12th July, 2025
Hey everyone, to help you all get started with some momentum, we've decided to do a Programming Challenge to get started.
These will get more complex over time, but for the first one we've decided to go with a simple one, that is a Calculator. Now a lot of you might think that seems quite simple and easy, but don't worry as we've planned 3 stages to the project to make it interesting for everyone!
The Challenge has a prize pool of 20000 ARS
So some of you might be wondering what the idea is all about, well a calculator is a project to get you accustomed to some basic programming concepts such as functions, loops, if-or statements, validating user input and a host of other basic concepts to help you get started. The higher stages are to introduce more complex topics and help you get started with optimization. There is NO language or method requirement as long as it can interpret a standard string (LaTeX for higher stages). GUI is NOT necessary.
Currently Stage 3 is yet to be fully decided, we will release the guidelines soon.
Do note, using basic functions is not allowed, submissions will be reviewed and will be rejected if found using built-in functions
This stage is designed to get you accustomed to the basic concepts and perfect for a beginner.