Participating in hackathons can be a lot of fun and a great way to leverage technology for good. In this post we will review some tools and resources that can be useful for participating in Christian hackathons.
- Rapid UI Prototyping
There are a number of tools that you can use to rapidly prototype your app. Here are links to some resources most commonly used at hackathons:- https://www.figma.com
- https://about.appsheet.com/home/
- Appypie https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.letsappbuilder&hl=en_US&gl=US
- Retool – https://retool.com
- Zoho Creator – https://www.zoho.com/creator/build-business-apps/
- https://www.fluidui.com/
- http://www.framerjs.com/ – Overview Video
- http://proto.io/ – Overview Projects
- Invision App – Overview Video
- http://appery.io/
- http://mockupbuilder.com/
- https://cacoo.com/
- http://framebox.org/iEDL
- http://creately.com/
- https://helio.app
- http://simulify.com/
- https://gomockingbird.com/
- http://www.infragistics.com/products/indigo-studio/
- Backend Technologies
- Airtable – https://www.airtable.com
- Back4App – https://www.back4app.com
- Notion – https://www.notion.so/product
- APIs
- Tools – Postman https://www.postman.com
- Bible – https://labs.bible.org/api_web_service
- Device to Device Messaging
- Restaurant – Yelp (https://www.yelp.com/developers ), Foursquare
- Font – Google Fonts, Fonts.com, Fontstack
- Charts
- Google Charts – https://developers.google.com/chart/
- Flot – http://www.flotcharts.org/
- amCharts – http://www.amcharts.com/
- Integrations
- Frontend Technologies
- Platforms
- Solar2D – https://solar2d.com
- Appcelerator – Appcelerator
- MIT App inventor – https://appinventor.mit.edu
- AR/VR
- Snapchat Lens – https://ar.snap.com/download
- Facebook Spark AR – https://www.facebook.com/sparkarhub
- Echo3D – https://www.echo3d.co
- Blippar WebAR – https://www.blippar.com/webar-sdk
- Platforms
- Graphics
- Adobe Express https://www.adobe.com/express
- Canva https://www.canva.com
- Draw.io https://app.diagrams.net
- OpenChurch resource images – https://openchurch.com/free-download/
- LottieFiles – https://lottiefiles.com/plugins/figma
- Emerging tech
- Wit.AI – https://wit.ai/docs/quickstart
- Dialog Flow – https://cloud.google.com/dialogflow/docs/
- No Code NFT – https://www.appypie.com/nft-generator
- Useful tips
- Techstars Techstars Entrepreneur’s Toolkit
- Resources for Christian Hackathons – https://openchurch.com/top-resources-for-christian-hackathons/
Joe is is a professional software engineer, CTO and technology innovation leader residing in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta. He is a published author of game development books and a leader in the technical innovation space.
