First French Technical Article Contest

Hi Community!

We are excited to announce the first French technical article writing contest!

✍️ Technical Article Contest ✍️

This is the perfect opportunity for all InterSystems technology enthusiasts to share their knowledge and showcase their writing skills. No matter your experience level, everyone is welcome to participate. Articles can cover a wide range of technical topics related to InterSystems products or services. So, let your creativity and expertise run wild!

📅 Contest period: September 2-29, 2024

🎁 Gifts for all: a special gift is prepared for each participant!

🏅 Prizes for the authors of the best articles

Prizes

1. Participation gift - authors of all articles will receive a surprise gift 🎁

2. Experts prize - 3 best articles selected by InterSystems experts and their authors will receive (one of) :

🥇 1st place : Apple Watch SE GPS / Lego NINJAGO® City Gardens / Lego Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon's Tale

🥈 2nd place : SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7X / AirPods (3ᵉ génération) / Lego Hogwarts™ Castle: The Great Hall

🥉 3d place : Samsonite Classic Business Perfect Fit / Lego Spider-Man Final Battle / Huawei Watch Fit SE

Alternatively, any winner can choose a prize from a lower tier than his own.

3. Developer Community proze - author of the article with the most likes will receive (one of) :

🎁 Samsonite Classic Business Perfect Fit / Lego Spider-Man Final Battle / Huawei Watch Fit SE

Note: the author can only be awarded once per category (in total, the author will win two prizes: one for Expert and one for the Community)

Who can participate?

Any Developer Community member, including InterSystems employees. Create an account!

Contest period

📝  2 - 29 September: Publication of articles. 

📝  30 September - 6 October: Voting period.

📝 7 October: Winners announcement.

Publish an article(s) throughout this period. Developer Community members can vote for published articles with Likes – votes in the Community award.

Note: The sooner you publish the article(s), the more time you will have to collect Community votes.

What are the requirements? 

❗️ Any article written during the contest period and satisfying the requirements below will automatically enter the contest:

• Article must be in French and published on the Communauté des developpeurs francophone.
• The article must be 100% new (it can be a continuation of an existing article not in the contest).  
• The article cannot be a translation of an article already published in other communities.  
• Article size: 400 words minimum (links and code are not counted towards the word limit).  
• A single author may submit multiple articles if they deal with different topics.
• Different authors may submit articles on the same topic.
• Multiple authors may co-author an article.

🎯 EXTRA BONUSES 

Experts award 3 points to the article they consider the best, 2 points to the 2nd best, and 1 to the 3rd best. Additionally, articles can receive more points based on the following bonuses:

Bonus	Nominal	Details
Topic bonus	3	Write an article about one of the proposed topics
Video bonus	2	Besides publishing the article, make an explanatory video.
Feedback bonus	2	Present an implementation of IRIS in a project
Code examples bonus	1	Illustrate your article with code examples
Code upload bonus	1	Upload code examples to Open Exchange or other open-source platform

 

Proposed topics

Here is a list of suggested topics that will give your article an extra topic bonus (3 points):

✔️ Python
✔️ FHIR
✔️ IA (Vector Search, ML, GenAI, RAG)
✔️ VSCode
✔️ CI/CD
✔️ Data (Warehouse / Lake / Time Series)
✔️ HealthCare
✔️ Supply Chain

We look forward to reading your contributions. Get typing! Happy writing & Good luck!✨

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Important note: Delivery of prizes varies by country and may not be possible for some of them. A list of countries with restrictions can be requested from @Liubka Zelenskaia

Judges reserve the right to refuse an article if it misuses LLMs.