form a team at the venue.
Prizes
- First Prize: A 30 Day contract valued at $2,000 with Vconnect
- Second Prize: A 30 Day contract valued at $1000 with Vconnect
- Third Prize: A 30 Day contract valued at $500 with Vconnect.
More information about the hackathon available at hackathon.com.ng.
