So this weekend WSDC organized Devathon 1.0, the first of its kind- a web developing event for the aspiring web developers in the campus. The event happened as a consequence of the WSDC recruitment procedure, where the shortlisted candidates from the previous rounds huddled together in the Innovation Garage for a 24 hour coding marathon.

The candidates were divided in groups of four, led by a mentor who guided the team and acted as the team leader. The teams had to choose from two problem statements and had to come up with effective solutions. The problem statements for this version of Devathon comprised of the topics- Conference Management, and Customer Management.  The participants had to code using PHP, Codeigniter, Python and Django. It was followed by an interview round for each participant, where they were judged on their team dynamics, and their contribution to solution and problem solving methods. The best solution would get implemented through WSDC within few days of the event.

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The organizers pose for a selfie after the tiresome, yet rewarding event 

We caught up with a second year participant who had just finally completed his hectic yet fun coding session. “Honestly, I didn’t have any knowledge regarding Codeigniter or Django prior to coming here”,  he said with an exhausted but satisfied smile. “I really learnt a lot of stuff. Initially I got a bit nervous as I had no idea what to do. But the mentors were incredibly helpful and they guided me throughout the session. You see, the key is to not get demotivated.  You might think you don’t know anything and should rather back out. But you shouldn’t. You should keep your focus intact and be eager to grasp as much knowledge as you can. More than a competition, it has rather been a learning experience for me.”

To sum it up, the first installation of Devathon has been a grand success- thanks to the relentless coders and the entire WSDC team. These kinds of events are the prime reasons for keeping the nerdy and creative adrenaline rushing in the young engineering minds of the institute. Also, a big shout out to Innovation Garage for making such endeavors possible in the campus. After the huge success of Devathon, there’s another techie extravaganza just at the doorstep. That’s right- IG’s Makeathon takes place on 10th and 11th Sept, and it’ll be much bigger and better than last time. So till then, stay tuned.

By,
Paritosh Bailung