Online applications are invited for the Zoho Creator Hackathon 2024. Registration and ideation is scheduled from March 15 to April 30, 2024.
About Zoho Creator
Zoho Creator is a low-code/no-code application development platform at the forefront of low-code development for over 15 years. Released as a flagship product under the Zoho Business Suite in 2006, Zoho Creator has etched itself as an enterprise platform that caters to all sections of the coding world—from helping citizen developers through its guided scripting functionality to pro-code capabilities with Java, Python, and JS support. Powered by the easiest programming language in the world, Deluge, Zoho Creator is the perfect backdrop for the final low-code hackathon of the year.
Eligibility Criteria
- From seasoned developers to citizen developers, students 18 years and older, or anyone passionate about building high-quality applications. Teams of 2, including lone wolves, are welcome.
- Note: The hackathon is not open to Zoho employees or partners.
What do we evaluate?
- The use case of your app and how it solves a real-world problem statement
- Criticality of product functionalities used for the app
- UI/UX
- Innovative use of the product
What’s up for grabs?
- Total prize money of INR 8,27,533.00/$10k for the top 3 winners in gift vouchers
- Monetize your app by adding it to Zoho Marketplace.
Registration Fee
There isn’t one! This virtual low-code hackathon can be attended from home, free of cost. The only prerequisite is to register yourself.
Prizes
Top 3 winners receive a total prize money of $10,000 in gift vouchers!
Stages and Timeline
Registration and ideation (March 15 to April 30)
- Registration
- Register for the hackathon using the form above
- Fill in team details (Name of each member, number of members)
- Fill in personal details (Profession/experience)
- Ideation
- Idea briefing with concept and impact
- Application utility and use cases
- App architecture/expected feature set
Note: Accepted entries will be notified and a custom link will be sent via email for signing on to the platform.
Walkthrough
A free webinar by our product experts to walk you through the Zoho Creator platform—its features, capabilities, and functionalities.
Development (May 1 to Jun 1)
- Build
- Develop your application at your own pace
- Product support available on demand
- If you wish, you’re allowed to integrate the application with third-party services.
- Share
- The app has to be shared with the Zoho Creator team via the app sharing feature or DS download (Details will be shared in the email with a custom link)
- Any app not shared before the deadline will be disqualified.
Evaluation and results (Jun 1 onwards)
- Evaluation
- Their expert panel will evaluate the app on multiple parameters, involving leaders from different product verticals.
- Result
- Winners will receive an email
- An official announcement will be shared on the website.
Please note: Uploading any submission constitutes the entrant’s consent to give Zoho Corporation a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such submissions in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes.
How to Register?
Interested candidates can get the updates through this link.
Contact Details
hello[at]zohocreator.com
