Welcome to the Defang GHW: Career Week Challenge Page!

Hello hackers! Defang is the easiest way to develop, deploy, and debug cloud applications.

Defang takes you from Docker Compose to production-ready AWS deployments in minutes!

If you're looking for a new and efficient way to deploy your projects to the cloud, checkout Defang's challenges!

Getting Help

• If you have any questions about Defang or their Global Hack Week challenges, head to the MLH Discord and find the #ask-defang channel!
• Each challenge is accompanied by helpful documentation
• If you need additional resources, you can find them at the bottom of this page!

Challenges

Challenge 1

1-Click Deploy

Objectives:

• Find out first hand how easy it is to deploy to Defang.
• Deploy a Go/Node.js/Python sample with 1-click Deploy from the Defang homepage.
• You'll need your GitHub credentials to complete this challenge!
• Share a screenshot of your deployed application on our submission form!

Challenge 2

Set up Defang CLI and Portal

Objectives:

• Download and install the Defang CLI from the Defang homepage and register with Defang with your GitHub credentials using the "defang login" command.
• Login to the Defang Portal using your same GitHub credentials.
• The sample app you deployed in Challenge 1 should be visible here.
• Share a screenshot on our submission form!

Documentation:

• Defang CLI Login Documentation

Challenge 3

Create a simple app with "defang generate"

Objectives:

• Defang supports generating new project outlines from a sample or using an AI model.
• Using this feature, you can describe what you would like the service to do and the CLI will generate a project outline with all the files required.
• Inspect the project source files and the Dockerfile and Compose file to ensure they are as expected.
• Share a screenshot of your project outline in our submission form!

Documentation:

• Check out Defang's "Deploy an outline using AI" documentation for more details.

Challenge 4

Deploy a simple app to Defang Playground with "defang compose up"

Objectives:

• You can deploy the app you created in Challenge 3 to the Defang Playground environment with a single command: "defang compose up".
• Verify the app is accessible on the Internet and test it.
• Inspect the app on the Defang Portal.
• If anything goes wrong, use the "defang debug" command to let the Defang AI assistant help you find and fix the issue.
• Share your code on our Devpost Page!

Documentation:

• Check out Defang's "defang compose up" documentation to complete this challenge!

Challenge 5

Advanced Challenge: Enhance your application with advanced features for compute and/or storage.

Objectives:

• Defang supports using GPUs in your applications
  • https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/resources
  • https://docs.defang.io/docs/tutorials/deploy-with-gpu#aws-account-with-gpu-access
• Defang also supports specifying persistent storage services in your application (e.g. Redis, PostgreSQL)
  • https://docs.defang.io/blog/june-2024-product-update#managed-redis
• Use one or both of these features to take your application to the next level.
• Share your code on our Devpost Page!

Resources

• Defang Samples Page
• Defang CLI Login
• Defang Portal Login
• Defang Outline Deployment
• Defang Compose Up
• Defang additional resources
• AWS Account with GPU Access
• Managed Redis with Defang