📅 Dev Calendar: October 2020 Virtual Events and Hackathons (with hackathons listed by upcoming deadlines)
WEEK 1: OCT 1-OCT. 3
Virtual Events:
- OCT. 2: Microsoft's MS Stage conference, wherein 16 sessions will be presented about the future of Microsoft's technology stack, including .NET, C#, F#, MS Azure, Cosmos DB, SQL Server, VS Code Spaces and..
- OCT. 3-4:
Hackathons:
- NOW-OCT. 4...
WEEK 2: OCT. 4-OCT.10
Virtual Events:
- OCT. 6-7: JavaScript conference with speakers including the founder of Vue.js, the founder of GitHub, and more.
- OCT. 6-8...
Hackathons:
- NOW-OCT. 5...
WEEK 3: OCT. 11-OCT. 17
Virtual Events:
- OCT. 15-16: React Summit XL conference with speakers like Kent C. Dodds and...
Hackathons:
- OCT. 9- OCT. 11: Hacks for Humanity hackathon. "This 3-day hacking event challenges participants to create and to innovate solutions to local and global issues. While this year’s participant team tracks are Aging, Safety, and Justice, all finished products in this team competition must embody these Humanity 101 principles: kindness, compassion, integrity, respect, empathy, forgiveness, and self-reflection."
- OCT. 12- OCT. 16...
WEEK 4: OCT. 18-OCT. 24
Virtual Events:
- OCT. 20-22...
WEEK 5: OCT. 25-OCT. 31
Virtual Events:
- OCT. 27...
Hackathons:
- NOW - OCT. 31: Hacktoberfest, dubbed a one-month long annual "celebration of open-source software," this is the program's seventh year inviting beginners and the experienced alike to contribute to open-source projects.
- NOW- OCT. 31: "We’ve developed technology that is able to authenticate people based on how they type on their keyboards. Show us what you’d build given that you CAN recognize people based on their typing."
- NOW-OCT. 31...
NOVEMBER HACKATHON DEADLINES:
- OCT. 16-NOV. 1: ElectionHackathon hosted by Minority Programmers Association. "Develop a platform for your own democratic system for the citizens of the world to vote on issues and/or candidates. This is not meant to be a digitization of current voting systems, but rather your own redesign on global electoral systems."
- OCT. 12-NOV. 20: Microsoft Azure Hack for Social Justice. "Microsoft invites you to use your creativity, passion, and cloud expertise to create solutions that empower communities and help address a timely and relevant social justice issue." Issues can include protecting democratic elections and voting rights, gender equality, criminal justice reform, accessibility, and more.
- NOW - NOV. 16...