Information Technology Standards Committee

code::XtremeApps:: 2008

code::XtremeApps:: is back again this year! Organized by the IT Standards Committee, this event aims to create greater awareness on the use and value of standards in programming, and cultivate programming talent and interest in Singapore. It also seeks to demonstrate that programming can be fun and exciting. This year’s competition includes a new ‘Junior’ category targeted at children aged 12 years and below.

Open Category

This 24-hour competition allows you to build cool and engaging Web 2.0 mashups and Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using development tools and environments such as IBM Project Zero and Adobe AIR. It is open to all students ranging from secondary to tertiary institutions and is also open to practicing professionals.

code::XtremeApps:: 2008 Open Category is held in partnership with the National Infocomm Competition (NIC), an annual inter-school competition spearheaded by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (iDA). The competition is one of the challenges under the Polytechnic/ITE circuit of the NIC. This means that participants representing their Polytechnics or ITE can also accumulate points for the NIC.

The timeline for the competition is as follows:

18 April 2008	Launch of the competition at the Singapore Management University
16 May 2008	Deadline for team registration
28 May / 4 June 2008	Briefing for IBM Project Zero at the Institute of Systems Science, NUS
3-4 Jun 2008	Training for Adobe AIR at the Singapore Management University
19 – 20 July 2008	Competition at the Singapore Management University
21 July 2008	Selection of winners for shortlisted teams
August 2008	Prize presentation ceremony

To register for the competition, please complete and send in the registration form by 16 May 2008. To sign up for the training sessions, please register online at this website. Please note that the training sessions are only open to the participants of the competition.

Download the Registration Form for the Open Category

Download the Rules and Regulations for the Open Category

Download the technical document on deploying the competition entry to the competition server at the 24-hour competition

Download the poster for the Open Category

Download the Adobe materials for reading prior to the training on 03 & 04 June 2008

Junior Category

The Junior Category is open to children age 12 years and below as at 1 January 2008. This competition invites children to tickle their creative minds using Alice, a 3D interactive development platform, to create animated and engaging applications. Free training will be provided.

The timeline for the competition is as follows:

18 April 2008	Launch of the competition at the Singapore Management University
16 May 2008	Deadline for team registration
26 – 30 May 2008	Training Session on ALICE at Nanyang Girls High School (Participants can select any one of the five full day training sessions)
3 Jun 2008	Deadline for submission of team entries
27 June 2008	Judging Day
August 2008	Prize presentation ceremony

To register for the competition, please complete and send in the registration form by 16 May 2008.

To sign up for the Alice training session, please indicate the preferred date(s) in the registration form. Please note that the training sessions are only open to the children participating in the competition.

Download the Registration Form for the Junior Category

Download the Rules and Regulations for the Junior Category

Download the poster for the Junior Category

Prizes

Contestents stand to win the following attractive prizes!

Open Category

1st Prize	$3,000 for each team member, or up to S$9,000 for 3 members
2nd Prize	$2,000 for each team member, or up to S$6,000 for 3 members
3rd Prize	$1,000 for each team member, or up to S$3,000 for 3 members

Additional prizes for NIC contestants:

1st Prize	iPod Touch or equivalent for each team member
2nd Prize	PSP or equivalent for each team member
3rd Prize	External harddisk or equivalent for each team member

Junior Category

1st Prize	Nintendo Wii or equivalent for each team member
2nd Prize	Sony PSP bundle or equivalent for each team member
3rd Prize	Nintendo DS Lite or equivalent for each team member

Adobe software will be awarded to the schools of the winning teams, worth close to a total of US$ 6,000

There will also be 10 consolation prizes worth up to $100 for each team.

Useful links

National Infocomm Competition 2008 – an annual, inter-school competition that allows students to hone their skills and showcase their talent in infocomm
http://talent.singaporeinfocomm.sg/infocommcompetition.aspx

Alice – an educational software that teaches students computer programming in a 3D environment
http://www.alice.org

Adobe AIR – allows developers to use proven web technologies to build rich internet applications that deploy to the desktop and run across operating systems
http://www.adobe.com/products/air

Project Zero – an agile development environment that simplifies the deployment of dynamic web applications
http://www.projectzero.org

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Code::XtremeApps:: is brought to you by Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC), an industry partnership supported by IDA Singapore and SPRING Singapore.