{"id":51382,"date":"2011-10-09T19:43:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T16:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=51382"},"modified":"2020-04-09T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T09:39:20","slug":"its-a-hackathon-baby-altoros-organized-a-24-hour-development-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/its-a-hackathon-baby-altoros-organized-a-24-hour-development-rush\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a Hackathon, Baby! Altoros Organized a 24-Hour Development Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/its-a-hackathon-baby-altoros-organized-a-24-hour-development-rush\/#Marathon_highlights\" >Marathon highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/its-a-hackathon-baby-altoros-organized-a-24-hour-development-rush\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Marathon_highlights\"><\/span>Marathon highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On October 8\u20139, 2011, Altoros organized and sponsored a web and mobile hackathon\u2014a development marathon held in Minsk, Belarus\u2014that gathered 100+ participants: developers, designers, and other specialists. Their aim was to implement and present a working prototype or a finished application by the end of the 24-hour period, and, then, to choose the best project by voting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hackby1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among projects evaluation criteria were business idea and social significance of the project, its usability and the overall interface design, the technical complexity of the project, and its progress (the degree of completion) per night. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hackby2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event also aimed at gathering people interested in web and mobile development to help them make new useful contacts and spend enjoyable time together.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hackby3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51417\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fun started after the development work was finished, and the teams proceeded with their presentations. Guys, who introduced an application for restaurants, even played waiters, picking orders to show how the application worked.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hackby4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51418\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The restaurant application received a $500 award as the best cloud project. The project with the best user interface got Apple iPad 2 as a prize. The winner project\u2014an application for learning languages\u2014got a $1,000 award.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hackby5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apart from that, people enjoyed PlayStation games, ate loads of pizza, drank gallons of coffee, and proved that hard work can be an entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/38-fun-and-socially-oriented-projects-were-created-in-24-hours-at-hackaton-2013\/\">38 Fun and Socially Oriented Projects Were Created in 24 Hours at Hackaton 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-first-cloudcamp-in-denmark-cloud-deployment-security-and-business-use\/\">Altoros Organized the First CloudCamp in Denmark<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/altoros-helped-to-organize-the-first-in-belarus-microsoft-silverlight-3-presentation\/\">Altoros Helped to Organize the First-in-Belarus Microsoft Silverlight 3 Presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p><center><small>The post was written by <strong>Olga Belokurskaya<\/strong> and edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/alex\/\">Alex Khizhniak<\/a>.<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marathon highlights<\/p>\n<p>On October 8\u20139, 2011, Altoros organized and sponsored a web and mobile hackathon\u2014a development marathon held in Minsk, Belarus\u2014that gathered 100+ participants: developers, designers, and other specialists. 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