Talk to Root about any questions. All official entries should be entered here. Please follow his rules to the tee. Respect all members and rules please.
this is a coding competition...
post the most useful, or the most fun, or something that's a bit mischievous, piece of code, or script that you can manage...
for a length limit All the code MUST fit within 1 post.
there is no limit on the language. (so every thing from assembler to PHP, C to Java, and batch script to VBscript is allowed).
you can also run the script however you like, (for example you can use PHP as a command line interpretor, you don't have to use it as a web script).
brief description of what the code does is recommended, because not everyone will understand what the code does just by looking at the code.
it's the 9th today,
the competition will close on Christmas day (25th) at 12.00pm (that's midday) GMT.
you can post as many code samples as you like, (1, 2, 3 etc).
you can edit your code samples up to the closing date...
rules:
the close date is 12:00pm GMT 25th december (2009)
any code that doesn't run is disqualified
any code that contains errors is disqualified
any code that is posted after 12.00pm the close date is disqualified
any code that is edited after the close date is disqualified
any code contained in a post that is edited after the close date is disqualified, (because you may have altered the code).
code should be your own code, you can use library functions, you can use functions written by someone else, provided that you label it as someone else's and clearly label your own code that you've written.
All code, (including any functions borrowed) MUST fit within a single post)
the brief description of what the code does must also fit within the same post
the code MUST be ready to run, -if you have a non out-of -the-box setup you MUST describe that, (for example if you use the socket functions in PHP you must say that you need to edit the php.ini file to have the line include=php_sockets.dll or include=php_sockets.so etc...) so that other people will be able to trial and test your code.
Judging:
I don't expect that there will be a whole load of entries as this is quite specific.
each person can post as many separate code blocks/scripts as they like, but you're only allowed to take your best 2 examples forward for judging...
(so you can post 10 to get an idea of what might be popular, and then take your best/most popular script/code through to judging).
24 hours after the closing date you must have (if you've posted more than 2 code blocks/scripts), your 2 that you plan to put forward written down in the forum.
judging will hopefully start on the 26th (24 hours after the competition ends), and will be by a public vote (thread with polling options).
judging will end a week later on NYD again at midday (perhaps later if I'm too hung over to close the thread with voting).
this is a coding competition...
post the most useful, or the most fun, or something that's a bit mischievous, piece of code, or script that you can manage...
for a length limit All the code MUST fit within 1 post.
there is no limit on the language. (so every thing from assembler to PHP, C to Java, and batch script to VBscript is allowed).
you can also run the script however you like, (for example you can use PHP as a command line interpretor, you don't have to use it as a web script).
brief description of what the code does is recommended, because not everyone will understand what the code does just by looking at the code.
it's the 9th today,
the competition will close on Christmas day (25th) at 12.00pm (that's midday) GMT.
you can post as many code samples as you like, (1, 2, 3 etc).
you can edit your code samples up to the closing date...
rules:
the close date is 12:00pm GMT 25th december (2009)
any code that doesn't run is disqualified
any code that contains errors is disqualified
any code that is posted after 12.00pm the close date is disqualified
any code that is edited after the close date is disqualified
any code contained in a post that is edited after the close date is disqualified, (because you may have altered the code).
code should be your own code, you can use library functions, you can use functions written by someone else, provided that you label it as someone else's and clearly label your own code that you've written.
All code, (including any functions borrowed) MUST fit within a single post)
the brief description of what the code does must also fit within the same post
the code MUST be ready to run, -if you have a non out-of -the-box setup you MUST describe that, (for example if you use the socket functions in PHP you must say that you need to edit the php.ini file to have the line include=php_sockets.dll or include=php_sockets.so etc...) so that other people will be able to trial and test your code.
Judging:
I don't expect that there will be a whole load of entries as this is quite specific.
each person can post as many separate code blocks/scripts as they like, but you're only allowed to take your best 2 examples forward for judging...
(so you can post 10 to get an idea of what might be popular, and then take your best/most popular script/code through to judging).
24 hours after the closing date you must have (if you've posted more than 2 code blocks/scripts), your 2 that you plan to put forward written down in the forum.
judging will hopefully start on the 26th (24 hours after the competition ends), and will be by a public vote (thread with polling options).
judging will end a week later on NYD again at midday (perhaps later if I'm too hung over to close the thread with voting).