CodeProject Announces Windows Azure Developer Challenge $2,500 Grand Prize Winner

Online, July 11, 2013 (Newswire.com) - TORONTO - CodeProject, one of the world's largest online communities of software developers, is pleased to announce Phil Lee as the grand prize winner of CodeProject's recent Windows Azure Developer Challenge.

Over $16,000 in prizes was awarded to 21 individuals throughout the 10-week Windows Azure Developer Challenge. The contest pitted developers from across the globe against each other in five stages of competitions that incorporated tasks like building a website, using SQL, spinning virtual machines, and building responsive mobile access for their Azure apps.

A big congratulations goes to Phil Lee for the hard work he put into the contest and the unbelievably comprehensive walk-through and write-up of his journey through this Azure challenge. His entry, YouConf - Your Live Online Conferencing Tool, illustrates his entire process from the formation of a simple idea all the way to a fully functioning database-powered website talking to an Ubuntu VM, running Apache Solr. The end result is a beautifully responsive design that functions well on everything from desktops to smartphones. Phil Lee drew inspiration for his entry from Scott Hanselman's blog post outlining a low-cost, community conference platform.

As Grand Prize Winner, Phil Lee will be awarded a $2,500 cash prize, as well as promotion on CodeProject and Microsoft owned and operated properties. Both fame and fortune!

"Thanks to the whole CodeProject team and Microsoft for organizing and running the competition," said Phil Lee, the New Zealand-based Grand Prize Winner. "If, like me, you don't always get to work with the cloud, or the very latest and greatest technologies as part of a day job, it can often be hard to find a good reason (or time) to investigate them in depth. Having competitions like this really forces one to get involved, find out as much as possible, and hopefully help out others along the way. I've learned a ton of stuff about Azure and .NET, which hopefully I'll be able to put to good use in the future."

For more information about the Windows Azure Developer Challenge or other current CodeProject developer contests visit the CodeProject Feature Competitions page.

About CodeProject:
CodeProject, a member of the Developer Media network, is one of the world's largest independent communities of developers. It's built with the simple goal of helping to make a developer's day-to-day life easier and to teach them the skills they need. CodeProject has over ten million members and tens of thousands of articles. Formed to provide developers with a place to meet and exchange ideas, CodeProject provides developers with the resources they need to help them with their day-to-day programming as well as keeping up-to-date with the latest development tools. More at: http://www.codeproject.com.

About Developer Media:
Founded in 1998, Developer Media is the world's largest developer-focused advertising network with over 23 million unique professional developers visiting its sites each month. Developer Media represents over 400 influential websites, online communities, blogs and publishers serving the software and app development market. It delivers innovative ad solutions to help tech marketers reach developers directly. From ad campaigns to custom multi-channel marketing and thought leadership programs spanning paid, owned and earned media, Developer Media's reach, expertise and service help technology vendors and advertisers find their next customer. Developer Media sites provide the latest how-to information, trends and news covering such technology giants as Intel, Microsoft, Google, and Apple. More at: http://www.developermedia.com.

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