This document provides tips and resources for participating in a hackathon. It discusses what a hackathon is, recommends bringing an idea and team. It offers tips like focusing on the MVP, parallelizing projects, using Heroku for development and hosting, taking power naps, and leaving time to prepare the demo. It also shares some coding, design, and stock photo resources. It introduces the presenters Calvin Chan and Daniel Duan and their relevant experience and areas of expertise.

1. H A C K AT H O N
T I P S & T R I C K S
D A N I E L D U A N & C A LV I N C H A N - U C L A A C M T E A C H

2. W H AT I S A
H A C K AT H O N ?

4. W H AT T O B U I L D F O R
H A C K AT H O N ?

5. - FA C E B O O K
“The world is your oyster - think of something that
annoyed you today.”

10. B R I N G :
A N I D E A & A T E A M .

12. H E R E A R E S O M E T I P S .

13. G O F O R M V P

14. PA R A L L E L I Z E
Y O U R P R O J E C T

15. U S E H E R O K U
F O R D E V A N D
H O S T I N G

16. P O W E R N A P
D U R I N G
D O W N T I M E

17. S AV E T I M E T O
P R E PA R E F O R
D E M O

18. W R I T E U G LY
C O D E

23. H E R E A R E S O M E
R E S O U R C E S .

24. F L AT U I
C O L O R S
F L A T U I C O L O R S . C O M

25. G I T H U B C O D E
S E A R C H
G I T H U B . C O M

26. C S S F L O W
C S S F L O W. C O M

27. Z U R B
F O U N D AT I O N
F O U N D A T I O N . Z U R B . C O M

28. H T M L 5 U P
T E M P L AT E S
H T M L 5 U P. N E T

29. G O O G L E
W E B F O N T S
G O O G L E . C O M / F O N T S

30. D R I B B B L E
D R I B B B L E . C O M

31. B E H A N C E
B E H A N C E . C O M

32. D E V I A N T A R T
D E V I A N TA R T. C O M

33. S T O C K
P H O T O S T H AT
D O N ’ T S U C K
H T T P S : / / M E D I U M . C O M / P /
6 2 A E 4 B C B E 0 1 B

34. FA C E B O O K H A C K R E S O U R C E S
• http://www.davemercurio.com/hackathon/
workshop.html
• http://www.davemercurio.com/waterloo/index.phps
• http://paulisageek.com/webintro/

35. U C L A A C M T E A C H R E S O U R C E S
• Refer to our ACM Teach slides
• Or come find us..

36. C A LV I N C H A N
T W I T T E R : @ C A LV I N H C H A N
• UCLA ACM Hack Chair
• 11+ hackathons
• Intern at Yahoo
• Facebook Hackathon
World Finalist
• Ask him about HTML/CSS/
JS, Angular.js, Node.js

37. D A N I E L D U A N
T W I T T E R : @ D A N D U A N
• UCLA ACM Teach Chair
• 12+ hackathons
• Intern at LinkedIn
• Facebook Hackathon
World Finalist
• Ask him about HTML/CSS/
JS, Node.js, API’s,
Windows Phone

38. – U C L A A C M T E A C H
“Good luck everyone!”