Upcoming Cross Platform App Hackathon (Free)

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Sign up at https://crossplatform-apphackathon.eventbrite.com Now!

Here's your opportunity to try out the new Apps Frameworks to support cross-platform, Windows 8, Windows 8 Phone, iOS and Android. You'll get a chance to build amazing apps with experts from different app frameworks and Microsoft on hand to answer questions, plus awesome prizes for the best apps on Windows 8.

If you're a web programmer, you'll be able to build native apps using HTML5 and JavaScript. If you just started on programming, don’t worry, we have app frameworks to get you started with no-coding experience required. Don't have Windows on your laptop? Microsoft will provide instruction/tools to let you run Windows 8 on your machine. We'll have sample apps, templates and ideas to get you started, and tech sessions on Friday evening to bring you up to speed on the app frameworks and SDKs.

Free meals and a chance for fame and great prizes for creating the next killer app... and there may even be prizes to every app demoer at the Hackathon.

We're excited to see what you all can build!

If you feel up to the challenge, please Sign up Now.  Attendance is capped, so register soon -- all registrations are on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Sign up at https://crossplatform-apphackathon.eventbrite.com Now!

Agenda:

Feb 15 (Friday)
5:00pm Doors open
5:15pm Talks begin
Stay tuned for talk details! Dinner will be served.
9pm Talks end
9pm-Midnight Hack!(Go home and Hack overnight)

Feb 16 (Sat.) Hack the whole day

9:00am Breakfast
12:00pm Lunch
6:00pm Dinner
7:00pm Submission deadline
7:30pm – 9pm Demos

Come Prepared:
Make sure you check these resources out and complete all the installation before the hackathon:

App Frameworks (You can pick one of them to develop your app)

  • AppMobi:

https://www.appmobi.com/

  • Scirra Construct 2

https://www.scirra.com/

  • YoYo Games

https://www.yoyogames.com/

Web Developers

https://www.windowsstore.com/developers/web

iOS Developers

https://www.windowsstore.com/developers/ios

Designers

https://www.windowsstore.com/designers

Get a head start by installing Windows 8 and Visual Studio before coming in: