I love this idea. Full Code Press is a competition between web development teams to build a complete website for a charitable organization in 24 hours. They’ll have complete freedom as to the platform: HTML, Ruby on Rails, LAMP, or whatever else they like. Each team is made up of seven web members, and all of the teams compete at the same location on the same day. At the end of 24 hours, a team of judges will select the winner.

The first event will be held in Australia on August 18-19, 2007 between Australia and New Zealand. In May 2008 early February 2008, they will be hosting a worldwide challenge, open to teams from all countries, to be held in Wellington, New Zealand.

Interested teams and interested charities can get more information and sign up on their website. If you can’t attend, they plan to make it possible for you to follow the event online via blogs, interviews, Twitter and YouTube.

Personally, I’d love to see this event spread to other countries. Developers often get requests to do pro bono work for charities, but developers are usually either booked with paying clients or looking for more paying work. The charities can’t offer cash, but through contests like this they can offer something that developers covet even more—bragging rights.

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