Technology Bonuses for InterSystems External Languages Contest

Hi Developers!

Here are the technology bonuses for the InterSystems External Languages Contest: Java, .NET, node.js, Python that will give you extra points in the voting:

• XEP API for Java, .NET - 2
• Native SDK for Java, .NET, Python, node.js  - 2
• PEX Interoperability for Java, .NET, Python - 3
• Java persister - 2
• ADONET and .NET Entity Framework -2 
• Docker container usage - 2 
• Online Demo - 2
• Implement InterSystems Community Idea - 4
• Find a bug in InterSystems IRIS External Language Development Offerings - 2
• New First Article on Developer Community - 2
• New Second Article on Developer Community - 1
• First Time Contribution - 3
• Video on YouTube - 3

See the details below.

XEP API for Java, .NET - 2

XEP is an InterSystems library that introduces high-performance persistence technology for Java or .NET object hierarchies. Use it and collect 2 more bonus points for Java or/and .NET (4 points max). Learn more on JAVA XEP.,  and .NET XEP.

Native SDK for Java, .NET, Python, node.js - 2 points

The InterSystems IRIS Native SDKs are lightweight interfaces that allow Python, Java, .NET, and Node.js applications to access powerful InterSystems IRIS resources. Use it and collect 2 extra bonus points for every language(Python, Java, .Net, Node.js) implemented (8 at max). Documentation.

Pex Interoperability for Java, .NET, Python - 3 points

The Production EXtension (PEX) framework provides a choice of external languages Java, .NET and Python that you can use to develop interoperability productions. Use it and collect 3 extra points for for every language(Python, Java, .Net) implemented (9 max). Documentation. Here is a pex-demo application.

Java Persister -2 points

The InterSystems IRIS Persister for Java is designed to ingest data streams and persist them to a database at extremely high speed. Get 2 bonus points for implementing it in your solution. Documentation. 

ADONET and .NET Entity Framework - 2 points

InterSystems provides to access persistent classes data via ADONET. Implement it in your app to collect 2 bonus points. Documentation. 

Same you can get 2 bonus points for leveraging .NET Entity Framework with IRIS. Here is the Documentation.

Docker container usage - 2 points

The application gets a 'Docker container' bonus if it uses InterSystems IRIS  running in a docker container. Here is the simplest template to start from.

Online Demo of your project - 2 points
Collect 2 more bonus points if you provision your project to the cloud as an online demo at any public hosting.  

Implement Community Opportunity Idea - 4 points

Implement any idea from the InterSystems Community Ideas portal which has the "Community Opportunity" status. This will give you 4 additional bonus points.

Find a bug in InterSystems IRIS External Languages Offerings - 2 points
We want the broader adoption of InterSystems Java, .NET, Python API and node.js offerings so we encourage you to report the bugs you will face during the development of your external languages applications with IRIS in order to fix it. Please submit java, python, .NET and node.js bugs and how to reproduce it. You can collect 2 bonus points for the first reproducible bug one per language (java, .NET, node.js, Python) - so you can collect 8 points max.

New First Article on Developer Community - 2 points

Write a brand new article on Developer Community that describes the features of your project and how to work with it. Collect 2 points for the article.

New Second Article on Developer Community - 1 point

You can collect one more bonus point for the second new article or the translation regarding the application. The 3rd and more will not bring more points but the attention will all be yours.

First-Time Contribution - 3 points

Collect 3 bonus points if you participate in InterSystems Open Exchange contests for the first time!

Video on YouTube - 3 points

Make new YouTube videos that demonstrate your product in action and collect 3 bonus points per each.

The list of bonuses is subject to change. Stay tuned!

Good luck in the competition!