Djangothon 2018

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Django has enabled thousands of web developers and helped them build robust websites, with relative ease. This is your time to give back and contribute to open source Django project by building plugins, packages, dev tools and adding enhancements to Django. HackerEarth is hosting an invite-only hackathon to enable this contribution.

If anyone has done development in Django for a decent period of time, they will agree that one thing that makes Django so powerful is the large repository of third-party packages that are available. With this Hackathon, our aim is to give back to the Django community, so what better than contributing to Django packages. In this hackathon, we are calling Django hackers to build that package you always wished was there, but ended up building on your own.

To all those who are new to Django, here is its brief history of time:
Django was born in the fall of 2003, when the web programmers at the Lawrence Journal-World newspaper, Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison, began using Python to build applications. It was released publicly under a BSD license in July 2005. The framework was named after guitarist Django Reinhardt. Later in June 2008, it was announced that a newly formed Django Software Foundation (DSF) would maintain Django in the future.

Django at HackerEarth:

Django has also played a central role in pivoting HackerEarth, the platform​.​ It ​has ​helped us​ in​ ​creatively building niche product features with ease and scaling the platform with ​a team of only a few hackers. Today​,​ using Django we are more flexible and​ productive in ​shipping a quality platform for bringing together a community of smart developers alike. You can read here, how we are leveraging Django and building scalable applications at HackerEarth.

In this hackathon, we not only want to build something meaningful but also have fun. After registration, participants will be invited for the finals based on their profile. Snacks and beverages are on the house, so come with your laptops and make Django proud.