Belgian Windows 8 Superhackathon on 27 March 2013 – join us!

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Join us in Brussels, Genk, Kortrijk or Mons on March 27th for the 4-locations Belgian Windows 8 first Superhackathon. Code, build, eat, drink & win.
Experts will be on site to help you with the last phase of building your first Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 application. superhackathon_logo_final

We come to your cities (4!), we bring the experts (many!), feed you with breakfast, pizza, coffee (lots!) and Red Bull, honor you with prizes and rewards (countless!). End goal: Get to Windows Store, have fun doing it, go home with prizes (to be announced soon, we promise you: you’ll really like them!). Hint hint: for the best quality app we’ll have a conference ticket…

Go ahead and reserve your spot. Join us for the Day event or the Night event or both. See the agenda setup at the bottom of this post.

 

Superhackathon theme
Yes, winter is cosy with the snow and all – but after months of darkness we all need light. So the theme for the superhackathon is around spring, well-being, health and happiness. To be interpreted very broadly Smile
Feel the ideas coming?

First time app? Build your first one – see how to get started here.

Design reference templates
You can use a template fully created for the Windows 8 style & experience. Just by binding the relevant data, you should have a good looking app that runs in the paradigm of Windows 8. And the good news: the templates are available as Visual Studio 2012 project in both C#/XAML and HTML/JavaScript options. So pick your template and platform and build your app in a breeze.

The template addresses App Views (Landscape, Fill, Snap and Portrait), Live Tiles, Search & Share Contract, Settings, Navigation across pages, Bottom & Top App Bar (If applicable). So get started today and finish off the app together with us!

 

Agenda

Day

8:30: Welcome and registration

9:00 – 9:30: Introduction and getting started

9:30 – 12:30: Coding (alone or with your group)Guidance, hands-on labs and expert advice on site

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch

13:30 – 16:00: Coding (alone or with your group)Guidance, hands-on labs and expert advice on site

16:00 – 17:00: Demo time and best app showdown for Day attendees
Publish your first finished app: prize

17:00: Break and end of the Day part

Night

17:30: Welcome and registration (or continue working for those going for the full day)

18:00 – 18:30: Introduction and getting started

18:30 – 19:30: Coding (alone or with your group)Guidance, hands-on labs and expert advice on site

19:30 – 20:30: Dinner

20:30 – 23:00: Coding (alone or with your group)Guidance, hands-on labs and expert advice on site

23:00 – 24:00: Demo time and best app showdown
Publish your first finished app: prize

24:00: End