HPCC Systems is a sponsor at this event as part of our academic program. It is hosted by the College of Computing and Software Engineering at KSU.
We have been taking part in this event with KSU since 2017! For more information about how they went, read our blog posts: The 2024 KSU Hackathon for Social Good
The 2023 KSU Hackathon for Social Good, The 2022 KSU Hackathon for Social Good and Fly on the wall - Our first Hackathon.
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VS Code Download page and VSCode Cheat Sheet (Mac OS)
Event date | March 27-29, 2025 | |
Location | Joe Mack Wilson Student Center - Marietta Campus | |
Cost | Free | |
Hosted by | Kennesaw State University | |
Eligibility | The CCSE Hackathon is open to all undergraduate and graduate Kennesaw State University students. To encourage collaboration and emphasize how technology is part of everything we do, we require that each team has at least one CCSE student as a member. | |
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Data Source | 9 data sources to work with will be revealed when the challenge opens. | |
Workshop Trainer, and Hackathon support | Bob Foreman - Software Engineering Lead George Foreman - Prod Dev Tech Writer II Hugo Watanuki - Manager Community Tech Programs | Alysson Oliveira - Software Engineer II Mauro Marques - Sr Technical Support Engineer |
What you need |
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Quick start resources |
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Group messaging application | Microsoft Teams | |
Internship Opportunities | Find out more about the HPCC Systems intern program | |
Course Title and link |
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Session 1 - Introduction to HPCC Architecture and Terminology/Introduction to ECL |
Session 2 - More ECL Introduction/Configuring IDE and RECORD/DATASET usage |
Session 3 - Exporting Data Definitions - Boolean, Set, Recordset |
Session 4 - Functions, Conditional ECL, Value Definitions |
Session 4 - Functions, Conditional ECL, Value Definitions |
Session 5 - ECL in Data Transformation - Cross Tabulation Reports |
Session 6 - More Data Evaluation Reports, Visualization, Data Patterns and Introduction to TRANSFORM |
Session 7 - PROJECT, ITERATE, ROLLUP and Transformation using TABLE |
Session 8 - ROLLUP review and Introduction to JOINs |
We have many resources available for you to use to familiarize yourself with our technology and how to use it. If you are new to us, then take some time to find out about HPCC Systems and what we do. Find out how HPCC Systems works, what ECL is and take a look at what goes on in our community.
Watch a quick overview video about HPCC Systems
Create your own Localized Container based Cluster.
Note: We will be using a cloud-based HPCC Systems cluster for the workshop.
You can use your preferred editor to write code but we do have our own, a Windows-based ECL IDE which you can download. On the download page, under Operating System, select Windows. Download both the ECL IDE and Client Tools.
VS Code is a good code editor if you don't use Windows. Installation is slightly more complicated see below and also this cheat sheet:
Download and install VS Code from here if you don't already have it installed.
Download the HPCC Systems Client Tools from here.
Choose your operating system from the popup list.
Choose the appropriate "Client Tools" option for your operating system. Make sure only one checkbox on the entire page is selected.
Download and install.
Launch VS Code, then search for and install the extension named "ECL (Enterprise Control Language) support for Visual Studio Code".
Once you’re up and running, try out a few of the tutorials.
Learn some ECL. This is the language used to write queries. It's easy to use, try it for yourself. Read the documentation or take a training course.
Take a look at some video tutorials