Hackathon Resources

Here you’ll find a curated list of valuable resources to help you succeed in the hackathon. Whether you’re looking for quick tutorials, in-depth videos, or insightful blog posts, we’ve got you covered.

Feeling stuck? Try the docs, search, or join the Discord to get help.

Convex Hack Pack

Quickly learn the skills you need to start building full-stack apps with Convex through this hands-on tutorial specifically built for Hackathon participants.

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create-convex

Quickly spin up a new Convex project using the create-convex bootstrapper tool with the command:

npm create convex@latest

Convex Quickstarts

Get up and running with our Quickstart guides for popular frameworks like React and Next.js, as well as Python and Rust projects & more

Template Gallery

Pull a working Convex application off the shelf to extend or learn about how certain features are implemented.

Learn & get help

Dive deep into the Convex platform with our comprehensive developer documentation

Convex can do that!

Browse & search a gallery of fullstack app features you might need, and resources to help you implement them all in Convex

Stack by Convex

Learn about best practices, use cases, and more from a growing collection of articles, videos, and walkthroughs in the Convex Developer Portal, Stack

Discord Developer Community

Join our active developer community on Discord to ask questions, trade tips & tricks, and show off your awesome Convex projects

Developer Search

Get unblocked quickly by searching across the Documentation, Stack resources, and Discord chats simultaneously

Get hands-on with Convex fundamentals by building a multiplayer chat app with an integrated AI agent

Next.js Quickstart Walkthrough

Watch WebDevCody's 10-minute primer on building a Convex application with Next.js

Explore Convex features

Relational Data

Use document IDs to model relationships between documents in different database tables

TypeScript Helper Functions

Learn how to write TypeScript functions that join data, rather than depending on SQL or interacting with the database directly.

Learn how to paginate query results for better performance & UX with large datasets

Allow users to sign up, log in and log out by integrating an authentication provider like Auth0 or Clerk into your Convex app

Auth with Clerk

Set up authentication for your application with Clerk by following this quick video walkthrough

Upload, store & serve files and add file management to your app with Convex's built-in file storage

Database Schemas

Make sure your data consistently uses correct types by defining a schema for your database

Schema Generation

Quickly learn how to generate your schema based on your types.

Data Migrations

Learn how to migrate data using one of the fundamental Convex primitives: the mutation.

Speed up query performance over large datasets by defining indexes in your table's schema

Full-Text Search

Search over text values in your documents using Convex's built-in full-text search

Learn more about vector search and two demo apps that use it in this video.

Hosting & Deployment

Publish your Convex app for the world to see using Netlify, Vercel, or your own hosting provider

Handle internal and user-facing errors in your Convex apps and integrate reporting services like Sentry

Scheduled Functions

Run your backend functions when you need them with the Convex scheduler and Cron jobs

Build with AI

Text Adventure Game

Learn how WebDevCody built a full-stack text adventure game with Convex, Next.js, OpenAI & DALL-E

Convex + ChatGPT

Learn how to build a full-stack ChatGPT app on Convex

AI Town Walkthrough

Learn how a Convex backend can power a virtual town with autonomous characters.

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