{"id":998,"date":"2008-09-03T02:37:06","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T07:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=998"},"modified":"2008-09-03T02:41:59","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T07:41:59","slug":"student-reviews-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/09\/03\/student-reviews-contest","title":{"rendered":"Student Reviews Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all students!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.com\/students\/date\/20080902\">easy way<\/a> to make USD$500 (grand prize), or USD$250 (five runners up). All you have to do is use the MySQL database (<a href=\"http:\/\/dev.mysql.com\/downloads\/mysql\/5.1.html\">5.1<\/a>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/glassfish.dev.java.net\/downloads\/v2ur2-b04.html\">GlassFish<\/a> application server (v2 Update Release 2) to develop a cool web application and write a review of your experience using these products.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for this is October 22, 2008. Remember to read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/products-n-solutions\/reviews\/studentzone\/contest.jsp\">contest details<\/a>, as it lists eligibility criteria, and how we&#8217;re judging the entries.<\/p>\n<p>As a judge, here&#8217;s my advice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make me go &#8220;wow!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Use some of the new features in MySQL 5.1 &#8211; think XML, event scheduler, table logging, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Make it ridiculously easy for me to judge the application &#8211; good documentation is going to help, but if the application itself is intuitive, it&#8217;d rock harder<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s no time limit you need to spend&#8230; 5 hours for ace coders, 20 hours for average coders&#8230; its up to you. Extra effort, usually means you&#8217;ll get a high rank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to get started quickly, there&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/download.netbeans.org\/netbeans\/6.1\/mysql_bundle\/\">NetBeans IDE 6.1<\/a> with GlassFish and MySQL bundle. It only comes with MySQL 5.0, so you&#8217;ll still have to get MySQL 5.1, but that should be a piece of cake. NetBeans is after all, a seriously good IDE.<\/p>\n<p>At a university? Got a notice board? Go ahead, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.com\/students\/resource\/MySQL_GF_Contest_Flier.pdf\">print the flyer<\/a>. 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Pulling it down while at the Star Alliance Gold lounge in Singapore was easy enough, and it only took me an hour (its a pretty big bundle - 164MB, as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;MySQL&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":788,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/04\/15\/keynote-with-marten-mickos-at-mysql-conference-2008","url_meta":{"origin":998,"position":3},"title":"Keynote with Marten Mickos at MySQL Conference 2008","date":"15\/4\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Live blogging from Marten Mickos' (SVP Database Group) keynote at the MySQL Conference and Expo 2008.Why did Sun acquire us?The culture and the vision. Biggest match with Sun. \"Network is the computer\" and \"Best Online Database\". Great affinity.Its a 1 billion dollar vote for the LAMP stack.Integrating better with OpenOffice.org,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;MySQL&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":388,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2006\/04\/03\/mikes-a-winner-all-round","url_meta":{"origin":998,"position":4},"title":"Mike is a winner all round","date":"3\/4\/2006","format":false,"excerpt":"No, we didn't forget about Make MySQL 5.1 Rock contest. We were just migrating our bugs database, and going through a little teething problems everytime a Monday hit! (yes, I've not been taking them for myself in the last two weeks!) The good news is that, you get an additional\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;MySQL&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":838,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/06\/14\/mysql-at-the-sun-tech-days-philippines","url_meta":{"origin":998,"position":5},"title":"MySQL at the Sun Tech Days, Philippines","date":"14\/6\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In what I think must be MySQL's first time in the Philippines, there will be a presence there next week. Well, its not the first time, but in terms of a community\/developer event, I think it might be. 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