Hackoverflow: the it communication hub

Abstract

The HackOverflow is a web site designed to address the problem of communication of IT related events to the IT community. The survey conducted using few universities and IT students indicated that a majority of members were unable to attend the IT related events such as Hackathons and Meetups because of the late or no communication of events. The HackOverflow system was implemented with capability to maintain a mailing list and a forum. This was implemented in order to improve the interaction among IT field professionals and students. The system has a forum that people can bring in discussion on various matters related to hackathons and other events. Also the system contains a discussion forum that can bring in discussions on a desired hot topic. The system provides capabilities for registered users to post event, meetups or hackathons. The users can include all the necessary information related to the particular event type. Also the posts are emailed to the registered subscribers so that they can get to know about the posted events as and when they are posted. The posted events contain discussion section attached too, so that the interested community can carry out discussion to obtain more information