Code Race 2020

  CODE RACE 2020 

• Participation in CODE RACE 2020 is free;
• Registration opens on October 12th and closes on December 2nd at 11:59 pm. To submit your registration you can access through this link;  
• All candidates must register individually and form or integrate an existing team through the TAIKAI's matchmaking process until December, 2nd at 11:59 pm. Only teams of 4 innovators can participate;
• After the teams are formed innovators must create and name their project on TAIKAI. This will be their identification during CODE RACE 2020; 
• The team must work in collaboration to deliver a working solution for the Automotive sector to help improve Smart Cities.
• In order for the project to be evaluated, all deliverables must be submitted by the deadlines.

Teams must deliver a full-stack working solution for the Automotive sector to help improve Smart Cities.

• Each team should submit on the platform the following elements:
  1. Video-pitch until 2 minutes, to show the concept and the goals of the solution they intend to develop;
  2. The code used in the repository on GitHub for:
     • Back-end/Database:
       Server with business logic - Database
     • Front-end:
       Browser, mobile app or both.
  3. Submit a video (5 minutes maximum) on the team's project page, presenting and demonstrating their solution.

  INSTALLATION AND INFRASTRUCTURES

For satisfactory development and delivery, teams should have available the following resources:

• Git – a Git repository where the team can contribute and the judges can access to evaluate the code;
• An IDE of choice;
• A database of choice, on the backend side;
• A mobile device for the development and presentation with debug mode active;
• Other dependencies required by the chosen technologies.

We also suggest:

• A local http server for frontend development;
• Postman collection/environment for testing.

Although teams can choose any technologies, our Mentors' team is able to provide support for the following: 

  EVALUATION AND CRITERIA

  Idea (25%)

• How well the solution fits the theme
• Creativity / Coolness
• Level of Innovation
• Realistic Capability / Business Value
• Idea and Concept Video-Pitch

  Implementation (50%)

• Overall Complexity
• Architecture Used
• Working Functionalities 
• Frontend UI/UX
• Code Quality
• Version Control

  Overall Result (25%)

• Global Solution
• Final Presentation / Pitch