Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!
 

C++ and Python would be the two most common languages used for n900 development, Qt is the GUI framework and Nokia offer a Qt SDK as a free download (a little like Visual Studio) and is targeted at c++ programming, however Python bindings exist (the PyQt project) to do the same thing for those who would prefer to use Python. Have a look around the development wiki for more in-depth advice on that.

I'd imagine so. Qgil said it was an alternative for those who cant make it, well if you don't want to go then I guess you can't make it.. Nokia can't push you on a plane :) Once it gets to that stage and the contest has ended, it'll be between Maemo/Nokia (representative(s)) and the winner to sort out what they want to do and the specifics.

lol hmmm ok, well I guess that's up to paypal, though it might cost you more in fees. Im not sure what the minimum transaction amount is with paypal tbh.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!
 

there shouldn't be any paypal fees if the donation is marked as such.
that was the problem with the ChpIn site. they marked the donations as payments...

Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!
 

Speaking of paypal..

I'll send another pm to Randy to see if there's any update on the maemo.org paypal. I suspect there won't be, but best to get the current position.

Im kinda worried about harassing Randy with too many pm's, im sure he'll be sick of hearing from us :p It is time we started turning pledges into donations though, so it's got to be done :)

Edit: pm sent

Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!
 

Too bad I cant use VB .NET or C....
Guess I cant enter.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!
 

Perhaps you could use it as a reason to develop your language portfolio? I mean, several of us entering the competition are absolute beginners so you wouldn't be alone, it's a learning experience. Indeed I myself have been Java only most of my life and have started learning Python because of the n900. Nobody expects you to start writing world beating apps overnight, I hope you'll still consider getting involved :)

And if you still feel it's too early to write something for this friendly competition, I hope you'll take the opportunity to learn a bit more about developing for the n900. You have good programming experience already, you might find it more straight forward than you think :)

Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!
 

Tried and too confusing to make a msgbox (.NET refrence) from a button.

I really have no "want" in developing for a platform I dont even have.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!
 

I sent a mail to Quim some days ago about the community PayPal account. No answer.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!
 

This competition is a fab idea, I wish everyone involved the best of luck with it. I'd like to chip in with £20 towards the prize fund.

I'd also like to contribute an application. I'll try and think of something over the next few days and post back.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!
 

Awesome! Thanks for the donation pledge amh, according to google £20 works out to be $28.9036. As the pledge list is in dollars, I'll add it on the list with the others as $28 :)

I'll look forward to hearing more on the application you'll be making, add yourself to the participants list on the wiki when you're ready (I just completely ignored the "I'll try" bit, Im sure you'll think of something ;))

Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st July. Open to all!
 

By the way, we're up to $393 of prize fund pledges! So far! :cool:

C'mon, who wants to bring us up to a magic $400.. :)