NYCSL is a monthly programming competition for high-school students in the NY area run by a group of students from the Horace Mann School.

NYCSL, or the New York Computer Science League, was a programming competition created for New York high schools students to compete against each-other while solving algorithmic computer science problems.

Each month at midnight a new challenge is posted. Programmers in NYCSL have one month to upload as many solutions as they like; only the top score is shown. Solutions are instantly graded and put up on both global and school-wide leaderboards. Problems are designed such that they are suitable for programmers of all skill levels; beginners are encouraged to participate.

The website utilizes a LAMP backend (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) for the majority of tasks. However, problem grading is done through Python scripts called from PHP. The backend is organized as a RESTful API. The front-end is JavaScript + jQuery for scripting and Bootstrap 3 using FezVrasta's wonderful bootstrap-material-design theme for style.

• img/ - All of the images used on the site.
• includes/ - Common html elements that are included throughout the site.
• lib/ - Any js libraries used on the site.
• php/ - Our RESTFul API.
• problems/ - Competition specific content.
• script/ - Frontend javascript.
• style/ - CSS.
• tests/ - Unit tests written in QUnit.

Send us a pull request. If you are looking for things to do, check out the repo's open issues. We will be happy to add you as a contributor and credit you in the README.

If you find a bug or have any trouble with the website, please open an issue. We are happy to help you out.

NYCSL was created by Michael Truell, Joshua Gruenstein, Ben Spector, and Luca Koval for the Horace Mann Programming Club.