Organizing Hackathons

If you're organizing a hackathon, you may want to go through this page for tips on preparation

Basic do's and don'ts

• Don't rely on stable WiFi. Bring a router, and get to know the Internet infrastructure beforehand from the venue
• Do check the intended status of essential services like Bugzilla or mxr beforehand. You don't want them to go down during the event.

For bug-squashing events

• Bring flash drives with a mozilla-central clone (or whichever repo you intend to work with)
• Don't assume that everyone has Linux. Prepare for Windows users by having a local copy of all the dependencies.
• Try to identify some easy, open bugs beforehand.
• The first build is long. You might want to plan things accordingly, maybe having users set up a build before the bug-hunting starts.