DefHacks | Worldwide 3.0 hackathon is a free 36-hour event for high school and college students. It is a worldwide event in which students of all skill levels around can collaborate to create innovative projects to solve the worlds problems. Students can also participate in workshops to learn new skills, ask questions to top tech minds, participate in fun mini-events, and win amazing prizes!
Any high school or college student across the world is welcome to apply!
Friday, June 25, 2021 8:00 AM EST - Sunday, June 27, 2021 11:59 PM EST
The hackathon will be COMPLETELY online. We'll conduct the majority of the hackathon on Discord, and the opening/closing sessions will be on a YouTube livestream!
Registrations are now open! After reading the Code of Conduct, hackers can register through DevPost's platform (button below) and mentors/judges can register with this link: https://defhacks.co/mentor!
Viral Shah
Founder of Julia Programming Language
Josh Starmer
Founder of StatQuest
Coursera Instructor
Michael Seibel
Managing Director and Group Partner at Y Combinator
Eddie Jauode
GitHub Star of 2020
Open Source Contributor
Leon Yuan
Former Intern at AT&T, Paycom, and Linkedin
| June 25th (Friday) | |
|---|---|
| 4:30 AM - 4:30 AM | Last Chance to Register |
| 10:00AM - 12:00PM | Datastax: Introduction to NoSQL databases |
| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Opening Ceremony |
| 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM | Coil Workshop |
| 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Viral Shah - Fireside Chat & AMA |
| 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Building TwilioQuest Extensions with Javascript |
| June 26th (Saturday) | |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Eddie Jaoude's Open Source Adventures |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Josh Starmer - Ask me Anything |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Postman: Introduction to API's 101 |
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | EchoAR Workshop |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | API Development with Flask Workshop |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Michael Seibel - Keynote |
| 3:30 PM-4PM | Raffle |
| 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Weather Grapher Development using a web API, Chart.js Library, HTML, CSS and JS |
| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | DropBase Founders - Fireside Chat & AMA [Starting a Startup] |
| 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Introduction to Python Workshop |
| 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | Kahoot Session |
| June 27th (Sunday) | |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Various Mini-Games session |
| 10:30 AM | Initial Project Due |
| 11:00 AM | Projects Due - Hackathon Ends |
| 5:00 PM-6:00 PM | Closing Ceremony |
Chief Organizer
Head of Logistics
Head of Outreach
Head of Finance
Website Manager
A hackathon is an event, typically lasting several hours (or even days), in which a large number of people meet to code and show off their products.
Nope! If you already know how to code, that's great! However, if you don't know how to code, this is the perfect time to learn. We will be hosting beginner workshops for you, and we will have experienced mentors to help you with your hacks!
You can work individually or work in a team of up to 4! If you don't know anyone participating at the hackathon, don't worry! There will be many other people in the same situation as you. We highly recommend you reach out to other hackers on the slack workspace and form teams. You won't have to register as a team, just register individually. When it's time to submit your project, you can add the names of all your teammates there!
Your team has the freedom of making whatever you desire! In addition to our sponsored prompts, we will be having 2 other prompts you can submit your hack in: one for coronavirus related hacks, and another for best overall hack!
DefHacks is completely free for all hackers. Additionally, we will be providing DefHacks swag, and swag from the sponsors that have made this event possible.
The only thing you need is a device to access our slack website, and any materials needed for creating your hack!
Yes! DefHacks wouldn't be possible without our volunteers. We will open mentor and judge sign up here!