# Show off your programming skills and develop custom toolbar components

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**Created:** [October 8, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/show-off-your-programming-skills-and-develop-custom-toolbar-components/176950 "2009-10-08T19:32:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/show-off-your-programming-skills-and-develop-custom-toolbar-components/176950/1 "2009-10-08T19:32:05Z")

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Are you up to the challenge?

Conduit, a SaaS platform that any web publisher can use to offer  
content and applications to users across the World Wide Web, has  
launched the Conduit Awards, to reward developers and programmers of  
custom components and applications for community toolbars that run on  
the Conduit platform.

The Conduit platform provides an intuitive environment in which web  
publishers can create a custom Community Toolbar in any language, free  
of charge. The flexible solution offers rich APIs, and enables easy  
integration with any software or social media technology.

Winners of the Conduit Awards ([http://bit.ly/conduitawards1](http://bit.ly/conduitawards1)) will  
receive up to $15,000 in cash prizes. The grand prize winner will win  
$4,000 and a Nokia Booklet 3G.

This is a great way for new programmers to build a portfolio and  
experienced developers to keep up their skills and challenge others.

Components can be developed in languages such as HTML/CSS, JavaScript,  
PHP, and XML. To start developing, check out Conduit’s open API  
([http://bit.ly/3TlSoA](http://bit.ly/3TlSoA))!

You can also develop components using Ruby or integrate existing Ruby  
components into the API.

Hurry! Component entries must be submitted before November 1.

For more information or to enter, check out the Conduit Awards website  
at [http://awards.conduit.com](http://awards.conduit.com)

What have you developed today?

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