Southern Oregon University Hackathon 2023

Southern Oregon University Hackathon 2023 is organized and run by the Southern Oregon University Computer Science Club.

This year's theme is Shakespeare.

For information about sponsors and prizes go to the SOU Hackathon 2023 Website.

Group Projects

Group projects are allowed as long as your group fulfills these requirements:

• Everyone in the group needs to be registered for the event.
• Only one person should submit the repository.
• You must specify in the README.md file that your project is a group project.
• Group projects will be judged with more scrutiny than individual projects.

Information about Judging

Judging will be done by representatives from our sponsors. Projects will be judged according to this rubric.

Event Info

Date

Tuesday March 28th, 2023

Time

9:30am - 5:30pm (PST)

Locations

Computing Services 206, 480 University Way, Ashland, Oregon, 97520

Zoom (link will be emailed to registered participants on March 27th)

Prerequisites

A GitHub Account

If you do not yet have a GitHub account you can register for one here.

Be enrolled at one of these colleges

• Southern Oregon University
• College of the Siskiyous
• Klamath Community College
• Rogue Community College
• Southwestern Oregon Community College
• Umpqua Community College

Knowledge of (or willingness to learn) at least one of the following languages

• C
• C++
• CSS
• HTML
• Java
• JavaScript
• Python

Rules

• You cannot start coding before the start of Hackathon.
• Edits or additions after the deadline will not be considered.
• Code must be in your main branch in order to be considered. No code from other branches will be considered.

Getting Started

Navigate to the Hackathon GitHub project at https://github.com/platt-sam/souhackathon2023
Click on the "Fork" button at the top of the page and create your own fork of the project.

Create a new folder on your computer and clone your fork of the project into that folder: git clone https://github.com/<your_account_name>/souhackathon2023.git

Import the project into your favorite IDE and start getting creative with your code!

Github Tutorials

• General github command guide: https://github.com/git-guides
• Cloning your repo: https://github.com/git-guides/git-clone
• Some common github mistakes and how to fix them: https://dangitgit.com/en

Finalizing Your Submission

First, add all your code:

git add --all

Next, commit all your changes (the commit message is up to you):

git commit -m 'My 2023 Hackathon submission!'

Finally, push your commit up to your GitHub fork:

git push origin main