ACCELQ Hackathon Roundup
                     ACCELQ Hackathon Roundup 
 
The weekend of 1st and 2nd May 2021 started on a high note with ACCELQ first-ever Hackathon powered by The Test Tribe. The hackathon 
witnessed around 200 registrations from 9 countries and roughly 130 organizations. 
 
It was a weekend filled with learning and networking where Automation professionals battled it out to solve interesting challenges. 
 
Behind the Scenes 
 
ACCELQ Team worked hard to craft the best five challenges which would showcase the true power and breadth of our platform challenging the 
traditional ways of automation. The challenges required the participants to know about data parameterization, cross-linking of parameters, 
generating random strings, verification using regular expressions, dealing with large DOM pages, making scripts reusable, ensuring proper 
synchronization, intelligent object handling, working with dynamic elements, and lots more. Be it making the walkthrough videos, adding 
functional description, resources, and evaluation criteria everything was done with utmost precision for participants to have a seamless 
experience.  
 
Our Tech team made sure a dedicated Hackathon tenant was created two days before the event which allowed our participants to experience 
the platform and practice before the event start. This was done seamlessly with a one-time bulk upload capability which auto-generated a 
welcome email uniquely crafted for the event so participants feel special and valued. Our Tech team also did spin up enough cloud agents to 
allow for a smooth Test execution experience perfectly load balancing the incoming test run traffic. We also handpicked ACCELQ Ninjas from 
around the globe to assist round the clock. Careful thought was given on who and how to cater to all time zones, so participants had support 
throughout the event. 
 
Event Launch 
 
The event was kicked off on Saturday by our wonderful host Azhar Shams. With 152 participants joining live on the Airmeet platform, full of 
energy and enthusiasm. Participants were buzzing with excitement playing the fastest finger at the gibberish game which was won by Gaurav 
Khurana. The excitement continued with meet & greet at the Network Table. Anuradha Raman, Rahul Parwal, and Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh had the 
quickest networking speed where they were able to meet with 20+ fellow testers in a short span of 5 minutes. Guljeet Nagpaul, Chief Product 
Officer at ACCELQ then introduced the participants to the ACCELQ platform with a demo. Participants were briefed on the event format and 
rules. Post which the challenges were revealed, and the Battle began. Throughout the event, there was 24/7 support by ACCELQ Ninjas for the 
participants to answer any queries they might have during the hackathon. 
 
Event Wrap 
 
At the closure of the event on Sunday, around 75+ projects were submitted for evaluation in a quest for the Top 3 positions. Participants were 
informed of the evaluation process and result date. We received a lot of good feedback from the participants about the platform. Some of the 
participants even shared their experiences about using the platform during the event wrap-up. Participants admired the ease of use of the 
platform, no-code approach, plug and play setup, the depth of functionality it had to offer, and the exhaustive documentation which helped 
them ace through the challenges. Praises kept coming on the event being well organized and participants were equally happy with the support 
they received throughout the event. Guljeet Nagpaul, Chief Product Officer at ACCELQ concluded the event wrap-up by thanking all the 
participants for the zeal they showed throughout.  
 
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