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Are you ready for the Navatar Slumdog Developer Contest!
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Welcome to the Navatar Slumdog Developer Contest for Cloud Developers! The Force.com Sites Developer Preview program is officially open to all. To take advantage of the program, we are launching the Navatar Slumdog Developer Contest happening now through
June 30, 2009.
Anybody can participate, starting today, and there aren't many rules to hinder your creativity (see below). We want to see how far you can take the platform, and the new Force.com Sites in particular. We'll be handing out iPod nanos and iPod touches for interesting applications that show innovation or creativity.
So, regardless of your background or where you are, join in!
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Why is it a Slumdog Contest?
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Because at Navatar we are doing some of the most exciting things happening today in the Cloud Computing world with Force.com, even though most of us came from humble beginnings. For instance, read the success story of Rexlo Joe who came from a remote village of Tamil Nadu, India a few years ago to become a top Cloud Computing Architect on Wall Street (read Rexlo Joe’s success story). With the Navatar Slumdog Developer Contest, we want to recognize and highlight your talent and your work.
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Who can Participate?
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Anyone. Simply register for the Navatar Slumdog developer contest. Get access to a free Force.com Developer Edition (DE) environment (Click here to create a new Force.com Developer Login) with the Sites Preview technology enabled to participate in the Navatar Slumdog Developer Contest. To enable your existing Developer Edition account, or to sign up for a new DE account enabled with the Sites Preview Technology, please visit http://developer.force.com/iwantsites.
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The Rules
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You can use any or all parts of the Force.com platform, as long as you use customer portal or Force.com Sites, and you can submit as many applications as you like.
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The Contest
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You can create any application you like. However, if you want to participate in a structured challenge, consider building an application for a Financial Services organization with a public web site that allows users to get market information, conduct transactions, manage accounts as well as collaborate with community and facilitate discussions.
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Hints
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• Think about an application that solves a use-case commonly required by public users.
• Check out web sites of Financial Services organizations such as banks, brokerage firms etc
• Check out IdeaExchange and AppExchange for some ideas of applications.
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Questions
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For contest related questions, visit our blog at www.navatarforce.com/platform.
For Force.com related questions visit http://www.salesforce.com/community/community/
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The Prizes
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Our experts will be evaluating all the submissions. After the challenge, we will give away iPod Nanos and iPod Touches to the five most exciting submissions. In addition, if your submission is one of the five selected, you will also have an opportunity to have your resume considered for joining the exciting and fast-growing Navatar team in the United States or in India.
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Show us your work!
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Once you have completed your Force.com application, you can submit the results of your work here (coming soon). We may ask you to walk us through your code, so that we can evaluate the results of your effort for the judging.
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Getting Started
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STEP 1. Register for the Navatar Slumdog developer contest
STEP 2. Get free access to a free Force.com Developer Edition (DE) environment (Click here to create a new Force.com Developer Login) with the Sites Preview technology enabled to participate in the Navatar Slumdog Developer Contest.
(To enable your existing Developer Edition account, or to sign up for a new DE account enabled with the Sites Preview Technology, please visit http://developer.force.com/iwantsites.)
STEP 3 (optional). QUICK TUTORIAL TO TEACH YOURSELF - Get up to speed on the basics of Force.com Sites by following step-by-step instructions to create a simple Site with a single page. Go the the Force.com Workbook and skip to Tutorial #8: Create a Public Web Page Using Force.com Site. Follow the instructions in the tutorial to create your first Force.com Site.
You can go even further by exploring some recipes for expanding the reach of your first Site. The Sites launch page has a number of recipes at the bottom of the page which will allow you to learn about using Force.com merge fields in your Sites pages, as well as customizing the look and feel of your Sites pages.
Once your DE environment is enabled and you have mastered the basics of Force.com Sites, you are ready for the contest.
STEP 4. Create one of the suggested sample applications, or take flight with your own unique application.
STEP 5. Create an additional admin user for the contest in your Force.com DE with email slumdog@navatargroup.com. DO NOT ASSIGN AN EXISTING USER.
STEP 6. SUBMIT YOUR APP BY JUNE 30, 2009 @ 12am EST.
Let the games begin in the Cloud!
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