http://blogs.codegear.com/chrispattinson/archive/2007/07/03/36958.aspx

We're going to run a contest during our Highlander field test. It should be fun and a good way to encourage the field testers to work closely with the development team. Call it an 'Iron Chef - Coding' event, if you will. And the ingredient to be served up is ....

The new ASP.NET Provider.

To enter, you'll need to apply to the Highlander fieldtest.

Here are the general details:
ASP.NET Provider Application Contest
Task

The contest tasks you to build an application that demonstrates and exercises several of the new features under development in Highlander.

* Submitted application should have the following features as a minimum:
o Application should exercise the ASP.NET provider
o Application should compile
o Application should be deployable
o Application should have a project page with instructions to use/extend
+ This is an HTML page that will describe the project, how it can be used, and how it can be expanded.
o Must be built using Highlander

Application should exercise (if applicable):

* Membership
* Roles
* Session state providers
* Profile - where you store information specific to a user (eg: shopping cart)

Example Solutions

* Template Library
o File New | Blog
o File New | E-Commerce
o File New | Content Management System
o Any sort of online database requiring user access, authorization, and authentication

Process

* Applicants must agree that all submissions become the property of CodeGear
* Bug reports via Quality Central
* Submissions via .binaries in single .zip to field test newsgroups
* The ASP.NET provider fieldtest newsgroup will be used for discussions and issues surrounding the project.
* Participants will have to sign NDA and participate in Field Test
* Submissions must be received by August 15th
o Winners will be announced on 29 August
o Top three may ship with product (Other options: CodeCentral)

Extra Points

"Extra Points" will be given for applications that:

* are Database Agnostic - multiple database usage (Interbase, MSSQL, Oracle, Sybase, DB2, Informix, MySQL)
* have a thorough project page
o No need to be localized
* are skinnable or come with various themes
* are ready to be shipped in the product
* exercise the features thoroughly
* result in finding bugs in the Provider implementation
* demonstrate complex session state providers/roles/membership
* use of ATLAS components
* use the ECO provider

Judges

* Nick Hodges - Chairman, Mark Edington - R&D, Jim Tierney - R&D, Chris Pattinson - QA

Prizes

* TBD: T-Shirt for all participants that meet minimum criteria
* CDN article to recognize all participants who met minimum criteria
* Recognition in Shipped Product
* Product Licenses