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Getting Started

You can access the introductory slides here!
Happy Hacking!

WORKSHOPS

Event Flow

( Windows 8 and Android Workshop will be conducted concurrently. )

12:30 - 2pm : Windows 8 Workshop
Speaker: Chun Siong Tan, Microsoft Singapore
Tip and tricks of development with Windows 8.
To prepare:
1. Go to the link below and download the tool kit.
Windows 8 Development Pre-Workshop Material

2. Start by going through the samples and get a feel of things by doing the tutorials.



12:30 - 2pm : Android Workshop
Speaker: Koi Hin Wong , Planetary Inc.
Beginner- Intermediate level Android Development Workshop.
Pre-workshop material can be found here

4:00 - 5:30pm : "Web Trends - or stuff that's good to know when still at school"
Speaker: Ramchander Krishna, Lead (User Interface & Mobile Applications), Teamie
Topics to be covered:
HTML5 - How does it make a difference?
Responsive design - thinking Mobile-First
Why CSS LESS?
Tools & Resources a web developer should know about
Collaboration & the beauty of Social Coding (DVCS & Mercurial)

To prepare:
1. Have a Chrome web browser.
2. Github account + Github (Mac/Windows/CLI) client.
3. Some source code editor (plain-text: Textedit/Notepad at the least)

Windows Azure Workshop: Laurence Putra Franslay and Ruiwen Chua
2:00 – 4:00 pm : Part 1- Deploying your app in the cloud, a guide to setting up a secure server
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm : Part 2 - Scaling your webapp easily, and all the best practices.

Speakers And Judges

Meet the Experts!

Workshop Speakers

Workshop 1: Windows 8 Development
Speaker: Chun Siong Tan, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Singapore


Workshop 2: Android Development
Speaker: Koi Hin Wong, Chief Developer, Planetary Inc.


Workshop 3: Web Development
Speaker: Ramchander Krishna, Lead (User Interface & Mobile Applications), Teamie

Workshop 4: Windows Azure
Speaker:
Laurence Putra Franslay
Ruiwen Chua

Hackathon Judges

1) Alvin Jiang, PayPal

2) Justin Lee, RIM

3) Chun Siong Tan, Microsoft Singapore

CHALLENGES

1. Enable collaboration between different groups of people
2. Help people wake up on time
3. Engage senior citizens to effectively utilize their time
4. Optimize long waiting times
5. That encourages innovative study methods
6. Help Singapore increase its population
7. Increase interactions among students from different educational institutions
8. Challenge people to live a better life (reuse products, exercise more, recycle etc.)
9. Help people monitor their health
10. Encourage people to use the library more often
11. Enable people to explore opportunities for pursuing their interests (improve skills, meet more people...)
12. Keep track of the new people we meet on a daily basis
13. Encourage open source development among newbies