That aside, I think that it would be very beneficial to the community as a whole if a contest was started that encouraged readability and good practices. The scoring and judging could be done by a panel, but I think that it would be more fun if the community itself was able to vote on various attributes; readability, efficiency, general approach, originality, etc. Allow people to comment on each entry. I don't know about the winner getting anything besides bragging rights, but it if gets large enough maybe there can be a few corporate sponsors giving away licenses or something. Who knows?
Fair enough. Prime Number Script Competition ( for Bragging Rights ). I challenge the readers of this list to produce the necessary code to find the lowest prime number higher than a certain inputted number. The script must be web based, and ask the user to enter a number. The script must then calculate the lowest Prime Number above that number. Scripts will be rated on Functional Accuracy ( the program must correctly perform its required function ), Code Maintainability(eg Presence of Comments, etc ), Ease of Use, and Code Efficiency, in that order. Brownie points may be earned through use interesting or original ideas or methodologies, provided they do not compromise the previous four criteria. The submitted script will be rated by volunteers from this list. Submitting an entry disqualifys you as a volunteer judge, whilst judging someone elses code disqualifys you as a candidate. Deadline for submissions is 12:00 (Noon) (CEST UTC + 2 Hours) on Friday 29 September. Interesting to see (a) if anyone enters, and (b) what the code will be like. I think it would be a lot of fun if well executed.
