Participate in MySQL-GlassFish Student Contest and Win $500
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announced a new student contest... Use MySQL database and GlassFish application server to develop a web application and write a review for...
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| Simply: 1. Download MySQL 5.1 Community Edition and GlassFish v2 Update Release 2 (UR2). 2. Develop a cool web application using the combination. 3. Create a project of your application at java.net. 4. Write a review of these products and post it in your blog. 5. Submit your java.net project's URL and your review's URL. 6. Do it before October 22, 2008. The Sun Student Reviews site has all the details, so does the contest page. And here is a nice flier for you to pass around. Hang them on your bulletin boards, email it to your friends, the more the merrier... We will be posting updates and responses to your questions in this site, so continue to check it out. Good luck and have fun! |
Does the application needs to be written in Java?
Posted by Felipe Cerda on September 02, 2008 at 01:40 PM PDT #
Hi Felipe,
Please see the details at the contest page, specifically the "How to Enter" section.
The application can be developed using Java, PHP, Python, or Ruby.
I encourage you and other participants to carefully read through the material at
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/reviews/studentzone/contest.jsp
Good luck.
Posted by Chhandomay Mandal on September 02, 2008 at 01:47 PM PDT #
Hello Felipe and other students,
This is also mentioned in the contest page, rules documents etc. but I think I should reiterate --
ALL the submission related materials (documentation, comments, reviews etc.) need to in ENGLISH only.
Thanks.
Posted by Chhandomay on September 02, 2008 at 01:56 PM PDT #
Sun contests just keep me frustrated because the eligibility rules, they just don't have "Tunisia" in their map
Posted by KhaledE on September 02, 2008 at 04:50 PM PDT #
So, you're back again! Things have changed a lot in past 2 months, and its good to have it again...But, I might not participate...
Anyways, thanks for featuring me on the Student Reviews website :-)
Posted by Varun on September 03, 2008 at 12:23 AM PDT #
@ KhaledE,
We have alternate ways of highlighting students' work for countries where we can not run the contest for legal reasons.
We feature student reviews at http://www.sun.com/student_reviews -- check out the current ones, they are from a variety of countries. If you are interested to have your work promoted, feel free to contact us using the "Contact Student Reviews" option in the URL above.
Posted by Chhandomay on September 03, 2008 at 07:40 AM PDT #
Hi,
In first glance, this competition looks really difficult:
1. I need to learn Java EE or any other enterprise app language (Ruby etc)
2. Learn how to implement it on Glassfish
3. Think of a very nice intuitive project which hasn't been thought of before
4. Get it accepted on java.net
5. Write it's review? From whose point of view - developer? End user?
All this in a time span of a month! This competition looks unfairly tedious as compared to the last one. Can you please help us out a bit? :)
Rohan
Posted by Rohan Dhruva on September 03, 2008 at 12:29 PM PDT #
For those who are starting on Glassfish, it's very easy to install and deploy your first application. I wrote a short tutorial about how to do that on Linux:
http://silveiraneto.net/2008/09/07/glassfish-on-linux/
Posted by Silveira Neto on September 08, 2008 at 11:33 PM PDT #
Hi,
The contest seems to be interesting. Something better than the last review contest. There are a few queries:
1. The application can be developed in Java, PHP, Python, or Ruby, but on java.net only Java related projects can be hosted. How to go about for applications written in languages apart from Java?
2. Can the web application being developed be simple? Can we have some idea on the type of Web Application to be created?
3. How to get started with GlassFish and MySQL?
Posted by Mohamed Sanaulla on September 15, 2008 at 10:02 PM PDT #
It's a good chance and I intend to attend.
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Blog:
http://blogs.sun.com/greysh
Posted by Greysh on September 17, 2008 at 10:26 AM PDT #
@ Mohamed Sanaulla
1. java.net is accepting all student projects for this contest. You can use any of the 4 languages listed in the contest page, and it will be approved.
2. Yes, the web application can be simple. However, you have to use GlassFish and MySQL in your submitted project to be eligible.
You can pick any web application of your choice. See the judging criteria section to see on what the judges will be awarding more points towards.
3. There is a blog posted here about GlassFish installation. Also,
GlassFish Getting Started Guide is at:
https://glassfish.dev.java.net/downloads/quickstart/index.html
There is a comprehensive list of documents for students at:
https://spotlight.dev.java.net/start/
A MySQL Getting Started Guide is at
http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql_intro.html
Good luck.
Posted by Chhandomay on September 19, 2008 at 04:02 PM PDT #