New this year, for Week 3 of Devtoberfest, we are going bug hunting!
UPDATE: This Bugtoberfest Fun Friday event is now officially over - as you may remember (from the description below) we left this open the entire week, ending Sunday 20 October in whatever time zone you are. Now that date has officially passed us by, we have closed out the tutorials and everyone should have been awarded their badges and points for the bug hunts they completed before this time. Thank you so much for participating. If you would like to check your work and see if you found all the bugs we intended, check out the Bugtoberfest Wrap Up! blog post.
As a developer, I find it satisfying to find a bug thatβs been eluding me for weeks. Having to dig into the code, figure out what should be happening, and determining why it isnβt can be both an exercise in frustration and a lot of fun. However, that satisfaction does end when git blame shows I was the one to write that bug. Thatβs never funβ¦
But have no fear! You can get all the satisfaction of identifying bugs without any of the potential risk of you having written the bug!
Many of us developer advocates have written bug hunts in a variety of languages and each one is worth points to help you get to Nerdvana on the game board. Each tutorial also has a unique badge so completing them all would be quite an achievement.
To participate, you only need to complete one of the following tutorials, but you can complete as many as you want.
ABAP Bug Hunt
Bash Bug Hunt
JavaScript Bug Hunt
jq Bug Hunt
Python Bug Hunt
Each bug hunt has 3 different levels, ranging from easy to hard. You will need to complete all three to get the badge and credit for the bug hunt.
Note: You are not restricted to complete this bug hunt only during Friday, October 18th. These tutorials will be live the entire third week of Devtoberfest from October 14th through October 20th. We will close out the tutorials after that date so be sure to complete the ones you want before the end of day on October 20th.
Once the tutorials are closed, we will post the bugs for each bug hunt, so you figure out which bugs you were able to find. Try NOT to share specific bugs in the comments below as that would spoil the fun for those who havenβt completed the various tutorials yet.
Good luck and let the bug hunt begin!
