Programming competition

[phlazma]

I think it's a good idea. Trying to define the catagories might be tricky at first, but I think there's a LOT of potential for some neat stuff.

[josh_johnson]

I know this isn't exactly what you were looking for, nor does it have anything to do with FIRST, but Topcoder has a very well designed, free, weekly on-line programming competition. You are given 75 minutes to write three functions that return the requested values. You can compete in Java, C++ C# or VB and are scored based on time used coding each problem and the difficulty of the functions.

They also have component competitions where you can win money by designing an entire component. This is closer to what you are describing as you are given a week(I believe) to create the program and each competitor's program is given a score by a panel of judges based upon coding ability and functionality.

I hope you find this helpful.

P.S. If they ask for the member that referred you(I'm not sure if they still do), my user name is j_johnso

Josh

[Angela06]

Thanks for the help.... its some of what were are looking for. I have posted a Thread under the FIRST General Forum area about a programming competition. Im trying to find what the teams have to say about this so if we have enough support we could send the idea to FIRST and maybe next year we will have a programming competition.

Please go to the Thread on the FIRST General Forum area about this and vote. The more votes for yes we have the better chance we have.