Codemaster- 101 hacks to code

ACM started off the academic year 2021-2022 with their first event “Codemaster- 101 hacks to code” which took place on the 3rd July, 2021 from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm. This event aimed to explain and clarify all the misconceptions, frequent errors and most in demand hacks pertaining to programming and utilizing various terminals, editors and IDEs effectively with the help of 101 hacks. This event was mainly focused towards the First-year students, keeping in mind as they are quite new at programming, it was aimed to lead them on the right track in regards with coding.  

The event started off with the hosts Ms. Chryselle Fernandes(ACM Admin Head) and Mr. Jivin Varghese(ACM Secretary) giving a brief introduction about “Codemaster'' and how it is really important to have a strong foundation in regards with the basics of any programming language. Followed by that, the HOD of the Computer department and faculty coordinator of ACM, Ms.Sana Shaikh gave a crisp welcome address highlighting the purpose and significance of ACM and its events. Thereafter, the hosts gave a gist related to the flow of the event.  

The Session was divided into two segments, wherein at the end of each segment there would be a quiz and doubt solving session, the winners of the quiz would get a cash prize after the event. 

The first segment of the session thus began with Mr. Grejo Joby (ACM Chairperson) explaining various concepts related to programming and the do’s and don'ts related to it. He then continued by demonstrating the use of “Visual Studio” by taking them through the installation process as also on how to compile and run various types of codes and files in it. At the end of the first part, a short quiz was taken on google forms followed by a doubt solving session.  

Thereafter the second phase of the session was taken over by Mr. Ruvin Rodrigues(ACM Technical Head), wherein he explained various techniques useful to know while coding. He also brushed over various basic as well as intermediate programming concepts and coding facts through a few programming examples. At the end of the second part, another short quiz was taken on google forms followed by a doubt solving segment, where many of our participants got their doubts clarified. Thereafter Mr. Jivin Varghese(ACM Secretary) presented the vote of thanks and lastly Ms. Chryselle Fernandes(ACM Admin Head) declared the winners of the quizzes.  

The participants were asked to fill the feedback form which was circulated on the whatsapp group, marking the end of the event.