INETA Component Code Challenge

Building .NET Applications with Reusable Components

Win a scholarship to PDC 2009 in Los Angeles CA

The Winners:

The INETA Component Code Challenge is now complete. We are honored to announce the winners and would like to extend a big thank you for all of the great contributions and the help of all of our judges. All submissions can be viewed online at http://www.inetachamps.com/codechallenge.

Winners:

Chris White
Ron Puckett

Runner up:

Toi Wright

Honorable Mention:

Aaron Coleman
Chris Eargle
Greg Bray
Greg Pugh
Jonathan Marbutt
Keith Richardson
Mike Brown

The Rules:

Build a .NET Application (WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight, Compact Framework, etc.) using at least 2 components from at least 2 different approved vendors. Then make a 3 - 5 minute Camtasia video showing your entry and describing what components you used and why your application is cool. Our judges will review the submissions and the best two will win a scholarship to PDC 2009 in Los Angeles CA including air fare, hotel, and conference pass.

The Judging:

Entries will be judged on four criteria:

Effective use of a component to solve a problem/display data
Innovative use of components
Impact using components (i.e. reduction in lines of code written, increased productivity, etc.)
Most creative use of a component.

Our judging panel members are Markus Egger, CEO EPS Software and Publisher, CoDe Magazine; Simon Guest, Senior Director, Technology Strategy, Microsoft; and Scott Hanselman, Senior Program Manager, Developer Division, Microsoft.

The Submission Process:

Review the components offered by our approved vendors and select components from at lest 2 different vendors.
Build your application using those components.
Make a 3 - 5 minute Camtasia video showing your entry and describing what components you used and why your application is cool. Video must be in WMV format. You can get a free trial of Camtasia here. If you need help with Camtasia you can download a PDF or view online training.
Zip up your movie and send it using YouSendIt Lite to codechallenge@ineta.org. Be sure to include your name, mailing address, and email address and include the names of the component vendors products you used in the message line.

The Timeline:

Submission Deadline 08/25/2009 09/01/2009 at Midnight Eastern
Winners Announced 09/14/2009 9/21/2009

The Prizes:

1st and 2nd place - PDC Scholarship + Prize Pack: The top 2 entries, as determined by our judges, will receive a scholarship to PDC 2009 in LA and a prize pack. Including air, hotel, and conference pass.
3rd place - iPod Touch + Prize Pack: The runner up entry will receive an iPod Touch and a prize pack. iPod Touch donated by Amyuni Technologies.
Best of Show - 7 Prize Packs: The top 7 "best of show" entrants will receive a prize pack full of full licenses to controls and other goodies donated by our vendors.

The Approved Vendors:

/n Software

/n software Red Carpet Subscriptions give you everything needed for communications, security, and e-business development - components for every major protocol from FTP to IMAP to SNMP, SSL and SSH security, S/MIME encryption, Digital Certificates, Credit Card Processing, ZIP compression, Instant Messaging, Shipping and Tracking, and e-business (EDI) transactions. Every winner who uses a Red Carpet product as part of their solution will also will a FREE Red Carpet Subscription (a $1499 value)!

AccuSoft Corp

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Alphora

Amyuni Technologies Inc.

Amyuni PDF Suite Developer Pro 4.0: Implement full PDF & XPS creation, conversion and editing capabilities into your .NET and ActiveX applications. Amyuni PDF Suite combines our PDF Converter and PDF Creator products in one development toolkit. Add instantaneous document processing in a fraction of the time it takes with other tools. PDF Suite only takes few lines of code to implement into your applications. Amyuni products are built in-house and have been used by clients worldwide for over 10 years.

Atalasoft

DotImage is the easy to use imaging toolkit for .NET developers who need to quickly add advanced imaging capabilities to applications. On-Premises developer support and Runtime Royalty Free licensing can significantly reduce development and deployment costs. Build superior imaging user interfaces with visual controls for Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, AJAX, and Silverlight.

Codejock Software

Codejock is a leading provider of components and controls for .NET WinForms. Our products provide a rich, solid framework that help our customers deliver enterprise level applications that have a professional modern appearance on time and under budget. Our most popular components are Command Bars, Controls, Docking Pane, Property Grid, Report Control, Task Panel, Calendar, Shortcut Bar, Syntax Edit and Skin Framework.

Combit GmbH

ComponentArt

ComponentOne

Seven platforms, hundreds of controls, one studio. That's the ComponentOne Studio Enterprise advantage. Build desktop, Web and Mobile applications with their suite of controls for WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET, Silverlight, iPhone, Mobile, and ActiveX. Accelerate your development with hundreds of controls including grids, charts, reports, schedules, menus, toolbars, Ribbon, PDF, and much more. As a leading component vendor in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner Program, ComponentOne maintains the most active community in the market.

ComponentScience Inc.

Compuware

Dart Communications

Dart Communications, located in upstate New York, has been a market leader in designing and developing Internet communication components since 1994. Dart offers over 30 high quality award winning components within three main product lines; PowerTCP, PowerSNMP, and PowerWEB. Robust components and superior technical support successfully set Dart apart from the competition as they continue to provide well recognized, respected products trusted by thousands of developers throughout the world. Dart, Serious Components for Serious Developers!

