Coding Contest – Win books, music players and an iPod
The IndicThreads-DevSquare Coding Contest is a weekly contest
to be held over the next 3 months. You can win a great Java book every
week and music players every month. The entire series winner gets a
cool iPod. The leader table will be displayed on IndicThreads.com and
will be updated based on results every week.
As part of this contest you will be presented with one Java /
Java EE problem which you have to solve by writing appropriate code.
Your solution will be evaluated on programming parameters – code
correctness, compliance with standards, coding efficiency, and coding
productivity – and rated.
This is an online contest and does not require any development
environment on your local machine. You get a maximum of 30
min to write and submit the code solution to the problem. Please note
that the quality of the code is important and not just its working.
* Ensure that you use the same email address in all the weekly contests. Only then can you accumulate points for the monthly and series winner prizes.
* The contest is open to participants from all countries.
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Overall Series Winner
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| :: Vivek Kumar Pandey :: |
| Weekly Winners |
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Winners For Month
One [Prizes By – DevSquare] |
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MP4 Players
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MP3 Players
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Winners For Month
Two [Prizes By – DevSquare] |
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MP4 Players
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MP3 Players
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Winners For Month Three [Prizes By – DevSquare]
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MP4 Players
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MP3 Players
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The winner of the weekly contest for the week (4th August- 10th August 2007) gets a copy of the book Beginning EJB 3 Application Development: From Novice to Professional (Apress).
Prize for Week 12 – (4th August- 10th August 2007)
 Beginning EJB 3 Application Development: From Novice to Professional (Apress) |
| Winner For Week 12 – Arun, Chennai |
Prizes for the Month
 2 MP4 Players |
 3 MP3 Players |
The Series Winner gets an iPod Nano 4GB
 1 iPod Nano 4GB |
If you are ready to go, have a quick look at the rules and instructions below and then submit the form.
The contest is now closed. Thanks for participating. The final results will be announced shortly.
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (28th July – 3rd August 2007) gets a copy of the book The Definitive Guide to SOA: BEA AquaLogic Service Bus from Apress.
Prize for Week 11 – (28th July – 3rd August 2007)
 The Definitive Guide to SOA BEA AquaLogic Service Bus (Apress) |
| Winner For Week 11 – Rajesh, Chennai |
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (21st July – 26th July 2007) gets a copy of the book Beginning JBoss Seam from Apress.
Prize for Week 10 – (21st July – 26th July 2007)
 Beginning JBoss Seam (Apress) |
| Winner For Week 10 – Vivek Kumar Pandey, Noida |
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (14th July – 20th July) gets a copy of the book Pro Apache Tomcat from Apress.
Prize for Week 9 – (14th July – 20th July 2007)
 Pro Apache Tomcat (Apress) |
| Winner For Week 9 – Rajesh, Chennai |
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (7th July – 13th July) gets a copy of the book Ajax In Practice from Manning.
Prize for Week 8 – (7th July – 13th July 2007)
 Ajax In Practice (Manning) |
| Winner For Week 8 – Vivek Kumar Pandey, Noida |
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (29th June – 6th July) gets a copy of the book GWT In Action from Manning.
Prize for Week 7 – (29th June – 6th July 2007)
 Google Web Toolkit GWT In Action (Manning) |
| Winner For Week 7 – Vivek Kumar Pandey, Noida |
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (22nd
June – 28th June) gets a copy of the book The Definitive Guide to Grails from Apress. You an read the interview with the author of the book and creator of Grails @ – Grails Is a Breath of Fresh Air For Java Developers
Prize for Week 6 – (22nd June – 28th June 2007)
 The Definitive Guide to Grails (Apress) |
| Winner For Week 6 – Sunil Singhal, Pune |
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (15th
June – 21st June) gets a copy of the book Pro Apache Struts with Ajax from Apress.
Prize for Week 5 – (15th June – 21st June 2007)
 Pro Apache Struts with Ajax (Apress) |
| Winner For Week 5 – Rajesh, Chennai |
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (8th
June – 14th June) gets a copy of the book Alfresco Enterprise Content Management Implementation from Packt. Alfresco is a free, Open Source Java-based Enterprise CMS. A chapter about Document Management with Alfresco is available on IndicThreads
Prize for Week 4 – (8th June – 14th June 2007)
 Alfresco Enterprise Content Management Implementation (Packt) |
| Winner For Week 4 – Amit GargGupta |
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (31st
May – 6th June) gets a copy of the book EJB3 In Action from Manning.
Prize for Week 3 – (31st May – 6th June 2007)
 EJB3 In Action (Manning) |
| Winner For Week 3 – Rajesh Selvanayagam |
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (24th
May – 30th May) gets a copy of the book Groovy In Action from Manning.
Prize for Week 2 – (24th May – 30th May 2007)
 Groovy in Action (Manning) |
| Winner For Week 2 – Priyanka Jain |
The winner of the weekly contest for the week (17th
May – 23rd May) gets a copy of the book Google Web Toolkit
GWT Java AJAX Programming from Packt.
Prize for Week 1 – (17th May – 23rd May 2007)
 Google Web Toolkit (GWT) Java AJAX Programming (Packt) |
| Winner For Week 1 – Vivek Kumar Pandey |
Instructions for Java Server Pages (JSP)
- Create the jsp by using the Add file option. Save the jsp by pressing the Save button.
