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Epiphany 11.0

Epiphany has always stood out in the open-for-all contests held by ACM NIT-Surat.

We conducted EPIPHANY 11.0 on October 16th . It was a competitive coding contest, hosted on the Codeforces platform, consisting of 8 coding problems, with a maximum time of 3 hours to solve and submit the solution. We had around 400 registrations from several colleges all across the country, who came together and competed to win the cash prizes of 3,000 Rs. , 2,000 Rs., and 1,000 Rs. for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions respectively.

Since the participating crowd was large, the contestants were able to see their real-time rankings offered by the platform to help them improve their problem-solving concepts.

Our team intends to work harder and to bring more such events to the students after the success of EPIPHANY 11.0. Guide to Open Source

“Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.” – Jack Kornfield But for developers, it would translate to “open source contribution”. This is a pocket skill that every developer in the modern world needs. Open source projects are those that are open for all to see, modify and distribute as they see fit. Contributing to such projects gives an edge to the developers’ profile.

This event held by ACM-NIT Surat on 10th September 2021 provided the attendees with a beginner-friendly guide to contributing. Path and perks of contributing were presented. Speakers were also able to share their own experience with contributing, giving the attendees the complete picture.

Various open-source programs were talked about in the event and the GSoC ‘21 experience was shared. Finally, to give the attendees hands-on experience with contributing, a small session was held for the basic commands on Git/ GitHub.

In the end, the attendees were well versed with basic Git commands and were on the lookout for more open-source programs to help practice their skills.

In the world of merry and fun quotes, a "software developer" is sometimes defined as "An organism that turns caffeine into software." And some key features in the file of backend development are Node.js and MongoDB. Building backend applications is one of the most vital elements in the checklist of the modern development world. Hence, to give the students students a deeper insight into the development world, ACM NIT-Surat conducted a workshop on Building Backend Applications using Node.js & MongoDB, on the 23rd of October 2021. The onset of the workshop was an introduction of backend applications, followed by providing a hands-on experience from the speakers. Various subjects from the installation of the starter-kit for Node.js and MongoDB to building a complete backend application were delivered. The workshop concluded with an interactive Q&A session, solving the doubts of the attendees. The content was delivered to 100+ attendees, attendees, from which everyone got an amazing kick-start for the backend development journey, And we are looking forward to hosting many more informative events like this one.

Inception is a string of one of the best competitive coding events conducted by ACM NIT-SURAT. We are proud to share that Inception 6.0 was successfully held on the 4th of September, 2021. It was a bifold event with Inception 6.0 organized exclusively for 2nd-year students and Inception 6.0(Mirror) for 3rd and final-year students. The participants were supposed to solve 6 competitive coding problems in a 3 hour time span. At the end of the event, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd position holders from 2nd-year were given a prize of 1500 Rs., 1000 Rs., and 500 Rs. respectively. The event aimed to polish the coding skills of the students and the time constraint helped the students handle the pressure and still steadily keep working to reach the goal. Inception 6.0 saw enthusiastic participation and we are geared to come up with more interesting events for the students of SVNIT.