Participants respond to an annual coding-related design challenge by developing a software program that will accurately address an on-site problem in a specified, limited amount of time. Specific elements to be used, such as the programming language, operating system, or application programming interface (API), will be released onsite. Every effort will be made to support a wide variety of programming languages, and the specific languages. Completed solutions are objectively measured to determine the best and most effective solution for the stated problem.

2021-2022 Theme

The following programming languages may be used to complete the assigned problems: 

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• C (version C11)

• C++ (version C++14)

• C# (version 6.0)

• Java (version 10)

• Javascript (NodeJS version 8.10)

• Python (version 3.6)

• Ruby (version 2.5)

• Swift (version 4.2)

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Additional languages may become available as we near the conference.

Participants will be presented with a series of coding problems that must be completed on-site at the conference. Evaluation will be based on the successful completion of the problems and the time in which it takes students or teams to complete all the challenges.

In addition to the specific HS Coding competition rules and regulations, students also must adhere to TSA’s general rules (found in the HS competitive events guide).
The USA Computing Olympiad website and the ACM-ICPC International website are helpful resources for the Coding event. Additional resources that can be used to prepare for the event are listed below:

• https://icpc.baylor.edu/compete/preparation

• https://www.codechef.com/

• http://www.usaco.org/index.php?page=contests

• http://blog.hackerearth.com/2013/09/competitive-programming-getting-started_11.html

• https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-strategy-to-improve-my-skills-in-competitive-programming-in-2-3-months ​​

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