We are thrilled to announce our next partnered challenge with Wix Studio!
Running through October 27, Wix Studio Challenge: Community Edition invites you to leverage the power of Wix Studio to build your dream community platform. This challenge is an opportunity to showcase your JavaScript skills while leveraging the Wix Studio low-code environment to create a meaningful project for your portfolio.
Ania Kubów (@ania_kubow) will be returning as our guest judge. With her extensive experience as a software developer, educator, and popular YouTuber, Ania brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. Showcase your work to one of the software’s most respected voices!
There will be one prompt for this challenge, with one lucky and talented winner.
Our Prompt
For this challenge, your mission is to build your dream community platform on Wix Studio – a digital space that enables groups of people with shared interests, goals, or characteristics to interact, collaborate, and engage with each other online.
With Wix Studio, you can rapidly build a tailored platform to meet your community’s exact needs by leveraging Wix Apps and their associated Velo APIs. Launching a community app also requires considering many factors including scalability, reliability, performance, and security, so we are excited for you to experience Wix Studio's built-in infrastructure and adaptability!
Judging and Prizes
We’ll be selecting one winner for this challenge to take home the entire prize. Our winner will receive:
- $3,000 USD
- 6-month DEV++ membership
- Exclusive DEV Badge
- A gift from the DEV Shop
All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.
Community and Resources
We encourage everyone who's curious about the challenge to join the Wix Studio Community on Discord and hop into their #dev-challenges channel. This will be the place to ask for technical help and meet community members building with Wix.
Tips and Tricks
Here are some ideas and resources to help you get started:
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Common Features: Every community platform is different but some features you may want to consider include user profiles, discussion boards, messaging, events, and content sharing capabilities. You are not limited to, or required, to implement all these features.
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Examples of Shared Interests: If no particular community stands out to you personally, here are some examples of interest groups you could build for: fashion, technology, health, food, sports, music, gaming, art, travel, literature, entrepreneurship, and career. We encourage you to get as broad or as niche as your desire calls!
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Utilizing Wix Studio’s Visual Design Templates: Building on top of visual design templates is allowed for this challenge, and is one of the key ways you can leverage Wix’s ecosystem to improve your productivity.
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Wix AI Assistant: The Wix IDE offers a powerful AI assistant that you can leverage to improve your workflow and productivity.
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Additional Resources: To get started with building, check out the resources available on Wix Studio:
Important Dates
- October 16: Wix Studio Community Platform Challenge begins!
- October 27: Submissions due at 11:59 PM PDT
- October 29: Winners Announced
We're excited to see the community platforms you create! Questions about the challenge? Ask them below. Good luck and happy coding!