About

At HelloHacks, we believe that everyone can be a creator. This two-day beginner-friendly hackathon is designed to empower and inspire students to create innovative solutions in education, health, and entertainment. Over two exciting days, you’ll collaborate with peers, build your skills, and showcase your projects to industry professionals. Don’t worry if you’re new to coding—we’ll learn, have fun, and make cool stuff together!

Applications Closed
Thank you for your interest! Results will be sent to applicants via email.

$300

First Place

$200

Second Place

$100

Third Place

From Zero to Full-Stack: A Beginner's Coding Bootcamp

HelloHacks presents a Beginner Pre-Hackathon Bootcamp, open to all—no BizTech membership or hackathon participation required. This bootcamp provides a introduction to coding, teaching you how to build and deploy a full-stack application in 2 weeks. Whether you plan to participate in HelloHacks or apply your new skills elsewhere, this workshop will equip you with a strong coding foundation to grow and build upon.

The workshop will be hosted in Henry Angus Building, but we’ll also be using a Discord server for communication, resources, and troubleshooting. It’s absolutely crucial to join the Discord server, as all code templates for each workshop will be shared there, and Benny (the workshop host) will be answering additional questions and providing quick online sessions to assist you with any difficulties.

September 24-26 2024 & October 1,3 in Henry Angus Building

24
SEPT

25
SEPT

26
SEPT

1
OCT

3
OCT

Workshop 1: Intro to Web Development (HTML/CSS)
Build a simple webpage using HTML and CSS.
Workshop 2: JavaScript Basics
Learn JavaScript fundamentals (variables, data types) and interact with the webpage.
Workshop 3: Control Flow and Functions
Understand logic and create functions to manipulate input.
Workshop 4: DOM Manipulation and Event Handling
Learn how to update the webpage dynamically with JavaScript.
Workshop 5: Build the To-Do List Frontend
Start building the To-Do list app frontend.
Workshop 6: Intro to Node.js and Express
Set up a simple server using Node.js and Express.
Workshop 7: Creating a Simple API
Learn how to manage tasks with a backend API using in-memory data.
Workshop 8: Connect Frontend and Backend
Use the Fetch API to connect the frontend to the backend.
Workshop 9: Implement Task Deletion
Add delete functionality to the To-Do app with backend integration.
Workshop 10: Finalize and Deploy
Polish and deploy.

Judges

JUDGE
Ildar Sharafeev
(He/Him)
Senior Software Engineer
@ Apple
JUDGE
Aika Kim
(She/Her)
Product Manager
@ Electronic Arts
JUDGE
Leonidas Zhang
(He/Him)
Product Engineer
@ Asana
JUDGE
Adam McKechnie
(He/Him)
Senior Manager, Business Product Management
@ WorkSafeBC
JUDGE
James Banting
(He/Him)
Senior Software Engineer
@ Electronic Arts
JUDGE
George Li
(He/Him)
Senior Software Engineer
@ Unity Technologies
JUDGE
Arielle Murad
(She/Her)
Software Engineer
@ Yakoa
JUDGE
Ansel Hartanto
(He/Him)
Software Engineer
@ Procurify
JUDGE
Timothy Chang
(He/Him)
Software Engineer
@ Kabam
JUDGE
Adil Aliyev
(He/Him)
Senior Software Engineer  
@ Samsung
JUDGE
Jessica Dorazio
(She/Her)
Behavioural Science-Based
UX Design Consultant
JUDGE
Yudhvir Raj
(He/Him)
Senior Software Developer
@ WELL EMR Group

Mentors

MENTOR
Maher Manoubi
(He/Him)
Senior Software Engineer
@ Meta
MENTOR
Will Xie
(He/Him)
Software Engineer Intern
@ Boeing
MENTOR
Tharsan Ponnampalam
(He/Him)
Software Developer
@ Microsoft
MENTOR
Vivian Wu
(She/Her)
Product Manager
@ Spotify
MENTOR
Keighley Kodric
(He/Him)
Senior Product Designer
@ AlayaCare
STUDENT MENTOR
Kevin Gu
(He/Him)
Solutions Consultant Intern
@ Trulioo
STUDENT MENTOR
Shreyas Goyal
(He/Him)
Founding Engineer
@ Gumloop
STUDENT MENTOR
Jessie Megan
(She/Her)
UX Design Intern
@ SAP
STUDENT MENTOR
Kevin George Matthew
(He/Him)
Software Engineer
@ Investico
STUDENT MENTOR
Ryan Kim
(He/Him)
Software Engineer Intern
@ Tesla
STUDENT MENTOR
Alec Situ
(He/Him)
Software Developer Intern
@ SAP
STUDENT MENTOR
Marvel Hariadi
(He/Him)
UX/UI Designer
@ United Nations Office of Human Rights
STUDENT MENTOR
Jason Song
(He/Him)
Prev. Software Developer Intern
@ SAP
STUDENT MENTOR
Kori Huen
(He/Him)
Prev. Software Engineer
@ the Government of Canada
STUDENT MENTOR
Aaditya Suri
(He/Him)
Prev. Software Engineer
@ UBC Thunderbots
STUDENT MENTOR
Mai Luong
(She/Her)
Prev. Software Developer Intern
@ SAP

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