Desktop Application Programming

This event tests the FBLA programmer’s skill in designing a useful, efficient, and effective program in the area described below.

COMPETENCIES

 

The topic for this program will be announced in the Chapter Management Handbook that comes from the national office.  In addition, it will be announced in the State Adviser Briefings throughout the year.  Participants will need to be sure that development of topic is logical and creative; code is commented at appropriate points; interface is a logical arrangement and contains all necessary information; program runs without error; and readme file is complete.

 

ELIGIBILITY

 

Participants must have paid state and national dues postmarked by December 15 of the current school year.

 

District:        Number of participants governed by local FBLA District policy.

 

State:           Each district may be represented by participant(s) based on the Florida FBLA scaled quota system found in the Fact Finder.

 

National:     See publication:  National Chapter Management Handbook—current edition. 

 

Entries must be created by an individual.  Participants must be members of an active local chapter and be on record in the FBLA-PBL national office as having paid dues by December 15 of the current school year.  The member may not have entered this event at a previous National Leadership Conference or placed 1st or 2nd in this event at a previous State Leadership Conference.  Students competing in this event on the state level must be registered for the conference or the entry will not be judged.

 

REGULATIONS

 

District:        Each district determines its own procedures for event registration.

 

State:           When it has been determined that a student will represent the district at state competition, the student's local adviser must send the appropriate entry form to the state adviser by first-class mail.  The entry form and the required postmark deadline are included in the SLC registration packet.

 

National:     See publication:  National Chapter Management Handbook—current edition. NOTE:  At the national level this event has a presentation portion.  Be sure to read national guidelines if preparing for national competition.

 

• One DVD or USB thumb drive containing the executable object, data or support file(s) needed to run the executable file to be postmarked to the state office by the date specified in the State Leadership Conference registration packet along with a Statement of Assurance.

 

• The DVD or USB thumb drive must be labeled with the school, participant name, state, and event.

 

• Readme file must be submitted as a hard copy and sent with the DVD or thumb drive.  Contained in the readme file is a statement nothing the name of the participant, school and state; design software program(s) used and instructions on running the program and installing the executable and a runtime program if needed.

 

• Program must run on Windows XP or higher computer including Vista.

 

• Data must be free of viruses/malware.  Any entry with contaminated data will not be judged.

 

• Program produced must be prepared by the participant without help.

 

JUDGING

 

Programs will be judged by a panel of judges prior to the State Leadership Conference.  All judges’ decisions are final.

 

AWARDS

 

District:        The number of awards presented at the District Leadership Conference is determined by local FBLA District policy.

 

State:           State awards for the top five places are presented at the State Leadership Conference.

 

National:     The number of awards presented at the National Leadership Conference is determined by judges and/or number of entries.  The maximum number will be ten.