Tips and tricks for beginners to succeed in hackathons

1. H A C K AT H O N
T I P S & T R I C K S
D A N I E L D U A N & C A LV I N C H A N - U C L A A C M T E A C H

2. W H AT I S A
H A C K AT H O N ?

4. W H AT T O B U I L D F O R
H A C K AT H O N ?

5. - FA C E B O O K
“The world is your oyster - think of something that
annoyed you today.”

10. B R I N G :
A N I D E A & A T E A M .

12. H E R E A R E S O M E T I P S .

13. G O F O R M V P

14. PA R A L L E L I Z E
Y O U R P R O J E C T

15. U S E H E R O K U
F O R D E V A N D
H O S T I N G

16. P O W E R N A P
D U R I N G
D O W N T I M E

17. S AV E T I M E T O
P R E PA R E F O R
D E M O

18. W R I T E U G LY
C O D E

23. H E R E A R E S O M E
R E S O U R C E S .

24. F L AT U I
C O L O R S
F L A T U I C O L O R S . C O M

25. G I T H U B C O D E
S E A R C H
G I T H U B . C O M

26. C S S F L O W
C S S F L O W. C O M

27. Z U R B
F O U N D AT I O N
F O U N D A T I O N . Z U R B . C O M

28. H T M L 5 U P
T E M P L AT E S
H T M L 5 U P. N E T

29. G O O G L E
W E B F O N T S
G O O G L E . C O M / F O N T S

30. D R I B B B L E
D R I B B B L E . C O M

31. B E H A N C E
B E H A N C E . C O M

32. D E V I A N T A R T
D E V I A N TA R T. C O M

33. S T O C K
P H O T O S T H AT
D O N ’ T S U C K
H T T P S : / / M E D I U M . C O M / P /
6 2 A E 4 B C B E 0 1 B

34. FA C E B O O K H A C K R E S O U R C E S
• http://www.davemercurio.com/hackathon/
workshop.html
• http://www.davemercurio.com/waterloo/index.phps
• http://paulisageek.com/webintro/

35. U C L A A C M T E A C H R E S O U R C E S
• Refer to our ACM Teach slides
• Or come find us..

36. C A LV I N C H A N
T W I T T E R : @ C A LV I N H C H A N
• UCLA ACM Hack Chair
• 11+ hackathons
• Intern at Yahoo
• Facebook Hackathon
World Finalist
• Ask him about HTML/CSS/
JS, Angular.js, Node.js

37. D A N I E L D U A N
T W I T T E R : @ D A N D U A N
• UCLA ACM Teach Chair
• 12+ hackathons
• Intern at LinkedIn
• Facebook Hackathon
World Finalist
• Ask him about HTML/CSS/
JS, Node.js, API’s,
Windows Phone

38. – U C L A A C M T E A C H
“Good luck everyone!”