We’re at it again! Join us for another fun hackathon challenge! (And win prizes!)
If you’re still feeling the FOMO from not participating in our last Progress KendoReact Free Challenge with Dev.to, worry not—you’re about to get another chance!
From September 10 to 28, you can build something awesome as part of the KendoReact Free Component Challenge and win up to $3,000 in prizes. Yep, you read that right: three challenges, each with a $1000 cash prize.
To get yourself in the running, all you need to do is build a React app of your choice that includes at least 10 KendoReact Free components—and just like that, you’re eligible for a $1k prize. The app can be about anything, do anything, solve anything—or just be something you made for fun, to try out something you’ve been curious about. No limits, no boundaries: just your own brilliant ideas, brought to life with KendoReact Free components.
If you want to really shoot for the stars, though, you’ll want to check out our two bonus categories—each one with an additional $1k prize.
- Code Smarter, Not Harder challenges you to build your KendoReact Free app with the help of our KendoReact AI Coding Assistant. You can use it however you like—ask it questions like a pair programming partner using the VS Code CoPilot extension, or go full vibe coder and let it generate your code with Agent mode / MCP. Just document how you used it in your submission! This is an especially great tool for folks who haven’t used KendoReact components before.
- RAGs to Riches invites you to meet the newest member of the Progress family: Progress Agentic RAG. (Nuclia is now Progress Agentic RAG.) This RAG-as-a-service tool makes deploying Agentic RAG a breeze. Include a Progress Agentic RAG feature in your KendoReact Free app—like their super-powerful AI search or Generated Q&A—and get yourself in the running for this bonus challenge!
Looking for Inspiration?
We’ve got some suggestions:
- Join the Progress Labs Discord and connect with other challenge participants to brainstorm, ask questions or just yap about what you’re working on.
- Check out the winning entries from the last challenge, or browse through all the amazing submissions.
- Watch our getting started with KendoReact Free livestream.
- Explore the resources for Progress KendoReact Free, the AI Coding Assistant and Agentic RAG:
Good Luck!!
We had some amazing entries last time, so you better be ready with your A-game for this round. I can’t wait to see what you build!
Kathryn Grayson Nanz
Kathryn Grayson Nanz is a developer advocate at Progress with a passion for React, UI and design and sharing with the community. She started her career as a graphic designer and was told by her Creative Director to never let anyone find out she could code because she’d be stuck doing it forever. She ignored his warning and has never been happier. You can find her writing, blogging, streaming and tweeting about React, design, UI and more. You can find her at @kathryngrayson on Twitter.