We are so delighted to partner with Progress to bring the community a brand new DEV challenge.
Running through March 23, the KendoReact Free Components Challenge is all about showcasing what you can build with KendoReact's powerful free components.
From data grids to toolbars to form components and more, KendoReact offers a comprehensive suite of UI components that every React developer should experience building with. With 50+ free components available, you'll have everything you need to build an impressive application.
We have one prompt for this challenge but three ways to win. Read on to get started!
Our Prompt
For this challenge, your mandate is to build a React app of your choice that utilizes at least 10 KendoReact Free components.
You are free to build any type of application that showcases these components. Whether it's a dashboard, a productivity app, a personal portfolio, or something completely unique - we want to see what you can create with KendoReact.
And for those of you who prefer some structure, we have two additional prize categories for you to consider!
Prize Categories
- AIm to Impress: Awarded to a top submission that integrates GenAI technology into their project.
- Delightfully Designed: Awarded to a submission with an especially good UI design that used either the KendoUI Figma Kits and/or Progress ThemeBuilder during app creation.
Prizes
Our prompt winner (1) will receive:
- $3,000 USD
- Exclusive DEV Badge
- 6-month DEV++ Membership
- And More!
Our prize category winners (2) will receive:
- $1,000 USD
- Exclusive DEV Badge
- 6-month DEV++ Membership
- And More!
All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.
Please review our judging criteria, rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and official contests rules such as eligibility requirements.
Need Help?
Get to know KendoReact by utilizing their docs, tutorials, and resources.
- KendoReact Official Website
- KendoReact Component Documentation
- Progress ThemeBuilder
- KendoUI Figma Kits
Important Dates
- March 12: KendoReact Free Components Challenge begins!
- March 23: Submissions due at 11:59 PM PDT
- April 03: Winners Announced
We can't wait to see what you build! Questions about the challenge? Ask them below.
Good luck and happy coding!
Top comments (46)
Good luck everyone!!
Anyone looking for collaborators?
I am new to design and looking for people to collaborate with me.
Hey Arya,
I'm interested in participating in this contest, but since I haven't participated in one before, I was wondering if you'd be open to collaborating as a team.
Let me know what you think.
Dm on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/arya-teja-rudraraju?
Or let me know what is your communication platform of choice
Hi, we can collaborate what kind of Designer you are looking for ?
This is my LinkedIn; share DM me there; I will share the details.linkedin.com/in/wamiq319/
I am interested. I have an app idea—basically, it is a dashboard. I need someone who can design it well in Figma using a UI kit.
Let me know if you’re available to collaborate!
The entire Progress team wishes you all best of luck!! If you have any questions about the components or need help with anything, don't hesitate to reach out :) We can't wait to see what you build!!
Hi contestants, after discussing with one of the folks in charge of the contest, I've decided to leave my comment here to inform interested parties that I am offering my mentoring services for free to any and all participants.
As a former participant in other contests and hackathons, and having won numerous of them in the past, I have benefitted greatly from the recognition since then.
For the last couple of years, I have been mentoring and coaching other front-end developers & those interested in UX engineering.
So, I'm here to offer my help once again. This is my way to pay it forward and to help you (the participants) to be one step closer to winning the prize money (just as I did before).
I am usually more active on LinkedIn, so you can always chat me up there: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherman-chen-weizhi?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app
But I can also engage in mentoring conversations via this platform (I only joined fairly recently).
For more serious conversations, we can always do it via Google Meet.
Weizhi is a great resource! I highly encourage anyone looking for a mentor – or just a little technical help – to reach out to him :)
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Can we use premium components as well?
You may, but they won't count towards the 10 Free Component requirement!
Thank you for your response! 😊
Is it okay if we implement authentication in our apps? Will the judges go through the trouble of making an account?
(I'm only asking this because in a previous project, I've implemented authentication and not even a single person signed up to even look at my project!)
dev.to/d2d_weizhi/3-tipsguidelines...
I know that we are already half-way thru this current contest/challenge, but I still want to use this opportunity to share THREE tips/guidelines that I hope will be helpful to all you contestants out there.
They can also serve as friendly reminders if needed. Hope it helps.
Hi
I’m excited to apply this! 🎉
Can I use an existing project of mine that does not use Kendo components, submitting a version that does?
Yes!
Is there a help thread for Kendo components? In particular, I cannot for my life figure out how to put a link on a breadcrumb item.
Hey there! There's not a help thread here on dev.to, but KendoReact has a very active and helpful forum where you can ask any questions: telerik.com/forums/kendo-ui-react
For the breadcrumbs specifically, it sounds like you're looking for onItemSelect, which you can find more about in the API section of the docs: telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/compone...