First Ever DEV Contest: Build a Realtime App with Pusher
Tags: pusher, pushercontest, javascript, webdev
Published: 2018-05-01 17:06:15

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title: First Ever DEV Contest: Build a Realtime App with Pusher
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description: The theme of this contest is to create a real-time app or a hack that uses Pusher Channels real-time API.
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Welcome to the first-ever DEV contest! Organizing an event like this is something we’ve been wanting to do for a while and we’re super excited to be teaming up with [Pusher](https://pusher.com/?utm_source=dev.to&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Devtocontest), our first platinum sponsor. They’ve been wonderful partners so far. In fact, we use the [Pusher Channels API](https://pusher.com/channels?utm_source=dev.to&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Devtocontest) to support the dev.to live chat (if you’ve been to one of our workshops, you’ll know what I mean). They truly make the process of building real-time apps seamless and we’re excited to see what you can do with their technology.

The theme of this contest is to create a real-time app or a hack that uses Pusher Channels real-time API. To get started developing apps with Pusher Channels, you can check out the [tutorials section on Pusher.com](https://pusher.com/tutorials). We’re not looking for super polished/scalable/backwards-compatible submissions but we _are_ looking for projects that work. Judging will be based on how innovative/fun/clever/useful your idea is and how well you’ve executed said idea. Bonus points for documentation in the form of dev.to posts 😛

There will be **two grand prize winners** -- the community grand prize winner and the panel grand prize winner. The community grand prize winner will be selected based on the community’s reaction, (highest number of hearts and unicorns ❤️ 🦄) and the panel grand prize winner will be selected by the DEV and Pusher teams. **We’ll also be giving away prizes to ten runner-ups.**

##How to submit a project 📨 

All projects need to be submitted to dev.to by May, 25, 2018 at 11:59 pm EDT. You can submit your project by creating a submission post -- [please use this template](https://dev.to/new/pushercontest). In the post, you will include: 

- Link to live project demo
- Link to code
- Description of how you built the project
- Links to additional posts you may have written along the way to document your progress

##How to vote for your favorite project ⭐️

Even if you don’t submit a project, we hope you check out all the cool things the community is building and vote on your favorite! Your vote has a direct impact on who receives the community grand prize. 

## Prizing 🎁

**Community Grand Prize (1)**
- $1000 towards any [Udacity nanodegree program](https://www.udacity.com/nanodegree)
- $500 gift card to [Adafruit](https://www.adafruit.com/)
- $400 for an annual [Safari Books Online membership](https://www.safaribooksonline.com/)
- $250 Coupon to the [DEV Shop](https://shop.dev.to/)
- Pusher Swag
- A DEV Badge 😉

**Panel Grand Prize (1)**
- $500 towards any [Udacity nanodegree program](https://www.udacity.com/nanodegree)
- $500 gift card to [Adafruit](https://www.adafruit.com/)
- $250 Coupon to the [DEV Shop](https://shop.dev.to/)
- Pusher Swag
- A DEV Badge 😉

**Runner-Up Prize (10)**
- $50 gift card to [Adafruit](https://www.adafruit.com/)
- $50 Coupon to the [DEV Shop](https://shop.dev.to/)
- Pusher Swag
- A DEV Badge 😉

##Important Dates 🗓
05/01: Start Hacking!
05/25: [Submit your project](https://dev.to/new/pushercontest) by 12pm EST
05/31: Winners announced!