- You can compile the jsp to check for any compilation errors or directly run it.
- Compile Jsp
- Click on the Compile button or click on the Compile & Run dropdown (at the top of the page) and choose compile.
- Run Jsp
- Choose start tomcat from the Compile & Run drop down. It will start the tomcat instance.
- You can execute the jsp by click on the Run button after the server has been succesfully started. It will open a new browser with the jsp.
- To stop tomcat, choose stop tomcat from the Compile & Run drop down.
- Dos
- Use log for logging in jsps and servlet. The log messages will be shown in the tomcat message window.
- All the jsps should be written under the Main Program Directory.
- Donts
- Do not use the System.out.println in jsps and servlets as it will not be shown in the tomcat message window.
Rules:
- You get a maximum of 30 minutes to submit your solution.
- There’s no participation fee for entering the contest.
- Judges decision will be final and binding.
- IndicThreads reserves the right to modify / cancel the
contest without any notice. - The sponsors have agreed to provide the specified books and
prizes to the winners. IndicThreads is not responsible for any delivery
failures, delays or damages. - Please provide 6 to 8 weeks for the books to reach you and
8-10 weeks for the other prizes. - It must be legal to send the prizes to your country and for
you to receive the same. - Local electrical settings for prize winning electrical
items could differ from the settings for your country. - The prizes are subject to availability. In such cases, a
prize of similar value will be awarded. The contest organizer’s
discretion will be final and binding. - All weekly contests that conclude between 17th May and 16th June will be considered for the first monthly prizes
- All weekly contests that conclude between 17th June and 16th July will be considered for the second monthly prizes
- All weekly contests that conclude between 17th July and 16th August will be considered for the third monthly prizes
nope.
i’m 4th week winner.
i have n’t received my prize yet.
Have u ppl got ur prizes ? I believe everybody must have got their month 1 and week 1-4 prizes .
Week 9 results have been announced, but not for Month 2 ?
2nd month winners are not declared yet.
has any1 got an email regarding the 2nd month prizes??????
Congrats Vivek.
after getting 100%, i thought i might be the winner.
but you beat me.
great buddy.
yaar from where yu learn these things.
because i had never studied this before.
but now when i try to solve prblem i go thru java & jsp
hay
its working great
What happened to the Week 8 results ?
Is their any reassessment going on ?
– Vivek K Pandey
the 8th week & the 2nd month winners are not yet declared.
may i know when will this be done?
Sunil,
I have received my first week’s prize ‘Google Web Toolkit’ book at the end of 5th week of the contest . So it took 4 weeks for me( it was shipped from U.K.!! ) . But for others it might take longer.
– Vivek K Pandey
Thanks Vivek for the information.
i’ll do it.
have you received yur prizes?????
Sunil,
Please get in touch with Harhad on editorATindicthreadsDOTcom ( AT->@ , DOT->. ) with your address and contact no. . Remember to use the same mail id with which you are participating in the contest
– Vivek K Pandey
hi.
i’m Sunil singhal, winner of 6th week.
i haven’t received any intimation from your side regarding the collectin of prize.
please tell me what to do?
Hello Harshad, et al,
I too share the concern of the above poster ( who has not left his name !! ) . For some reason , I found my scores for week 5 very low . I have not been able to figure out the reason for the same .
Though I understand that DevSquare and your team will be hard pressed for time , it would be great if somebody can shed some light on the reasons for low scores.
Thanks for reading this
– Vivek Kumar Pandey
hi Harshad.
i have some problems regarding the contest.
1) my points for week 5 are very less.
however,my code is working fine & producing desired results.
2) when i logged in for the contest7 on the last day, i couldn’t see the question for contest7.
please do reply
nice buddy.
yup, i don’t understand english.
happy now.
Amit GG,
What do you mean by ‘i’m smelling a rat’ ?
Either you do not understand english ..or you cant read your own posts …
what accusations??????????
did i accuse you ?
i just said that ADMINS need to reply to the queries.
Check the way week 4 winner types ‘heyyyy’ and do it in a very similar manner ….Is it just coincidense ? .. I dont think so
And for god sake … stop levelling accusations when you have no proof …
sorry buddy but i haven’t used any slang language.
i was just asking to the admins that how could it happen when the contest 8 is supposed to start on 8th.
& how can you say that i’ AMT GARG GUPTA?????
i’m smelling a rat.
Sorry once again to both admins & the above person in conversation
Amit GargGupta,
Please exercise some patience . It has been the practise here that the new questions are put up on Friday . You should have known that . BTW, Indic Threads team does not owe anything to you as you are not paying for the contest . Hence please keep the language professional.
*** Another participant ***
Disclaimer : I am not a part of IndicThreads. Hence the opinion above is my personal opinion.
nothing is disciplined here.
no reply from the admins??/
heyyyyy. today is the last day of the contest7.
but when i logged in, it shows the contest 8.
may know why?
i couldn’t take u the contest 7.
who is the 5th week winner?????????????????
what happened to the results of 5th week?
i have gone through. actually, 1st weekly winner gt his prize, that’s why i asked.
but thanks for your reply.
waiting for the prizes