Data Dynamics

DBI Technologies

Developer Express

DevExpress engineers the most advanced IDE tools and feature-complete visual components to supercharge your .NET development, as well as application frameworks to tie everything together. Our technologies help you build your best, see complex software with clarity, increase your productivity and create stunning .NET applications in the shortest possible time. All of our products come with a 60 day unconditional money back guarantee – no questions asked. Fully-functional evaluation versions are available for download at www.devexpress.com.

Dundas Software

Farpoint

Ready to play? Make your entry really stand out from the crowd by adding Microsoft Excel spreadsheet capabilities to your application without needing Excel. Use FarPoint Spread, the worldwide #1 selling spreadsheet component, to add the look and feel of Excel, full formula calculations including cross-sheet formulas, grouping, filtering, multiple sheets, native Excel import/export and so much more. Imagine the possibilities. Get started by downloading Spread for ASP.NET or Spread for Windows Forms versions now. Game on.

ActiveReports Reporting and Business Intelligence Suite for .NET

Award-winning, complete .NET reporting and business intelligence tools that extend Microsoft Visual Studio with designing environments, end user tools and full .NET SDKs that developers use to embed complete reporting and business intelligence functionality into their .NET applications. ActiveReports for .NET is the Award-winning .NET reporting tool with unlimited customization, fast performance, super high quality, and multilanguage capabilities. Data Dynamics Reports allows embedding business intelligence (BI) reporting, business dashboards, key performance indicators (KPIs), and other business reporting features into .NET applications. Data Dynamics Analysis allows embedding interactive OLAP, visual analysis, and business intelligence for both structured and unstructured data into .NET applications.

FMS

Gigasoft

Grapecity (former member)

Infragistics

Four Platforms. One Package. Infragistics NetAdvantage for .NET controls empower Visual Studio 2005/2008 developers to build and style richly compelling user experiences, data visualizations and line of business application user interfaces on every platform â€“ WPF, Windows Forms, ASP.NET and Silverlight. Winning contestants whose entries incorporate NetAdvantage controls will receive a free NetAdvantage ICONS - Office Basics Pack (a $149 value) courtesy of Infragistics.

Innovasys

Janus Systems SA

LEAD Technologies

Mabry Software Inc

Nevron

Nevron Software is a pathfinder company for component based data visualization technologies. The company portfolio includes the leading Charting, Diagramming and UI components for .NET-centric technologies (WinForms, ASP.NET, SQL Server Reporting Services and SharePoint), which aim to provide data visualization, reporting and presentation capabilities that are not to be matched. Nevron Data Visualization technology delivers rich functionality with exceptional features to your Presentation, Scientific, Financial and Business Intelligence applications.

Northwoods Software

Pegasus Imaging Corporation

ProApp, LLC

Sax Software Corp.

Software FX, Inc.

Data Visualization for every need, every platform. By providing top-of-the-line components for different development environments, Software FX continues to lead the market in deploying graphic development tools to the expanding development community. Software FX's is committed to providing a rich set of tools and support for past, present and future technologies for the worldwide development community.

Syncfusion, Inc

Essential Studio Enterprise Edition is a comprehensive suite of all Syncfusion's Windows Forms, WPF, Silverlight, ASP.NET, Business Intelligence, ASP.NET MVC, and BackOffice components. Add sophisticated grid, grouping, charting, diagramming, Excel reporting, enhanced editing, and many more user-interface capabilities to your .NET applications. Essential Studio Enterprise includes Syncfusion Essential Tools, Essential Grid, Essential XlsIO, Essential PDF, Essential Schedule and much more. Dynamic and feature-rich, Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise has everything developers need to create enterprise-class applications.

Telerik

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Telerik is a leading vendor of User Interface (UI) components for Microsoft .NET technologies – ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, WinForms and WPF, and .NET Reporting and content management solutions. Building on its expertise in interface development and Microsoft technologies, Telerik helps customers build applications with unparalleled richness, responsiveness and interactivity. Created with passion, Telerik products help thousands of developers every day to be more productive and deliver reliable applications under budget and on time.

Xceed Software Inc.

The Not so Fine Print:

Travel arrangements will be made by INETA NorAm and will include round trip air and up to 4 nights hotel accomodations. Conference pass will be purchased by INETA NorAm. Contest open to legal residents of the US and Canada only. Entrants must be age 21 or over. Entrants cannot be an employee, intern, or immediate family member of the INETA NorAm Board of Directors, Microsoft, or any participating component vendor or subsidiary. Entrants cannot be involved in or immediate family members of any part of the execution or administration of this contest. INETA NorAm reserves the right to discontinue the contest at any time, without prior notice. INETA NorAm reserves the right to deny anyone eligibility in this contest for any reason. All entries are property of INETA NorAm and can be used however INETA NorAm sees fit. Entrant information can be shared with participating component vendors at INETA NorAm's discretion.