Adobe Developer Olympiad (Win Rs. 50,000)

Adobe India on Friday, announced the Adobe Developer Olympiad. Adobe made its grand entry onto the programming world, with the acqusition of Macromedia... Adding Flash & ColdFusion to its kitty. Now with FLEX2.0 out in the open, Adobe has enough push to reach out to developers and its doing exactly that.

First came the Adobe Developer Derby, which saw some awesome applications being churned out. Check the results and the winning applications here. Then there was an Aussy equivalent of the Derby, which went well too.

So now we have decided to focus on one of the (probably THE) largest developer bases in the world. INDIA !! Our philosophy to start from the grass root level has spun this idea of Adobe Developer Olympiad for Students. The key highlights for the same

• Any student pursuing a degree in any stream as a full time student of a recognized university in India is eligible to participate in the contest.
• Submissions can be in 3 categories: Engineering (components), Applications, and ColdFusion integration.
  
• Each category has a prize of Rs. 50,000
  
• You can participate individually or as a team of upto 5 members

Check out these following links to start off....

• Adobe Developer Olympiad Page
  
• Adobe India Students Group
• Flex.org: Your one-stop Flex portal
• Flex Quick Starts: Lessons to get you up and running quickly
• Flex Developer Center: Whitepapers, lessons, examples, and more
• Flex Component Explorer: Lots of Flex examples for you to try

More updates will follow... Any queries, mail to the Developer Olympiad Mailing list (ado@adobe .com)