It's been getting a little boring around here, so one of the mods suggested we have a PHPDN Codeoff. Anyone who wants to enter will have until the end date posted below to develop the coolest project they can think of & build. The contest is open to anyone who wants to participate, with the exception of us moderators who have volunteered to be judges. Below are the conditions & judging categories that will be in place:
Rules:
- Entries must be submitted by September 1, 2007 11:59:59 GMT.
- Only entries sent via private message to the administrator of this contest (username: pickle) will be accepted. Any entries that are publically posted will be disqualified as judge impartiality may be compromised.
- Entries must be hosted by the applicant.
- Entries must have accompanied source code - either as displayed source if one file, or in a zip/tgz download if multiple files.
- Code must be in PHP5.
- Only one entry per person/group.
- Code must be released under an open source license. Any of the licenses found at: http://www.opensource.org/license/alphabetical are acceptable. We will not accept code released under a proprietary license that limits use to PHPDN or it's members, as we feel everyone should be able to read & benefit from all entries.
- Entries are not and can not be associated with PHPDN, the Developer's Network, or any of its aliases, affiliates, sister sites, or projects.
- All winning source code will be released by PHPDN (on behalf of & with full credit to the original author). If you do not want your source code released, do not participate.
- Entries may not contain original source code written prior to the announcement of this contest. Third party libraries such as Smarty, ADOdb, etc are acceptable.
- Code: cleanliness (was the code laid out nicely & readable, etc.) [out of 20]
- Code: consistency of style (were parenthesis location & function parameter order consistent, etc.) [out of 20]
- Code: documentation (How descriptive/helpful was the documentation) [out of 20]
- Code: efficiency (most appropriate function/method for the task) [out of 10]
- Design: appearance (how visually appealing was the design of the entry) [out of 5]
- Design: layout usability (how easy is the entry to use & learn) [out of 15]
- Design: accessibility (how accessible is the site to people with reading & visual disabilities) [out of 10]
- Design: standards (Markup, CSS, usability) compliance [out of 15]
- Project: degree of difficulty (how grandiose and/or difficult was the scope of the entry) [out of 10]
Now for the good part - the prizes: All participants in the winning entry (entries can be submitted by yourself or by a group of people), will receive a badge just like those given out for the PHPDN awards. In addition, each winning participant will be able to have a custom title (much like mine is 'Briney Mod') of your choosing (and approval by the mod team). To the best of my knowledge, we've never given out custom titles as a prize before - so you'll be in an elite group.
As the rules say, you've got to PM me with the URL of your entry. I'll need a URL for the actual working site as well as the source code in a .zip/ or a .tgz file. I won't be downloading the source code until the end of the contest, so feel free to PM me early with the URL & update your code as the contest progresses.
Good luck to everyone! I can't wait to see the cool stuff you folks will come up with!
Update Since we got no entries, there was no winner. I'd like to say better luck next time, but since we had no one try this first time...