#SeasonsOfServerless Solution 2: Developing "Lovely Ladoos"
Tags: serverless, azure, javascript, webdev
Published: 2020-12-07 19:22:01

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title: #SeasonsOfServerless Solution 2: Developing "Lovely Ladoos"
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description:  Welcome to Week 3 of #SeasonsOfServerless - a fun festive challenge for developers worldwide. Learn more at https://aka.ms/SeasonsOfServerless!
tags: serverless, azure, javascript, webdev
series: "#SeasonsOfServerless 2020"
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🚨 **[🌟🌟🌟 Our new challenge is LIVE! 🌟🌟🌟](https://github.com/microsoft/Seasons-of-Serverless#welcome-to-the-seasons-of-serverless)** 🚨

> This article is part of [#SeasonsOfServerless](https://aka.ms/SeasonsOfServerless). 

> Each week we will publish a challenge co-created by [Azure Advocates](https://dev.to/azure) with some amazing [Student Ambassadors](https://studentambassadors.microsoft.com/) around the world. Discover popular festive recipes and learn how Microsoft Azure empowers you to do more with [Serverless Functions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/?WT.mc_id=academic-10922-cxa)!  🍽 😍.

> Explore our serverless [Resources](https://github.com/microsoft/Seasons-of-Serverless/blob/main/RESOURCES.md) here and learn how you can contribute solutions [here](https://github.com/microsoft/Seasons-of-Serverless/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).

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### 🍽 | Seasons Of Serverless

We are now in `WEEK 3` of #SeasonsOfServerless developer challenge series!! It's not too late to join the fun and join the amazing chefs and developers as they explore new recipes for food and code!

Want to learn more about what #SeasonsOfServerless is and how you can participate? Start by reading this post:

{% link https://dev.to/azure/azure-advocates-seasons-of-serverless-join-our-virtual-festive-potluck-53m6 %}

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### 🪔 | The 'Lovely Ladoos' Challenge!

Last week our India-based chefs - Microsoft Student Ambassadors Aditya Raman and Soumya Naraparaju - shared of their favorite festive recipes from the Diwali season for our Week 2 challenge. 

![The Lovely Ladoos Challenge Crew](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/3awv3obk86z38pxc86d0.png)

As ladoo perfectionists, they know they have a perception challenge! Everyone makes ladoos (a Diwali delicacy) differently - and it's hard to know if the sweet you are presented with is, in fact, a recognizable ladoo! They came up with the perfect plan!

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_"Machine Learning can rescue me .. 
Are these ladoos that I see?"_ 
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From the [project brief](https://github.com/microsoft/Seasons-of-Serverless/blob/main/Nov-30-2020.md#your-challenge-)

> _Create a machine learning model that can analyze images of ladoos made for Diwali. This way, folks can upload an image of their ladoos and see how well the model predicts whether they are a proper ladoo. You'll want to create a serverless function to handle image uploads to test the model. You'll also need a dataset of ladoos, and ..._

> _Your ladoo model will serve as a judge to your skill in making ladoos. This is a playful way to channel your inner child for Diwali!_

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### 👨🏼‍🍳 | Our Chefs Weigh in!

Want to learn how our intrepid chefs solved this conundrum? First, check out their video walkthrough of their solutions right here!

{% youtube jipPeu-l6NM %}

Then read this post to get some behind-the-scenes insights into how Aditya approached the challenge and solution!

{% link https://dev.to/ramanaditya/seasons-of-serverless-lovely-ladoos-3db6 %}

Then dive into the code repo and explore it on your own.

 * [Lovely Ladoos: A Python Solution](hhttps://github.com/ramanaditya/Seasons-of-Serverless-Solution-Lovely-Ladoos) / from [Aditya Raman](https://github.com/ramanaditya) 

If you port this to a different language of your choosing, just leave us a [comment](#comment) and share your code! We'd love to see it! 🎉

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### 🏆 | Thanks for the submissions!

They setup a great challenge and we are so excited to see all the submissions that came in from the developer community!! 

Want to learn how others solved the challenge, potentially with a different programming language?

**[Check out our Contributors Hall Of Fame for Week 2!](https://github.com/microsoft/Seasons-of-Serverless/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.md#week-two)**

![Contributors Hall of Fame Banner Image](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e62b8498320539e1cbcf66d2a98ce88bf36896ef9823c5e66b7b048fcb47bbcc/68747470733a2f2f692e706f7374696d672e63632f44774867776d6a6e2f4a6176612d5363726970742e6a7067)

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### 🙋🏼‍♀️ | It's not too late to join us!

🚨 **[🌟🌟🌟 Our new challenge is LIVE! 🌟🌟🌟](https://github.com/microsoft/Seasons-of-Serverless#welcome-to-the-seasons-of-serverless)** 🚨

> This article is part of [#SeasonsOfServerless](https://aka.ms/SeasonsOfServerless). 

> Each week we will publish a challenge co-created by [Azure Advocates](https://dev.to/azure) with some amazing [Student Ambassadors](https://studentambassadors.microsoft.com/) around the world. Discover popular festive recipes and learn how Microsoft Azure empowers you to do more with [Serverless Functions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/?WT.mc_id=academic-10922-cxa)!  🍽 😍.

> Explore our serverless [Resources](https://github.com/microsoft/Seasons-of-Serverless/blob/main/RESOURCES.md) here and learn how you can contribute solutions [here](https://github.com/microsoft/Seasons-of-Serverless/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).