Sencha Mission: Open Architect
Blog|by Leanne Bevan|21 July 2020

Sencha is releasing an open-source version of Sencha Architect. To kickstart the launch, Sencha wants JavaScript developers to bring this to life with a hackathon.
The mission
Design an open-source WYSIWYG editor that allows you to edit your application views.
The prizes
The grand prize for this hackathon includes a $5,000 reward with a bonus 5-pack of an Ext JS Enterprise licence ($9,475 value!).
Second place will receive $350.
Third place will receive $150.
The deadline
This hackathon ends on 31 July 2020, with submissions to end at 5pm CDT.
Do you have what it takes?
Find out more and enter here!
Sencha Architect for open-source
The Open Source version of Sencha Architect will enable web application developers to resize components, change styles, themes and more.
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Leanne Bevan
Vendor Marketing Manager at Grey Matter
Leanne has been part of our team for over a decade, and has worked as a vendor marketing manager for a number of our key vendors. Now with a keen focus on cyber security as well as developer technologies, Leanne continues to manage marketing across several vendors, including Embarcadero, Acronis, ESET, and more.
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