Dear IntelliJ IDEA User,
We cordially invite you to participate
in the second IntelliJ IDEAL Plugin Contest. The benefits brought by
the newly created plugins cannot be underestimated and that is why we
have decided to make it an annual event. This year we are hoping to
attract even more high-quality, creative contributions by offering even
better prizes.
PRIZES:
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The total cash prize value has been raised to $15,000 (US), and the bonus software packs total a whopping $42,000!
Seven of the best contributions will receive substantial awards with cash and free software licenses.
* Grand Prize: $7,000 (US) + Grand software license pack
* Second Prize: $4,000 (US) + Deluxe software license pack
* Third Prize: $2,000 (US) + Super software license pack
* Team Leader's Personal Prize: $1,000 (US) + Special free software license pack
* Honorable Mention (3 awarded): $350 Amazon.com gift certificate + free software license pack
In addition, everybody who submits a valid entry with non-trivial functionality will receive a commemorative contest T-shirt.
KEY DATES
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The
contest kicked off September 17, 2007. Final code and collaterals must
be submitted by December 21, 2007. Winners will be contacted by e-mail,
and the winners list will be posted on the contest home page and
announced in JetBrains blogs and RSS feeds on January 31, 2008.
WHERE TO GO
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For full contest details, prize info, official rules, submission procedures, etc, visit http://plugins.intellij.net
We
invite you to spread the word and consider entering the contest
yourself. We're really looking forward to seeing what cool stuff people
come up to make your (and our!) favorite Java IDE even smarter and more
productive.
Also, consider visiting the Plugin Wish List available at http://plugins.intellij.net
Submit your feature requests and/or vote for others' requests to help
plugin developers move in the right direction and benefit our community.
Give it your best shot - earn the recognition of your peers, add to the community's development toolbox, and win a cool prize!
Develop with pleasure!
The IntelliJ IDEA Team at JetBrains
this is a good chance
i would really like to join this contest
Very interesting....
1Thanks for the news! I'm interested in writing a plugin for the contest but still in planning stages. I'm mostly interested in refactoring or language support.
Also, small typo: it's IDEA not IDEAL :)
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