Developer Camp: The World’s Best Hackathon

10 years of pioneering.
10 years of making.
10 years of friendship, support, and community.
10 years of success and profit.

It is time to celebrate our inclusive, diverse, and equal-opportunity society with a huge event that honors our past and pivots into the future.

Who: Developers, designers, entrepreneurs, testers, and makers. The elite corps of Developer Camp Counselors — winners of past events, and distinguished members of our community from the Bay Area stand ready to teach and help.

What: 48-Hour hackathon for iOS, bots, and the Web. This collaborative event, featuring superstar hackers and designers to help everyone learn to code, build custom hardware, and generally make ideas come to life. 

​When: November 10-12 (Friday evening through Sunday). See our schedule and details.

Where: PayPal Town Hall, San Jose, CA—open all weekend.

Why: There is a huge opportunity to bring diversity to the technology industry. Women and girls, men and boys, we all deserve more opportunities to start coding using simple, powerful tools. 

How: Our sponsors offset the cost of attendance, and provide valuable prizes for participants.

This event has catalyzed the launch of award winning startups (like Getaround and Foodspotting), the formation of founder dream teams (Square), and the building of a talented and collaborative community of developers.

Out-of-town guests are welcome to join our inclusive event. Though projects will include both solo and team efforts, we encourage attendees to build teams of diverse expertise — business ideas, marketing, design, testing, coding, and back-end development. All attendees should be prepared to participate in the development of a project during the event. Scholarships are available to encourage diversity, and mentors are available.

The event will feature:

• Meetup on Friday with Refreshments
• Catered Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (Saturday and Sunday)
• Open Mic for Questions
• Educational Sessions by Sponsors
• Participant-led Ad Hoc Sessions
• Saturday Night Gaming
• Hackathon Contest with Prizes
• Everyone Leaves with Something