The winners have
been announced! Thanks to all contributors and to our friends at Heroku, the challenge was well met, and has concluded.
// Create the application
heroku apps:create {app name}
// Include the Neo4j Add-on
heroku addons:add neo4j --app {app name}
NEO4J_REST_URL environment variable to the driverNeo4j is a graph database, backing that most generic of data structures with a high-performance, transactional persistence engine. Within Neo4j, the model is a Property Graph — nodes and relationships with key-value properties on both. There is no schema, only structure and a convenient index facility for quick look-ups. Querying is performed through a traversal, using either Cypher or Gremlin. On Heroku, access to Neo4j is through its REST API.
Heroku makes it easy to deploy your application into the cloud. With Gensen, a new community is forming for sharing projects, like having all those example github projects in one place, easy to find, compare and evaluate. We love the idea so much that we're adopting it early, to water the little flower and help it grow. Hence this challenge.
Choose your favorite programming language, framework and build tools. Create a simple, illustrative, and functional application that provides a perfect base for creating new projects. Then share it on Gensen. While there are drivers for many languages, some may only support embedded use, running on the JVM. Bonus points for cajoling or contributing REST support for those languages (win a super secret prize).
Gensen is a repository of Heroku project templates. These fully working example applications include just enough code to demonstrate how to use a particular combination of Language, Framework and Add-ons.
After signing in, you can easily browse the available templates, rate them, or elect to share one of your own projects (which is what you'll want to do to participate in this challenge).
All you need to get started is an account on Heroku.
Congratulations! A fresh clone of the template project will be created for you, ready to use and easily customized for your own clever purposes.
Thanks! You will have very generously contributed to saving the planet by reducing the amount of energy wasted when starting a project from scratch. (See rules)
The complex maths of determining who gets recognized for an outstanding contribution is explained fully on the rules page. The basic function is: (ratings + tweets) + panel. Winners will be recognized in each of these categories:
Your air splintering brilliance has left us all blinking. Well done.
Rolling strong across the lands, everyone will hear you coming.
A thousand flowers will bloom from the work you've done. Thank you.
Ready to participate? Please share your email, and either twitter and/or github handle. The email will only be used for communication regarding this challenge, and the handle will be used for correlating your submissions. Also, these identifiers are used to properly award your Coderwall badge for participating in the challenge:
