WASHINGTON, DC and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — (Marketwired) — 10/09/13 — Jahia, , today announces its first developer contest, for the creation of new modules for Jahia xCM. Modules can cover any type of topics and submitted modules will be judged by the Jahia Team. Modules can be of any size and complexity, can focus on pure front-end features as well as deep back-end extensions. The team will assess submissions both on innovation and quality, but also originality and interest for the whole Jahia Community.
The winners will be announced during a dedicated ceremony held in Paris in February 6th, 2014.
“This contest is a great opportunity for the vibrant Java developer ecosystem to discover the and for our community to get greater exposure of their achievements.” says Elie Auvray, CEO Jahia Solutions Group SA.
A redesigned forge to ease the submission process
In order to submit their modules, the developers just need to upload them on the . The entire Jahia community, including the Jahia Core team, is available to help contestants through the Jahia .
The forge has been redesigned to meet the current expectations of developers: seamless module submission for a wider visibility. The forge is now open to the entire community and anyone with a community account can upload its modules for anyone to test and use.
For each uploaded module, developers can add a description, the version of Jahia with which it works, screenshots, videos, release notes; etc. The forge also provide the developer with the ability to precisely indicate how complete is the module at the time of upload.
The Jahia Team will then test and review each module submitted to the contest.
Who can participate
Anyone from the Jahia Community, that is to say anyone with an , with the exception of the Jahia development Team.
Awards
Dates
The Contest starts on October 8th. Submissions will be accepted until January 23th.
Winners will be announced during a ceremony held in Paris on February 6th.
More information about the 1st Jahia Module developer contest is available
About Jahia
Jahia-s next-generation, Open Source CMS stems from a widely acknowledged vision of enterprise application convergence – web, search, document, social and portal – unified by the simplicity of web content management. Structured around Jahia xCM, Jahia Wise, Jahia Studio and based on the powerful Jahia Content Platform, Jahia brings a unique modularity to the Java development arena. With its hundreds of built-in widgets, downloadable JahiApps and third party modules, Jahia is the tool of choice for building business-driven user experiences for innovative web and mobile applications, at a fraction of the cost of competing solutions.
Founded in 2002 and based in Geneva (Switzerland), Jahia Solutions Group has offices in Paris (France), Klagenfurt (Austria), Dusseldorf (Germany), Toronto (Canada) and Washington, DC (USA). Jahia counts hundreds of global brands and governmental organizations among its loyal customers, in more than 20 countries across the globe. For more information, visit:
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