Welcome to the Topcoder Development Homepage!
This is your one stop shop for all things related to the Development track on Topcoder. On this page you will find a getting started guide, helpful tips and articles, as well as a list of tools that may help you in your challenges.
If you ever have any questions that are not covered here, go ahead and pop your question in the Development Forums and either an admin or another member will guide you forward.
Welcome to the Topcoder Development Homepage!
This is your one stop shop for all things related to the Development track on Topcoder. On this page you will find a getting started guide, helpful tips and articles, as well as a list of tools that may help you in your challenges.
Competition Types
Not all Development challenges are created equal! Some require a sufficient amount of time and thought and in others you may have to develop quick and accurate before your competition ends. Below you can find the descriptions to each type of challenge in our Development track.
Tips & Quotes
Check out what some of our members have to say about their experiences on Topcoder!
In addition to the tech skills and the cash, at Topcoder you’ll also become stronger mentally by learning how to voluntarily work under pressure in tight deadlines. This is pretty unique and something that you should look forward to experiencing at Topcoder.
I have 4 tips for new members: ask questions in forum to make yourself clear on the requirement, remember to check the scorecard before you submit, learn the code and document from the winner submission, and try to compete in challenges to practice your skills.
Even if you win a challenge, read the review responses carefully. Not only in your submission but in other submissions as well. This way you will learn what you need to improve. If you lose a challenge but you get a passing score, download the winning submission(s) and see why they were better than yours.
Here are my best tips for new Topcoder members: Move fast and fail early, learn from every failure then you will have a rapid improvement, enhance your Computer fundamental skills, keep performance in mind, and winning submissions are always the best tutorials for you.
Important Links
We have gathered some links for you that may be helpful to you along your Topcoder journey!
Hackathon Starter Kit
Topcoder Review Process
Tutorials
Every so often we release helpful tutorials that may be of use to you as a developer especially here at Topcoder. Here are a few that you may enjoy!
Competing on F2F challenges means that in most cases you’ll be working based on an existing code base. That means you should follow the existing coding style that’s already used in the application and always follow the coding best practices.
Debugging is a must-have skill for every F2F competitor since most F2F challenges require to fix bugs in an existing application.
Starting to compete on Topcoder challenges is not difficult but there are some common mistakes new members tend to make that you should definitely avoid.
Ready to Compete? Click here to sign up with Topcoder!