Announcement
· Jan 26, 2023

Technology Bonuses for InterSystems Developer Tools Contest 2023

Here're the technology bonuses for the InterSystems Developer Tools Contest 2023 that will give you extra points in the voting:

  • Embedded Python usage
  • Docker container usage
  • ZPM Package Deployment
  • Online Demo
  • Code Quality pass
  • Article on Developer Community
  • The second article on Developer Community
  • Video on YouTube
  • First Time Contribution
  • Community Idea Implementation

See the details below.<--break->

Embedded Python - 3 points

Use Embedded Python in your application and collect 3 extra points. You'll need at least InterSystems IRIS 2021.2 for it.

Docker container usage - 2 points

The application gets a 'Docker container' bonus if it uses InterSystems IRIS  running in a docker container. Here is the simplest template to start from.

ZPM Package deployment - 2 points

You can collect the bonus if you build and publish the ZPM(ObjectScript Package Manager) package for your Full-Stack application so it could be deployed with:

zpm "install your-multi-model-solution"

command on IRIS with ZPM client installed. 

ZPM client. Documentation.

Online Demo of your project - 2 points
Collect 3 more bonus points if you provision your project to the cloud as an online demo. You can do it on your own or you can use this template - here is an Example. Here is the video on how to use it.

Code quality pass with zero bugs - 1 point

Include the code quality Github action for code static control and make it show 0 bugs for ObjectScript. 

Article on Developer Community - 2 points

Post an article on Developer Community that describes the features of your project. Collect 2 points for each article. Translations to different languages work too.

The Second article on Developer Community - 1 point

You can collect one more bonus point for the second article or the translation regarding the application. The 3rd and more will not bring more points but the attention will all be yours.

Video on YouTube - 3 points

Make the Youtube video that demonstrates your product in action and collect 3 bonus points per each. Examples.

First Time Contribution - 3 points

Collect 3 bonus points if you participate in InterSystems Open Exchange contests for the first time!

Community Idea Implementation - 3 points

You can get 3 extra bonus points if the dev tool implements one of the ideas listed as Community Opportunity on the InterSystems Idea portal.

The list of bonuses is subject to change. Stay tuned!

Good luck with the competition!

Discussion (4)3
Log in or sign up to continue

Hi Stefan! Usually not. We know, that rules changing doesn’t help.

But sometimes, very rarely, we add bonuses on-the-go. Like this time we believe that this bonus will help to pay attention to ideas, published by community members, and implement solutions, that community requested and voted for. And there is still 10 days to submit the app and one week more to polish it. We believe this bonus will not harm anyone. If it does - we can discuss it.