Be the next XML Superstar!

The bloodiest most turbulent digital age is far from over as competition gets fierce in this year’s search for the XML Superstar!

This programming contest has been continuously finding talents around the world and this time it’s the ASEAN XML Superstar they are looking for. XML is Extensible Markup Language and this is nothing complicated for software and web developers like me. If you plan to start and educate yourself in this particular field, this is your time to shine.

With DB2 and its powerful methodology, you can participate in various contests that their site http://www.xmlchallenge.com offers. Sign up now in their Video Contest that only requires your ingenious skills XML, XQUERY or DB2. Grab a camcorder and start filming yourself while doing it! They also have Gadget contests that you can join by making useful and original widgets using DB2. You may try other ones like the Query contest that makes use of XQUERY to find 5 answers. The best one will get to win fabulous prizes! Don’t forget the Ported Application and XML2 Contests too that makes use of DB2 which you can join individually or grab your friends to form a team.

Remember there are 5 contests to choose from and the opportunities to be the best one in the region is here. All you’ve got to do now is press those buttons to fill up a form, answer a short quiz that requires no preceding XML or database know-how to complete. This contest was made for students, faculty members as well as professional developers to increase awareness and familiarity with XQUERY, XML and DB2. It's just that easy! I already have plans of my own to join! So why be left behind!?

Be the Ultimate XML Developers Challenge Superstar!

The ordeal of the 21st century, the greatest, supreme era of the digital age is far from over. I was browsing this evening to find great opportunities for the geek in me. I chanced upon http://www.XMLChallenge.com and found out that they are conducting competitions for XML developers. Now this is the chance I've been waiting for!

For those of you who do not know, XML is Extensible Markup Language which in lay man's term is still not lay man because this is a little complicated to explain I know. The World Wide Web Consortium is a huge body (with 434 members) that makes certain standards for the Internet. XML is a general-purpose term that they created for specifications in creating custom markup languages. If you try and search your computer's system files, maybe you have come across a ".xml" file. This is an example of it. It may be XHTML, RSS (bloggers know this from feeds), MathML, GraphML, Scalable Vector Graphics, MusicXML, and others. I know this is a little difficult to swallow for non technical people, but for geeks like me it rings a bell if your breakfast, lunch and dinner is customizing websites and changing open source codes. This is like the "ambrosia" of software and web developers.

With that out in the open, the site is holding a competition for students, faculty members as well as professional developers. The IDUG contest is held world wide so even my tech savvy friends can join. This is also to increase awareness and familiarity with XQuery, XML and DB2. All you need to do is one or all of these things:

• Upload a video
• Create a small widget or gadget
• Answer a series of questions by developing queries in XQuery.
• Port an existing application to use XML, XQuery or DB2.
• Develop a brand new application using the same

It's just that easy! The community would also take part in judging and the prizes will awarded on a monthly basis. So start pressing those keys and rushing your brains now for this contest! I already did! So why be left behind!