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

Join us in Brussels, Genk, Kortrijk or Mons on March 27^th 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.

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.

• Register for the hackathon in Brussels
• Register for the hackathon in Genk
• Register for the hackahton in Kortrijk
• Register for the hackathon in MIC Mons

 

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
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