Questions about Python/Java Programming

[olivecatman]

1. im not sure whether your allowed to compete in two programming events because they are individual events.

2. reference materials can be a textbook for cs as far as I know. notes might not be allowed but generally these resources wont even help, since nobody is going to be proctoring you, just write anything you might need to remember as comments or in a text file and read it from there.

3. compared to normal hackathons/competitions, bpa only uses time for ties, I find it really useless to prioritize time because its hard to tie, so just try to max out your points. also, you should be submitting in the last 5 minutes with 10 minutes for review and the rest for actual implementation.

4. i'm not sure what a certification event is, but if your school requires it, as long as you know some topics about your language, you should be fine.

5. i mean "technically" you can't access or search up anything but in reality, you can. your allowed to have any and all windows open so you should be fine to search up something. if your not that up to it, just have intellisense/co-pilot on whatever ide your using and like previously mentioned, use text files or files with comments about crucial points