What makes company culture great? We believe that it's atmosphere of creativity. Every summer we host 48-hours Hackathon at our offices for our employees, where everybody can suggest and implement any crazy idea they have on their minds. It is an excellent opportunity to meet colleagues and try something new. Many Hackathon projects later went into production. I describe how a small team develop, build, maintain and support an application initially introduced as a Hackathon project. I will share best practices we follow to release on schedule and error-free, and why Hackathons are fun!

1. From Hackathon to Production in a Year
Victor Kropp, JetBrains
@kropp
ROME - APRIL 13/14 2018

2. Hackathon

3. 48 hours

4. 100+
participants

5. 40+
projects

8. winners’
cup

10. Do anything you want

13. See a need —
fill a need

14. dotMemory
Unit
Toolbox
App
YouTrack
Mobile

15. Toolbox
App
A control panel for
your tools and projects

17. Team

18. Team
Core Developers
Windows
macOS
Linux
and
UI/UX designer
UI developer
IntelliJ developer

19. Team
Core Developers
Windows
macOS
Linux
Intern
and
UI/UX designer ×2
UI developer
IntelliJ developer
UI developer

20. Ring UI
https://jetbrains.org/ring-ui/

21. 20%
project

22. Cross-platform development
There are lots of platform specific things
Every feature must be tested on all supported
operating systems

23. Design for compatibility
Backward compatibility
Forward compatibility

24. Security
Always keep security in mind
● HTTPS only
● Signed data source
● Checksums for downloads

25. Code review
Find bugs early
Share knowledge
Improve code quality
Consistent design

26. Automate everything
Continuous Integration server compiles the app
after each commit
CI server runs tests
Release is published with a single click

28. Eating your own dog food

29. Eating your own dog food,
also called dogfooding,
is a slang term used to reference a
scenario in which an organization uses its
own product.
The idea is that if the organization truly
believes its own product to be superior, it

30. Dogfooding
Learn your application
Get early feedback from colleagues

31. Check it out at
jetbrains.com/toolbox/app
Follow @JBToolbox
for updates
Toolbox App

32. Thank you!
Victor Kropp
@kropp

33. Questions?
Victor Kropp
@kropp

34. From
Hackathon
to Production
in a Year
_
Victor Kropp
@kropp